Data Analysis and Decision Making 4th Edition, S. Christian Albright

DATA ANALYSIS AND DECISION MAKING is a teach-by-example approach, learner-friendly writing style, and complete Excel integration focusing on data analysis, modeling, and spreadsheet use in statistics and management science. The Premium Online Content Website (accessed by a unique code with every new book) includes links to the following add-ins: the Palisade Decision Tools Suite (@RISK, StatTools, PrecisionTree, TopRank, RISKOptimizer, NeuralTools, and Evolver); and SolverTable, allowing users to do sensitivity analysis. All of the add-ins is revised for Excel 2007 and notes about Excel 2010 are added where applicable.

If you are familiar with Winston-Albright's other books, this has a familiar look and feel. This book requires a solid basic knowledge of statistics and a good grasp of Excel, but does not require any mathematical intuitive leaps. Some linear programmings problems, some forecasting problems (you can download a trial version of the Palisades software if you don't get the CD), and nice treatment of regression analysis. Also, multiple regressions can now be done with the standard data analysis plugin for Excel, so you don't even need the Palisades software for much of the book.

It should be noted that if you are looking specifically for an Excel book, this isn't it since it does not show the line by line spreadsheet code. This would have made this book more popular.

Over 1000 pages of solid well written material. Although there's no calculus, it's certainly no "Dummies" book. There's a good 300 page explanation of confidence interval estimation through regression analysis with lots of practical advice about sorting through variables and deciding which ones really matter.

This book fits into the big gap between introductory texts and theory. It is also a good follow-up to Albright's "Practical Management Science," which was more focused on classic linear programming examples. This one is a little more statistical.

Product Details :
Hardcover: 1080 pages
Publisher: South-Western College Pub; 4 edition (October 12, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0538476125
ISBN-13: 978-0538476126
Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 1.7 x 10.3 inches

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Strategic Management: Text and Cases 6th Edition, Gregory Dess

Strategic Management: Text and Cases, sixth Edition, by the prestigious authors Dess/Lumpkin/Eisner and new co-author Gerry McNamara provide solid treatment of traditional topics in strategic management as well as thorough coverage of contemporary topics such intellectual assets, entrepreneurship, innovation, knowledge management, Internet strategies, crowdsourcing, environmental sustainability, businesses’ use of blogs and social networking sites and more. The text is rounded off by rich, relevant, and teachable cases. This text’s accessible writing style and wealth of new and updated illustrations, which clarify the most difficult topics, make this text the best resource for your students.

The new case selections emphasize variety, currency, and familiar company names. The cases are up-to-date in terms of both financial data and strategic issues. This group of cases gives both instructors and students unparalleled quality and variety. Based on consistent reviewer feedback, these selections combine comprehensive and shorter length cases about well known companies.

The book was a required book for class so had to be purchased. There are cases in the back of the book that correlate with the chapters and give deeper understanding of the concepts and course objectives.

Product Details :
Hardcover: 912 pages
Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Irwin; 6 edition (September 27, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0078029317
ISBN-13: 978-0078029318
Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 3.8 x 10.2 inches

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The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable 1st Edition, Patrick Lencioni

In The Five Dysfunctions of a Team Patrick Lencioni once again offers a leadership fable that is as enthralling and instructive as his first two best-selling books, The Five Temptations of a CEO and The Four Obsessions of an Extraordinary Executive. This time, he turns his keen intellect and storytelling power to the fascinating, complex world of teams.

Kathryn Petersen, Decision Tech's CEO, faces the ultimate leadership crisis: Uniting a team in such disarray that it threatens to bring down the entire company. Will she succeed? Will she be fired? Will the company fail? Lencioni's utterly gripping tale serves as a timeless reminder that leadership requires as much courage as it does insight.

Throughout the story, Lencioni reveals the five dysfunctions which go to the very heart of why teams even the best ones-often struggle. He outlines a powerful model and actionable steps that can be used to overcome these common hurdles and build a cohesive, effective team. Just as with his other books, Lencioni has written a compelling fable with a powerful yet deceptively simple message for all those who strive to be exceptional team leaders.

Once again using an astutely written fictional tale to unambiguously but painlessly deliver some hard truths about critical business procedures, Patrick Lencioni targets group behavior in the final entry of his trilogy of corporate fables. And like those preceding it, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team is an entertaining, quick read filled with useful information that will prove easy to digest and implement. This time, Lencioni weaves his lessons around the story of a troubled Silicon Valley firm and its unexpected choice for a new CEO: an old-school manager who had retired from a traditional manufacturing company two years earlier at age 55. Showing exactly how existing personnel failed to function as a unit, and precisely how the new boss worked to reestablish that essential conduct, the book's first part colorfully illustrates the ways that teamwork can elude even the most dedicated individuals--and be restored by an insightful leader. A second part offers details on Lencioni's "five dysfunctions" (absence of trust, fear of conflict, lack of commitment, avoidance of accountability, and inattention to results), along with a questionnaire for readers to use in evaluating their own teams and specifics to help them understand and overcome these common shortcomings.

In keeping with the parable style, Lencioni (The Five Temptations of a CEO) begins by telling the fable of a woman who, as CEO of a struggling Silicon Valley firm, took control of a dysfunctional executive committee and helped its members succeed as a team. Story time over, Lencioni offers explicit instructions for overcoming the human behavioral tendencies that he says corrupt teams (absence of trust, fear of conflict, lack of commitment, avoidance of accountability and inattention to results). Succinct yet sympathetic, this guide will be a boon for those struggling with the inherent difficulties of leading a group. 100,000 first printing.

Product Details :
Hardcover: 229 pages
Publisher: Jossey-Bass; 1st edition (April 11, 2002)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0787960756
ISBN-13: 978-0787960759
Product Dimensions: 6.1 x 0.9 x 8.6 inches

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