Description
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
* Designed to cover the CIPD syllabus - finance, information systems and statistics * Includes sample exam questions after each topic area to facilitate learning * An array of case studies from both HR and business spheres support theory and offer practical insight
Book Information
ISBN 9780750658287
Author Diana Bedward
Format Paperback
Page Count 352
Imprint Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 650g