THE KNOWLEDGE AND TOOLS EVERY PROFESSIONAL NEEDS, TO MAKE BETTER FINANCIAL AND BUSINESS DECISIONS. Why this book is different to other finance books: • Quick and easy to use • Spotlights “what you need to know” • Requires no prior finance knowledge • Practical and real-world focus • Written by practitioners No knowledge required The book is purposefully designed to be quick and easy to use with no previous knowledge required to comprehend the concepts. We “tell you what you need to know” to quickly “get up to speed” in core finance concepts. A key feature of this book is that you do not have read it from cover to cover to make sense of finance. Each chapter is written as a “standalone” topic. This enables you to dip in and dip out of chapters. Further, we have taken otherwise complex topics and broken them down into key concepts that are explained in concise, easy to read sections. Practitioners not academics Whilst not an academic book, it is also not a “simplistic” book. It is a practical book because it has been written by practitioners. We include throughout this book our first-hand personal experiences gained from working in businesses across many industries and sectors, rather than replicating knowledge from academia. In addition, the authors have spent countless hours instructing, teaching and training thousands of professionals from disciplines including marketing, sales, production, administration, HR and legal. Focused on business application The overwhelming majority of finance books available are better suited to trainee accountants because they take an academic approach to finance. Whilst necessary for accountants, they immerse the reader in the “detail”. The Finance Book is written for non-finance people like you. It is aimed at those who work or aspire to work in business. It will help professionals in business or thinking about a career in business including board directors, business managers, MBA students, graduates and undergraduates. Your book, your journey To make the book easy to read, we have used a consistent format across chapters. Within each chapter there are multiple cross references (and links) to other relevant chapters as they occur. This will enable you to review chapters and make connections relevant to you. Allow your curiosity to determine your path through the book. THE KNOWLEDGE AND TOOLS EVERY PROFESSIONAL NEEDS, TO MAKE BETTER DECISIONS FOR THEIR BUSINESS
This contemporary text is part of Pearson's groundbreaking "Justice Series," and takes a fresh look at criminal law while maintaining a real-world focus." "Criminal Law "is part of the groundbreaking new series in which best-selling authors and designers have come together focused on one goal - to improve student performance across the criminal justice curriculum. This text maintains a brief format, yet offers a comprehensive introduction to criminal law. The book presupposes no legal expertise, connects criminal law cases to the real world through innovative pedagogy, carefully examines the logic behind high-profile court decisions, and encourages students, through numerous decision making exercises, to be critical thinkers by putting them in the position of the judge, jury, prosecutor or defense attorney. 013376883X / 9780133768831 Criminal Law (Justice Series) Plus NEW MyCJLab with Pearson eText -- Access Card Package Package consists of 0132768496 / 9780132768498 NEW MyCJLab with Pearson eText -- Access Card -- for Criminal Justice Today: An Introductory 0133145573 / 9780133145571 Criminal Law (Justice Series)
This charming little book offers students and professionals alike a chance to review their knowledge of pathophysiology in a simple and easy to use manner … It summarises all key areas and offers the reader a quick questions and answers book which is unique in the paramedic literature world. A fantastic book." Ruth Lambert, Qualified Paramedic, UK Paramedics! Test yourself in Pathophysiology is the essential self-test resource to help paramedics revise and excel in their pathophysiology modules and exams. With over 250 questions, 60 glossary terms, fully explained answers and explanations, this book covers the most common presentations seen in the paramedic practice, accessible through: Multiple choice questions True or false questions Fill in the blank questions Labelling exercises An extensive glossary explains all the key terms and disease names Each main body system has its own chapter, so you can get in depth practice for your exams. Body systems covered include: Integumentary system Nervous system and special senses Cardiovascular system Digestive system Inflammation, infection and immunity Musculoskeletal system Endocrine system Respiratory system Urinary system Reproductive systems
Martin Peters stumbles upon an odd light that morphs into a black oval. Swallowed up the by shape, he finds himself inside a UFO. Alien creatures perform unimaginable experiments on him. Finally, Martin is returned to Earth, left in the high mountains of Spain. He is found and taken to a hospital where specialists discover that his condition is something not of this world. When he awakens, he realizes he is now in another prison, where his "mentors" will hold him, at any cost, to discover secrets that may be locked inside his subconscious. Will Martin escape from his prison-like existence? And who should he fear most, captors from another world or his own?
The first thematically arranged collection of Hume's political writings, this new work brings together substantive selections from A Treatise on Human Nature, An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals, and Essays: Moral, Political and Literary, with an interpretive introduction placing Hume in the context of contemporary debates between liberalism and its critics and between contextual and universal approaches.
The Finance Book will help you think and manage like a financial strategist. Written specifically for non-finance professionals, it will give you all you need to know to manage your business more effectively and think more strategically. It will help you to: Have the confidence to read and interpret financial statements Ask the right questions about financial performance Apply important financial tools and ratios Learn how to think financially and make better strategic financial decisions Covering business finance, accounting fundamentals, budgeting, profitability and cash management, you'll find the tools you need in order to make the best financial decisions for your business. 'Essential reading for any non-finance professional. This is an easy to read and practical guide to the world of finance.’ Paul Herman, Group CEO, Bluebox Corporate Finance ‘A really helpful, well organised and easy to understand primer and reference book for those who aren’t accountants but still need to understand the accounts.’ Roger Siddle, Chairman, Cordium Group ‘A great book. At last, a guide that demystifies and encourages business owners to practically understand financial matters. A must read.’ Gordon Vater CEO, RiiG Limited
Includes 10 handy do's and don'ts of using management ratios Want to measure the true performance of your business? Need a quick overview of the most useful ratios and how to use them? Only want what you need to know, rather than reams of theory? With the critical management ratios required to understand how your company is performing, this book tells you what you need to know, fas
Born a stone's throw from the University of Kentucky's Alumni Gym, Jock Sutherland grew up to become one of the most successful and respected coaches in Kentucky High School Basketball. As an Alabama assistant coach under C.M. Newton, he was a groundbreaker in the integration of college sports when he recruited Wendell Hudson, the first black to play a varsity sport for the University of Alabama.
Jack is a whistle blowing Scientist. An unpleasant, interfering, troublemaker, he's convinced work colleagues are falsifying reports, even breaking the law in an effort at gaining results. With his battle cry being 'No-one cares any more' he determines to release details of their transgressions, without, of course, incriminating himself. Matt is a reporter full of anger and resentment, opinionated and ready to blame others for his shortcomings. Whilst he's a competent reporter, he's easily distracted and likes a tipple. He would never be considered for promotion, regardless to the number of times he applies. Anne writes a twice weekly gossipy 'show-biz' column, its success down to her hard work. Since her husband's death, alone with no family, she struggles with even the simplest of tasks and appears to be heading for a breakdown. Jack, Matt and Anne, not the likeliest of partnerships to champion a cause, undeterred they take on the might of the government and step into a world of espionage and treason. However, it's not long before they understand an Inconvenient Truth - The fact something is true doesn't imply they can automatically publish the incriminating details.
Paramedics! Test yourself in Anatomy and Physiology is the essential self-test resource to help paramedics revise and excel in their anatomy and physiology modules and exams.
GREG AND I A Comedy Novel, Gregory Sinclair Hay-Peters wasn't the type of person I would normally find myself mixing with. He was a bit of an upper-class twit; head full of the classics, Latin and other obscure learning that only a private education gives one. Unfortunately, the normal everyday information of life, vital for his success in the modern world, was sadly lacking. His wealthy parents, living in rural Newmarket set up their only son in a two bed roomed apartment in a salubrious area in north London, and understanding their sons short falling's, set about looking for a roommate/chaperone, someone streetwise. My parents lived in the open spaces of Suffolk, hard working but not wealthy, I had a secondary education, two A's and two B's, but with no jobs in Suffolk, I arrived in London determined to succeed, with six hundred pounds to my name and rented a room in a shared rundown house. Fate lent a helping hand and unbelievably, Greg and I were soon sharing the two bed roomed apartment, courtesy of Greg's parents. No-one could have foreseen the trouble we would get in.
Horatio Nelson was a hero from the time when his dramatic initiative won the battle of St Vincent in 1797, while his last battle, at Trafalgar, reduced the enemy naval forces so thoroughly that they were no longer able to have any bearing on the outcome of the war. As well as being a brilliant study of those naval battles which played such an important role in Napoleon's defeat, it also makes a close study of the admiral's art which, during the last years of the eighteenth century, developed faster than at any time since the previous century and led to Britain's mastery of the seas for more than 100 years. The Seven Years War and the War of the American Revolution stimulated the development of new ideas and the experience gained from them, as well as the developments in ship design and signalling, and the perfection of drill, transformed naval methods. Nelson became a master of them all. This technical prowess, combined with a remarkable ability to lead his men and his genius for making decisive moves, 'the Nelson touch', made him the consummate master of naval warfare. Highly readable, concise and insightful, this new edition will prove a popular choice for those seeking an introduction to naval warfare in the age of sail
Social work and child protection systems have for several decades been subject to cycles of crisis and reform, with each crisis drawing intense media and political scrutiny. In this book, Joanne Warner argues that to understand the nature of these cycles, we have to pay attention to the importance of collective emotions such as anger, shame, and fear. To do so, she introduces the concept of emotional politics. Using a range of cases from the United Kingdom, the United States, the Netherlands, and New Zealand, Warner reveals that collective emotions are central to constructions of risk and blame--and that they are generated and reflected by official documents, politicians, and the media. She also suggests strategies for challenging emotional politics, including identifying models for a more politically engaged stance for the social work profession.
Community & Public Health Nursing is designed to provide students a basic grounding in public health nursing principles while emphasizing aggregate-level nursing. While weaving in meaningful examples from practice throughout the text, the authors coach students on how to navigate between conceptualizing about a population-focus while also continuing to advocate and care for individuals, families, and aggregates. This student-friendly, highly illustrated text engages students, and by doing so, eases students into readily applying public health principles along with evidence-based practice, nursing science, and skills that promote health, prevent disease, as well as protect at-risk populations! What the 8th edition of this text does best is assist students in broadening the base of their knowledge and skills that they can employ in both the community and acute care settings, while the newly enhanced ancillary resources offers interactive tools that allow students of all learning styles to master public health nursing.
(Book). How to Have Your Hit Song Published is an indispensable, step-by-step guide for songwriters to navigate through the competitive business of music publishing. This long-overdue revision of the original 1988 bestseller contains even more savoir faire advice on striking the right chord with publishers, producers, music industry attorneys and record executives, and is written to motivate as well as to inform.
Relive the beauty and magic of daytime television's most romantic weddings with this pictorial history of ABC's greatest marital moments from "All My Children, General Hospital" and "One Life to Live". 200 color photos.
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