The Asset Allocation Workbook offers a range of practical information and exercises that reinforce the key concepts explored in Portfolio Management in Practice, Volume 2: Asset Allocation. Part of the reputable CFA Institute Investment Series, the workbook is designed to further students’ and professionals’ hands-on experience with a variety of learning outcomes, summary overview sections,…
This third edition provides operations management students, academics, and professionals with a fully up-to-date, practical and comprehensive sourcebook in the science of distribution and Supply Chain Management (SCM). Its objective is not only to discover the roots and detail the techniques of supply and delivery channel networks, but also to explore the impact of the merger of SCM concepts an…
Strategic Human Resource Management provides practical guidance on putting complex HR strategies into practice. Presenting HRM strategies that have been formulated and developed by practitioners, academics and consultants, it demonstrates how these can be implemented in a real-world context and in line with business objectives to effect positive and productive change. Substantially updated, t…
Give future and current managers a thorough understanding of the financial theory that is essential for developing and implementing effective financial strategies in business today. Brigham/Ehrhardt's leading Financial Management: Theory and Practice (13th Edition) is the only text that strikes a perfect balance between solid financial theory and practical applications. Readers gain a strong wo…
This handbook is a primer explaining the difference between research (hypothesis testing) and evaluation (assessing the achievement of an objective). There are many models for conducting each type of inquiry and tools to help design, measure, and analyze. Includes guidelines for planning and writing a research proposal
The Foundations of Social Research details the major epistemological stances and theoretical perspectives that colour and shape current social research: positivism; constructionism; interpretivism; critical enquiry, feminism; and postmodernism
Leading students through research design and measurement analysis techniques most widely used in the public sector today, Professor Welch and Comer offer a practical approach to all aspects of public administration.
Written by a leading authority in the field, this comprehensive exploration of the political and policy-making roles of public bureaucracies is now available in a fully revised sixth edition, offering extensive, well documented comparative analysis of the effects of politics on bureaucracy. New to the 6th edition: more international case studies on North America, Western and Eastern European an…
Online and social media have become indispensable tools for journalists, but you still have to know how to find and tell a great story. To be a journalist today, you must have not only the practical skills to work with new technologies, but also the understanding of how and why journalism has changed. Combining theory and practice, Online Journalism will take you through the classic skills of i…