Softcover

ISBN 10: 0230218180 ISBN 13: 9780230218185

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009

This book is a concise, accessible, comprehensive introduction to quantitative techniques emphasising business relevance and discussing the challenges of problem-solving in the real world. Coverage includes chapters on Revision Mathematics, Investment Appraisal, Decision-making and Simulation. Excel and SPSS are integrated throughout. Companion Website: http://www.palgrave.com/business/oakshott4e/

About the Author:

LES OAKSHOTT is a Senior Teaching Fellow at Warwick Business School, UK. He has worked in industry and education and has wide experience of applying teaching quantitative methods in a business context.

Review:

"[A]n efficient instrument to pierce the fog to understanding the complexities encountered in the business world... Although seemingly aimed primarily at academia, it will also profit those in management and decision making in business." -- Journal of the Operational Research Society

"An excellent book for 1 semester courses in introductory business statistics...the new edition contains more student friendly features and is exactly right for a first course in applied statistics for non-specialists" -- Melanie Powell, Principal Lecturer, Derbyshire Business School, Derby University

"This well written book rapidly develops students knowledge and skills and is ideal for undergraduate business and accounting students as well as those preparing for professional examinations"
-- Amir Khossousi, London Metropolitan University