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Management Information Systems & Statistics (Management studies series 1)
Management Information Systems Statistics - Management studies series 1 Author:Roland Bee, Frances Bee The IPM examination system provides a unique route into professional personnel practice. The "Management Studies" series forms the essential reading for all IPM students. Management Studies I provides practical introductory texts ideally suited to students on the Professional Management Foundation Programme while Management Studies 2 covers the ... more »core subject areas of the IPM Stage 2 syllabus. All these texts will prove equally useful for practising managers who wish to enhance their understanding of contemporary management techniques and methods. All organisations need a Management Information System which will provide a constant flow of relevant information to meet managers' needs. Roland and Frances Bee describe how such a system can be set up and then look at the basic sources of data and the statistical techniques like probability, sampling, correlation and decision-analysis which can be used to convert raw data into real information. The book concludes with a clear survey of the advantages of computerising management information, and the best ways of selecting and setting up the right system.« less