ABSTRACT
The authors focus on the following topics:
Information Systems
*Contribution of IS/IT to organisations
*Systems concepts and attributes
*Planning, reviewing and controlling with IS
*Serving the end user - spreadsheets, databases, e-mail and DTP
*Software application for HR and other areas
*Legislation and Security
Finance
*Sources and application of funds
*Accounting documentation - cash statements, profit and loss accounts, balance sheets
*Interpretation of accounts - management ratios
*Costing and budgeting
Statistics
*Sources and uses of statistics
*Presentation of statistics
*Interpretation - measures of average, measures of distribution, correlation, time series, index numbers, significance tests
*Use of current software for computation of statistics
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |116 pages
Finance
chapter |8 pages
Introduction to Finance
chapter |14 pages
The Finances of Starting up a New Business
chapter |26 pages
Following the Fortunes of 3P Ltd
chapter |16 pages
Interpreting Financial Statements
chapter |12 pages
Budgeting
chapter |16 pages
Costing
chapter |10 pages
Investment Appraisal
chapter |4 pages
Glossary of Financial Terms
part |145 pages
Statistics
chapter |12 pages
Sources and Uses of Statistics
chapter |27 pages
Presentation of Statistics
chapter |18 pages
Probability and Probability Distributions
chapter |15 pages
Statistical Inference
chapter |17 pages
Linear Regression and Correlation
chapter |6 pages
Index Numbers
chapter |17 pages
Simple Forecasting Techniques
chapter |4 pages
Glossary of Statistical Terms
part |65 pages
Informaion System