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Concept-based curriculum and instruction for the thinking classroom / por Erickson, H. Lynn

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The thinking classroom -- The structure of knowledge -- Meeting academic standards with integrity -- Designing concept-based units and lessons -- Concept-based instruction -- Leadership roles.…”
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Think before you speak : the complete guide to strategic negotiation

Scientology 8-8008 / por Hubbard, L. Ron

Business cycles and equilibrium / por Black, Fischer

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Banking and interest rates in a world without money; active and passive monetary policy in a neoclassical model; rational economic behaviour and the balance of payments; uniqueness of the price level in monetary growth models with rational expectations; purchasing power parity in an equilibrium model; ups and downs in human capital and business; how passive monetary policy might work; what a non-monetarist thinks; global monetarism in a world of national currencies; the ABCs of business cycles; a gold standard with double feedback and near zero reserves; the trouble with econometric models; general equilibrium and business cycles; noise.…”

Structured techniques : the basis for CASE / por Martin, James

Tabla de Contenidos: “…559 (1) Syntax and Semantics 559 (1) Internal and External Semantics 560 (1) Standards 561 (1) Verification and Testing 561 (1) Building Higher Levels of Trust 562 (1) Improvements in Productivity 562 (1) Cost Savings 563 (1) Effect of Program Size 564 (1) Error Statistics 565 (2) Human System Components 567 (1) Use of Other Front-End Methodologies 567 (2) Incorporation of Nonprocedural Languages 569 (1) Software Factories 569 (6) 40 Data-Base Planning 575 (10) Introduction 575 (1) Separate Developments with Incompatible Data 576 (2) Stable Foundation 578 (2) Stable Data Bases 580 (1) Logical Design of Data Bases 581 (1) The Failure of Data Administration 582 (3) 41 Third Normal Form 585 (20) Normalization of Data 585 (2) First Normal Form 587 (3) Functional Dependency 590 (1) Full Functional Dependency 591 (1) Second Normal Form 592 (2) Candidate Keys 594 (1) Third Normal Form 595 (1) Storage and Performance 596 (2) Semantic Disintegrity 598 (1) Clear Thinking About Data 598 (4) A Suggested Exercise 602 (1) An Example of Normalization 602 (3) 42 Automated Data Modeling 605 (26) Introduction 605 (1) The Synthesis Process 606 (1) Bubble Charts 607 (1) Synthesizing User Views 607 (1) Illustration of the Synthesis Process 607 (3) Levels of Primary Keys 610 (2) Canonical Data Structures 612 (1) Canonical Synthesis 613 (1) Elimination of Redundancies 614 (2) Candidate Keys 616 (1) Transitive Dependencies 617 (1) Concatenated Keys 618 (1) Intersection Data 619 (1) Many-to-Many Associations 620 (1) Mapping Between Primary Keys 620 (1) Intersecting Attributes 620 (3) Isolated Attributes 623 (1) Record Sequence 623 (1) Automating the Procedure 623 (1) Data Designer 624 (5) Conversion to HOS Notation 629 (2) 43 Computer-Aided Design 631 (20) Introduction 631 (1) Computerized Help in Design 632 (1) Developing a Data-Base Application 633 (7) Automatic Conversion 640 (3) Four Stages 643 (2) Logical and Physical Navigation Diagrams 645 (4) Physical Design 649 (1) Objectives of the Design Dialogue 649 (1) Variations 650 (1) 44 Information Engineering 651 (16) Introduction 651 (1) What Is Information Engineering? …”

Principles of microeconomics / por Frank, Robert H.

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Part 1 Introduction 1. Thinking Like an Economist 2. Comparative Advantage: The Basis for Exchange 3. …”
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Introduction to sociology / por Van Tubergen, Frank

Principles of economics / por Frank, Robert H.

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Part 1: Introduction Thinking like an economist Comparative advantage: the basis for exchange Supply and demand: an introduction Part 2: Competition and the invisible hand Elasticity Demand: the benefit side of the market Perfectly competitive supply: the cost side of the market Efficiency and exchange The quest for profit and the invisible hand International trade Part 3: Market imperfections Monopoly and other forms of imperfect competition Strategic choice in oligopoly, monopolistic competition, and everyday life Externalities and property rights The economics of information Part 4: Economics of public policy Labor markets, poverty, and income distribution The environment, health, and safety Public goods and tax policy Part 5: Macroeconomics: issues and date Macroenconomics: the bird's-eye view of the economy Measuring economic activity: GDP and unemployment Measuring the price level and inflation Part 6: The economy in the long run Economic growth, productivity, and living standards Workers, wages, and unemployment in the modern ecomony Saving and capital formation Money, prices, and the Federal Reserve Financial markets and international capital flows Part 7: The ecomony in the short run Short-term economic fluctuations: an introduction Spending and output in the short run Stabilizing the economy: the role of the Fed Inflation, aggregate supply, and aggregate demand The practice and pitfalls of macroeconomic policy Part 8: The international economy Exchange rates and the open economy…”

Strategic management of health care organizations / por Ginter, Peter M., Duncan, W. Jack (Walter Jack), Swayne, Linda E.

The management century : a critical review of 20th century thought and practice / por Crainer, Stuart

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Strategy : seeking and securing competitive advantage /

Fundamental Financial Accounting Concepts with Harley-Davidson Annual Report

Tabla de Contenidos: “…An Introduction to Accounting 2 (58) Chapter Opening 3 (1) Role of Accounting in Society 4 (5) Using Free Markets to Set Resource Priorities 4 (1) Accounting Provides Information 5 (1) Types of Accounting Information 6 (1) Nonbusiness Resource Allocations 6 (1) Careers in Accounting 7 (1) Measurement Rules 8 (1) Reporting Entities 9 (1) Elements of Financial Statements 10 (1) Accounting Equation 11 (1) Recording Business Events Under the Accounting Equation 12 (3) Asset Source Transactions 12 (1) Asset Exchange Transactions 13 (1) Another Asset Source Transaction 14 (1) Asset Use Transactions 14 (1) Historical Cost and Reliability Concepts 15 (1) Recap: Types of Transactions 16 (1) Summary of Transactions 16 (1) Preparing Financial Statements 17 (4) Income Statement and the Matching Concept 17 (2) Statement of Changes in Stockholders' Equity 19 (1) Balance Sheet 19 (1) Statement of Cash Flows 20 (1) The Closing Process 21 (1) The Horizontal Financial Statements Model 21 (1) The Financial Analyst 22 (2) A Look Back 24 (1) A Look Forward 25 (1) Appendix 25 (2) Self-Study Review Problem 27 (1) Key Terms 28 (1) Questions 28 (1) Multiple-Choice Questions 29 (1) Exercises--Series A 29 (8) Problems--Series A 37 (4) Exercises--Series B 41 (7) Problems--Series B 48 (5) Analyze, Think, Communicate 53 (7) Accounting for Accruals 60 (60) Chapter Opening 61 (1) Accrual Accounting 62 (8) Transaction Data in Ledger Accounts 64 (1) 2008 Financial Statements 65 (2) The Closing Process 67 (1) Matching Concept 67 (3) Second Accounting Cycle 70 (4) Adjusting the Accounts 71 (1) Summary of 2009 Transactions 72 (1) 2009 Financial Statements 72 (2) Closing the Temporary (Nominal) Accounts 74 (1) Steps in an Accounting Cycle 74 (1) Accounting for Notes Payable 74 (4) Vertical Statements Model 76 (2) The Financial Analyst 78 (4) A Look Back 82 (1) A Look Forward 83 (1) Appendix 83 (3) Self-Study Review Problem 86 (2) Key Terms 88 (1) Questions 88 (1) Multiple-Choice Questions 89 (1) Exercises--Series A 89 (8) Problems--Series A 97 (6) Exercises--Series B 103 (7) Problems--Series B 110 (6) Analyze, Think, Communicate 116 (4) Accounting for Deferrals 120 (50) Chapter Opening 121 (1) Accounting for Deferrals Illustrated 122 (5) Summary of Events and Ledger Accounts 124 (1) The 2007 Financial Statements 125 (1) The Matching Concept 125 (2) Second Accounting Cycle 127 (5) Effect of 2008 Transactions on the Accounting Equation and the Financial Statements 130 (2) Third Accounting Cycle 132 (4) Effect of 2009 Transactions on the Accounting Equation and the Financial Statements 134 (2) The Financial Analyst 136 (4) A Look Back 140 (1) A Look Forward 141 (1) Self-Study Review Problem 141 (2) Key Terms 143 (1) Questions 143 (1) Multiple-Choice Questions 143 (1) Exercises--Series A 144 (5) Problems--Series A 149 (5) Exercises--Series B 154 (5) Problems--Series B 159 (5) Analyze, Think, Communicate 164 (6) The Double-Entry Accounting System 170 (68) Chapter Opening 171 (1) Debit/Credit Terminology 172 (1) Collins Consultants Case 172 (11) Asset Source Transactions 172 (4) Asset Exchange Transactions 176 (1) Asset Use Transactions 177 (2) Claims Exchange Transactions 179 (1) Adjusting the Accounts 180 (3) Overview of Debit/Credit Relationships 183 (1) Summary of T-Accounts 184 (1) The Ledger 184 (2) The General Journal 186 (2) Financial Statements 188 (1) Closing Entries 188 (2) Trial Balance 190 (1) The Financial Analyst 191 (3) A Look Back 194 (1) A Look Forward 194 (1) Self-Study Review Problem 195 (2) Key Terms 197 (1) Questions 198 (1) Multiple-Choice Questions 198 (1) Exercises--Series A 198 (9) Problems--Series A 207 (8) Exercises--Series B 215 (8) Problems--Series B 223 (8) Analyze, Think, Communicate 231 (7) Accounting for Merchandising Businesses 238 (60) Chapter Opening 239 (2) Product Costs Versus Selling and Administrative Costs 241 (1) Allocating Inventory Cost Between Asset and Expense Accounts 241 (1) Perpetual Inventory System 241 (2) Effects of 2008 Events on Financial Statements 242 (1) Recording and Reporting Inventory Events in the Double-Entry System 243 (2) Financial Statements for 2008 244 (1) Transportation Cost, Purchase Returns and Allowances, and Cash Discounts Related to Inventory Purchases 245 (6) Effects of 2009 Events on Financial Statements 246 (1) Accounting for Purchase Returns and Allowances 246 (1) Purchase Discounts 247 (1) The Cost of Financing Inventory 248 (1) Accounting for Transportation Costs 248 (3) Recognizing Gains and Losses 251 (1) Recording and Reporting Inventory Events in the Double-Entry System 251 (2) Multistep Income Statement 253 (2) Lost, Damaged, or Stolen Inventory 255 (1) Adjustment for Lost, Damaged, or Stolen Inventory 255 (1) Events Affecting Sales 256 (3) Accounting for Sales Returns and Allowances 257 (1) Accounting for Sales Discounts 258 (1) The Financial Analyst 259 (4) A Look Back 263 (1) A Look Forward 263 (1) Appendix 264 (1) Self-Study Review Problem 265 (2) Key Terms 267 (1) Questions 267 (1) Multiple-Choice Questions 268 (1) Exercises--Series A 269 (8) Problems--Series A 277 (3) Exercises--Series B 280 (8) Problems--Series B 288 (3) Analyze, Think, Communicate 291 (5) Comprehensive Problem 296 (2) Accounting for Inventories 298 (44) Chapter Opening 299 (1) Inventory Cost Flow Methods 300 (1) Specific Identification 300 (1) First-In, First-Out (FIFO) 300 (1) Last-In, First-Out (UFO) 300 (1) Weighted Average 300 (1) Physical Flow 300 (1) Effect of Cost Flow on Financial Statements 300 (2) Effect on Income Statement 300 (1) Effect on Balance Sheet 301 (1) Inventory Cost Flow under a Perpetual System 302 (4) Multiple Layers with Multiple Quantities 302 (1) Allocating Cost of Goods Available for Sale 302 (1) Effect of Cost Flow on Financial Statements 303 (3) Inventory Cost Flow When Sales and Purchases Occur Intermittently 306 (2) FIFO Cost Flow 306 (1) Weighted-Average and UFO Cost Flows 307 (1) Lower-of-Cost-or-Market Rule 308 (1) Avoiding Fraud in Merchandising Businesses 309 (1) Estimating the Ending Inventory Balance 310 (2) The Financial Analyst 312 (2) Effects of Cost Flow on Ratio Analysis 314 (1) A Look Back 314 (1) A Look Forward 314 (1) Self-Study Review Problem 315 (1) Key Terms 316 (1) Questions 316 (1) Multiple-Choice Questions 317 (1) Exercises--Series A 317 (6) Problems--Series A 323 (3) Exercises--Series B 326 (6) Problems--Series B 332 (4) Analyze, Think, Communicate 336 (4) Comprehensive Problem 340 (2) Internal Control and Accounting for Cash 342 (48) Chapter Opening 343 (1) Key Features of Internal Control Systems 344 (2) Separation of Duties 344 (1) Quality of Employees 344 (1) Bonded Employees 344 (1) Required Absences 344 (1) Procedures Manual 345 (1) Authority and Responsibility 345 (1) Prenumbered Documents 345 (1) Physical Control 345 (1) Performance Evaluations 346 (1) Limitations 346 (1) Accounting for Cash 346 (11) Controlling Cash 346 (1) Cash Payments 347 (1) Checking Account Documents 348 (2) Reconciling the Bank Statement 350 (1) Illustrating a Bank Reconciliation 351 (3) Cash Short and Over 354 (1) Using Petty Cash Funds 355 (2) The Financial Analyst 357 (3) A Look Back 360 (1) A Look Forward 361 (1) Self-Study Review Problem 362 (1) Key Terms 362 (1) Questions 363 (1) Multiple-Choice Questions 364 (1) Exercises--Series A 364 (4) Problems--Series A 368 (5) Exercises--Series B 373 (5) Problems--Series B 378 (5) Analyze, Think, Communicate 383 (4) Comprehensive Problem 387 (3) Accounting for Receivables and Payables 390 (52) Chapter Opening 391 (1) Allowance Method of Accounting for Bad Debts 392 (8) Accounting Events Affecting the 2008 Period 392 (1) Accounting for Bad Debts Expense 392 (2) General Ledger T-Accounts 394 (1) Financial Statements 395 (1) Estimating Bad Debts Expense 396 (1) Accounting Events Affecting the 2009 Period 396 (2) Year-End Adjusting Entries 398 (1) General Ledger T-Accounts 398 (1) Analysis of Financial Statements 399 (1) Recognition of Bad Debts Expense Using the Direct Write-Off Method 400 (1) Accounting for Credit Card Sales 401 (1) Warranty Obligations 402 (3) General Ledger T-Accounts and Financial Statements 403 (2) The Financial Analyst 405 (1) Costs of Credit Sales 405 (3) A Look Back 408 (1) A Look Forward 409 (1) Appendix 409 (5) Self-Study Review Problem 414 (1) Key Terms 414 (1) Questions 415 (1) Multiple-Choice Questions 416 (1) Exercises--Series A 416 (5) Problems--Series A 421 (5) Exercises--Series B 426 (6) Problems--Series B 432 (5) Analyze, Think, Communicate 437 (3) Comprehensive Problem 440 (2) Accounting for Long-Term Operational Assets 442 (58) Chapter Opening 443 (1) Tangible Versus Intangible Assets 444 (1) Tangible Long-Term Assets 444 (1) Intangible Assets 444 (1) Determining the Cost of Long-Term Assets 445 (1) Basket Purchase Allocation 445 (1) Life Cycle of Operational Assets 446 (1) Methods of Recognizing Depreciation Expense 446 (9) Straight-Line Depreciation 447 (3) Double-Declining-Balance Depreciation 450 (2) Units-of-Production Depreciation 452 (1) Comparing the Depreciation Methods 453 (2) Income Tax Considerations 455 (1) Revision of Estimates 456 (1) Revision of Life 456 (1) Revision of Salvage 456 (1) Continuing Expenditures for Plant Assets 457 (2) Costs that Are Expensed 457 (1) Costs that Are Capitalized 457 (2) Natural Resources 459 (1) Intangible Assets 460 (2) Trademarks 460 (1) Patents 460 (1) Copyrights 460 (1) Franchises 460 (1) Goodwill 461 (1) Expense Recognition for Intangible Assets 462 (2) Expensing Intangible Assets with Identifiable Useful Lives 462 (1) Impairment Losses for Intangible Assets with Indefinite Useful Lives 463 (1) Balance Sheet Presentation 464 (1) The Financial Analyst 464 (2) A Look Back 466 (1) A Look Forward 467 (1) Self-Study Review Problem 467 (1) Key Terms 468 (1) Questions 468 (1) Multiple-Choice Questions 469 (1) Exercises--Series A 469 (6) Problems--Series A 475 (6) Exercises--Series B 481 (5) Problems--Series B 486 (6) Analyze, Think, Communicate 492 (6) Comprehensive Problem 498 (2) Accounting for Long-Term Debt 500 (58) Chapter Opening 501 (1) Installment Notes Payable 502 (3) Line of Credit 505 (1) Bond Liabilities 505 (7) Advantages of Issuing Bonds 506 (1) Security of Bonds 507 (1) Timing of Maturity 507 (1) Special Features 508 (1) Bond Ratings 508 (1) Bonds Issued at Face Value 509 (1) Recording Procedures 509 (1) Effect of Events on Financial Statements 510 (1) Financial Statements 511 (1) Bonds Issued at a Discount 512 (5) Effective Interest Rate 512 (1) Bond Prices 513 (1) Mason Company Revisited 513 (2) Effect on Financial Statements 515 (2) Effect of Semiannual Interest Payments 517 (1) Bonds Issued at a Premium 517 (1) The Market Rate of Interest 518 (1) Bond Redemptions 518 (1) Security for Loan Agreements 519 (1) The Financial Analyst 519 (3) A Look Back 522 (1) A Look Forward 522 (1) Appendix 523 (4) Self-Study Review Problem 527 (1) Key Terms 527 (1) Questions 528 (1) Multiple-Choice Questions 529 (1) Exercises--Series A 529 (7) Problems--Series A 536 (3) Exercises--Series B 539 (7) Problems--Series B 546 (4) Analyze, Think, Communicate 550 (6) Comprehensive Problem 556 (2) Accounting for Equity Transactions 558 (46) Chapter Opening 560 (1) Formation of Business Organizations 560 (1) Ownership Agreements 560 (1) Advantages and Disadvantages of Different Forms of Business Organization 560 (3) Regulation 560 (1) Double Taxation 561 (1) Limited Liability 562 (1) Continuity 562 (1) Transferability of Ownership 563 (1) Management Structure 563 (1) Ability to Raise Capital 563 (1) Appearance of Capital Structure in Financial Statements 563 (2) Presentation of Equity in Proprietorships 563 (1) Presentation of Equity in Partnerships 564 (1) Presentation of Equity in Corporations 565 (1) Characteristics of Capital Stock 565 (1) Par Value 565 (1) Stated Value 565 (1) Other Valuation Terminology 566 (1) Stock: Authorized, Issued, and Outstanding 566 (1) Classes of Stock 566 (2) Common Stock 566 (1) Preferred Stock 567 (1) Accounting for Stock Transactions on the Day of Issue 568 (2) Issuing Par Value Stock 568 (1) Stock Clarification 568 (1) Stock Issued at Stated Value 569 (1) Stock Issued with No-Par Value 569 (1) Financial Statement Presentation 570 (1) Stockholders' Equity Transactions after the Day of Issue 570 (4) Treasury Stock 570 (2) Cash Dividend 572 (1) Stock Dividend 573 (1) Stock Split 573 (1) Appropriation of Retained Earnings 574 (1) Financial Statement Presentation 574 (1) The Financial Analyst 575 (2) A Look Back 577 (1) A Look Forward 578 (1) Self-Study Review Problem 578 (1) Key Terms 579 (1) Questions 579 (1) Multiple-Choice Questions 580 (1) Exercises--Series A 581 (4) Problems--Series A 585 (3) Exercises--Series B 588 (5) Problems--Series B 593 (3) Analyze, Think, Communicate 596 (6) Comprehensive Problem 602 (2) Statement of Cash Flows 604 (51) Chapter Opening 605 (1) Operating Activities 606 (1) Investing Activities 606 (1) Financing Activities 606 (1) Noncash Investing and Financing Activities 606 (1) Reporting Format for the Statement of Cash Flows 606 (1) Converting from Accrual to Cash-Basis Accounting 607 (5) Operating Activities 609 (1) Procedures for Determining Cash Flow from Operating Activities under the Indirect Method 610 (2) Preparing the Operating Activities Section of the Statement of Cash Flows Using the Direct Method 612 (9) Preparing the Investing Activities Section of the Statement of Cash Flows 615 (2) Preparing the Financing Activities Section of We Statement of Cash Flows 617 (4) Preparing the Schedule of Noncash Investing and Financing Activities for the Statement of Cash Flows 621 (1) The Financial Analyst 621 (2) A Look Back 623 (1) A Look Forward 623 (1) Appendix 624 (1) Self-Study Review Problem 625 (3) Key Terms 628 (1) Questions 628 (1) Multiple-Choice Questions 629 (1) Exercises--Series A 629 (4) Problems--Series A 633 (6) Exercises--Series B 639 (4) Problems--Series B 643 (6) Analyze, Think, Communicate 649 (6) (Online) Financial Statement Analysis Appendix A Accessing the EDGAR Database Through the Internet 655 (1) Appendix B Annual Report for The Topps Company, Inc. 656 (55) Appendix C Summary of Financial Ratios 711 (3) Appendix D Annual Report and Financial Statement Analysis Projects 714 (11) Appendix E Accounting for Investment Securities 725 (9) Appendix F Time Value of Money 734 (8) Glossary 742 (11) Photo Credits 753 (1) Index 754…”

Fluency with information technology : skills, concepts & capabilities / por Snyder, Lawrence

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Marking Up with HTML.Structuring Documents.Marking Links with Anchor Tags.Including Pictures with Image Tags.Handling Color.Handling Lists.Handling Tables.HTML Wrap-Up.5. …”

Introduction to Research Methods : a practical guide for anyone undertaking a research project por Dawson Catherine

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 How to Define Your Project; Asking questions; Thinking about your project; Understanding the five 'Ws'; Summarising your research; Summary; Useful websites; 2 How to Decide Upon a Methodology; Recognising qualitative and quantitative research; Understanding the methodological debate; Choosing a methodology; Summary; Further reading; 3 How to Choose Your Research Methods; Using interviews; Conducting focus groups; Using questionnaires; Undertaking participant observation; Choosing your methods; Summary; Further reading. 4 How to Conduct Background ResearchConducting primary and secondary research; Using websites; Using interlibrary loans; Keeping records; Summary; Further reading; 5 How to Choose Your Participants; Understanding sampling techniques; Choosing your sample size; Summary; Further reading; 6 How to Prepare a Research Proposal; Understanding the format; What makes a good proposal?…”