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Managerial Accounting for Undergraduates
by James Wallace Theodore Christensen Scott HobsonManagerial Accounting for Undergraduates is intended for use in the first managerial accounting course at the undergraduate level—one that balances the development of management accounting tools with their implementation in decision making.
Managerial Accounting, Seventh Edition
by Al L. Hartgraves Wayne J. MorseThe seventh edition presents managerial accounting in the context of a big-picture, decision oriented, business setting. It integrates traditional coverage with contemporary topics to engage students to read further and understand the materials presented. The book provides a framework for identifying and analyzing decision alternatives and for evaluating success or failure in accomplishing such organizational goals.
Managerial Accounting: Creating Value in a Dynamic Business Environment
by Ronald W. Hilton David E. PlattThe emphasis of Managerial Accounting, 12th edition, is on teaching students to use accounting information to best manage an organization. <p><p>Consistent with the practice Hilton pioneered in the first edition, each chapter is written around a realistic business or focus company that guides the reader through the topics of that chapter. Known for balanced examples of Service, Retail, Nonprofit and Manufacturing companies, Hilton/Platt offers a clear, engaging writing style that has been praised by instructors and students alike. <p><p>The 12th edition of Managerial Accounting offers significant coverage of contemporary topics such as activity-based costing, target costing, the value chain, customer profitability analysis, and throughput costing while also including traditional topics such as job-order costing, budgeting and performance evaluation.
Managerial Accounting: The Cornerstone of Business Decision-Making (Seventh Edition)
by Dan L. Heitger Maryanne M. Mowen Don R. HansenWith an approach to make the entire managerial accounting experience for instructors and students timely, meaningful, fun, and relatable, this edition contains numerous new features. <P><P>For instance, "Emerging Topics in Managerial Accounting," addresses timeliness by covering cutting-edge topics. The unique "Here's How It's Used" pedagogy enables students to enjoy the process of developing a deeper understanding of managerial accounting and its implications for themselves, as well as businesses. Here's How It's Used Concept Clip Animations for many major topics portray the most difficult concepts in a brief and fun animated cartoon. <P><P>Here's How It's Used Examples throughout the text walk students through the most important managerial accounting models and help them solve computations. Here's Why It's Important highlights for students the reason that key topics within each chapter are important.
Managerial Communication: Strategies and Applications
by Geraldine E. Hynes Jennifer R. VeltsosManagerial Communication focuses on communication skills and strategies that managers need to be successful in today’s workplace. Known for its holistic overview of communication and focus on managerial competencies, it continues to be the market leader in the field. The Ninth Edition provides coverage of current topics like managing hybrid and virtual teams, ChatGPT and artificial intelligence, and empathic listening.
Managerial Communication: Strategies and Applications
by Geraldine E. Hynes Jennifer R. VeltsosManagerial Communication focuses on communication skills and strategies that managers need to be successful in today’s workplace. Known for its holistic overview of communication and focus on managerial competencies, it continues to be the market leader in the field. The Ninth Edition provides coverage of current topics like managing hybrid and virtual teams, ChatGPT and artificial intelligence, and empathic listening.
Managerial Competence within the Hospitality and Tourism Service Industries: Global Cultural Contextual Analysis (Routledge Advances in Management and Business Studies)
by John SaeeThis book examines cross-cultural managerial competence across all managerial functions. Focusing particularly on the hospitality and tourism industry, editor Saee examines the cross-cultural implications of planning: workplace communication, recruitment/promotion, induction, training, supervision, industrial relations, management of change, customer service, financial management and marketing. Incorporating well-structured discussion, this book demonstrates an excellent balance of theory and practical application, and takes an innovative angle on the analysis of the host countries managers, undergoing culture shock. This volume will be useful to students across many disciplines including cross-cultural studies, international business and tourism.
Managerial Consulting Skills: A Practical Guide (Routledge Revivals)
by Charles J. MargerisonThis title was first published in 2001. The advisory role in organizations is more important today than it has ever been. To perform effectively, managers and professionals need the skills of the consultant. This manual is designed to provide practical help for all advisers, whether working within or outside the organization. It covers every aspect of the process, from interpersonal skills to organizational context, from planning to follow-up. This second edition reflects developments which have taken place since the publication of the first edition and now includes ten chapters on the impact that action learning has on change processes and the way that the Web is likely to influence consulting. Each chapter concludes with guidelines summarizing the content, and questions designed to help the reader to apply the material to his or her own activities. Real-life cases from Dr Margerison's own experience are included, as well as examples drawn from the work of many well-known consultants.
Managerial Cultures in UK Further and Vocational Education: Transforming Techno-Rationalism into Collaboration
by John Baldwin Neil Raven Robin Webber - JonesThis book offers unique insights into the impact of the rise of a managerialist culture in Further Adult and Vocational Education (FAVE) in England. It will also raise awareness of the consequences of the imposition of top-down models of educational change and improvement upon the practices of educational leaders, middle and senior managers and policy professionals across the FAVE sector. The overall aim of this book is to understand the language, policies, values and approaches currently espoused in post-16 learning. Often these are driven by, or measured by, technical-rational approaches which can have a negative impact on individuals working in the sector, lead to a narrowing of the curriculum and range of assessment opportunities, and do not support student progression. The authors propose tentative, researched, and evidence-based suggestions for new ways of working which might, ultimately, have a significant benefit to post-16 learning. The book will appeal to those engaged in researching education – either as academics, policy makers, trainees, or practitioners who are interested in ways of reflecting on, researching into, and improving practice.
Managerial Cultures: A Comparative Historical Analysis (Routledge Studies in Management, Organizations and Society #26)
by David HansonHow did the conduct of business come to be so different in different countries? Why are some less developed countries in the process of rapid industrialization while so many others remain poor? Analysts often point to national differences in the cultures of business to explain these patterns. What then, accounts for these differences in culture? We can gain some insights into these issues by considering the incentives that are likely to shape the behaviors of upwardly mobile sub-elites. Patterns of elite initiatives in the early years of industrialization have an enduring impact on the subsequent conduct of business. Understanding the impact of history can provide important insights into contemporary business practices. Viewed from the perspective of developmental history, apparently independent phenomena can often be seen as different aspects of a common pattern. Questions about the relation between our collective past experiences and future performances are also relevant for our understanding of democratic self-governance. Governments are generally engaged in nation building. What works? Why? Where are we collectively headed? This volume suggests some answers. Author David Hanson develops an analysis that focuses on governing elites, the need for security, and the search for status. His analysis rests on considerations of social structure, conflict, and psychology rather than on resources, markets and economics. The result is a book to offer international managers an understanding of history’s critical role in fully understanding the societies in which they operate.
Managerial Decision Making (Routledge Library Editions: Management)
by J. C. Dodds J. BridgeThis book, originally published in 1975, is an attempt to bridge the gap between economic theory and business practice by relating the tools of economic analysis to the decision making process itself. It is written from a decision making systems analysis viewpoint. This approach enables the reader to perceive the integrative nature of the subject matter in relation to the functioning of the business enterprise. Although the unifying theme of ‘decision making’ is at the heart of the book, where necessary some of the theoretical underpinnings of traditional neo-classical theory of the firm are covered.
Managerial Decision Making Leadership: The Essential Pocket Strategy Book
by Caroline WangThe modern manager faces a bewildering range of challenges every single day. Their ability to make critical decisions, often under pressure, can directly determine the future success of the company and their career. It is therefore surprising that so few managers take the time to learn the art of decision making. In this groundbreaking book from Caroline Wang, readers will learn that quality decision making is a competence that can be acquired according to a simple framework. The framework is practical and easy-to-remember, consisting of two acronyms: GPA and IPO. GPA for decision content quality (Goal, Priority, Alternatives); and IPO for decision process quality (Information, People, Objective reasoning). The book places emphasis on leading a team to make decisions, even though the framework can be used for personal and individual decisions. By using this common decision-making framework, managers and leaders will gain credibility and team support for the decision, will confidently articulate, promote, and defend the decision, and will have made the necessary preparations for successful implementation when the decision-making process is complete. This proven framework from one of Asia's most dynamic leadership experts will improve the quality of your decisions and change the way you do business.
Managerial Decision Making: A Holistic Approach
by Sifeng Liu Jeffrey Yi-Lin Forrest Jeananne Nicholls Kurt SchimmelThis book develops a general theory of managerial decision making on the basis of a few elementary postulates. It employs logic as the method of reasoning, systems science in general and the systemic YoYo Model in particular, as the intuitive playground. By doing so, the authors take individually background-based guesswork out of processes of decision making. All established conclusions are expected to be generally employable in real-life applications. At the same time, the book is user friendly to a wide range of audience, coincides with people's intuition, and provides applicable results and insights for practical purposes.
Managerial Dilemmas
by John Storey Graeme SalamanIn the midst of the most severe recession for 80 years there is little need to argue that organizations are beset by dilemmas and paradoxes. Confidence in prevailing business models and in the underlying assumptions underpinning business decisions over many decades has now been shaken. But it is not enough to rail against arrogance and greed. Within their own (flawed) assumptions bankers and corporate leaders were acting rationally. A major reason for the failure to anticipate and warn is that observers of organizations usually tend to view organizations in terms similar to those employed by the people who run them: as rational, sensible and objective, whereas, in fact, they are usually confused and confusing, paradoxical and contradictory entities. Paradox is at the heart of how organizations work (or don't work) yet the phenomenon has been strangely unstudied.In an age of crisis and uncertainty, dilemmas and paradoxes are especially evident and prevalent. The fascination and the promise of paradox is that there is also a sense that there is a hidden truth entwined within the opposites. This we contend is a challenge for leaders. The ultimate responsibility of leadership is to make sense of these and to handle them in a competent manner. This demands a new mode of leadership. The management of dilemma and paradox it is contended, the essence of leadership today. Paradoxical forces provide a dynamism which, although often experienced as potentially threatening, discomforting and negative can also be exciting, promising and positive."The assumption that organizations are rational entities is challenged every day in the work environment by a rich reality of asymmetries between conflicting forces, complexity, hidden intentions and paradoxes. Anyone wanting to understand the real forces that govern organizations should read this book. A must read for modern leaders who have the intellectual honesty to lead organisations with open eyes and not with the over simplifications and clichés of the past"--Giovanni Ghisetti, Director Business Transformation, Coca Cola Enterprises Europe"Storey and Salaman's description of the paradoxes which characterise leadership today is hauntingly accurate. Their intelligent optimism that those dilemmas can be met is as encouraging as it is challenging for those of us who have to do just that. Having read the insights in this book I now understand how their business advice was always so pertinent".--Andy Street, Managing Director of John Lewis
Managerial Discretion and Performance in China: Towards Resolving the Discretion Puzzle for Chinese Companies and Multinationals
by Hagen WülferthThe theoretical and empirical literature to date has fallen short of reaching a consensus as to whether granting more managerial discretion to managers tends to enhance, not alter or diminish organizational performance (the discretion puzzle). This book aims to build a bridge between these contradictory results by synthesising principal-agent theory, stewardship theory, and managerial discretion theory into a new empirically-validated model. Using a representative sample of 'double-blind' interviews with managers of 467 firms in China and applying partial least squares path modelling (PLS), the study identifies a potential cause of the discretion puzzle: the failure of the extant literature to account for granularity in the way that managers use their discretion. This generates far-reaching implications for theoretical and empirical research as well as practical recommendations for managing managers in multinationals and Chinese companies.
Managerial Discretion in Imperfect Markets
by T. V. Ramamohan RaoThis book deals with behavioral responses of management of firms that make several decisions with respect to production, marketing, finance, organization of activities within divisions, and interrelations between divisions (including synergies between them and constraints placed on each other in the attainment of overall goals of the firm). The market conditions, that constitute the basis of such decisions, may be stable, random but predictable, or uncertain. It can be expected that objectives attained by the firm, as a result of decisions of management, may be different from the maximum which can be achieved. A generic conceptualization of such managerial discretion and operationally useful methods of measurement have been presented. It is possible to develop machine learning algorithms on this basis to minimize managerial discretion and assist managers in arriving at strategic decisions thereby leaving more resources to deal with uncertain events as they arise. The volume is a great resource not only for researchers, but also decision makers in corporates.
Managerial Duties and Business Law
by Joseph L. Badaracco Jr. Jerry UseemConsists of excerpts from Principles of Corporate Governance, a set of legal guidelines that enumerates the principal duties of corporate managers and directors, including fiduciary duty, duty of care, and duty of fair dealing. Also addresses legal obligations relating to tender offers and the supervision of employees.
Managerial Economics
by Ivan PngNow in its sixth edition, Ivan Png's Managerial Economics has been extensively revised with an introductory chapter emphasizing decision-making and behavioral biases, intensive application to current business and economic issues including technology, globalization, and pandemics, a closing chapter highlighting business responses to climate change, a streamlined presentation focusing on the economics that managers need to know. As always, the text presents the key concepts of microeconomics intuitively, without sophisticated mathematics. Throughout, it emphasizes actual management applications. The new sixth edition is updated with fresh up-to-date vignettes and discussion questions from all over the world and enhanced with detailed instructor supplements. It is an ideal text for any course focusing on the practical application of microeconomic principles to management. The book provides truly useful economics for managers. In the words of one professor, "I can use your book for serious conversation with adult students."
Managerial Economics
by Satya P Das J. K. GoyalA textbook that sharpens the core decision-making skills of budding managers by using the concepts, logics and principles of microeconomics with suitable examples from 'India Inc.'. A thorough understanding of economics is an essential requirement for managers across all industries. The much-required second edition of Managerial Economics will be an incomparable guide for students of management with little or no understanding of economic principles. The text puts a strong emphasis on understanding the fundamental theories and concepts as well as their application in real-life business scenarios using India-centric examples. Entirely updated and revamped according to the changing pedagogical demands, the new edition contains the latest approaches to the teaching of managerial economics. It includes insight from the authors' international teaching background as well as their intimate understanding of the needs of Indian students. Key Features: • Well-organized chapters and segregated mathematical explanations that can be easily used in the courses with different requirements of complexity • Incorporates caselets and activities for the practical understanding of the topics discussed • Simple and engaging conversational style that makes complex topics accessible to beginners with no background in economics
Managerial Economics
by William F. Samuelson Stephen G. Marks Jay L. ZagorskyManagerial Economics, 9th Edition, introduces undergraduates, MBAs, and executives to the complex decision problems today’s managers face, providing the knowledge and analytical skills required to make informed decisions and prosper in the modern business environment. Going beyond the traditional academic approach to teaching economic analysis, this comprehensive textbook describes how practicing managers use various economic methods in the real world. Each in-depth chapter opens with a central managerial problem--challenging readers to consider and evaluate possible choices--and concludes by reviewing and analyzing the decision through the lens of the concepts introduced in the chapter. <p><p> Extensively updated throughout, the text makes use of numerous extended decision-making examples to discuss the foundational principles of managerial economics, illustrate key concepts, and strengthen students' critical thinking skills. A range of problems, building upon material covered in previous chapters, are applied to increasingly challenging applications as students advance through the text. Favoring practical skills development over complicated theoretical discussion, the book includes numerous mini-problems that reinforce students' quantitative understanding without overwhelming them with an excessive amount of mathematics.
Managerial Economics
by M. J. Alhabeeb L. J. MoffittUncertainty is present in every managerial decision, and Managerial Economics: A Mathematical Approach effectively demonstrates the application of higher-level statistical tools to inform and clarify the logic of problem solving in a managerial environment.While illuminating managerial decision-making from all possible angles, this book equips readers with the tools and skills needed to recognize and address uncertainty. The book also explores individual, firm, and market-level decisions; discusses all possible risks and uncertainties encountered in the decision-making process; and prepares readers to deal with both epistemic and aleatory uncertainty in managerial decisions. Managerial Economics features:* An emphasis on practical application through real-life examples and problems* An accessible writing style that presents technical theories in a user-friendly way* A mathematical and statistical point of view that reveals the presence of uncertainty inherent in managerial decisions* Thoroughly class-tested material including problems at the end of each chapter, case study questions, review exercises, and objectives that summarize the main discussionsManagerial Economics is an excellent book for upper-undergraduate and graduate-level courses in business and economics departments. The book is also an ideal reference and resource for managers, decision makers, market analysts, and researchers who require information about the theoretical and quantitative aspects of the topic.
Managerial Economics
by Philip Young Paul Keat Steve ErfleDirected primarily toward undergraduate/MBA students in Economics, this text also provides practical content to current and aspiring industry professionals. <p><p> This text will excite readers by providing a more linear progression, while proving the consistency and relevance of microeconomic theory. <p><p>The Seventh Edition welcomes a new co-author, Stephen Erfle of Dickinson College, who has contributed many revisions and improvements to the quantitative sections of the text, as well as provided a major addition: the use of Excel in the presentation of many of the numerical and graphical illustrations presented throughout the text.
Managerial Economics (Third Edition)
by Luke M. Froeb Brian T. Mccann Mikhael Shor Michael R. WardTeach your MBA students how to use economics to solve business problems with this breakthrough text. MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS: A PROBLEM SOLVING APPROACH, 3E covers traditional material using a problem-based pedagogy built around common business mistakes. Models are used sparingly, and then only to the extent that they help students figure out why mistakes are made, and how to fix them. This edition's succinct, fast-paced presentation and challenging, interactive applications place students in the role of a decision maker who has to not only identify profitable decisions, but also implement them. The lively book provides an excellent ongoing reference for students pursuing business careers. Instructor's remark, "The Froeb/McCann/Shor/Ward textbook is designed for decision makers. Each chapter provides logical steps to solve common but misunderstood business problems. The books candor and novelty make for easy, enjoyable reading. "
Managerial Economics And Strategy
by Jeffrey M. Perloff James A. BranderThe Second Edition has been fully revised and updated to reflect new supply-and-demand curves and include discussions of corporate social responsibility, opportunistic behavior, and innovation. It also features new learning objectives, examples, end-of-chapter questions, and spreadsheet exercises.
Managerial Economics For Dummies
by Robert J. GrahamThe easy way to make sense of managerial economicsDoes the study of Managerial Economics make your head spin? Relax! This hands-on, friendly guide helps you make sense of complex business concepts and explains to you in plain English how Managerial Economics enhances analytical skills, assists in rational configuration, and aids in problem-solving. Managerial Economics For Dummies gives you a better understanding of all the major concepts you'll encounter in the classroom: supply and demand, elasticity, decision-making, quantitative analysis of business situations, risk analysis, production analysis, pricing analysis, capital budgeting, critical thinking skills, and much more.Tracks to a typical Managerial Economics courseIncludes easy-to-understand explanations and examplesServes as a valuable classroom supplementIf you're enrolled in business courses looking for a supplemental guide to aid your understand of the complex theories associated with this difficult topic, or a manager already in the corporate world looking for a refresher, Managerial Economics For Dummies has you covered.