Business & Management

PUBLISHED
Viewing: 31 - 40 of 143
Applied Statistics for Business and Economics
Published:
March 16, 2010
Author(s):
Robert M. Leekley
Request Evaluation Copy
Designed for a one-semester course, Applied Statistics for Business and Economics offers students in business and the social sciences an effective introduction to some of the most basic and powerful techniques available for understanding their world. Numerous interesting and important examples …
  Hardback
$87.95
Add to cart
Portfolio Optimization
Published:
March 09, 2010
Author(s):
Michael J. Best
Request Evaluation Copy
Eschewing a more theoretical approach, Portfolio Optimization shows how the mathematical tools of linear algebra and optimization can quickly and clearly formulate important ideas on the subject. This practical book extends the concepts of the Markowitz "budget constraint only" model to a linearly …
  Hardback
$87.95
Add to cart
Private Security and the Investigative Process, Third Edition
Published:
February 09, 2010
Author(s):
Charles P. Nemeth
Request Evaluation Copy
Detailing best practices and trade secrets for private sector security investigations, Private Security and the Investigative Process, Third Edition provides complete coverage of the investigative process. Fully updated, this edition covers emerging technology, revised legal and practical …
  Hardback
$76.95
Add to cart
Information Security Management: Concepts and Practice
Published:
January 29, 2010
Author(s):
Bel G. Raggad
Request Evaluation Copy
Information security cannot be effectively managed unless secure methods and standards are integrated into all phases of the information security life cycle. And, although the international community has been aggressively engaged in developing security standards for network and information security …
  Hardback
$87.95
Add to cart
Design of Enterprise Systems: Theory, Architecture, and Methods
Published:
January 27, 2010
Author(s):
Ronald Giachetti
Request Evaluation Copy
In practice, many different people with backgrounds in many different disciplines contribute to the design of an enterprise. Anyone who makes decisions to change the current enterprise to achieve some preferred structure is considered a designer. What is problematic is how to use the knowledge of …
  Hardback
$109.95
Add to cart
Project Management Theory and Practice
Published:
January 20, 2010
Author(s):
Gary L. Richardson
Request Evaluation Copy
Although there are numerous project management resources available, most are either too academic, focus too heavily on IT, or provide quick-fix advice without the theory required to understand why the solutions work. Following and expanding on PMI’s Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK®), …
  Hardback
$89.95
Add to cart
Stochastic Financial Models
Published:
January 15, 2010
Author(s):
Douglas Kennedy
Request Evaluation Copy
Filling the void between surveys of the field with relatively light mathematical content and books with a rigorous, formal approach to stochastic integration and probabilistic ideas, Stochastic Financial Models provides a sound introduction to mathematical finance. The author takes a classical …
  Hardback
$72.95
Add to cart
Principles of Supply Chain Management
Published:
December 15, 2009
Author(s):
Richard E. Crandall; William R. Crandall; Charlie Chen
Request Evaluation Copy
Going beyond the usual supply chain text, Principles of Supply Chain Management not only details the individual components of the supply chain but also illustrates how the pieces must come together. Providing the logic behind why supply chain management is essential, the text examines how supply …
  Hardback
$99.95
Add to cart
Getting Design Right: A Systems Approach
Published:
September 22, 2009
Author(s):
Peter L. Jackson
Request Evaluation Copy
Filling a new need in engineering education, Getting Design Right: A Systems Approach integrates aspects from both design and systems engineering to provide a solid understanding of the fundamental principles and best practices in these areas. Through examples, it encourages students to create an …
  Hardback
$91.95
Add to cart
Modeling Software Behavior: A Craftsman's Approach
Published:
July 21, 2009
Author(s):
Paul C. Jorgensen
Request Evaluation Copy
A common problem with most texts on requirements specifications is that they emphasize structural models to the near exclusion of behavioral models—focusing on what the software is, rather than what it does. If they do cover behavioral models, the coverage is brief and usually focused on a single …
  Hardback
$99.95
Add to cart

Spotlight on Lean

Access Productivity Press's Lean Insider, a blog of news, research, and trends on all things lean.

Once relegated strictly to manufacturing, lean methods are now being applied across business, government, health care, and even nonprofits.

---------------

Now Available!
Two major works demonstrating that real reform is quite possibly in the trenches of healthcare delivery.

Transforming Health Care: Virginia Mason Medical Center's Pursuit of the Perfect Patient Experience

"...This is a front line story, not a pie in the sky theory or project of the month. It is a story about real people dedicated to the pursuit of habitual excellence."
-Paul O'Neill, 72nd Secretary of the U.S. Treasury

---------------

Leading the Lean Healthcare Journey: Driving Culture Change to Increase Value

"I have known Seattle Children's for over 30 years and have watched their leaders take Children's from a good pediatric hospital to an emerging international powerhouse."
- J. Michael Rona, Rona Consulting Group

---------------

In the New York Times

CRC Press Authors Mark Graban, a senior fellow at the Lean Enterprise Institute and Seattle Children's Hospital President and COO Patrick Hagan were quoted in the following NY Times article:
Factory Efficiency Comes to the Hospital

---------------

T & F Journals

You can access sample editions and free articles from the home pages of most Taylor & Francis journals, including:

The International Trade Journal
Journal of the International Trade Institute at Texas A&M International University
The Service Industries Journal

---------------

Looking for a complete online reference library on business, management, and quality?

Our award-winning CRCnetBASE collections provide online access to full libraries of subject-specific handbooks and references.

 

 

STAY CONNECTED


Sign up to receive CRC Press' First Look eAlerts, special discounts and promotions!


Like us on Facebook, join our LinkedIn Group, or follow us on Twitter.

About Us
Resources
Textbooks
Other CRC Press Sites
Featured Authors
STAY CONNECTED
Facebook Page for CRC Press Twitter Page for CRC Press You Tube Channel for CRC Press LinkedIn Page for CRC Press Google Plus Page for CRC Press
Sign Up for Email Alerts
© 2013 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy | Cookie Use | Shipping Policy | Contact Us