Practical Project Management with CD ROM or Microeconomics

Practical Project Management with CD-ROM

Author: RG Ghattas

Using an easy-to-read conversational style and down-to-earth approach, this book follows a fictional training seminar given to six management professionals who are "trainees" in project management. In the seminar, the trainees work through two major projects and several others--each project highlighting and refining different issues that will make the managers better at controlling a complex process and in avoiding and eliminating unnecessary stress for the project, themselves, and their employees. Exceptionally practical and applied, the book guides readers through a proven strategy for success and provides them with the tools they need to handle any project's unique combination of people, process, and tasks. Features dialogues in which the "trainees" discuss concepts presented and their own personal experiences in project management; interviews with expert project managers; special Skill and Tool boxes; and applications and problems for practice, some using project management software. Introduction to Project Management. Change. Leadership and Motivation. Communications. Teams. Diversity. Organization. Organization. Network Analysis and Duration Estimating. Managing Resources. Project Control concepts. Project Control Techniques. Final Project Challenge: Applying What You Know. For first-time project leaders in industry.

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As more and more companies downsize their experienced and experienced people, many are relying on project managers to take care of the company business, and workers previously concerned only with<-->and about<-->their own jobs find themselves in charge of project with complex task relationships, often across disciplines. Ghattas and McKee (both DeVry Institute of Technology, Atlanta) compile hand-outs, overheads, and other material they have used over the years into a text for readers who are not expected to have any prior experience in project management, engineering, or elaborate statistical models. The disc contains an evaluation version of Practical Project Management. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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Microeconomics: Explore and Apply, Enhanced Edition

Author: Ronald M Ayers

This easy to read, accessible, macro-first principles book engages readers with familiar real-world examples and applications that bring economics to life. Its 18 chapters focus on those topics that are at the heart of economics, making the volume concise, yet complete. The authors follow an Explore & Apply theme to demonstrate how economics are a part of everyday life and how it can be a useful tool in making personal decisions and evaluating policy decisions. Notable coverage includes consumer and producer surplus, utility and consumer decision, as well as government and market failure. For a working knowledge of microeconomics.

Table of Contents:

(NOTE: Each chapter contains sections titled A look Ahead, Chapter Summary, Key Terms, Test Yourself, Questions and Problems, and Working with Graphs and Data.)

I. A JOURNEY THROUGH THE ECONOMY.
 1. The Economic Perspective.

 2. Production and Trade.

 3. Demand and Supply.

 4. The Power of Prices.

II. MICROECONOMIC FOUNDATIONS.
 5. Elasticity: Measuring Responsiveness.

 6. Consumer Behavior.

 7. The Firm and Production.

 8. Costs and Profit-Maximizing Output.

III. OUTPUT MARKETS.
 9. Pure Competition.

10. Monopoly and Antitrust.

11. Oligopoly and Monopolistic Competition.

IV. INPUT MARKETS.
12. Markets for Labor and Other Inputs.

13. Earnings and Income Distribution.

V. MARKET FAILURE AND GOVERNMENT ACTION.
14. Public Goods, Information, and Regulation.

15. Externalities and Common Property Resources.

16. Public Choice.

VI. THE GLOBAL ECONOMY.
17. Into the International Marketplace.

18. Policy Toward Trade.