Finance for Non-Financial Managers in a Week (In a Week)

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In both the public and private sectors, financial competence and understanding are essential for most managers, although many of them will have received no formal training. This book provides a practical step-by-step grounding. Topics include: Profit and loss statements and balance sheets; Using accounts information; Controlling cash; Budgeting and costing.

Accounting, Budgeting, and Finance: A Reference for Managers

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Accounting, Budgeting, and Finance: A Reference for Managers
Charles J. Woelfel
Manufacturer: AMACOM/American Management Association
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The Fundamentals of Accounting And Budgeting For Nurse Managers And Leaders: A Textbook Novel with a Self-Directed Accelerated Immersion Learning Experience

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The Fundamentals of Accounting And Budgeting For Nurse Managers And Leaders: A Textbook Novel with a Self-Directed Accelerated Immersion Learning Experience
P.J. Woods
Manufacturer: iUniverse, Inc.
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0595447554

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Fundamentals is a textbook novel that addresses the needs of students and current or aspiring nurse managers and leaders lacking formal education related to accounting and budgeting skills. Key concepts are taught with an effective "stop and study" approach that fosters independent study through accelerated self-learning by using real-world professional practice case study exemplars. This unique approach transforms the reader into a competent financial manager through the practical application of key concepts used on a day-to-day basis that ensures rapid success in any health care setting.

Welcome to a unique experience in learning! Come join Angelina as she teaches the nurse managers and leaders at Clara Barton Memorial Hospital. Join them as they gain expertise in financial accounting, generating reports, costs and cost accounting, personnel, revenue and supply budgeting, variance analysis for cost, volume and efficiency, cost-benefit and cost-effective decision-making, return on investment and payback and creating comprehensive business plans!

A unique textbook novel whose time has come. Complex material is interwoven in a page turning story that has readers engrossed and learning before they know it.
Written by a Hospital Chief Nursing Officer and Professor whose application of this unique approach to learning transcends academia and service.
Study questions, discussion topics, case studies, and work sheets for students and instructors make this an exceptional nurse management financial education tool.

Taking Control of IT Costs: A Business Managers Guide

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Refreshingly practical and achievable approach
Highly readable and filled with excellent information

Taking Control of IT Costs: A Business Managers Guide
Sebastian Nokes
Manufacturer: Financial Times/Prentice Hall
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Binding: Paperback

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Refreshingly practical and achievable approach.......2002-08-12

This is a no-nonsense, straightforward approach to establishing and keeping control of IT costs. The author shows IT managers how to employ proven cost management techniques that operational lines of business use to understand IT costs and to make sound business decisions with respect to managing IT budgets and expenditures.

The first step is to analyze cost management, and the book provides a three-step healthcheck to help you to get a handle on this aspect. Second, you are shown how to trace cost allocations in a manner that borrows heavily from activity-based cost management techniques. The next step in the book's approach is to develop a strategy and supporting tactics for achieving efficiency. Then chapter on key performance indicators and benchmarking shows you what you should be measuring and how to compare your cost management posture with industry norms for your industry segment. This chapter also gives caveats about benchmarking to which you should pay close attention if you are new to benchmarking or frameworks because it's easy to lose sight of the objectives (cost management) when you're exploring this aspect of management. The book concludes with chapter that goes deeper into strategic planning, and two invaluable appendices on accounting techniques and typical cost structures.

What I particularly like about this book is there is no theory, silver bullets or preaching. It gives an approach that is not only achievable, but is consistent with standard practices in cost management in and out of thr IT domain.

Highly readable and filled with excellent information.......2001-07-06

My reason for reading this book was to get some ideas about how to control IT costs from an asset management point of view that I could incorporate into a comprehensive set of processes to be integrated into contact center management. Contact centers, also known as IT help desks, usually employ software that manage problems. The more sophisticated software also includes modules for service level management, change control and asset management. Taken together these form the foundation of service delivery and support - both of which are costly.

As I read through this book I began to gain a wider view of how to go about analyzing service delivery and support costs through a systematic analysis of cost allocations. The three IT expense health checks in chapter 2 were immediately useful because they addressed key performance indicators that show how well costs are managed, the impact standardization has on controlling costs, and the importance of gaining control over physical assets (this is directly related to my original reason for reading the book). Another gem I gleaned from this book is the fact that fixed costs are like a shell game - there is an apportionment of fixed costs, which are finite and driven by a budget, among functional areas. The trick is to make sure that the budget for fixed costs is apportioned in accordance with the importance of the areas to which they are targeted. Also interesting is the premise that budgets should be based on a mix of short- and long-term initiatives, which is different from common practice in that too often budgets are allocated to initiatives strictly based on priority or perceived importance.

This book deals with strategy as much as cost control, which is logical since both have some obvious relationships. Here too the book contained some excellent advice, the most sensible of which is that methodologies are not as important to a strategy as understanding the strategic issues and building an integrated team. This applies to both projects and operations, and should be carefully considered by anyone who rushes out to buy the latest tools (most of which lock you into a methodology) before thinking through the real goals and objectives. The two appendices were invaluable resources for reviewing accounting principles and giving a complete cost breakdown structure that is typical of most IT organizations.

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This is a fourth and fully-revised edition of this book reflecting the numerous new developments in the field. It is designed for all managers or potential managers seeking to acquire knowledge, skills and techniques for the management of people at work.

It is recommended reading for the HNC/HND option in Personnel Management.

'Essentials of HRM' combines a commentary on organizational behaviour with an explanation of human resource management techniques, and also acts as an introduction to industrial relations. It will prove an invaluable aid to those studying for professional qualifications, such as Membership of the Institute of Personnel Management or the Diploma in Management Studies, and for students on general business or social service courses. Equally, the practising manager will find this book a useful and practical guide.

Covers OB/HRM systems, policies/employment law and industrial relations in one comprehensive text
Shows how the major HR issues have developed
Structured around key themes in HR

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An understanding of the mineral nutrition of plants is of fundamental importance in both basic and applied plant sciences. The Second Edition of this book retains the aim of the first in presenting the principles of mineral nutrition in the light of current advances.
This volume retains the structure of the first edition, being divided into two parts: Nutritional Physiology and Soil-Plant Relationships. In Part I, more emphasis has been placed on root-shoot interactions, stress physiology, water relations, and functions of micronutrients. In view of the worldwide increasing interest in plant-soil interactions, Part II has been considerably altered and extended, particularly on the effects of external and interal factors on root growth and chapter 15 on the root-soil interface.
The second edition will be invaluable to both advanced students and researchers.

Key Features
* Second Edition of this established text
* Structure of the book remains the same
* 50% of the reference and 50% of the figures and tables have been replaced
* Whole of the text has been revised
* Coverage of plant (soil interactions has been increased considerably)

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Excellent description of what I eventually got.......2007-09-24

I am already pleasantly used to getting what I am looking for when shopping in Amazon.
This time, I bought a book about mineral nutrition of plants for one of my classes.
The book is in excellent conditions, and it arrived in time.
No regret!

Not Just for Plant Science.......2003-07-22

Excellent text for nutritionists, as well. I was looking for a text to help me better understand the nutrient mechanisms of plants. I wanted to better help my clients understand where nutrients lie within plants and what their role is in the growth and development of plant structure. Not the usual course, but the book greatly helped in this goal.

The text enabled me to bridge the gap between holistic nutrition and plant science. It provided me with another way to explain nutrient affinity in the human body by explaining plant development.

Essential for all plant scientists.......2003-05-08

This book was the text for a course I took in plant mineral nutrition. It is extremely comprehensive. Our professor indicated that, despite its age, it is one of the very best books on the subject.

A "must have" reference text for the serious student........1999-07-29

This text is essential for the upcoming plant scientist and should be in the book case of every graduate student involved in the study of plant nutrition. Marshner provides the in-depth look into the mineral nutrition of plants that serious students have been looking for. Topics are supported by an endless array of citations and the book is an excellent source of information for those writing literature reviews and journal articles. Marshners depth of understanding on the subject will amaze you! Recommended for graduate level students, or serious undergraduates. The depth may prove to be frustrating for the beginner.

great book. how can we get the publisher to reprint?.......1999-01-30

This is, by far, the best textbook on plant nutrition written in the past 15 years. I use it as the textbook in my graduate level course in Plant Nutrition at Utah State University. I hope we can convince the publisher to reprint it.

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Recorded history is a finely-woven magic fabric of intricate lies about events predating the sixteenth century. There is not a single piece of evidence that can be reliably and independently traced back earlier than the eleventh century. This book details events that are substantiated by hard facts and logic, and validated by new astronomical research and statistical analysis of ancient sources.

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Calculations are only as good as your numbers.......2007-08-03

Yes, we can all agree that mainstream history is nearly 100% BS due to politics, economics, ego, problems with dating techniques, and various conspiracies. Agreed. But, I've been researching the distinct possibility that human history (in terms of civilizations) are much more ancient than we've been told, so coming across this book was very interesting to me. I wondered how Fomenko could be wrong (if at all) because he is very persuasive in his presentations. Then it dawned on me. If at previous times in prehistory, due to the various catastrophies that are well documented (comets, asteroids, planetary disruptions, plasma discharge, pole reversals, etc) the Earth was in a different position in relation to the sun, different tilt on its axis, different orbit, different rotation (in terms of velocity and DIRECTION), and the continents were in different positions, then would this not cause the ancients to see the sky (constellations) differently? In other words, is Fomenko making erronious assumptions about the physics of the Earth in pre-history, which then corrupt his data with regards to dating the relevant astrology? The last event to seriously disrupt our planet occured roughly 3500 years ago, according to other good researchers, so is it possible Fomenko has been confused by this? The vastly different physics of our planet in the not so distant past may explain this confusion, which is not to say the "mainstream" version of history is correct; on the contrary. I am not an expert in these fields, but wanted to see if this idea could spark discussion.

Pants on fire?.......2007-07-19

Will people ever read before spamming? Yes, Jesuits could not rewrite world history alone, they had help. Anyway, Dr Prof Acad A.Fomenko does not point to jesuits as the driving force of world wide history manipulation in published volumes 1,2,3;, actually he barely mentions the poor devils. Check it with 'Search inside' feature, please. China is rarely mentioned either, in fact, Dr Fomenko is completely eurocentric. Right, his theory contradicts all mainstream schools of history, because in their actual state they are all built on blatantly erroneus chronology. You don't need a mysterious cabal (conspiracy) to falsify history, the falsification is its modus operandi. It is inherent to history(ians) to falsify (distort) events, as it is inherent to humans to boast as it is inherent to power (authority) to legimize itself by referrring to glorious past made to its own order. Dr Prof Fomenko and team have identified scores of instances of such manipulation in Russian, European, etc.. history, and delivered valid statistical proof thereof. His own 'reconstruction' is completely another story. Forget c14 as a valid method of dating. W.Libby has initially discovered a brilliant method of INDEPENDENT dating. Too bad, c14 method has become a joke after a forced marrige with dendrochronology with consensual chronological scale inbuilt. Radiocarbon method can't stand blind tests, but is so very productive as a rubberstamp.

Accepted History & Chronology Must Be Changed. .......2007-04-09

There is no doubt that history as most know it is a sham, & institution's version of History both University & Church is fradulent & inaccurate. Everything was established with an agenda, The real "Dark Ages" are now when we have access to incredible amounts of information past authorities & more important 'common folk' didn't have but our institutions & educators are slow to evolve because of what has ignorantly & arrogantly been taught for too long. This is on many subjects not just Chronology.

For anyone to question "Why would a Mathematician have anything credible to say of History?" The answer is from Dr. Fomenko's preface in the book: "It would be worthwhile to remind the reader that in the XVI-XVII century Chronology was considered to be a subdivision of Mathematics." These volumes could possibly be some of the most important works to date & should be read by everyone with an interest in History, especially professors & educators who have a duty to the public. I have read both books & must say that 'Chronology 1' has some very eye opening & revolutionary information. Even if these volumes are part true the implications are profound & opens the doors to further investigations & questions which must be done. I speak several different lanquages & must say the logic Dr. Fomenko uses with "inflection" of words & words being read from left to right in one region & right to left in another then written backwards, the removal of vowels & get down to basics of words, or different cities & locations having the same name etc. is correct. Vowel usage has always been optional & varied, actually complicating linquistics & study. The first thing one has to understand is that words never had a fixed spelling in history like we do now, the spelling of words was mutable & regional, as well as names & titles of people were vast, varied & changed, NOTHING WAS FIXED or understood linear. Matters of Life & Death as well as financial profiteering yesterday & today were & are made with ignorant, illogical & conspiratorial views of history & reality, it's time people get closer to the Truth & society collectively grow up.

Very Interesting.......2007-03-07

It is a good proposal and I believe it will mature into something even better in the future. I think it deserves to be read.

History as Science Fiction.......2007-01-10

Anatoly Fomenko has written a very intriguing book, full of pictures, charts, and computer 'proof' of his thesis: backwards of AD900 we don't really know what happened or when. Between AD900 and AD1600 there is more certainty, but there is still a lot of fuzzy ground, and things don't get reliable until we get past the 1600's where the printing press made it very difficult for the perpetrators of this timeline manipulation to change anything that had been committed to print. The Dark Ages did not happen. Books were burned for a reason. One organization has doubled the actual length of its existence by expanding the real chronology. Read why.

I had always wondered why Christ died about AD33 and yet men waited until the 11th century to form the Knights Templar, the Cathars, etc and go after the Holy Land by force. Why the 1000 year gap? Turns out there wasn't more than a 10-12 year gap and he proves it using astronomy. This also implies that the planet is not as old as we have been told, and current Christian and other creationist scientists are already championing that idea without being aware of Fomenko's book. The two groups, creationist scientists and the Russian mathematical analysts corroborate each other. Fascinating.

Of course, all this flies in the face of what we have been told traditionally is the 'proper' chronology of western civilization, and most readers will experience 'cognitive dissonance' in reading this book. It means that our history going backwards from AD1600 becomes progressively more incorrect and unreliable until it cannot be trusted at all... in the space of 700-800 years.

Naturally, the curious, open-minded reader will want to know WHO did this, WHY, and did any of the events we think of as really ancient ever happen?
Dr. Fomenko is a respected scientist/mathematician at Moscow State University who has already answered these questions to the satisfaction of his initially skeptical colleagues. Most of them are now believers, a few still refuse to believe (the usual diehards), and of course the western press has ignored Fomenko's work -- for obvious reasons when you read the book. The ones who perpetrated this chronology ruse have a lot to answer for. They are still with us. That's why this book is a well-kept secret.

I gave the book a 4-star rating because I was unable to check out some of his claims; those I checked were as he said. But if even 1/3 of his claims are true, this punches a big hole in what we think is our history, the meaning of western civilization, our educational process (for repeating the ruse as gospel), and the trustworthiness of the organization that perpetrated this ruse, well-intentioned or not.

This book relates to current research into a Young Earth paradigm, to John Keel's discoveries about our planet, and Fr Malachi Martin's insights (in his now out-of-print books). We are indeed sheep who are manipulated and kept ignorant -- for a reason. While knowing what these men have to say may be the "booby prize" (as in: 'what can you do with this knowledge?'), it will provide interesting reading. Didn't someone say: "...and the Truth will set you free."?? For you to judge if this book contains the truth.

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Mercury (First Book)
Robert Daily
Manufacturer: Franklin Watts
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Binding: School & Library Binding

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ASIN: 0531201643

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Mercury (First Facts)
Adele Richardson
Manufacturer: First Facts Books
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Binding: Library Binding

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Mercury (My First Look at Planets)
Teresa Wimmer
Manufacturer: Creative Education
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Binding: Library Binding

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ASIN: 158341519X

Mercury: The First Planet (Countdown to Space)

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Mercury: The First Planet (Countdown to Space)
Michael D. Cole
Manufacturer: Enslow Publishers
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Binding: Library Binding

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ASIN: 0766015122

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The 2002 Master Merchandiser Award: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.; will school science textbooks someday list the first three planets from the sun as Mercury, ... Profile): An article from: Frozen Food Age
David Wellman
Manufacturer: Cygnus Business Media
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This digital document is an article from Frozen Food Age, published by Cygnus Business Media on June 1, 2002. The length of the article is 2653 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: The 2002 Master Merchandiser Award: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.; will school science textbooks someday list the first three planets from the sun as Mercury, Venus, and Wal-Mart?(Brief Article)(Company Profile)
Author: David Wellman
Publication: Frozen Food Age (Magazine/Journal)
Date: June 1, 2002
Publisher: Cygnus Business Media
Volume: 50 Issue: 11 Page: 1(6)

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