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Budgeting municipal expenditures : a study in comparative policy making / حسب Friedman, Lewis B.

Managerial accounting : creating value in a dynamic business environment / حسب Hilton, Ronald W.

جدول المحتويات: "…Chapter 1 The Changing Role of Managerial Accounting in a Dynamic Business EnvironmentChapter 2 Basic Cost Management Concepts and Accounting for Mass Customization OperationsChapter 3 Product Costing and Cost Accumulation in a Batch Production EnvironmentChapter 3 Appendix Activity-Based Costing: An IntroductionChapter 4 Process Costing and Hybrid Product-Costing SystemsChapter 5 Activity-Based Costing and ManagementChapter 5 Appendix Just-in-Time Inventory and Production ManagementChapter 6 Activity Analysis, Cost Behavior, and Cost EstimationChapter 6 Appendix Least-Squares Regression Using Microsoft ExcelChapter 7 Cost-Volume-Profit AnalysisChapter 7 Appendix Effect of Income TaxesChapter 8 Absorption and Variable CostingChapter 9 Profit Planning and Activity-Based BudgetingChapter 10 Standard Costing, Operational Performance Measures and the Balanced ScorecardChapter 10 Appendix Use of Standard Costs for Product CostingChapter 11 Flexible Budgeting and the Management of Overhead and Support Activity CostsChapter 11 Appendix A Standard Costs and Product CostingChapter 11 Appendix B Sales VariancesChapter 12 Responsibility Accounting, Quality Control and Environmental Cost ManagementChapter 13 Investment Centers and Transfer PricingChapter 14 Decision Making: Relevant Costs and BenefitsChapter 14 Appendix Linear ProgrammingChapter 15 Target Costing and Cost Analysis for Pricing DecisionsChapter 16 Capital Expenditure DecisionsChapter 16 Appendix A Future Value and Present Value TablesChapter 16 Appendix B Impact of InflationChapter 17 Allocation of Support Activity Costs and Joint CostsChapter 17 Appendix Reciprocal-Services MethodAppendix I The Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Internal Controls, and Management AccountingAppendix II Compound Interest and the Concept of Present ValueAppendix III Inventory ManagementReferences for In their Own WordsGlossaryPhoto CreditsIndex of Companies and OrganizationsIndex of Subjects…"
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Cost and management accounting : an introduction

جدول المحتويات: "…Preface xiii Part One Introduction to Cost and Management Accounting 1 (38) Introduction to management accounting 3 (16) The users of accounting information 4 (1) Differences between management accounting and financial accounting 5 (1) The decision-making process 5 (5) Changing competitive environment 10 (1) Focus on customer satisfaction and new management approaches 10 (3) The impact of the changing environment of management accounting systems 13 (1) Functions of management accounting 14 (2) Summary of the contents of this book 16 (3) An introduction to cost terms and concepts 19 (20) Cost objects 19 (1) Direct and indirect costs 20 (2) Period and product costs 22 (1) Cost behaviour 22 (5) Relevant and irrelevant costs and revenues 27 (1) Avoidable and unavoidable costs 28 (1) Sunk costs 28 (1) Opportunity costs 28 (1) Incremental and marginal costs 29 (1) Job costing and process costing systems 30 (1) Maintaining a cost database 30 (9) Part Two Cost Accumulation for Inventory Valuation and Profit Measurement 39 (158) Accounting for labour and materials 41 (30) Accounting for labour costs 42 (2) Accounting treatment of various labour cost items 44 (1) Materials recording procedure 45 (2) Pricing the issues of materials 47 (4) Issues relating to accounting for materials 51 (2) Quantitative models for the planning and control of stocks 53 (1) Relevant costs for quantitative models under conditions of certainty 53 (1) Determining the economic order quantity 54 (3) Assumptions of the EOQ formula 57 (1) Determining when to place the order 57 (1) Control of stocks through classification 58 (1) Materials requirement planning 59 (1) Just-in-time systems 60 (11) Cost assignment 71 (36) Assignment of direct and indirect costs 72 (1) Different costs for different purposes 72 (2) Cost-benefit issues and cost systems design 74 (1) Assigning direct costs to objects 75 (1) Plant-wide (blanket) overhead rates 75 (2) The two-stage allocation process 77 (1) An illustration of the two-stage process for a traditional costing system 78 (7) Extracting relevant costs for decision-making 85 (1) Budgeted overhead rates 85 (1) Under-and over-recovery of overheads 86 (1) Maintaining the database at standard costs 87 (1) Non-manufacturing overheads 88 (4) Appendix 4.1: Inter-service department reallocations 92 (4) Appendix 4.2: Other allocation bases used by traditional systems 96 (11) Accounting entries for a job costing system 107 (24) Control accounts 108 (1) Recording the purchase of raw materials 109 (1) Recording the issue of materials 109 (3) Accounting procedure for labour costs 112 (1) Accounting procedure for manufacturing overheads 113 (2) Non-manufacturing overheads 115 (1) Accounting procedures for jobs completed and products sold 115 (1) Costing profit and loss account 116 (1) Interlocking accounting 116 (1) Contract costing 117 (5) Work in progress valuation and amounts recoverable on contracts 122 (9) Process costing 131 (32) Flow of production and costs in a process costing system 132 (1) Process costing when all output is fully complete 133 (6) Process costing with ending work in progress partially complete 139 (3) Beginning and ending work in progress of uncompleted units 142 (5) Partially completed output and losses in process 147 (1) Process costing for decision-making and control 147 (1) Batch/operating costing 148 (1) Surveys of practice 149 (3) Appendix 6.1: Losses in process and partially completed units 152 (11) Joint and by-product costing 163 (16) Distinguishing between joint products and by-products 163 (2) Methods of allocating joint costs 165 (7) Irrelevance of joint cost allocations for decision-making 172 (1) Accounting for by-products 173 (1) By-products, scrap and waste 174 (5) Income effects of alternative cost accumulation systems 179 (18) External and internal reporting 180 (1) Variable costing 181 (1) Absorption costing 182 (1) Variable costing and absorption costing: a comparison of their impact on profit 183 (3) A mathematical model of the profit functions 186 (1) Some arguments in support of variable costing 187 (1) Some arguments in support of absorption costing 188 (1) Surveys of company practice 189 (2) Appendix 8.1: Derivation of the profit function for an absorption costing system 191 (6) Part Three Information for Decision-making 197 (112) Cost-volume--profit analysis 199 (30) The economist's model 200 (2) The accountant's cost--volume--profit model 202 (2) A mathematical approach to cost-volume--profit analysis 204 (4) Margin of safety 208 (1) Constructing the break-even chart 208 (1) Alternative presentation of cost--volume--profit analysis 208 (2) Multi-product cost--volume--profit analysis 210 (3) Cost--volume--profit analysis assumptions 213 (3) Cost--volume--profit analysis and computer applications 216 (1) Separation of semi-variable costs 216 (13) Measuring relevant costs and revenues for decision-making 229 (28) The meaning of relevance 230 (1) Importance of qualitative factors 230 (1) Special pricing decisions 231 (4) Product-mix decisions when capacity constraints exist 235 (2) Replacement of equipment -- the irrelevance of past costs 237 (2) Outsourcing and make or buy decisions 239 (4) Discontinuation decisions 243 (2) Determining the relevant costs of direct materials 245 (1) Determining the relevant costs of direct labour 245 (12) Activity-based costing 257 (28) The role of a cost accumulation system in generating relevant cost information for decision-making 258 (1) Types of cost systems 259 (1) A comparison of traditional and ABC systems 260 (2) The emergence of ABC systems 262 (1) Volume-based and non-volume-based cost drivers 262 (3) An illustration of the two-stage process for an ABC system 265 (4) Designing ABC systems 269 (3) Activity hierarchies 272 (1) Cost versus benefits considerations 273 (1) Periodic review of an ABC data base 274 (1) ABC in service organizations 274 (1) ABC cost management applications 275 (10) Capital investment decisions 285 (24) The opportunity cost of an investment 286 (1) Compounding and discounting 286 (2) The concept of net present value 288 (2) Calculating net present values 290 (1) The internal rate of return 291 (3) Relevant cash flows 294 (1) Timing of cash flows 294 (1) Techniques that ignore the time value of money 295 (1) Payback method 295 (3) Accounting rate of return 298 (1) Qualitative factors 299 (2) Appendix 12.1: Taxation and investment decisions 301 (8) Part Four Information for Planning, Control and Performance Measurement 309 (106) The budgeting process 311 (28) Relationship between budgeting and long-term planning 312 (1) The multiple functions of budgets 312 (2) Conflicting roles of budgets 314 (1) The budget period 314 (1) Administration of the budgeting process 315 (1) Stages in the budgeting process 316 (4) A detailed illustration 320 (1) Sales budget 320 (3) Production budget and budgeted stock levels 323 (1) Direct materials usage budget 324 (1) Direct materials purchase budget 324 (1) Direct labour budget 325 (1) Factory overhead budget 325 (1) Selling and administration budget 326 (1) Departmental budgets 327 (1) Master budget 327 (2) Cash budgets 329 (1) Final review 329 (1) Computerized budgeting 330 (9) Management control systems 339 (28) Different types of controls 340 (3) Cybernetic control systems 343 (1) Feedback and feed-forward controls 343 (1) Management accounting control systems 344 (1) Responsibility centres 344 (2) The nature of management accounting control systems 346 (1) The controllability principle 347 (4) Setting financial performance targets 351 (1) Participation in the budgeting and target setting process 352 (2) Non-financial performance measures 354 (1) Activity-based cost management 355 (12) Standard costing and variance analysis 367 (48) Operation of a standard costing system 368 (3) Establishing cost standards 371 (3) Types of cost standards 374 (4) Variance analysis 378 (1) Material variances 378 (1) Material price variances 379 (2) Material usage variance 381 (1) Total material variance 382 (1) Labour variances 382 (1) Wage rate variance 382 (1) Labour efficiency variance 383 (1) Total labour variance 384 (1) Variable overhead variances 384 (1) Variable overhead expenditure variance 384 (1) Variable overhead efficiency variance 385 (1) Similarities between materials, labour and overhead variances 386 (1) Fixed overhead expenditure or spending variance 386 (1) Sales variances 387 (1) Total sales margin variance 387 (1) Sales margin price variance 388 (1) Sales margin volume variance 389 (1) Reconciling budgeted profit and actual profit 389 (1) Standard absorption costing 389 (2) Volume variance 391 (1) Volume efficiency variance 392 (1) Volume capacity variance 393 (1) Summary of fixed overhead variances 393 (1) Reconciliation of budgeted and actual profit for a standard absorption costing system 393 (2) Performance reports 395 (3) Recording standard costs in the accounts 398 (17) Questions 415 (126) Bibliography 541 (4) Appendices 545 (4) Appendix A 546 (1) Appendix B 547 (2) Index 549…"

A preface to marketing management / حسب Peter, J. Paul

جدول المحتويات: "…4 (9) Strategic Planning and Marketing Management 4 (1) The Strategic Planning Process 5 (8) The Complete Strategic Plan 13 (1) The Marketing Management Process 13 (5) Situation Analysis 14 (2) Marketing Planning 16 (2) Implementation and Control of the Marketing Plan 18 (1) Marketing Information Systems and Marketing Research 18 (1) The Strategic Plan, the Marketing Plan, and Other Functional Area Plans 18 (2) Marketing's Role in Cross-Functional Strategic Planning 18 (2) Conclusion 20 (3) Appendix Portfolio Models 23 (4) PART B MARKETING INFORMATION, RESEARCH, AND UNDERSTANDING THE TARGET MARKET 27 (50) Marketing Research: Process and Systems for Decision Making 28 (12) The Role of Marketing Research 28 (1) The Marketing Research Process 29 (9) Purpose of the Research 29 (1) Plan of the Research 30 (5) Performance of the Research 35 (1) Processing of Research Data 35 (1) Preparation of the Research Report 36 (1) Limitations of the Research Process 36 (2) Marketing Information Systems 38 (1) Conclusion 39 (1) Consumer Behavior 40 (13) Social Influences on Consumer Decision Making 41 (2) Culture and Subculture 41 (1) Social Class 42 (1) Reference Groups and Families 43 (1) Marketing Influences on Consumer Decision Making 43 (2) Product Influences 43 (1) Price Influences 43 (1) Promotion Influences 44 (1) Place Influences 44 (1) Situational Influences on Consumer Decision Making 45 (1) Psychological Influences on Consumer Decision Making 45 (1) Product Knowledge 45 (1) Product Involvement 46 (1) Consumer Decision Making 46 (6) Need Recognition 47 (1) Alternative Search 48 (1) Alternative Evaluation 49 (1) Purchase Decision 49 (1) Postpurchase Evaluation 50 (2) Conclusion 52 (1) Business, Government, and Institutional Buying 53 (11) Categories of Organizational Buyers 53 (1) Producers 53 (1) Intermediaries 54 (1) Government Agencies 54 (1) Other Institutions 54 (1) The Organizational Buying Process 54 (1) Purchase-Type Influences on Organizational Buying 55 (1) Straight Rebuy 55 (1) Modified Rebuy 55 (1) New Task Purchase 55 (1) Structural Influences on Organizational Buying 56 (2) Purchasing Roles 56 (1) Organization-Specific Factors 57 (1) Purchasing Policies and Procedures 57 (1) Behavioral Influences on Organizational Buying 58 (2) Personal Motivations 58 (1) Role Perceptions 58 (2) Stages in the Organizational Buying Process 60 (3) Organizational Need 61 (1) Vendor Analysis 61 (1) Purchase Activities 61 (1) Postpurchase Evaluation 61 (2) Conclusion 63 (1) Market Segmentation 64 (13) Delineate the Firm's Current Situation 64 (1) Determine Consumer Needs and Wants 65 (1) Divide Markets on Relevant Dimensions 65 (8) A Priori versus Post Hoc Segmentation 66 (1) Relevance of Segmentation Dimensions 66 (1) Bases for Segmentation 67 (6) Develop Product Positioning 73 (1) Decide Segmentation Strategy 74 (1) Design Marketing Mix Strategy 75 (1) Conclusion 76 (1) PART C THE MARKETING MIX 77 (90) Product and Brand Strategy 78 (16) Basic Issues in Product Management 78 (9) Product Definition 78 (1) Product Classification 79 (1) Product Quality and Value 80 (1) Product Mix and Product Line 81 (1) Branding and Brand Equity 82 (4) Packaging 86 (1) Product Life Cycle 87 (2) Product Adoption and Diffusion 89 (1) The Product Audit 90 (2) Deletions 90 (1) Product Improvement 90 (2) Organizing for Product Management 92 (1) Conclusion 93 (1) New Product Planning and Development 94 (13) New Product Strategy 95 (2) New Product Planning and Development Process 97 (5) Idea Generation 97 (2) Idea Screening 99 (1) Project Planning 99 (1) Product Development 100 (1) Test Marketing 100 (1) Commercialization 101 (1) The Importance of Time 101 (1) Some Important New Product Decisions 102 (3) Quality Level 102 (2) Product Features 104 (1) Product Design 104 (1) Product Safety 104 (1) Causes of New Product Failure 105 (1) Need for Research 105 (1) Conclusion 106 (1) Integrated Marketing Communications: Advertising, Sales Promotion, Public Relations, and Direct Marketing 107 (19) Strategic Goals of Marketing Communication 107 (1) Create Awareness 107 (1) Build Positive Images 108 (1) Identify Prospects 108 (1) Build Channel Relationships 108 (1) Retain Customers 108 (1) The Promotion Mix 108 (1) Integrated Marketing Communications 109 (2) Advertising: Planning and Strategy 111 (1) Objectives of Advertising 111 (1) Advertising Decisions 112 (7) The Expenditure Question 113 (2) The Allocation Question 115 (4) Sales Promotion 119 (4) Push versus Pull Marketing 119 (2) Trade Sales Promotions 121 (1) Consumer Promotions 121 (1) What Sales Promotion Can and Can't Do 121 (2) Public Relations 123 (1) Direct Marketing 123 (1) Conclusion 124 (1) Appendix: Major Federal Agencies Involved in Control of Advertising 125 (1) Personal Selling, Relationship Building, and Sales Management 126 (15) Importance of Personal Selling 126 (1) The Sales Process 127 (7) Objectives of the Sales Force 127 (1) The Sales Relationship-Building Process 128 (5) People Who Support the Sales Force 133 (1) Managing the Sales and Relationship-Building Process 134 (6) The Sales Management Task 135 (1) Controlling the Sales Force 136 (3) Motivating and Compensating Performance 139 (1) Conclusion 140 (1) Distribution Strategy 141 (16) The Need for Marketing Intermediaries 141 (1) Classification of Marketing Intermediaries and Functions 141 (2) Channels of Distribution 143 (1) Selecting Channels of Distribution 144 (3) Specific Considerations 144 (3) Managing a Channel of Distribution 147 (3) Relationship Marketing in Channels 147 (1) Vertical Marketing Systems 147 (3) Wholesaling 150 (1) Store and Nonstore Retailing 151 (4) Store Retailing 151 (1) Nonstore Retailing 152 (3) Conclusion 155 (2) Pricing Strategy 157 (10) Demand Influences on Pricing Decisions 157 (2) Demographic Factors 157 (1) Psychological Factors 157 (1) Price Elasticity 158 (1) Supply Influences on Pricing Decisions 159 (3) Pricing Objectives 159 (1) Cost Considerations in Pricing 159 (2) Product Considerations in Pricing 161 (1) Environmental Influences on Pricing Decisions 162 (1) Competition 162 (1) Government Regulations 162 (1) A General Pricing Model 163 (3) Set Pricing Objectives 163 (1) Evaluate Product-Price Relationships 163 (1) Estimate Costs and Other Price Limitations 164 (1) Analyze Profit Potential 165 (1) Set Initial Price Structure 165 (1) Change Price as Needed 166 (1) Conclusion 166 (1) PART D MARKETING IN SPECIAL FIELDS 167 (32) The Marketing of Services 168 (15) Important Characteristics of Services 170 (4) Intangibility 170 (1) Inseparability 171 (1) Perishability and Fluctuating Demand 172 (1) Client Relationship 172 (1) Customer Effort 173 (1) Uniformity 174 (1) Providing Quality Services 174 (2) Customer Satisfaction Measurement 175 (1) The Importance of Internal Marketing 175 (1) Overcoming the Obstacles in Service Marketing 176 (2) Limited View of Marketing 177 (1) Limited Competition 177 (1) Noncreative Management 177 (1) No Obsolescence 178 (1) The Service Challenge 178 (4) Banking 179 (1) Health Care 179 (1) Insurance 180 (1) Travel 180 (1) Implications for Service Marketers 181 (1) Conclusion 182 (1) Global Marketing 183 (16) The Competitive Advantage of Nations 184 (1) Organizing for Global Marketing 185 (5) Problems with Entering Foreign Markets 185 (2) Organizing the Multinational Company 187 (3) Programming for Global Marketing 190 (5) Global Marketing Research 190 (2) Global Product Strategy 192 (1) Global Distribution Strategy 193 (1) Global Pricing Strategy 194 (1) Global Advertising and Sales Promotion Strategy 194 (1) Entry and Growth Strategies for Global Marketing 195 (2) Conclusion 197 (2) SECTION II ANALYZING MARKETING PROBLEMS AND CASES 199 (14) A Case Analysis Framework 200 (7) Analyze and Record the Current Situation 201 (4) Analyze and Record Problems and Their Core Elements 205 (1) Formulate, Evaluate, and Record Alternative Courses of Action 206 (1) Select and Record the Chosen Alternative and Implementation Details 206 (1) Pitfalls to Avoid in Case Analysis 207 (1) Communicating Case Analyses 208 (4) The Written Report 209 (2) The Oral Presentation 211 (1) Conclusion 212 (1) SECTION III FINANCIAL ANALYSIS FOR MARKETING DECISIONS 213 (10) Financial Analysis 214 (8) Break-Even Analysis 214 (2) Net Present Value Analysis 216 (2) Ratio Analysis 218 (4) Conclusion 222 (1) SECTION IV DEVELOPING MARKETING PLANS 223 (12) A Marketing Plan Framework 224 (9) Title Page 225 (1) Executive Summary 225 (1) Table of Contents 226 (1) Introduction 226 (1) Situational Analysis 226 (1) Marketing Planning 226 (2) Implementation and Control of the Marketing Plan 228 (2) Summary 230 (1) Appendix---Financial Analysis 230 (3) References 233 (1) Conclusion 233 (2) Chapter Notes 235 (7) Index 242…"

Constitutional and administrative law حسب Bradley, A. W

جدول المحتويات: "…Preface xiii Table of Legislation xv Table of Cases xxxiii Abbreviations lxxiii PART I -- GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF CONSTITUTIONAL LAW Definition and scope of constitutional law 3 (9) Sources and nature of the constitution 12 (23) The formal sources of constitutional law 12 (8) Other rules and principles, including constitutional conventions 20 (11) Constitutional government in Britain 31 (4) The structure of the United Kingdom 35 (16) The historic structure 35 (7) Devolution of government 42 (9) Parliamentary supremacy 51 (30) The growth of the legislative authority of Parliament 51 (3) Meaning of legislative supremacy 54 (7) The continuing nature of parliamentary supremacy 61 (13) The Treaty of Union between England and Scotland 74 (3) Conclusions 77 (4) The relationship between legislature, executive and judiciary 81 (12) The rule of law 93 (14) Historical development 95 (4) The rule of law and its implications today 99 (8) Responsible and accountable government 107 (16) The United Kingdom and the European Union 123 (30) European Community institutions 125 (7) European Community law 132 (7) European Community law and British constitutional law 139 (4) Response of the courts 143 (6) Conclusion 149 (4) PART II -- THE INSTITUTIONS OF GOVERNMENT Composition and meeting of Parliament 153 (39) The electoral system 153 (4) Distribution of constituencies 157 (4) Political parties 161 (4) The conduct of elections 165 (4) Supervision of elections 169 (3) Electoral systems and electoral reform 172 (4) Membership of the House of Commons 176 (4) The House of Lords 180 (3) Reforming the membership of the House of Lords 183 (4) Meeting of Parliament 187 (5) Functions of Parliament 192 (31) Legislation 193 (9) Conflict between the two Houses 202 (6) Financial procedure 208 (7) Scrutiny of administration 215 (6) Constitutional watchdog 221 (2) Privileges of Parliament 223 (19) House of Commons 223 (11) Financial interests of members 234 (6) House of Lords 240 (2) The Crown and the royal prerogative 242 (27) The monarchy 243 (4) Personal prerogatives of the monarch 247 (5) The Queen in Council 252 (3) The royal prerogative 255 (8) The royal prerogative and the courts 263 (6) The Cabinet, government departments and the civil service 269 (31) The Prime Minister 270 (3) The Cabinet 273 (5) Ministers and departments 278 (5) Civil service: organisation and accountability 283 (6) Civil service: ethics and standards 289 (5) Open government and freedom of information 294 (6) Public bodies and regulatory agencies 300 (23) Origins and purpose 301 (3) Classification, status and composition of public bodies 304 (4) Public utilities: the general framework 308 (4) The accountability of public utilities and public utility regulators 312 (6) Advisory bodies 318 (5) Foreign affairs and the Commonwealth 323 (20) The foreign affairs prerogative, international law and the courts 323 (7) Treaties 330 (4) The United Kingdom and the Commonwealth 334 (9) The armed forces 343 (16) The constitutional structure 343 (4) Military law and human rights 347 (6) The armed forces and the ordinary law 353 (6) The Treasury, public expenditure and the economy 359 (22) The Treasury 359 (2) The Bank of England 361 (3) Public finance 364 (6) Public expenditure control and accountability 370 (6) Management of the economy 376 (5) The courts and the machinery of justice 381 (38) The courts 381 (4) The judiciary and judicial appointments 385 (3) Independence of the judiciary 388 (7) Contempt of court and safeguards for the administration of justice 395 (9) The executive and the machinery of justice 404 (6) Prosecution of offenders and miscarriages of justice 410 (9) PART III -- THE CITIZEN AND THE STATE The nature and protection of human rights 419 (23) The British approach 420 (5) European Convention on Human Rights 425 (7) The Human Rights Act 1998 432 (9) Conclusion 441 (1) Citizenship, immigration and extradition 442 (32) Citizenship 442 (8) Immigration and deportation 450 (16) Extradition 466 (8) The police and personal liberty 474 (39) Organisation of the police 474 (4) Personal liberty and police powers 478 (9) Police powers of detention and questioning of suspects 487 (6) Police powers of entry, search and seizure 493 (7) Remedies for abuse of police powers 500 (8) Accountability and control of the police 508 (5) The protection of privacy 513 (28) The case for protection 513 (1) Privacy and the ECHR 514 (3) Surveillance: acquiring information 517 (4) Interception of communications 521 (5) Storing and processing information 526 (6) Privacy and the press 532 (5) Privacy and the Human Rights Act 537 (4) Freedom of expression 541 (31) The nature of legal protection 541 (3) Censorship and prior restraints 544 (3) Regulation of television and radio 547 (4) Offences against the state and public order 551 (4) Obscene publications 555 (6) Defamation 561 (8) Breach of confidence 569 (3) Freedom of association and assembly 572 (27) Freedom of association 573 (1) The right of public meeting 574 (2) Public processions and assemblies 576 (3) Freedom of assembly and private property rights 579 (5) Public order offences 584 (8) Preventive powers of the police and courts 592 (4) Freedom of assembly and the Human Rights Act 1998 596 (3) State security and official secrets 599 (27) Emergency powers and terrorism 626 (31) Use of troops in assisting the police 626 (2) Use of troops in Northern Ireland 628 (4) Martial law 632 (3) Emergency powers in war and peace 635 (4) Emergency powers and terrorism 639 (7) The Terrorism Act 2000 and Northern Ireland 646 (3) International terrorism: additional powers 649 (4) Conclusion: terrorism and human rights 653 (4) PART IV -- ADMINISTRATIVE LAW The nature and development of administrative law 657 (17) Delegated legislation 674 (19) Historical development 674 (2) Justification of delegated legislation 676 (1) Exceptional types of delegated legislation 677 (3) Nomenclature 680 (1) Consultation of interests 681 (1) Control by Parliament 682 (5) Publication of statutory instruments 687 (1) Challenge in the courts 687 (3) Administrative rule-making 690 (3) Administrative justice 693 (32) Tribunals 695 (10) Public inquiries 705 (5) The Inquiries Act 2005 710 (5) The Parliamentary Ombudsman 715 (10) Judicial control of administrative action -- I 725 (34) Judicial review on substantive grounds 727 (15) Review on procedural grounds 742 (11) Legitimate expectations 753 (6) Judicial control of administrative action -- II 759 (25) Liability of public authorities and the Crown 784 (32) Liability of public authorities and the Crown in tort 785 (15) Contractual liability 800 (6) The Crown in litigation: privileges and immunities 806 (10) Bibliography 816 (11) Index 827…"

Proactive purchasing in the supply chain : the key to world-class procurement / حسب Burt, David N.

جدول المحتويات: "…Edwards Deming Philip Crosby Masaaki Imai Genechi Taguchi Joseph Juran Management Approaches Total Quality Management Continuous Improvement Six Sigma DMAIC Cycle Quality Management System Tools and Methodologies Terminology and Usage Implications for Supply Management Common Tools Costs of Quality Loss to Society Process Capability Analysis Statistical Process Control Quality Movement Support Organizations Standards Awards Supply Management Issues Requirements Development Supplier Quality Analysis Inspection Dependence Defect Detection System Supplier Development Certification Summary Endnotes Suggested Reading Chapter 8 Purchasing Equipment The Nuances of Capital Equipment Procurement Nonrecurring Purchases Nature and Size of Expenditure Building the Foundation Identify the Need for a Procurement Project Management Selection of an Equipment Sourcing Team Build and Train the Team Identify Objectives and Estimate Costs Identifying Objectives Used Equipment Spares Estimating Acquisition Costs and the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Develop Specifications and Initiate Sourcing, Pricing, and TCO Analysis. …"

Economics : private & public choice / حسب Gwartney, James D.

جدول المحتويات: "…592 (3) Applications in Economics Competition for Transfers and the Net Gain of Recipients 595 (1) Income Inequality: Some Concluding Thoughts 596 (2) Key Points 598 (1) Critical Analysis Questions 598 (3) Part 6 Applying the Basics: Special Topics 601 (138) Government Spending and Taxation 604 (11) Government Expenditures 605 (2) Taxes and the Finance of Government 607 (1) Taxes and the Cost of Government 608 (4) Size of Government: The U.S. …"

Microeconomics حسب Pindyck, Robert S.

جدول المحتويات: "…15 (3) Corporate Decision Making: Ford's Sport Utility Vehicles 15 (2) Public Policy Design: Automobile Emission Standards for the Twenty-First Century 17 (1) Summary 18 (1) Questions for Review 18 (1) Exercises 18 (3) The Basics of Supply and Demand 21 (44) Supply and Demand 22 (3) The Supply Curve 22 (1) The Demand Curve 23 (2) The Market Mechanism 25 (1) Changes in Market Equilibrium 26 (8) Elasticities of Supply and Demand 34 (6) Point versus Arc Elasticities 37 (3) Short-Run versus Long-Run Elasticities 40 (9) Demand 40 (5) Supply 45 (4) Understanding and Predicting the Effects of Changing Market Conditions 49 (9) Effects of Government Intervention-Price Controls 58 (3) Summary 61 (1) Questions for Review 61 (1) Exercises 62 (3) Part Two Producers, Consumers, and Competitive Markets 65 (282) Consumer Behavior 67 (44) Consumer Behavior 67 (2) Consumer Preferences 69 (14) Market Baskets 69 (1) Some Basic Assumptions about Preferences 70 (1) Indifference Curves 70 (2) Indifference Maps 72 (2) The Shape of Indifference Curves 74 (1) The Marginal Rate of Substitution 75 (1) Perfect Substitutes and Perfect Complements 76 (7) Budget Constraints 83 (3) The Budget Line 83 (1) The Effects of Changes in Income and Prices 84 (2) Consumer choice 86 (6) Corner Solutions 90 (2) Revealed Preferences 92 (3) Marginal Utility and Consumer Choice 95 (5) Cost-of-Living Indexes 100 (6) Ideal Cost-of-Living Index 101 (1) Laspeyres Index 102 (1) Paasche Index 103 (1) Price Indexes in the United Statics: Chain Weighting 104 (2) Summary 106 (1) Questions for Review 106 (1) Exercises 107 (4) Individual and Market Demand 111 (48) Individual Demand 112 (8) Price Changes 112 (1) The Individual Demand Curve 113 (1) Income Changes 114 (1) Normal versus Inferior Goods 115 (1) Engel Curves 116 (3) Substitutes and Complements 119 (1) Income and Substitution Effects 120 (5) Substitution Effect 121 (1) Income Effect 121 (1) A Special Case: The Giffen Good 122 (3) Market Demand 125 (7) From Individual to Market Demand 125 (2) Elasticity of Demand 127 (5) Consumer Surplus 132 (4) Consumer Surplus and Demand 132 (4) Network Externalities 136 (4) The Bandwagon Effect 136 (1) The Snob Effect 137 (3) Empirical Estimation of Demand 140 (4) The Statistical Approach to Demand Estimation 140 (2) The Form of the Demand Relationship 142 (2) Interview and Experimental Approaches to Demand Determination 144 (1) Summary 144 (1) Questions for Review 145 (1) Exercises 146 (3) Demand Theory---A Mathematical Treatment 149 (8) Utility Maximization 149 (1) The Method of Lagrange Multipliers 150 (1) The Equal Marginal Principle 151 (1) Marginal Rate of Substitution 151 (1) Marginal Utility of Income 152 (1) An Example 152 (2) Duality in Consumer Theory 154 (1) Income and Substitution Effect 155 (2) Exercises 157 (2) Uncertainty and Consumer Behavior 159 (36) Describing Risk 160 (5) Probability 160 (1) Expected Value 161 (1) Variability 161 (2) Decision Making 163 (2) Preferences Toward Risk 165 (5) Different Preferences Toward Risk 167 (3) Reducing Risk 170 (6) Diversification 170 (2) Insurance 172 (2) The Value of Information 174 (2) The Demand for Risky Assets 176 (9) Assets 177 (1) Risky and Riskless Assets 177 (1) Asset Returns 178 (1) The Trade-Off Between Risk and Return 179 (1) The Investor's Choice Problem 180 (5) Behavioral Economics 185 (6) More Complex Preferences 186 (2) Rules of Thumb and Biases in Decision Making 188 (1) Probabilities and Uncertainty 189 (1) Summing Up 189 (2) Summary 191 (1) Questions for Review 191 (1) Exercises 191 (4) Production 195 (26) The Production Decisions of a Firm 195 (1) The Technology of Production 196 (2) The Production Function 197 (1) The Short Run versus the Long Run 197 (1) Production with One Variable Input (Labor) 198 (9) Average and Marginal Products 199 (1) The Slopes of the Product Curve 200 (1) The Average Product of Labor Curve 201 (1) The Marginal Product of Labor Curve 202 (1) The Law of Diminishing Marginal Returns 202 (3) labor Productivity 205 (2) Production with Two Variable Inputs 207 (8) Isoquants 207 (2) Input Flexibility 209 (1) Diminishing Marginal Returns 209 (1) Substitution Among Inputs 209 (2) Production Functions---Two Special Cases 211 (4) Returns to Scale 215 (3) Describing Returns to Scale 215 (3) Summary 218 (1) Questions for Review 218 (1) Exercises 219 (2) The Cost of Production 221 (50) Measuring Cost: Which Costs Matter? …"