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Provides non-specialist accounting and finance students on business studies courses with an introduction to the role of accounting in a managerial setting. This title reflects changes in International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).

Intended primarily at intermediate and advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students taking International Marketing modules. This book covers the range of international marketing topics, logically divided into four Parts that outlines the core concepts of international marketing, and discuses the environmental forces.

In a constantly changing business climate, all managers must be able to manage change in their organisation. This book can help students understand how to gain the co-operation of others in implementing change, and how to help themselves and others cope with the stress of change.

Covers the following topics on lighting systems: light sources - incandescent and discharge lamps, definitions and lighting units, light distribution, types of luminaries, law of illumination, lighting loads, and special systems. It also includes self-assessment questions and an end test to enable students to monitor their progress.

Increased international competition has produced various initiative world-wide for new approaches to management, particularly in the area of human resources management. This book provides theoretical analysis and hard empirical data, with a series of fresh contributions from leading teachers and researchers in the field.

Time management is not only a basic management technique, it is also an essential life-skill, and yet for many people 80 per cent of achievement still comes from only 20 per cent of the day. By demonstrating why and where time gets wasted, this book can help managers to be more productive in less time.

Offers a contemporary account of the major research findings and theories on the development of children's cognitive development from infancy onwards, whilst also considering their practical implications. This text enables students to carefully examine and critically assess the change processes through which development occurs.

A three-level business English course for pre-work students and business people wishing to improve their English and their employment prospects. It is also suitable for in-company training. ¿Modern, business-related topics to engage students and involve them in the practice of everyday business ¿An integrated grammar syllabus offering extensive functional practice ¿Varied activities and learner strategies to motivate and support student in their studies

Based on a major international survey of some of the world's biggest employers in the hospitality and tourism industries, this book provides an examination of the problems and issues involved and reveals that nearly all of the organizations are failing to address the complexities of HRM in the global marketplace.

Illustrated using examples, this student text explains management accounting in all of its phases, from the determination of figures through their presentation and interpretation, to their application in business management.

Suitable for managers who require a guide to developing their business operations, this book draws on the experience of companies at the forefront of thinking in terms of international business and contains examples from real companies. It includes worksheets, summaries and exercises which ensure that theory is related to real life.

Explains how the study of accounting is an important element in understanding the way in which modern enterprises and societies operate.

A guide to the tools and techniques of contemporary project management. It explains new methods in detail and is illustrated with examples from industrial organisations in the UK and Europe. It is suitable for post-experience courses and in-company training, and may also appeal to undergraduate courses with a practical emphasis to their teaching.

Contains twelve modules divided into the core lessons of Business topic, Business skills and Learning strategies.

Tells the story of the rebirth of British entrepreneurship.

Examines the activities of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The contributors compare the structures of SMEs with those of larger enterprises, and look at how they change when they begin to expand. The interaction of the market and political regulation is also discussed.

Delivered at Home is a study of the work and life of District Midwives from 1948 to 1972 in the City of Nottingham, which was one of the last cities to build a central maternity unit.

Contains twelve modules divided into the core lessons of Business topic, Business skills and Learning strategies.

Suitable for MBA, MSc and senior undergraduate students of International Business and Strategic Management, this title focuses on the financial, cultural and strategic aspects of international mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity and has a global, cross-cultural perspective.

Proposes that strong management of a firm's technology improves both the marketing potential of existing products and allows firms to identify opportunities for new products through the systematic analysis and assessment of their technological and marketing capabilities.

Designed specifically for students, this title equips students with basic reference material for what they need to know about management science. Comprising an A-Z listing of over 400 entries, it includes coverage of various conceptual developments in the field.

Offers a thematic and analytical treatment to the comparative and international aspects of industrial relations. Surveying, integrating and reviewing the literature and research findings relating to comparative studies in industrial relations, this title examines the similarities and differences between countries and institutions around the world.

Places the practice of accounting in its international context through the examination of the financial statements and corporate reports of major, multinational corporations. This book includes a wealth of real-world examples with actual statements from multinational companies to excerpts from financial journalism.

Covers the technical aspects of capital investment decision-making, including the selection of an appropriate discount rate, and also its human and behavioural characteristics. This book is suitable for accounting and finance students, general business students, and also to those involved in the capital decision-making process at various levels.

Presents a selection of significant contributions to the field of Microeconomics. This book includes papers on Resource Allocation, Game Theory, Uncertainty, Demand Theory, Price Discrimination and Product Differentiation, Information, Oligopoly: Theory and an Application, and Social Choice.