Quantitative Methods for Business

Donald Waters is the author of many successful textbooks and is well known for his clarity of style.  He was a professor of finance and operations management and now works in management analysis, research and education.

• Part One – Background 1 Managers and numbers2 Calculations and equations3 Drawing graphsPart Two – Collecting and summarising data 4 Collecting data5 Diagrams for presenting data6 Using numbers to describe date7 Describing changes with index numbersPart Three - Solving management problems 8 Finance and performance9 Regression and curve fitting10 Forecasting11 Linear ProgrammingPart Four - Introducing statistics 12 Uncertainty and probabilities13 Probability distributions14 Using samples15 Testing hypothesesPart Five - Management problems involving uncertainty 16 Making decisions17 Quality management18 Inventory management19 Project management20 Queues and simulation