TY - BOOK AU - Wisniewski,Mik TI - Quantitative methods for decision makers SN - 9780273646846 (pbk.) : AV - HD30.23 U1 - 658.4033 WIS PY - 2002/// CY - Harlow PB - Financial Times Prentice Hall KW - Statistical decision KW - Decision making KW - Mathematical models KW - Mathematics KW - Problems, exercises, etc KW - Business and Management KW - ukslc KW - Business mathematics & systems KW - thema KW - Management decision making N1 - Previous ed.: London: Financial Times/Pitman, 1997; Includes bibliographical references and index; 1.Introduction -- 2.Tools of the trade -- 3.Presenting management information -- 4.Management statistics -- 5.Probability and probability distributions -- 6.Decision making under certainty -- 7.Market research and statistical inference -- 8.Quality control and quality management -- 9.Forecasting1: moving averages and time series -- 10.Forecasting II: regression -- 11.Linear programming -- 12.Strock control -- 13.Project line management -- 14.Simulation -- 15.Financial decision making N2 - Focusing on the practical uses of the techniques, this text encompasses a mixture of quantitative methods and provides the manager with a detailed overview of how such techniques fit in to the wider management process ER -