Effective Healthcare Leadership or Global Structures Local Cultures

Effective Healthcare Leadership

Author: Mansour Jumaa

Leadership skills are required to implement and sustain change in healthcare. This book integrates theory and practice to distil the reality of leadership in healthcare. It addresses the context of leadership in healthcare today, explores strategies for leadership, and presents an evidence-based approach for effective change in health and social care organisations.

Book about: Communist Manifesto and Other Writings or The Power of Full Engagement

Global Structures, Local Cultures

Author: Mary Hawkins

Global Structures, Local Cultures covers the major areas conventionally introduced to first year students of sociology and social theory, from the classical to the contemporary; gender; ethnicity social stratification; media and communications; social movements and social action--but does so within a narritive framework, making extensive use of comparative material and building a strong cross-cultural argument.

Table of Contents:

Ch1: Culture, structure and society

Ch2: Conceptualising 'one world': theoretical frameworks

Ch3: Making the world one: imperialism, the emergence of capitalism Ch4: One world structure: the globilisation of capitalism and the emergence of global institutions of governance Ch5: One world culture: print, electronic media and the imagined community

Ch6: Ethnicity and nationalisms

Ch7: Gender and sexuality

Ch8: Religion, secularism and new fundamentalisms

Ch9: Tourism and the reinvention of culture

Ch10: Citizens and others

Ch11: Resistance and reaction: global social activism

Italians Then Mexicans Now or Office Procedures in Managed Health Care

Italians Then, Mexicans Now: Immigrant Origins and Second-Generation Progress, 1890 to 2000

Author: Joel Perlmann

"In Italians Then, Mexicans Now, Joel Perlmann offers a sustained comparison of immigrant and second-generation wellbeing over the past hundred years. Using the latest immigration data from the census and other recent studies - as well as a century of census data - Perlmann paints a more optimistic picture of immigrant prospects than is envisioned by many other scholars of immigration." Rich with historical data, Italians Then, Mexicans Now persuasively argues that today's Mexican immigrants are making slow but steady socioeconomic progress and may one day reach parity with earlier immigrant groups who moved up into the heart of American middle-class society.

Table of Contents:

Ch. 1	Toward a population history : a basis for comparisons	7
Ch. 2	Immigrant wages then and now	37
Ch. 3	Second-generation schooling	60
Ch. 4	Second-generation economic outcomes	90

See also: The Fat Burning Bible or Anger Kills

Office Procedures in Managed Health Care

Author: Patricia M Boyd

The emphasis of this text-workbook, designed for use in medical office procedures courses, is on managed health care environments. However, the chapters also cover traditional medical office tasks and functions. The 10 chapters provide insights into functions of administrative support personnel and describe changes in today's health care environments. Workplace competencies, technology, medical ethics, licensing, and insurance are among the key topics covered.

The Labors of Sisyphus or Internet Business Intelligence

The Labors of Sisyphus: The Economic Development of Communist China

Author: Maria Chang

Maria Hsia Chang's The Labors of Sisyphus is a reassessment of the meaning and purpose of the Chinese communist revolution. In it, she discusses the thought of Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping, reform and its dilemmas, regionalism in greater China and autonomous areas, and nationalism. She also examines China's immediate present and uncertain future. If it manages to transform economic growth into development, China - filled with natural resources and a large, capable labor force - has the potential to become a world superpower. It could also collapse under the weight of its own problems: regionalism, a flawed state sector, corruption, and a pronounced decline in state capacity. If China succeeds, an imposing new economic power will enter the global stage, one that is often arbitrary and prone to despotism and xenophobia, unless it is tempered by political reform. Maria Hsia Chang lends structure, meaning, and purpose to the very complex recent political and historical past of Communist China. With greater access to more accurate information, Chang is able to analyze objectively, without political motive or intention, providing readers with a fresh look at the People's Republic. Her pathbreaking work will be of interest to scholars of international economics and politics, sinologists, and historians.

Book review: Fish Drying and Smoking or The Story of Crisco

Internet Business Intelligence: How to Build a Big Company System on a Small Company Budget

Author: David Vin

Business Intelligence-the acquisition, management, and utilization of information-is crucial in the global marketplace of the 21st-century. This savvy handbook explains how even the smallest firm can use inexpensive Web resources to create an Internet Business Intelligence System (IBIS) that rivals the multimillion-dollar systems of Fortune 500 companies. IBIS tracks competitors, explore markets, and evaluates opportunities and risks. It can also be used to launch a business, find customers, test new products, and increase sales. David Vine owns and operates a computer technology company and contributes to Internet World magazine. He lives in Princeton, New Jersey.

Business Statistics or Managing Information Systems

Business Statistics: A First Course

Author: David M M Levin

This book covers the concepts and applications of statistics used in the functional areas of business-accounting, marketing, management, and economics, and finance. Focused more on concepts than on statistical methods, it shows readers how to properly use statistics to analyze data and demonstrates how computer software is an integral part of this analysis. "Using Statistics" scenarios discuss how statistics is used in a real business setting. Includes contemporary business applications, many with real data sets, and an integrated case that runs throughout chapters. "PHSTAT," a custom designed Excel add-in, is packaged with each book. Introduction and Data Collection. Presenting Data in Tables and Charts. Summarizing and Describing Numerical Data. Basic Probability and Probability Distributions. Sampling Distributions and Confidence Interval Estimation. Fundamentals of Hypothesis Testing: One-Sample Tests. Two-Sample and C-Sample Tests with Numerical Data. Hypothesis Testing with Categorical Data. Statistical Applications in Quality and Productivity Management. The Simple Linear Regression Model and Correlations. Introduction to Multiple Regression. Time Series Analysis. An accessible introduction or refresher on statistics for those in accounting, marketing, management, economics, and finance.

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This textbook introduces statistical methods for analyzing data in applied contexts related to accounting, economics, finance, management, and marketing. The primary methods covered involve probability, hypothesis testing, simple linear regression, and multiple regression. The third edition adds sections on preparing reports with Microsoft Office tools. The CD-ROM contains the PHStat2 add-in for Excel and data files. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Table of Contents:

Preface.
1. Introduction and Data Collection.
Why a Manager Needs to Know About Statistics. The Growth and Development of Modern Statistics. Statistical Thinking and Modern Management. Descriptive Versus Inferential Statistics. Why Do We Need Data? Types of Data. Types of Sampling Methods. Evaluating Survey Worthiness. Summary.
Appendix 1.1 Basics of the Windows User Interface. Appendix 1.2 Introduction to Microsoft Excel. Appendix 1.3 Introduction to Minitab. Case Study: Alumni Association Survey.

2. Presenting Data in Tables and Charts.
Organizing Numerical Data. Tables and Charts for Numerical Data. Tables and Charts for Categorical Data. Tabulating and Graphing Bivariate Categorical Data. Graphical Excellence. Summary. Springville Herald Case.
Appendix 2.1. Using Microsoft Excel for Tables and Charts. Appendix 2.2. Using Minitab for Tables and Charts.

3. Summarizing and Describing Numerical Data.
Exploring Numerical Data and Its Properties. Measures of Central Tendency, Variation, and Shape. Exploratory Data Analysis. Obtaining Descriptive Summary Measures from a Population. Recognizing and Practicing Proper Descriptive Summarization and Exploring Ethical Issues. Summary. Case Study: State Alcoholic Beverages Oversight Board Study on Beers. Springville Herald Case.
Appendix 3.1. Using Microsoft Excel for Descriptive Statistics. Appendix 3.2. Using Minitab for Descriptive Statistics.

4. Basic Probability and Probability Distributions.
Basic Probability Concepts. Conditional Probability. Bayes Theorem. The Probability Distribution for a Discrete Random Variable. Binomial Distribution. Poisson Distribution. The Normal Distribution. Assessing the Normality Assumption. The Covariance and its Application in Finance (Optional section). Ethical Issues and Probability. Summary. Springville Herald Case.
Appendix 4.1. Using Microsoft Excel with Probability and Probability Distributions. Appendix 4.2. Using Minitab with Probability Distributions.

5. Sampling Distributions and Confidence Interval Estimation.
Introduction to Sampling Distributions. Introduction to Confidence Interval Estimation. Confidence Interval Estimation for the Mean ( Known). Confidence Interval Estimation for the Mean ( Unknown). Confidence Interval Estimation for the Proportion. Determining Sample Size. Confidence Interval Estimation and Ethical Issues. Summary. Springville Herald Case.
Appendix 5.1. Using Microsoft Excel for Sampling Distributions and Confidence Interval Estimation. Appendix 5.2. Using Minitab for Sampling Distributions and Confidence Interval Estimation.

6. Fundamentals of Hypothesis Testing: One-Sample Tests.
Hypothesis-Testing Methodology. Z Test of Hypothesis for the Mean ( Known). The p-Value Approach to Hypothesis Testing. A Connection between Confidence Interval Estimation and Hypothesis Testing. One-Tailed Tests. t Test of Hypothesis for the Mean ( Unknown). Z Test of Hypothesis for the Proportion. Potential Hypothesis-Testing Pitfalls and Ethical Issues. Summary.
Appendix 6.1. Using Microsoft Excel for One-Sample Tests of Hypothesis. Appendix 6.2. Using Minitab for One-Sample Tests of Hypothesis.

7. Two-Sample and C-Sample Tests with Numerical Data.
Comparing Two Independent Samples: Tests for Differences in Two Means. Comparing Two Related Samples: Tests for the Mean Difference. F Test for Differences in Two Variances. One-Way ANOVA F Test for the Difference in c means. Summary.
Appendix 7.1. Using Microsoft Excel for Two-Sample and c-Sample Tests. Appendix 7.2. Using Minitab for Two-Sample c-Sample Tests. Case Study: Test Marketing and Promoting a Ball-Point Pen. Springville Herald Case.

8. Hypothesis Testing with Categorical Data.
Introduction. Z Test for Differences in Two Proportions. Test for Differences in Two Proportions. Test for Differences in c Proportions. Test of Independence. Summary. Case Study: Airline Satisfaction Survey. Springville Herald Case.
Appendix 8.1. Using Microsoft Excel for Hypothesis Testing with Categorical Data. Appendix 8.2. Using Minitab for Hypothesis Testing with Categorical Data.

9. The Simple Linear Regression Model and Correlation.
Types of Regression Models. Determining the Simple Linear Regression Equation. Measures of Variation in Regression and Correlation. Assumptions of Regression and Correlation. Residual Analysis. Inferences about the Slope. Estimation of Predicted Values. Pitfalls in Regression and Ethical Issues. Computations in Simple Linear Regression. Correlation-Measuring the Strength of the Association. Summary. Case Study: Predicting Sunday Newspaper Circulation. Springville Herald Case.
Appendix 9.1. Using Microsoft Excel for Simple Linear Regression and Correlation. Appendix 9.2. Using Minitab for Simple Linear Regression and Correlation.

10. Multiple Regression.
Developing the Multiple Regression Model. Residual Analysis for the Multiple Regression Model. Testing for the Significance of the Multiple Regression Model. Inferences concerning the Population Regression Coefficients. Testing portions of the Multiple Regression Model. The Curvilinear Regression Model. Dummy-Variable Models. Model Building. Summary. Case Study A: EastSideWestSide Movers. Case Study B: The Mountain States Potato Company.
Appendix 10.1. Using Microsoft Excel for Multiple Linear Regression and Correlation. Appendix 10.2. Using Minitab for Multiple Linear Regression and Correlation.

11. Time Series Analysis.
The Importance of Business Forecasting. Component Factors of the Classical Multiplicative Time-Series Model. Smoothing the Annual Time-Series. Least-Squares Trend Fitting and Forecasting. Autoregressive Modeling for Trend Fitting and Forecasting. Choosing an Appropriate Forecasting Model. Time-Series Forecasting of Monthly or Quarterly data. Pitfalls Concerning Time-Series Analysis and Ethical Considerations. Summary. Case Study Currency Trading. Springville Herald Case.
Appendix 11.1. Using Microsoft Excel for Time Series Analysis. Appendix 11.2. Using Minitab for Time Series Analysis.

12. Statistical Applications in Quality and Productivity Management.
Quality and Productivity: A Historical Perspective. Deming's Fourteen Points—A Theory of Management by Process. The Theory of Control Charts. Control Chart for the Proportion of Nonconforming Items—The p Chart. The Red Bead Experiment: Understanding Process Variability. Control Charts for the Mean ( ) and the Range (R ). Process Capability. Summary. Case Study: The Harnswell Sewing Machine Company Case. Springville Herald Case.
Appendix 12.1. Using Microsoft Excel for Control Charts. Appendix 12.2. Using Minitab for Control Charts.

ANSWERS TO SELECTED PROBLEMS.
Appendix A. Review of Arithmetic and Algebra.
Appendix B. Summation Notation.
Appendix C. Statistical Symbols and Greek Alphabet.
Appendix D. Documentation for Data Files.
Appendix E. Tables.
Appendix F. Installing the PHStat Add-In.
Index.

Interesting book: Public Opinion or Grover Cleveland

Managing Information Systems: Using Cases Within an Industry Context to Solve Business Problems with Information Technology

Author: David L Anderson

This text uses cases to explain Management Information Systems concepts within an industry perspective. The cases are direct, real and written in the late '90's. Each chapter contains specific sections to thoroughly present and explain the relevant information systems and business concepts. Built upon extensive information technology sections, this text includes contextual elements such as actual financial information and analysis, the importance of data and the impact of technology on the manufacturing, marketing and distribution processes. An appropriate text for Management Information Systems.

Fashion Retailing or Economics and Language

Fashion Retailing

Author: Ellen Diamond

Features: -covers "must know" aspects of fashion retailing: the role of research, choosing the
store's location and layout, recruiting and training employees, accounting, buying
and pricing, and advertising and promotion -provides a solid understanding of financial statements, methods for determining
inventory, expense controls, and computerized accounting and inventory control
systems -"small store applications" section in every chapter relates content to small
establishments -"fashion retailing spotlights" focus on creative techniques that such companies as
Nordstrom have used to succeed in fashion retailing -the appendix reviews typical, on-the-job math skills required in fashion retailing and
includes a survey of careers in the fashion field ALSO AVAILABLE Fashion Retail Video Series, ISBN:0-8273-5758-3 INSTRUCTOR SUPPLEMENTS CALL CUSTOMER SUPPORT TO ORDER Instructor's Guide, 0-8273-5622-6

Read also Corporations and Other Business Associations or Human Value Management

Economics and Language: Five Essays

Author: Ariel Rubinstein

Arising out of the author's lifetime fascination with the links between the formal language of mathematical models and natural language, this short book comprises five essays investigating both the economics of language and the language of economics. Ariel Rubinstein touches on the structure imposed on binary relations in daily language, the evolutionary development of the meaning of words, game-theoretical considerations of pragmatics, the language of economic agents and the rhetoric of game theory. These short essays are full of challenging ideas for social scientists that should help to encourage a fundamental rethinking of many of the underlying assumptions in economic theory and game theory.

Table of Contents:

	Acknowledgments
Pt. 1	Economics of Language
	Economics and language	3
1	Choosing the semantic properties of language	9
2	Evolution gives meaning to language	25
3	Strategic considerations in pragmatics	37
Pt. 2	Language of Economics
4	Decision making and language	55
5	On the rhetoric of game theory	71
	Concluding remarks	89
Pt. 3	Comments
	Index	125

The Internet Revolution or Medical Pegboard Procedures

The Internet Revolution: A Global Perspective

Author: Emanuele Giovannetti

Information technology (IT) has become a constant presence in contemporary life, infiltrating community, business and state affairs. This book discusses applications and consequences of IT in developing and advanced countries, focusing on the ways in which IT has changed society via the so-called Internet revolution. It examines the characteristics of network economies; Internet access; changes in supply chains; productivity increases; and the digital divide. It ranges through the U.K., European Union, Central and Eastern Europe, U.S., Japan, India, South Africa, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and China.

Book review: Dont Tell the Grown Ups or Pearl Harbor

Medical Pegboard Procedures

Author: Dorothy A Taylor

This simulation provides hands-on experience in medical recordkeeping for physicians' offices where write-it-once pegboard systems are used.

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Instructor's Guide ISBN: 0827375514 Contents Only ISBN: 0827375492 Pegboard Only ISBN: 0827375506

Table of Contents:

Preface, Section 1-Reference Manual. Welcome. Working in Dr. Masons Office. Appointment Book. Patient List. Ledger Card. Recording Payments Received Through the Mail. Recording Charges and Payments Requiring a Receipt. Recording Charges and Payments Requiring a Superbill. Totaling Day Sheet. Preparing the Deposit. Writing and Recording Checks. Preparing Payroll Checks to Include Withholding. Preparing Insurance Claim Forms. Preparing Medicare Claim Forms. Section 2-Jobs. Monday-Friday, March 5th-9th. Section 3-Appendix. Glossary. Codes. CPT Codes. ICD-9 Codes. Computerizing the Medical Office Forms.