The implementation of appropriate security controls for an information system is an important task that can have major implications for the operations and assets of an organization. Security controls are the management, operational, and technical safeguards or countermeasures prescribed for an information system to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the system and its i…
The third edition of this book continues the objective of providing coverage of actuarial mathematics in a flexible manner that meets the needs of several audiences. These range from those who want only a basic knowledge of the subject, to those preparing for careers as professional actuaries. All this is carried out with a streamlined system of notation, and a modern approach to computation in…
This is a textbook for an undergraduate course in axiomatic geometry. The text is targeted at mathematics students who have completed the calculus sequence and perhaps a first course in linear algebra, but who have not yet encountered such upper-level mathematics courses as real analysis and abstract algebra. A course based on this book will enrich the education of all mathematics majors and wi…
Financial Management, designed for finance and business students, presents the theory and application of corporate finance. As in the preceding volumes in the Schaum’s Outline Series in Accounting, Business, and Economics, the solved-problems approach is used, with emphasis on the practical application of principles, concepts, and tools of financial management. Although an elementary kno…
The accounting department is a cost center. It does not directly generate revenues, but rather provides a fixed set of services to the rest of a company, and is asked to do so at the lowest possible cost. Consequently, the accounting staff is called upon to process transactions, write reports, create new processes or investigate old ones—while doing so as an ever-shrinking proportion of t…
Financial Management Strategies for Hospitals and Healthcare Organizations: Tools, Techniques, Checklists and Case Studies will shape the financial management landscape, just as our com- panion text Hospitals and Healthcare Organizations: Financial Management Strategies, Tools, Techniques, Checklists and Case Studies did in the operational arena, by outlining four important principles. First…
This book has been written for those who wish to achieve a broad understanding of financial management at either undergraduate or postgraduate/post-experience level. It is aimed primarily at students who are not majoring in financial management but who, nevertheless, are studying introductory-level financial management as part of their course in business, management, economics, computing, engin…
This book consists of two parts. Part I describes the essential Mathematica commands illustrated with many examples and Part II presents a variety of applications to mathematics and physics showing how Mathematica could be systematically used to teach these two disciplines. The book is based on an introductory course taught at the University of Illinois at Chicago to advanced undergraduate and…
This book is positioned as a first in a series of books on enterprise architecture needed for a Master of Enterprise Architecture program, and is targeted both at university students and practitioners with a drive to increase their understanding of these fields. As an introductory book, this book aims to explore the concept of enterprise architecture. At first glance, writing such an introduct…
We wrote this book because our primary sense of who we are as professionals is that we are teachers. We play various roles in our careers, but we are especially dedicated to our students. We want them to listen, read, create, and evaluate more effectively as a result of their experience in a business law class. Above all, we want them to sense the importance and excitement of the law. We tried…
Mathematics consists of rigorous abstract reasoning. At first, it can be intimidating; but learning about math can help you appreciate its great practical usefulness and even its beauty—both for the visual appeal of geometric forms and the concise elegance of symbolic formulas expressing complicated ideas. Imagine that you are to build a bridge, or a radio, or a bookcase. In each case you …
This series of six books is intended for the majority of pupils in the first years of secondary schooling. It provides a firm foundation in the mathematics needed at this level from which the pupils can proceed with confidence on a course to C.S.E. or G.C.E. '0' Level. The books can be used either as a complete course or as a supplement to existing textbooks. The material is arranged in sequen…