Decision Making with Computers: Spreadsheet and Beyond

Year 1997

ISBN No. 9780273621287

No.of pages 416

Subject Business and Management

Reviews 1

Traditionally, the areas of 'Decision Making' and 'Decision Making with Computers' have been regarded as separate subject specialisms. As the degree of computer literacy among students and managers has risen, a need for overlap in these subject areas is necessary. This new book addresses this change in approach. It extends the decision making ability of students and managers by increasing their use of computer aids which they already have.

Table of contents

1. The Nature of Managerial Work 2. Spreadsheets in Business Activity 3. Constructing Local Scenarios: Structural Modeling 4. Spreadsheets and Managerial Support Guidelines 5. Logic Model and Logic Modeling 6. Data Models and Data Modeling 7. The Results Interface: Presenting Information 8. Spreadsheet Design: Model Creation, Maintenance and Enhancement 9. Beyond Spreadsheet Basics 10. Risk Ananlysis 11. Simulation 12. Goal Seeking and Solving 13. Project Management 14. Statistics 15. Forecasting 16. Spreadsheet Data as a Base of Data 17. Internal and External Sources of Data 18. Beyond the Spreadsheet