This book discusses the foreign policy-making of the United States up until 1990s. The book consists of 11 chapters about foundations of the state, the Roosevelt Era (1933-1945), the Truman Terms (1945-1953), the Eisenhower Administration (1953-1961), the Kennedy-Johnson Years (1961-1969), the contemporary state department, the Nixon-Ford Administrations (1969-1977), the Carter Years (1977-1981…
Forecasting in today’s business world is becoming increasingly important as firms focus on increasing customer satisfaction while reducing the cost of providing product and services. Business decisions almost always depend on some forecast about the course of event. Virtually every functional area of business makes use of some type of forecast. The sales forecast is often the root forecast fr…
Buku ini terbagi dalam 3 bagian yaitu, bagian pertama mengenai teori sosial klasik, bagian kedua mengenai teori sosial kontemporer dan bagian ketiga mengenai persoalan-persoalan dalam teori sosial. Yang diuraikan dalam bentuk bahasan, tinjauan dan interpretasi ulang karya-karya yang berkaitan dengan berbagai teoretisi klasik dan kontemporer. Dan menggali secara kritis perspektif-perspektif teor…
Environmental economics focuses on all the different facets on the connection between environmental quality and the economic behavior of individuals and groups of people. There is the fundamental question of how the economic system shapes economic incentives in ways that lead to environmental degradation as well as improvement. This book is an introduction to the basic principles of environment…
Financial reporting is a dynamic area and we see it as extremely important that the text should reflect this and be kept current. Assistance has been generously given by colleagues and many others in the preparation and review of the text and assessment material.
In this Book, we continue to stress model building, analysis of computer out put, and communication of results management science models. Reflecting current trends, in this edition, we focus on the use of spreadsheets, in particular Microsoft Excel, as our vehicle for solving and generating computer output for mathematical models developed in each chapter. Besides the exclusive use of excel, se…
Negotiation is a common, everyday activity that most people use to influence others and to achieve personal objectives. In fact, negotiation is not only common, it is also essential to living an effective and satisfying life. Negotiation is a process by which we attempt to influence others to help us achieve our needs while at the same time taking their needs into account. This books are organi…
The Leadership Challenge is about how leaders mobilize others to want to get extra ordinary things done in organizations.
Quantitative analysis is the scientific approach to managerial decision making. whim, emotions and guesswork are not part of the quantitative anlysis approach.
This book reports an a joint undertaking by American and Chilean economists to examine the economic reforms that have been implemented in Chile during the past fifteen years.