75 Books that Made Management Managerial Pre-History The Art of War (500 BC) Sun Tzu The Prince (1500) Nicolo Machiavelli The Wealth of Nations (1776) Adam Smith On War (1831) Karl von Clausewitz On Machinery & Manufactures (1832) Charles Babbage 1900 - 1929 The Principles of Scientific Management (1911) Frederick W. Taylor Motion Study (1911) Frank Gilbreth General and Industrial Management (1916) Henri Fayol My Life and Work (1923) Henry Ford The Thirties Onward Industry (1931) James
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Chapter 1 An Overview of Financial Management Learning Objectives After reading this chapter‚ students should be able to: ◆ Identify the three main forms of business organization and describe the advantages and disadvantages of each one. ◆ Identify the primary goal of the management of a publicly held corporation‚ and understand the relationship between stock prices and shareholder value. ◆ Differentiate between what is meant by a stock’s intrinsic value and its market
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ESEE1101 QUANTITAVE ANALYSIS A GROUP ASSIGNMENT PRESENTATION (5%) & WRITTEN REPORT (10%) – WEEK 13 DUE WEEK 13 (21 Oct 2010) The assignment will earn you maximum of 15%. The assignment will require your group to submit a written report and do a presentation. You are given 2 case studies to be solved. Discuss in your group on how to solve all problems using the techniques you had learned in this course. THE WRITTEN REPORT The written report must contain all the information required. Each
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measures the energy efficiency of the homes. The results of the linear regression models that were tested showed that degree days and the home index were significant predictors of heating oil usage. Based on the results of the linear regression analysis‚ a forecast was created to predict the amount of heating oil customers would use based on an average home index. Problem Description Dupree Fuels Company sells heating oil to residential customers. The company wants to guarantee to its customers
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International Portfolio Management Fall 2010 PROBLEM SET 1 Investment Policy and Bond Portfolio management Due date: Friday‚ September 17‚ 5:00 pm. No late problem sets will be accepted. 1. Assume that at retirement you have accumulated $825‚000 in a variable annuity contract. The assumed investment return is 5.5% and your life expectancy is 18 years. What is the hypothetical constant benefit payment? PV = -825‚000‚ i = 5.5‚ n = 18‚ PMT = 73‚358.93. 2. You manage a
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MANAGEMENT CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS Managers spend their days juggling projects‚ people‚ and problems. Good managers have learned how to balance them. They complete projects successfully and on time‚ guide and support their employees‚ maintain good relationships with customers‚ and solve problems quickly and decisively. Less effective managers often get bogged down and sidetracked. A good manager recognizes challenges and finds ways to solve them. Less effective managers may not even recognize
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Case 25 Harimann International MANA 6302 03 David Thomas Breaux Dallas Baptist University Executive Summary Vikram Dhawan is the president of Harimann International that he established in May of 1990. Vikram established the business in an effort to fund his impending Masters in Business Administration in the United States. The business is located in Delhi‚ India where tax incentives are offered for business who export goods and materials to targeted countries including Japan‚ Canada‚ and
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research how probability is used in business). Begin your email to AIU by first providing an overview of the database‚ i.e.‚ a story. Include the following pieces of information. Part I a) What is the gender distribution (%females and %males)? Solution. From the database‚ we know that there are 168 female people‚ 120 male people among 288 people. So‚ 168/288=58.33% is female‚
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Quantitative Analysis: % Copper in an Ore May 3‚ 2006 Abstract: In this experiment we were given an unknown sample of ore. Using the spectrophotometric analysis and the electrogravimetric analysis‚ we found the unknown percentage of copper in the unknown sample of ore was to be 17.6% by mass. Introduction: Chemical analysis takes place under two different scenarios. In one case‚ you need to find out the chemical identity of some material. The first kind of analysis‚ in which the chemical
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Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis for Change Natasha R. Spears Grand Canyon University: RES-850 – Foundations for Research June 2‚ 2015 Introduction Using quantitative and qualitative data‚ Data Imports‚ Inc. CEO‚ David Long seeks to ascertain if the corporation is equipped for change‚ employee perceptions related to the change process‚ employee experiences with organizational change‚ and employee perceptions of leaders in the implementation of change. What follows is a review and analysis of the data
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