The document outlines a comprehensive curriculum for mastering sole proprietorship accounting and information technology, covering topics from general ledger management to financial reporting and software applications. It includes sections on sentence structure and grammar for effective communication, emphasizing clarity, precision, and style in writing. The curriculum is designed to equip learners with essential skills for both accounting and digital literacy.
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Saemm Bs Decision Science Syllabuses
The document outlines a comprehensive curriculum for mastering sole proprietorship accounting and information technology, covering topics from general ledger management to financial reporting and software applications. It includes sections on sentence structure and grammar for effective communication, emphasizing clarity, precision, and style in writing. The curriculum is designed to equip learners with essential skills for both accounting and digital literacy.
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SAEMM BS DECISION SCIENCE SYLLABUSES PART IV: GENERAL LEDGER MANAGEMENT
PURPOSE AND IMPORTANCE OF THE GENERAL LEDGER
SOLE PROPRIETORSHIP ACCOUNTING SETTING UP LEDGER ACCOUNTS FOR A PROPRIETORSHIP POSTING ENTRIES TO THE GENERAL LEDGER TITLE OF THE BOOK: MASTERING SOLE PROPRIETORSHIP ACCOUNTING: REFERENCE NUMBERS AND POSTING PROCEDURES FROM BASICS TO FINANCIAL MASTERY BALANCING INDIVIDUAL LEDGER ACCOUNTS PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF SOLE PROPRIETORSHIP ACCOUNTING HANDLING LEDGER ERRORS AND CORRECTIONS INTRODUCTION TO SOLE PROPRIETORSHIPS AND THEIR UNIQUE SUMMARIZING LEDGER ACTIVITY ACCOUNTING NEEDS RECONCILING LEDGERS WITH JOURNALS UNDERSTANDING THE ACCOUNTING EQUATION AND ITS ELEMENTS UTILIZING SUBSIDIARY LEDGERS BUSINESS ACTIVITIES THAT IMPACT THE ACCOUNTING EQUATION ENSURING INTEGRITY IN THE GENERAL LEDGER OWNER’S EQUITY: INVESTMENT, REVENUE, AND WITHDRAWALS PART V: MANAGING CASH AND CONTROL SYSTEMS ASSETS AND LIABILITIES: THEIR ROLE IN SOLE PROPRIETORSHIPS CASH AS A VITAL BUSINESS ASSET HOW TRANSACTIONS INFLUENCE FINANCIAL POSITION ESTABLISHING PETTY CASH SYSTEMS RECORDING CHANGES IN THE ACCOUNTING EQUATION MONITORING AND RECORDING CASH RECEIPTS EFFECTS OF ECONOMIC EVENTS ON PROPRIETORSHIPS RECORDING AND ANALYZING CASH PAYMENTS INTRODUCTION TO DOUBLE-ENTRY ACCOUNTING CONCEPTS RECONCILING THE BANK STATEMENT BALANCING ACCOUNTS IN REAL-LIFE BUSINESS SCENARIOS PREVENTING AND DETECTING CASH FRAUD PART II: TRANSACTIONS AND THEIR CLASSIFICATIONS THE ROLE OF INTERNAL CONTROLS IN CASH MANAGEMENT IDENTIFYING COMMON BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS USING TECHNOLOGY TO IMPROVE CASH CONTROL THE NATURE AND ROLE OF DEBITS AND CREDITS IMPLEMENTING APPROVAL PROCESSES FOR CASH DISBURSEMENTS RULES OF DEBIT AND CREDIT IN ACCOUNT TYPES DEVELOPING STRONG CASH HANDLING PROCEDURES TRANSACTION ANALYSIS FOR ACCURATE RECORDING PART VI: PREPARING THE WORK SHEET ACCOUNT CATEGORIES AND HOW THEY REACT TO ENTRIES INTRODUCTION TO THE WORK SHEET AND ITS USES SOURCE DOCUMENTS AND THEIR ROLE IN RECORDING ORGANIZING TRIAL BALANCE ON A WORK SHEET TRANSACTIONAL IMPACTS ON LEDGERS AND JOURNALS CLASSIFYING AND ADJUSTING ACCOUNT BALANCES RECORDING FINANCIAL EVENTS IN REAL TIME APPLYING ADJUSTMENTS TO REVENUE AND EXPENSES ANALYZING SALES AND EXPENSE TRANSACTIONS DEPRECIATION AND ITS ADJUSTMENT ENTRY INTEGRATING TRANSACTION DATA INTO ACCOUNTING SYSTEMS PREPAID AND ACCRUED ADJUSTMENTS EXPLAINED PART III: JOURNALIZING BUSINESS ACTIVITIES COMPLETING THE ADJUSTED TRIAL BALANCE INTRODUCTION TO GENERAL JOURNALS PREPARING THE INCOME STATEMENT COLUMNS FORMATTING AND STRUCTURING JOURNAL ENTRIES COMPLETING THE BALANCE SHEET COLUMNS JOURNALIZING CASH TRANSACTIONS REVIEWING THE WORK SHEET FOR ACCURACY RECORDING PURCHASES AND SALES IN THE JOURNAL PART VII: FINANCIAL REPORTING FOR A SOLE PROPRIETORSHIP JOURNALIZING OWNER WITHDRAWALS AND INVESTMENTS PURPOSE OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS IDENTIFYING AND RECORDING MISCELLANEOUS ENTRIES PREPARING THE INCOME STATEMENT ORGANIZING JOURNAL ENTRIES BY DATE AND TYPE UNDERSTANDING THE STATEMENT OF OWNER’S EQUITY CORRECTING ERRORS IN JOURNALIZING COMPILING THE BALANCE SHEET POSTING FROM JOURNALS TO LEDGERS INTERPRETING FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR DECISION-MAKING REVIEWING AND VERIFYING JOURNAL ACCURACY USING FINANCIAL STATEMENTS TO EVALUATE PERFORMANCE UNDERSTANDING FINANCIAL RATIOS AND THEIR MEANING TITLE OF THE BOOK: MASTERING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: A COMMUNICATING RESULTS WITH STAKEHOLDERS COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO DIGITAL LITERACY AND APPLICATIONS IDENTIFYING RED FLAGS IN FINANCIAL REPORTS PART I: FUNDAMENTALS OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ENSURING CONSISTENCY ACROSS FINANCIAL PERIODS INTRODUCTION TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN THE MODERN WORLD PART VIII: THE CLOSING PROCESS AND POST-PERIOD PROCEDURES UNDERSTANDING COMPUTERS AND OPERATING SYSTEMS UNDERSTANDING THE ACCOUNTING CYCLE’S FINAL PHASE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE IDENTIFYING TEMPORARY VS. PERMANENT ACCOUNTS OVERVIEW OF SYSTEM COMPONENTS AND FUNCTIONS RECORDING REVENUE AND EXPENSE CLOSING ENTRIES IDENTIFYING COMMON OPERATING SYSTEMS CLOSING THE OWNER’S DRAWING ACCOUNT NAVIGATING WINDOWS FILE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS TRANSFERRING NET INCOME OR LOSS BASICS OF OPERATING SYSTEM CUSTOMIZATION VERIFYING POST-CLOSING ACCOUNT BALANCES TYPES AND CLASSIFICATIONS OF COMPUTER HARDWARE PREPARING THE POST-CLOSING TRIAL BALANCE EVALUATING COMPUTER TYPES AND THEIR PERFORMANCE ADJUSTMENTS AFTER THE CLOSING PROCESS PRINCIPLES OF SOFTWARE MANAGEMENT AND INSTALLATION CARRYING BALANCES INTO THE NEW ACCOUNTING PERIOD PART II: MANAGING SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE REVIEWING THE ENTIRE ACCOUNTING CYCLE DIFFERENTIATING SYSTEM AND APPLICATION SOFTWARE PART IX: ADVANCED TOPICS IN PROPRIETORSHIP ACCOUNTING EXPLORING THE FUNCTIONS OF OPERATING SYSTEMS HANDLING UNCOLLECTIBLE ACCOUNTS STEPS IN SOFTWARE INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE UNDERSTANDING INVENTORY VALUATION METHODS MANAGING SOFTWARE LICENSES AND UPDATES ACCOUNTING FOR BAD DEBTS AND RETURNS INTRODUCTION TO INPUT, OUTPUT, AND STORAGE DEVICES MANAGING LONG-TERM ASSETS AND DEPRECIATION TROUBLESHOOTING BASIC HARDWARE ISSUES RECOGNIZING AND ACCOUNTING FOR LIABILITIES TROUBLESHOOTING SOFTWARE ERRORS AND CONFLICTS CONTROLLING AND REPORTING OWNER WITHDRAWALS TECHNIQUES FOR OPTIMIZING SYSTEM PERFORMANCE PREPARING FOR TAX REPORTING SECURING DATA AND PREVENTING HARDWARE FAILURES HANDLING CHANGES IN CAPITAL INVESTMENT BACKUP STRATEGIES AND DATA RECOVERY SOLUTIONS MAINTAINING ACCURATE AUDIT TRAILS PART III: INTRODUCTION TO MICROSOFT OFFICE COMPLYING WITH ACCOUNTING STANDARDS EXPLORING MICROSOFT OFFICE 2013 INTERFACE PART X: PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS AND FINAL MASTERY OVERVIEW OF MICROSOFT WORD, EXCEL, POWERPOINT, AND ACCESS DEVELOPING A FULL ACCOUNTING SYSTEM FOR A PROPRIETORSHIP UNDERSTANDING OFFICE SUITE INTEGRATION USING SOFTWARE TOOLS FOR PROPRIETORSHIP ACCOUNTING BENEFITS OF USING MICROSOFT OFFICE IN THE WORKPLACE PRACTICING COMPLETE ACCOUNTING CYCLES INTRODUCTION TO DOCUMENT CREATION IN WORD INTEGRATING BUSINESS PLANNING WITH ACCOUNTING EXPLORING EXCEL FOR DATA ORGANIZATION SETTING UP REPORTING SCHEDULES AND CALENDARS CREATING EFFECTIVE PRESENTATIONS WITH POWERPOINT AVOIDING COMMON MISTAKES IN PROPRIETORSHIP ACCOUNTING INTRODUCTION TO DATABASE MANAGEMENT WITH ACCESS ADAPTING ACCOUNTING PRACTICES FOR BUSINESS GROWTH NAVIGATING BETWEEN MICROSOFT OFFICE APPLICATIONS CASE STUDY: A YEAR IN THE LIFE OF A SOLE PROPRIETORSHIP SAVING AND CONVERTING OFFICE FILES PREPARING FOR FINANCIAL AUDITS PART IV: MASTERING MICROSOFT WORD FINAL REVIEW AND PATHWAYS FOR FURTHER LEARNING GETTING STARTED WITH WORD ESSENTIALS CREATING AND SAVING WORD DOCUMENTS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY NAVIGATING THE WORD INTERFACE EDITING TEXT AND BASIC FORMATTING TECHNIQUES ADVANCED TEXT FORMATTING AND STYLES UNDERSTANDING NETWORK TYPES AND TOPOLOGIES INSERTING PAGE BREAKS, HEADERS, AND FOOTERS IDENTIFYING NETWORK COMPONENTS AND DEVICES SHARING DOCUMENTS USING WORD TOOLS INTRODUCTION TO IP ADDRESSING AND PROTOCOLS REVIEWING AND COMMENTING ON DOCUMENTS EXPLORING COMMUNICATION SERVICES WORKING WITH TABLES IN WORD EMAIL SYSTEMS AND THEIR FEATURES ENHANCING DOCUMENTS WITH GRAPHICS AND THEMES ONLINE COLLABORATION AND FILE SHARING PART V: MASTERING MICROSOFT EXCEL UNDERSTANDING CLOUD COMPUTING SERVICES INTRODUCTION TO EXCEL ESSENTIALS USING THE INTERNET FOR RESEARCH AND PRODUCTIVITY CREATING AND MANAGING WORKSHEETS EXPLORING THE WORLD WIDE WEB FORMATTING CELLS AND DATA ENTRY TECHNIQUES INTERNET BROWSERS AND THEIR FEATURES USING EXCEL TOOLS TO ORGANIZE INFORMATION PART IX: WEB CONTENT AND DIGITAL COMMUNICATION APPLYING CONDITIONAL FORMATTING AND CELL STYLES INTRODUCTION TO WEB CONTENT CREATION CREATING AND USING FORMULAS BASICS OF HTML AND WEB DESIGN UTILIZING FUNCTIONS FOR DATA ANALYSIS CREATING AND PUBLISHING SIMPLE WEB PAGES BUILDING CHARTS TO VISUALIZE DATA USING ONLINE TOOLS FOR WEB DEVELOPMENT SORTING AND FILTERING DATA UNDERSTANDING BLOGS, WIKIS, AND CONTENT PLATFORMS USING EXCEL TEMPLATES FOR REPORTS AND BUDGETS EVALUATING WEBSITE CREDIBILITY AND CONTENT ACCURACY PART VI: MASTERING MICROSOFT POWERPOINT SOCIAL MEDIA AND ITS IMPACT ON COMMUNICATION GETTING STARTED WITH POWERPOINT ESSENTIALS COMMUNICATING PROFESSIONALLY ONLINE CREATING SLIDE PRESENTATIONS FROM TEMPLATES PROTECTING PERSONAL DATA ON THE WEB INSERTING AND FORMATTING SLIDE CONTENT TRENDS IN ONLINE LEARNING AND REMOTE COLLABORATION ENHANCING PRESENTATIONS WITH ANIMATIONS PART X: TECHNOLOGY, SOCIETY, AND ETHICS APPLYING THEMES AND SLIDE LAYOUTS THE ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY IN SOCIETY USING MULTIMEDIA ELEMENTS IN PRESENTATIONS POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF IT DESIGNING INTERACTIVE PRESENTATIONS ETHICAL USE OF TECHNOLOGY MANAGING SLIDE TRANSITIONS AND TIMINGS UNDERSTANDING CYBERBULLYING AND DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP SHARING AND PRESENTING YOUR SLIDESHOW EXPLORING LAWS RELATED TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY BEST PRACTICES FOR PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS RECOGNIZING AND AVOIDING CYBER THREATS PART VII: MASTERING MICROSOFT ACCESS IMPLEMENTING SAFE COMPUTING PRACTICES INTRODUCTION TO ACCESS ESSENTIALS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY IN THE DIGITAL WORLD UNDERSTANDING DATABASES AND THEIR COMPONENTS BALANCING TECHNOLOGY USE IN DAILY LIFE CREATING TABLES AND DEFINING FIELDS FUTURE TRENDS IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ESTABLISHING RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN TABLES CREATING AND CUSTOMIZING FORMS COLLEGE ENGLISH GRAMMAR MANAGING RECORDS AND PERFORMING SEARCHES GENERATING REPORTS FROM DATA TITLE OF THE BOOK: COLLEGE ENGLISH GRAMMAR: A COMPLETE GUIDE TO USING QUERIES TO RETRIEVE SPECIFIC INFORMATION SENTENCE STRUCTURE, CLARITY, AND STYLE INTEGRATING ACCESS WITH OTHER OFFICE APPLICATIONS PART I: BUILDING THE FOUNDATIONS OF SENTENCES ENSURING DATABASE SECURITY AND INTEGRITY UNDERSTANDING SENTENCES WITH ONE SUBJECT AND ONE VERB PART VIII: NETWORKING AND INTERNET FUNDAMENTALS WRITING SENTENCES WITH MULTIPLE SUBJECTS AND VERBS DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN SUBJECTS AND OBJECTS OF PREPOSITIONS EM DASHES IN EMPHASIS AND INTERRUPTIONS IDENTIFYING MAIN VERBS AND HELPING VERBS COMBINING PUNCTUATION FOR CLARITY AND IMPACT RECOGNIZING SINGULAR AND PLURAL SUBJECTS AND VERBS PART V: MODIFIERS AND SENTENCE PRECISION USING INDEFINITE PRONOUNS AS SUBJECTS CORRECTLY IDENTIFYING AND CORRECTING MISPLACED MODIFIERS INTERPRETING SUBJECTS UNDERSTOOD IN A SPECIAL SENSE AVOIDING DANGLING MODIFIERS IN SENTENCES CONSTRUCTING SENTENCES WITH SUBJECTS JOINED BY CONJUNCTIONS USING DESCRIPTIVE WORDS FOR PRECISION CREATING CLEAR AND CORRECT COMPOUND SENTENCES ENHANCING WRITING WITH STRONG MODIFIERS FORMING EFFECTIVE COMPLEX SENTENCES USING ADJECTIVE AND ADVERB PLACEMENT EFFECTIVELY PART II: SENTENCE CLARITY AND CORRECTNESS RECOGNIZING REDUNDANT MODIFIERS AND REPETITIONS AVOIDING RUN-ON SENTENCES AND COMMA SPLICES KEEPING SENTENCE MEANING CLEAR WITH PROPER MODIFIERS IDENTIFYING AND CORRECTING SENTENCE FRAGMENTS VARYING MODIFIER PLACEMENT FOR STYLISTIC EFFECT USING PARENTHETICAL EXPRESSIONS APPROPRIATELY USING PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES AS MODIFIERS UNDERSTANDING AND USING APPOSITIVES EFFECTIVELY APPLYING MODIFIERS TO CLARIFY COMPLEX IDEAS DIFFERENTIATING RESTRICTIVE AND NONRESTRICTIVE CLAUSES PART VI: ENHANCING SENTENCE STYLE AND BALANCE USING COMMAS WITH INTRODUCTORY PHRASES, SERIES, DATES, AND UNDERSTANDING AND APPLYING PARALLEL STRUCTURE ADDRESSES USING COORDINATING AND CORRELATIVE CONJUNCTIONS RECOGNIZING SENTENCE PATTERNS AND VARIATIONS MAINTAINING BALANCE IN LISTS AND SERIES BALANCING SENTENCE ELEMENTS FOR CLARITY REWRITING SENTENCES TO IMPROVE RHYTHM AND FLOW REVISING AWKWARD OR CONFUSING CONSTRUCTIONS STRENGTHENING IDEAS THROUGH PARALLELISM MAINTAINING SENTENCE UNITY AND COHERENCE COMBINING SENTENCES FOR VARIETY AND EMPHASIS PART III: MASTERING PRONOUNS IN GRAMMAR IMPROVING TONE AND STYLE WITH BALANCED CONSTRUCTIONS USING SUBJECT, OBJECT, AND POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS PROPERLY AVOIDING FAULTY PARALLELISM IN WRITING APPLYING PRONOUNS IN COMPARISONS AND WITH -SELF AND -SELVES USING PARALLELISM IN PERSUASIVE WRITING ENSURING AGREEMENT OF PRONOUNS WITH THEIR ANTECEDENTS REINFORCING KEY POINTS WITH STRUCTURAL REPETITION ORDERING PRONOUNS AND SPELLING POSSESSIVE FORMS PART VII: VERB MASTERY AND TENSE CONSISTENCY AVOIDING AMBIGUOUS OR VAGUE PRONOUN REFERENCES IDENTIFYING REGULAR AND IRREGULAR VERBS USING WHO, WHOM, AND WHOSE CORRECTLY RECOGNIZING VERB FORMS IN PRESENT, PAST, AND PAST PARTICIPLE INCORPORATING REFLEXIVE AND INTENSIVE PRONOUNS UNDERSTANDING TENSE AND ASPECT MANAGING PRONOUNS IN FORMAL AND INFORMAL CONTEXTS MAINTAINING CONSISTENT VERB TENSE USING PRONOUNS IN DIALOGUE AND REPORTED SPEECH USING THE PASSIVE AND ACTIVE VOICE EFFECTIVELY MAINTAINING CONSISTENT PRONOUN USAGE THROUGHOUT WRITING DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN LINKING AND ACTION VERBS PART IV: PUNCTUATION AND CAPITALIZATION ESSENTIALS AVOIDING SHIFTS IN VERB VOICE AND MOOD MASTERING RULES OF CAPITALIZATION USING MODAL VERBS TO EXPRESS POSSIBILITY AND NECESSITY APPLYING ADDITIONAL PUNCTUATION MARKS CORRECTLY APPLYING VERBS IN CONDITIONAL AND HYPOTHETICAL SENTENCES USING SEMICOLONS, COLONS, AND DASHES EDITING VERBS FOR CLARITY AND PRECISION DISTINGUISHING HYPHENS FROM DASHES PART VIII: PARAGRAPH DEVELOPMENT AND STRUCTURE QUOTATION MARKS AND PUNCTUATION WITH DIALOGUE UNDERSTANDING THE STRUCTURE OF AN EFFECTIVE PARAGRAPH APOSTROPHES IN CONTRACTIONS AND POSSESSION CRAFTING TOPIC SENTENCES AND SUPPORTING DETAILS PARENTHESES AND BRACKETS IN FORMAL WRITING USING TRANSITIONS FOR COHERENCE AND UNITY ELLIPSES AND THEIR ROLE IN STYLE AND TONE ORGANIZING PARAGRAPHS FOR LOGICAL FLOW STRENGTHENING PARAGRAPHS WITH EVIDENCE AND EXAMPLES PAGTALAKAY SA TEORYA NG WIKA WRITING PARAGRAPHS FOR DIFFERENT PURPOSES ANG KAHALAGAHAN NG WIKA SA ARAW-ARAW NA BUHAY REVISING PARAGRAPHS FOR FOCUS AND CLARITY WIKA AT KALIKASAN NG TAO AVOIDING OFF-TOPIC OR IRRELEVANT CONTENT ANG WIKA BILANG KASANGKAPAN NG PAGBABAGO EXPANDING IDEAS THROUGH PARAGRAPH DEVELOPMENT BAHAGI II: PAG-UNAWA SA BARAYTI AT BARYASYON NG WIKA EDITING FOR PARAGRAPH LENGTH AND BALANCE PAGTUKOY SA BARAYTI NG WIKA PART IX: ADVANCED SENTENCE TECHNIQUES ANG SOSYOLEK: WIKA NG MGA PANGKAT PANLIPUNAN USING INVERSION AND EMPHASIS IN SENTENCES ANG IDYOLEK: INDIBIDWAL NA PARAAN NG PAGSASALITA APPLYING SENTENCE VARIETY FOR READER ENGAGEMENT ANG DAYALEK: REHIYONAL NA PAGKAKAIBA NG WIKA WRITING PERIODIC AND CUMULATIVE SENTENCES ANG ETNOLEK: WIKA NG MGA KATUTUBO USING RHETORICAL QUESTIONS FOR IMPACT ANG PIDGIN AT CREOLE SA PILIPINAS EMPLOYING SENTENCE FRAGMENTS FOR STYLISTIC EFFECT KAHALAGAHAN NG PAG-UNAWA SA BARAYTI NG WIKA EXPLORING SENTENCE RHYTHM AND PACING EPEKTO NG BARYASYON SA KOMUNIKASYON COMBINING SENTENCES USING COORDINATION AND SUBORDINATION ANG PAGBABAGO NG WIKA SA PANAHON EXPERIMENTING WITH SENTENCE OPENINGS ANG WIKA SA GITNA NG MODERNISASYON MAINTAINING FORMAL AND ACADEMIC SENTENCE STRUCTURE BAHAGI III: REJISTER AT DOMEYN NG WIKA REWRITING FOR SENTENCE EMPHASIS AND CONTROL KAHULUGAN NG REJISTER PANGWIKA PART X: APPLICATION AND STYLE IN ACADEMIC WRITING WIKA SA LARANGAN NG EDUKASYON APPLYING GRAMMAR RULES IN ESSAY WRITING WIKA SA RELIHIYON AT RITWAL UNDERSTANDING TONE AND DICTION IN COLLEGE WRITING WIKA SA MASS MEDIA AT TEKNOLOHIYA EDITING FOR GRAMMAR IN RESEARCH PAPERS WIKA SA NEGOSYO AT KOMERSYO AVOIDING COMMON GRAMMAR PITFALLS IN ACADEMIC WORK REJISTER NG WIKA SA BATAS AT GOBYERNO POLISHING SENTENCE STRUCTURE IN FORMAL WRITING WIKA SA AGHAM AT KALUSUGAN USING GRAMMAR FOR PERSUASIVE ARGUMENTS WIKA SA PANITIKAN AT SINING INTEGRATING QUOTES AND CITATIONS WITH GRAMMAR ACCURACY REJISTER NG WIKA SA SOCIAL MEDIA IMPROVING SENTENCE STYLE IN LITERARY ANALYSIS ANG PAG-AANGKOP NG WIKA SA IBA’T IBANG SITWASYON USING GRAMMAR TO REFINE YOUR ACADEMIC VOICE BAHAGI IV: KASAYSAYAN NG MGA WIKA SA PILIPINAS FINAL REVIEW: GRAMMAR AS A TOOL FOR CLEAR COMMUNICATION PANAHON NG KATUTUBO: MGA SINAUNANG WIKA IMPLUWENSIYA NG KASTILA SA WIKA SINING NG KOMUNIKASYON PANAHON NG AMERIKANO AT ANG INGLES PANANAKOP NG HAPONES AT WIKANG NIHONGO PAMAGAT NG AKLAT: SINING NG KOMUNIKASYON: MALAWAK NA ANG PAGKAKAROON NG WIKANG PAMBANSA PAGLALAKBAY SA WIKA, DISKURSO, AT PAGPAPAHAYAG BATAS NA MAY KAUGNAYAN SA WIKA BAHAGI I: ANG WIKA BILANG SUSI NG KOMUNIKASYON PAG-UNLAD NG WIKANG FILIPINO ANG KONSEPTO NG WIKA SA LIPUNAN PANANALIKSIK SA KASAYSAYAN NG WIKANG LOKAL PAPEL NG WIKA SA KULTURA AT PAGKAKAKILANLAN WIKA SA PANAHON NG GLOBALISASYON ANG WIKA BILANG MIDYUM NG PAGPAPAHAYAG PAGPAPATATAG NG WIKANG FILIPINO SA KASALUKUYANG PANAHON WIKA AT KAISIPAN: PAG-UUGNAY NG PANANAW AT PAGKILOS BAHAGI V: KALIKASAN AT ESTRUKTURA NG WIKA ANG UGNAYAN NG WIKA AT PANANALIKSIK PONOLOHIYA: TUNOG NG WIKA ANG PAPEL NG WIKA SA EDUKASYON MORPOLOHIYA: KAYARIAN NG SALITA SINTAKSIS: PAGBUO NG PANGUNGUSAP PAGTATALA HABANG NAKIKINIG SEMANTIKA: KAHULUGAN NG WIKA BAHAGI IX: SINING NG PAGSASALITA PRAGMATIKA: GAMIT NG WIKA SA SITWASYON KASANAYAN SA MALINAW NA PAGPAPAHAYAG ANTAS NG WIKA: PORMAL AT DI-PORMAL EPEKTO NG TINIG AT TINDIG DENOTASYON AT KONOTASYON PAGHAHANDA SA TALUMPATI PAGBUO NG TALASALITAAN PUBLIC SPEAKING AT CONFIDENCE BUILDING PAGKILALA SA GAMIT NG SALITA PANGHIKAYAT AT ARGUMENTATIBONG PAGSASALITA ANG WIKA SA KOGNITIBONG PROSESO DAYALOGO AT INTERBYU BAHAGI VI: SINING NG KOMUNIKASYON PAGSASALITA SA IBA’T IBANG KONTEKSTO KAHULUGAN AT KATANGIAN NG KOMUNIKASYON PAGHARAP SA MEDIA PROSESO NG KOMUNIKASYON PAKIKILAHOK SA TALAKAYAN BERBAL AT DI-BERBAL NA KOMUNIKASYON PAGSASALITA BILANG GURO, LIDER, O TAGAPAYO MGA SANGKAP NG KOMUNIKASYON BAHAGI X: PAGBASA AT PAGSULAT MGA HADLANG SA KOMUNIKASYON KAHALAGAHAN NG PAGBASA SA KOMUNIKASYON MGA URI NG KOMUNIKASYON PAGBASA NG TEKSTONG IMPORMATIBO KOMUNIKASYONG INTERPERSONAL AT INTRAPERSONAL PAGBASA NG TEKSTONG NARATIBO AT ARGUMENTATIBO KOMUNIKASYONG PAMPUBLIKO AT PANGKAUNLARAN TEKNIK SA MABISANG PAGBASA TEKNOLOHIYA AT KOMUNIKASYON PAGSUSURI NG NILALAMAN NG TEKSTO ETIKA SA KOMUNIKASYON KASANAYAN SA AKADEMIKONG PAGSULAT BAHAGI VII: DISKURSO AT TALASTASAN PAGBUO NG BALANGKAS AT NILALAMAN KAHULUGAN AT KAHALAGAHAN NG DISKURSO PAGSULAT NG SANAYSAY, TALUMPATI, AT LIHAM URI NG DISKURSO: PASALITA AT PASULAT REBYU AT REPLEKTIBONG SANAYSAY DISKURSO SA AKADEMIKONG LARANGAN SINING NG PAGSULAT SA MAKABAGONG PANAHON ESTRUKTURA NG MAAYOS NA DISKURSO KOHESYONG GRAMATIKAL AT LOHIKAL PHILIPPINE HISTORY DISKURSO SA MIDYA AT LIPUNAN PANANAW AT PAG-UUGNAY NG IDEYA SA DISKURSO TITLE OF THE BOOK: ECHOES OF THE ARCHIPELAGO: A THEMATIC JOURNEY KRITIKAL NA PAG-IISIP SA DISKURSO THROUGH PHILIPPINE HISTORY DISKURSO SA PANANALIKSIK PART I: ORIGINS AND FOUNDATIONS PAGBUO NG TALUMPATI AT LEKTURA THE PHILIPPINE ARCHIPELAGO: GEOGRAPHICAL AND CULTURAL SETTING BAHAGI VIII: KAKAYAHANG MAKINIG LIFE BEFORE COLONIZATION: SOCIETIES AND SYSTEMS KATANGIAN NG MABUTING PAKIKINIG INDIGENOUS BELIEFS, CUSTOMS, AND TRADITIONS MGA URI NG PAKIKINIG POLITICAL STRUCTURES IN EARLY BARANGAYS AKTIBONG PAKIKINIG TRADE AND FOREIGN INFLUENCES IN PRE-COLONIAL TIMES PAKIKINIG SA IBA’T IBANG LAYUNIN LANGUAGE, WRITING, AND EDUCATION IN EARLY PHILIPPINES PAKIKINIG SA LEKTURA AT DISKURSO GENDER ROLES AND SOCIAL HIERARCHIES TEKNIK SA EPEKTIBONG PAKIKINIG WARFARE AND PEACEKEEPING PRACTICES PAGKILALA SA PUNTO AT IDEYA NG TAGAPAGSALITA AGRICULTURE, TOOLS, AND EARLY TECHNOLOGY PAGLALAGOM NG NARINIG NA IMPORMASYON ART AND EXPRESSION BEFORE THE CONQUEST PAGTATAYA SA EPEKTIBONG KOMUNIKASYON PART II: UNDER THE SPANISH FLAG ARRIVAL OF THE SPANIARDS: CONTACT AND CONQUEST CAPTURE OF AGUINALDO AND DECLINE OF RESISTANCE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SPANISH COLONIAL RULE PHILIPPINE-AMERICAN RELATIONS ENCOMIENDA SYSTEM AND FORCED LABOR LOSSES AND GAINS FROM THE WAR SPREAD OF CHRISTIANITY AND ITS IMPACT PART VI: COLONIAL RULE REIMAGINED SPANISH ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN PLANNING AMERICAN COLONIAL ADMINISTRATION EDUCATION AND RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION THOMASITES AND THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM RESISTANCE AND REVOLTS DURING THE SPANISH ERA FILIPINO PARTICIPATION IN GOVERNMENT THE ROLE OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH FORMATION OF POLITICAL PARTIES SPANISH COLONIAL POLICIES AND THEIR EFFECTS THE ROLE OF THE PRESS AND MEDIA CULTURAL SYNTHESIS AND ADAPTATION LABOR MOVEMENTS AND SOCIAL REFORM PART III: THE MAKING OF FILIPINO IDENTITY NATIONAL SYMBOLS AND IDENTITY FORMATION FROM INDIO TO FILIPINO: EVOLUTION OF IDENTITY THE PHILIPPINE ASSEMBLY AND LEGISLATIVE DEVELOPMENTS RISE OF THE ILUSTRADO CLASS THE ROAD TO AUTONOMY THE PROPAGANDA MOVEMENT AND ITS LEADERS JONES LAW AND POLITICAL PROGRESS THE LA SOLIDARIDAD AND REFORMIST WRITINGS PART VII: CONFLICT AND CRISIS IN THE 20TH CENTURY RIZAL’S LIFE, WORKS, AND LEGACY THE JAPANESE INVASION AND WORLD WAR II OTHER REFORMISTS AND THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS LIFE UNDER JAPANESE OCCUPATION EDUCATION AND NATIONALISM GUERRILLA WARFARE AND RESISTANCE THE SPANISH PRESS AND POLITICAL AWARENESS COLLABORATION AND WAR CRIMES REACTION OF THE SPANISH GOVERNMENT THE FALL OF MANILA AND NATIONAL DESTRUCTION THE SEEDS OF REVOLUTION ROLE OF THE USAFFE AND FILIPINO SOLDIERS PART IV: THE KATIPUNAN AND THE PHILIPPINE REVOLUTION LIBERATION OF THE PHILIPPINES ANDRES BONIFACIO AND THE FOUNDING OF THE KATIPUNAN HUMANITARIAN CRISIS AND REBUILDING RECRUITMENT AND SECRET OPERATIONS TRANSITION FROM OCCUPATION TO INDEPENDENCE DISCOVERY OF THE KATIPUNAN AND ITS CONSEQUENCES ESTABLISHMENT OF THE REPUBLIC IN 1946 THE CRY OF BALINTAWAK AND ARMED RESISTANCE PART VIII: THE NEW REPUBLIC AND ITS STRUGGLES SPLIT BETWEEN BONIFACIO AND AGUINALDO ECONOMIC RECOVERY AND POLITICAL REALIGNMENT EXECUTION OF BONIFACIO: CONTROVERSIES AND CONTEXT LAND REFORMS AND PEASANT MOVEMENTS AGUINALDO’S RISE AND THE CAVITE REVOLUTION RISE OF THE HUKBALAHAP AND ARMED RESISTANCE BATTLES AND STRATEGIES IN THE FIRST PHASE COLD WAR POLITICS AND PHILIPPINE POLICY PACT OF BIAK-NA-BATO DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS AND AID RESUMPTION OF THE REVOLUTION: SECOND PHASE SOCIO-POLITICAL UNREST AND PROTEST PART V: TOWARD A NATION: INDEPENDENCE AND OCCUPATION THE RISE OF POPULIST LEADERS DECLARATION OF PHILIPPINE INDEPENDENCE THE TAO MOVEMENT AND CULTURAL RECOGNITION THE MALOLOS CONSTITUTION AND REPUBLIC CONSTITUTIONAL REFORMS THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN THE REVOLUTION ENVIRONMENTAL AND INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES AMERICAN INTERVENTION AND THE TREATY OF PARIS PART IX: NATIONAL IDENTITY IN A GLOBALIZING WORLD OUTBREAK OF FILIPINO-AMERICAN WAR SHIFTING ECONOMIC POLICIES AND GLOBAL TRADE BATTLES, CASUALTIES, AND SHIFTING FRONTS FOREIGN RELATIONS AND REGIONAL ALLIANCES GUERRILLA WARFARE AND CIVILIAN SUFFERING THE PHILIPPINE DIASPORA EVOLVING PHILIPPINE ART AND LITERATURE COLOR SCHEMES AND SYMBOLISM LANGUAGE DEBATES AND NATIONAL CURRICULUM TEXTURE: SURFACE QUALITY AND SENSORY APPEAL URBANIZATION AND MIGRATION THE ROLE OF PATTERN IN VISUAL HARMONY MASS MEDIA AND NATIONAL DISCOURSE SPACE IN TWO-DIMENSIONAL AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL WORKS EDUCATION REFORMS AND ACCESS TIME AND MOTION AS ARTISTIC ELEMENTS TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION PART III: PRINCIPLES OF ART AND DESIGN SOCIETAL CHANGES AND CHALLENGES UNITY AND VARIETY IN COMPOSITION PART X: CRISIS, RESISTANCE, AND REVOLUTION BALANCE: SYMMETRICAL AND ASYMMETRICAL FERDINAND MARCOS AND THE MARTIAL LAW ERA EMPHASIS AND FOCAL POINTS HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AND SUPPRESSION RHYTHM AND REPETITION IN VISUAL ART ACTIVISM AND STUDENT MOVEMENTS SCALE AND PROPORTION IN ARTISTIC DESIGN CENSORSHIP AND THE UNDERGROUND PRESS CONTRAST AND DYNAMICS THE ROLE OF THE CHURCH AND CIVIL SOCIETY HARMONY AND VISUAL COHESION NINOY AQUINO AND THE SPARKS OF REVOLT MOVEMENT AND DIRECTION IN ARTWORKS ECONOMIC COLLAPSE AND NATIONAL DEBT ABSTRACTION AND REALISM THE EDSA PEOPLE POWER REVOLUTION INTEGRATING ELEMENTS AND PRINCIPLES RESTORATION OF DEMOCRACY PART IV: TWO-DIMENSIONAL ART FORMS REFLECTIONS ON NATIONAL FREEDOM AND THE FUTURE DRAWING MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES GESTURE AND CONTOUR DRAWING ART APPRECIATION MEDIA IN DRAWING: CHARCOAL, PENCIL, INK PAINTING THROUGH THE AGES TITLE OF THE BOOK: VISIONS AND VOICES: A JOURNEY THROUGH ART TECHNIQUES IN OIL, ACRYLIC, AND WATERCOLOR APPRECIATION THE LANGUAGE OF PAINTING PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF ARTISTIC UNDERSTANDING PRINTMAKING: PROCESSES AND METHODS DEFINING ART ACROSS CULTURES RELIEF, INTAGLIO, AND PLANOGRAPHIC TECHNIQUES THE ROLE OF ART IN HUMAN EXPERIENCE THE CREATIVE PROCESS IN PRINTMAKING PERCEPTION AND INTERPRETATION IN ART MIXED MEDIA AND EXPERIMENTAL TWO-DIMENSIONAL ART THE ARTIST’S INTENTION AND THE VIEWER’S RESPONSE PART V: IMAGING AND DIGITAL INNOVATIONS ART AND AESTHETICS: A PHILOSOPHICAL APPROACH THE HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY FUNCTIONS OF ART IN SOCIETY TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF PHOTOGRAPHY CATEGORIZING ART: FINE, APPLIED, AND POPULAR PHOTOGRAPHY AS ART AND DOCUMENTATION STYLE AND ARTISTIC MOVEMENTS EVOLUTION OF FILM AND CINEMA CONTEXTUALIZING ART: HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL INFLUENCES FILM GENRES AND VISUAL STORYTELLING ART CRITICISM AND EVALUATION VIDEO ART: EXPLORATION OF TIME AND IMAGE PART II: VISUAL ELEMENTS AND LANGUAGE OF ART THE RISE OF DIGITAL ART FORMS EXPLORING THE ELEMENT OF LINE NEW MEDIA AND INTERACTIVE ART SHAPE AND ITS EXPRESSIVE POTENTIAL VIRTUAL REALITY AND AUGMENTED ART UNDERSTANDING FORM IN TWO AND THREE DIMENSIONS ETHICAL AND CULTURAL IMPACTS OF DIGITAL ART THE NATURE AND USE OF LIGHT IN ART PART VI: THREE-DIMENSIONAL EXPRESSIONS THE PSYCHOLOGY AND THEORY OF COLOR TRADITIONAL AND CONTEMPORARY SCULPTURE MODELING, CARVING, ASSEMBLING, CASTING ROMANTICISM AND INDIVIDUAL EXPRESSION INSTALLATION ART AND SPATIAL EXPERIENCE THE RISE OF MODERN ART: IMPRESSIONISM AND BEYOND SITE-SPECIFIC ART AND ENVIRONMENTAL WORKS PART X: GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES AND CONTEMPORARY DIRECTIONS THE ART OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN TWENTIETH-CENTURY INNOVATIONS IN ART CRAFT: FUSION OF FUNCTION AND AESTHETICS EXPRESSIONISM, CUBISM, SURREALISM CERAMICS, GLASS, AND TEXTILE ARTS ABSTRACT ART AND NON-OBJECTIVE PAINTING JEWELRY AND METALWORK POP ART, MINIMALISM, AND CONCEPTUALISM FURNITURE AND FUNCTIONAL DESIGN POSTMODERN ART MOVEMENTS CULTURAL EXPRESSIONS IN CRAFTSMANSHIP FEMINIST ART AND IDENTITY POLITICS PART VII: ARCHITECTURAL FORMS AND URBAN AESTHETICS ART IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH FUNDAMENTALS OF ARCHITECTURE CONTEMPORARY ART PRACTICES AND ISSUES BUILDING MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES ART AND TECHNOLOGY IN THE 21ST CENTURY RELIGIOUS ARCHITECTURE THROUGH TIME THE ROLE OF THE ARTIST IN TODAY’S WORLD PALACES AND MONUMENTS: STATEMENTS OF POWER MODERN AND POSTMODERN ARCHITECTURE PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT URBAN PLANNING AND PUBLIC SPACES GREEN ARCHITECTURE AND SUSTAINABILITY TITLE OF THE BOOK: PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT: MASTERING THE INTERIOR DESIGN AND HUMAN EXPERIENCE FOUNDATIONS OF LEADERSHIP AND ORGANIZATIONAL SUCCESS LANDMARK STRUCTURES IN GLOBAL CONTEXT PART I: INTRODUCTION TO MANAGEMENT AND THE MANAGER’S ROLE THE FUTURE OF CITIES AND ARCHITECTURE THE NATURE OF MANAGEMENT AND THE ROLE OF MANAGERS PART VIII: THE HISTORY OF ART: ANCIENT TO CLASSICAL KEY FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES IN A MANAGER’S JOB PREHISTORIC ART AND EARLY CREATIVITY MANAGEMENT SKILLS AND COMPETENCY FRAMEWORKS ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIAN AND EGYPTIAN ART EVOLUTION OF MANAGEMENT THOUGHT: CLASSICAL TO MODERN ART OF THE INDUS VALLEY AND ANCIENT CHINA THE IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGY ON MANAGEMENT MESOAMERICAN AND ANDEAN ARTISTIC TRADITIONS UNDERSTANDING MANAGERIAL ROLES AND LEVELS GREEK IDEALS IN SCULPTURE AND ARCHITECTURE THE IMPORTANCE OF ADAPTABILITY IN MANAGEMENT ROMAN INNOVATIONS IN ART AND URBANISM BUILDING MANAGERIAL EFFECTIVENESS THE LEGACY OF CLASSICAL AESTHETICS LEADERSHIP VERSUS MANAGEMENT HELLENISTIC ART AND EXPRESSION THE FUTURE OF THE MANAGER’S ROLE CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY IN ART PART II: TRENDS, CHALLENGES, AND OPPORTUNITIES IN MANAGEMENT CONTINUITIES IN CLASSICAL INFLUENCE TRADITIONAL CHALLENGES IN BUSINESS MANAGEMENT PART IX: FROM THE MIDDLE AGES TO MODERNISM CONTEMPORARY ISSUES FACING ORGANIZATIONS CHRISTIAN ART AND ICONOGRAPHY IN THE MEDIEVAL ERA ADAPTING TO RAPID MARKET CHANGES BYZANTINE, ROMANESQUE, AND GOTHIC STYLES INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP TRENDS ISLAMIC AND EASTERN ARTISTIC DEVELOPMENTS CRISIS MANAGEMENT AND BUSINESS CONTINUITY THE RENAISSANCE: HUMANISM IN ART DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION IN THE WORKPLACE MASTERS OF THE HIGH RENAISSANCE CORPORATE CULTURE AND ORGANIZATIONAL SUCCESS MANNERISM AND TRANSITION THE ROLE OF STAKEHOLDERS IN BUSINESS STRATEGY THE BAROQUE PERIOD: DRAMA AND REALISM SUSTAINABILITY AND CORPORATE SOCIAL IMPACT ROCOCO AND NEOCLASSICAL ART EMERGING TRENDS IN GLOBAL AND LOCAL BUSINESS PART III: UNDERSTANDING AND MANAGING THE ENVIRONMENT BUSINESS MODEL DEVELOPMENT THE ORGANIZATION’S EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL ENVIRONMENT LAUNCHING START-UPS AND NEW VENTURES ANALYZING MARKET FORCES AND COMPETITION MANAGING RISK IN NEW ENTERPRISES ENVIRONMENTAL SCANNING AND FORECASTING SCALING START-UPS FOR GROWTH MANAGING ECONOMIC, POLITICAL, AND LEGAL FACTORS PART VII: ORGANIZING AND ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENTS AND THEIR IMPACTS FUNDAMENTALS OF ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGN STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT AND MANAGEMENT THE ROLE OF ORGANIZATIONAL CHARTS AND STRUCTURES ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE AND VALUES CENTRALIZATION VS. DECENTRALIZATION MANAGING UNCERTAINTY AND COMPLEXITY LINE AND STAFF RELATIONSHIPS CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY DESIGNING EFFECTIVE WORK UNITS STRATEGIES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ADAPTABILITY AUTHORITY, DELEGATION, AND ACCOUNTABILITY PART IV: ETHICS, RESPONSIBILITY, AND GLOBAL AWARENESS COORDINATION AND INTEGRATION OF ACTIVITIES THE IMPORTANCE OF BUSINESS ETHICS MECHANISTIC VS. ORGANIC STRUCTURES ETHICAL DECISION-MAKING FRAMEWORKS ORGANIZATIONAL AGILITY AND FLEXIBILITY SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN MANAGEMENT DESIGNING FOR INNOVATION AND EFFICIENCY CORPORATE CITIZENSHIP AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PART VIII: LEADING PEOPLE AND MANAGING CHANGE CREATING ETHICAL ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURES FOUNDATIONS OF ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE LEGAL AND REGULATORY CONSIDERATIONS THE CHANGE MANAGEMENT PROCESS ETHICS IN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS OVERCOMING RESISTANCE TO CHANGE THE ROLE OF VALUES-BASED LEADERSHIP LEADING ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION MANAGING DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION MANAGING TALENT DURING CHANGE ETHICAL CHALLENGES IN THE DIGITAL AGE THE ROLE OF LEADERSHIP IN TRANSFORMATIONS PART V: PLANNING AND STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT HUMAN RESOURCE PLANNING AND RECRUITMENT FUNDAMENTALS OF PLANNING IN ORGANIZATIONS TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES TYPES OF PLANNING: STRATEGIC, TACTICAL, AND OPERATIONAL EVALUATING PERFORMANCE AND PRODUCTIVITY THE STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT PROCESS LEGAL ASPECTS OF HR MANAGEMENT VISION, MISSION, AND ORGANIZATIONAL GOALS PART IX: HUMAN BEHAVIOR AND TEAM DYNAMICS SWOT AND COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS UNDERSTANDING EMPLOYEE BEHAVIOR SETTING SMART OBJECTIVES AND KPIS PERSONALITY, ATTITUDES, AND PERCEPTIONS SCENARIO PLANNING AND CONTINGENCY THINKING MOTIVATION THEORIES AND APPLICATIONS EFFECTIVE TIME AND RESOURCE PLANNING REWARD SYSTEMS AND INCENTIVES ALIGNING STRATEGY WITH ORGANIZATIONAL GOALS EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE IN THE WORKPLACE MONITORING AND EVALUATING STRATEGIC PERFORMANCE LEADERSHIP STYLES AND INFLUENCE PART VI: DECISION MAKING AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION IN MANAGEMENT THE NATURE OF DECISION MAKING IN ORGANIZATIONS CONFLICT MANAGEMENT AND NEGOTIATION RATIONAL AND INTUITIVE APPROACHES TO PROBLEM SOLVING BUILDING AND LEADING HIGH-PERFORMING TEAMS GROUP DECISION MAKING AND BIASES FOSTERING COLLABORATION AND PSYCHOLOGICAL SAFETY TOOLS FOR EFFECTIVE DECISION MAKING PART X: CONTROLLING, PRODUCTIVITY, AND OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE PROBLEM SOLVING AND CREATIVITY IN MANAGEMENT INTRODUCTION TO THE CONTROL FUNCTION ENTREPRENEURIAL THINKING AND INNOVATION TYPES AND METHODS OF CONTROL SETTING STANDARDS AND MEASURING PERFORMANCE PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL SYSTEMS CORRECTIVE ACTION AND CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT IN ORGANIZATIONS OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT FUNDAMENTALS MOTIVATING THE WORKFORCE MANAGING SUPPLY CHAIN PROCESSES MANAGING DIVERSITY IN THE WORKPLACE QUALITY MANAGEMENT AND CUSTOMER SATISFACTION ETHICAL ISSUES IN HR MANAGEMENT LEAN AND SIX SIGMA PRINCIPLES THE FUTURE OF WORK AND TALENT MANAGEMENT MEASURING EFFICIENCY AND PRODUCTIVITY PART IV: THE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT ACHIEVING EXCELLENCE THROUGH MANAGERIAL CONTROL UNDERSTANDING BUSINESS CHARACTERISTICS THE PURPOSE AND ROLE OF BUSINESS IN SOCIETY BUSINESS MANAGEMENT SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY OF BUSINESS BUSINESS ETHICS AND CORPORATE VALUES TITLE OF THE BOOK: BUSINESS MANAGEMENT: FOUNDATIONS, FUNCTIONS, ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY IN BUSINESS AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS ECONOMIC SYSTEMS AND MARKET STRUCTURES PART I: THE WORLD OF MANAGEMENT SUPPLY AND DEMAND IN BUSINESS OPERATIONS UNDERSTANDING THE ROLE OF MANAGERS GOVERNMENT POLICIES AND BUSINESS KEY FUNCTIONS OF EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT INFLATION, UNEMPLOYMENT, AND BUSINESS CYCLES DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MANAGEMENT AND SUPERVISION ROLE OF BUSINESS IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC DECISION-MAKING IN MANAGEMENT PART V: THE GLOBAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT LEADERSHIP VS. MANAGEMENT IN ORGANIZATIONS THE RISE OF GLOBALIZATION THE MANAGER AS A VISIONARY LEADER TRENDS IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE LEADERSHIP STYLES AND APPROACHES CULTURAL DIFFERENCES IN GLOBAL MARKETS ETHICAL AND RESPONSIBLE LEADERSHIP MANAGING GLOBAL TEAMS AND OPERATIONS BUILDING MANAGERIAL CREDIBILITY INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS STRATEGIES CASE STUDIES OF SUCCESSFUL LEADERS GLOBAL MARKET ENTRY METHODS PART II: PLANNING, ORGANIZING, AND CONTROL RISK MANAGEMENT IN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS THE PLANNING PROCESS IN BUSINESS GLOBAL ECONOMIC INSTITUTIONS DEVELOPING MISSION AND VISION STATEMENTS ETHICS IN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SETTING ORGANIZATIONAL GOALS AND OBJECTIVES INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY IN GLOBAL MARKETS THE STRATEGIC PLANNING FRAMEWORK PART VI: BUSINESS OWNERSHIP AND LEGAL STRUCTURES TACTICAL AND OPERATIONAL PLANNING FORMS OF BUSINESS OWNERSHIP ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES AND DESIGN SOLE PROPRIETORSHIPS AND PARTNERSHIPS THE IMPORTANCE OF DELEGATION CORPORATIONS AND LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES CONTROL MECHANISMS IN BUSINESS COOPERATIVE AND FRANCHISE MODELS MONITORING PERFORMANCE AND OUTCOMES CHOOSING THE RIGHT LEGAL STRUCTURE TOOLS FOR EVALUATING ORGANIZATIONAL EFFICIENCY LEGAL REGULATIONS AND COMPLIANCE PART III: STAFFING AND HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT BUSINESS REGISTRATION AND LICENSING THE STAFFING PROCESS EXPLAINED UNDERSTANDING CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS RECRUITMENT AND HIRING STRATEGIES EMPLOYMENT LAW BASICS WORKFORCE PLANNING AND FORECASTING PROTECTING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ONBOARDING AND TRAINING PROGRAMS PART VII: TECHNOLOGY, COMMUNICATION, AND INFORMATION MANAGING BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY WORKPLACE WELLNESS AND EMPLOYEE SUPPORT EMERGING TECH TRENDS IN BUSINESS MEASURING ORGANIZATIONAL SUCCESS IMPLEMENTING IT SYSTEMS THE FUTURE OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT CYBERSECURITY AND DATA PROTECTION BUSINESS COMMUNICATION ESSENTIALS PHILIPPINE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT COMMUNICATION CHANNELS IN THE WORKPLACE INTERNAL VS. EXTERNAL COMMUNICATION TITLE OF THE BOOK: NAVIGATING THE PHILIPPINE BUSINESS DIGITAL AND SOCIAL MEDIA STRATEGIES ENVIRONMENT: FOUNDATIONS, TRENDS, AND OPPORTUNITIES COMMUNICATION BARRIERS AND SOLUTIONS PART I: THE PHILIPPINE LANDSCAPE ROLE OF COMMUNICATION IN ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE PHILIPPINES AT A GLANCE PART VIII: BUSINESS FINANCE AND DECISION MAKING GEOGRAPHIC AND POLITICAL OVERVIEW INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS FINANCIAL RECORDS CULTURAL HERITAGE AND ITS BUSINESS INFLUENCE UNDERSTANDING FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ECONOMIC OVERVIEW OF THE PHILIPPINES THE ACCOUNTING CYCLE REGIONAL AND GLOBAL BUSINESS ROLE BUDGETING FOR BUSINESS OPERATIONS KEY ECONOMIC SECTORS IN THE PHILIPPINES FINANCIAL RATIOS AND ANALYSIS GOVERNMENT AND ECONOMIC POLICY DATA-DRIVEN DECISION MAKING THE ROLE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS INVESTMENT AND CAPITAL BUDGETING THE PHILIPPINE DEVELOPMENT PLAN SOURCES OF BUSINESS FINANCING INFRASTRUCTURE AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS ROLE OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS PART II: ECONOMIC FRAMEWORK AND CURRENT REALITIES RISK, CREDIT, AND INSURANCE MANAGEMENT ECONOMY: PAST AND PRESENT PART IX: PRODUCTION AND MARKETING MANAGEMENT KEY INDICATORS OF PHILIPPINE GROWTH PRINCIPLES OF PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT INFLATION, EMPLOYMENT, AND GDP MANUFACTURING VS. SERVICE OPERATIONS CURRENT ECONOMIC ISSUES QUALITY CONTROL AND PROCESS IMPROVEMENT THE IMPACT OF GLOBAL TRENDS SUPPLY CHAIN AND INVENTORY MANAGEMENT POST-PANDEMIC ECONOMIC RECOVERY MARKETING FUNCTIONS IN BUSINESS DIGITAL ECONOMY AND E-COMMERCE PRODUCT LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT GREEN ECONOMY AND SUSTAINABILITY EFFORTS MARKET RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS CHALLENGES IN THE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT DISTRIBUTION CHANNELS AND LOGISTICS EMERGING MARKETS AND REGIONAL INTEGRATION PRICING STRATEGIES AND CONSUMER BEHAVIOR PART III: BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES AND STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS PROMOTION AND ADVERTISING TECHNIQUES IDENTIFYING BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES PART X: ORGANIZATIONAL GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT KEY INVESTMENT AREAS BUILDING HIGH-PERFORMANCE ORGANIZATIONS STRATEGIC SECTORS FOR GROWTH ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE AND CLIMATE INNOVATION AND START-UP ECOSYSTEM MANAGING CHANGE AND INNOVATION GOVERNMENT INCENTIVE PROGRAMS RESTRUCTURING AND DOWNSIZING PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS (PPPS) STRATEGIC WORKFORCE PLANNING ROLE OF SMES IN THE PHILIPPINE ECONOMY EMPLOYEE REWARDS AND INCENTIVES INVESTING IN RURAL AND FRONTIER AREAS CAREER DEVELOPMENT AND SUCCESSION PLANNING DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION OPPORTUNITIES INCLUSIVE AND SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS MODELS DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS AND IMPACTS PART IV: FOREIGN INVESTMENT AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE TARGETING THE FILIPINO CONSUMER FOREIGN INVESTMENT CLIMATE MARKETING STRATEGIES FOR LOCAL AUDIENCES INVESTMENT PRIORITIES PLAN BUSINESS NETWORKING AND ASSOCIATIONS EASE OF DOING BUSINESS INITIATIVES LEVERAGING LOCAL INFLUENCERS AND MEDIA INVESTMENT PROMOTION AGENCIES PART VIII: LEGAL AND INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK FOREIGN TRADE OVERVIEW TYPES OF BUSINESS ENTITIES TOP PHILIPPINE EXPORT PRODUCTS PROCEDURES FOR BUSINESS FORMATION TOP PHILIPPINE IMPORTS KEY GOVERNMENT REGISTRATIONS MAJOR TRADING PARTNERS EMPLOYMENT AND LABOR LAWS BARRIERS TO TRADE AND MARKET ENTRY MINIMUM WAGE AND WORKING CONDITIONS FOREIGN EXCHANGE AND REMITTANCE IMPACT TERMINATION AND LABOR DISPUTES PART V: TRADE AGREEMENTS AND ZONES CORPORATE LAW AND GOVERNANCE REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS (ASEAN, RCEP, ETC.) INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS BILATERAL TRADE AGREEMENTS BUSINESS LAW COMPLIANCE WTO MEMBERSHIP AND COMMITMENTS ROLE OF LEGAL COUNSEL IN BUSINESS BENEFITS OF TRADE AGREEMENTS PART IX: FINANCE, BANKING, AND TAXATION SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES (PEZA) OVERVIEW OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FREEPORT AND INVESTMENT AREAS CENTRAL BANK AND MONETARY POLICY EXPORT PROCESSING ZONES BANKING SERVICES FOR BUSINESS ECONOMIC ZONE AUTHORITIES ACCESS TO CREDIT AND LOANS TAX INCENTIVES IN TRADE ZONES CURRENCY EXCHANGE AND REGULATIONS ROLE OF TRADE ZONES IN NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL PAYMENTS AND TRANSFERS PART VI: IMPORT, EXPORT, AND INDUSTRY PRACTICES TAXATION SYSTEM OVERVIEW IMPORT POLICY AND PROCEDURES BUSINESS TAXES AND REPORTING REQUIRED IMPORT PERMITS AND LICENSING TAX INCENTIVES AND RELIEF PROGRAMS EXPORT POLICY AND REQUIREMENTS DEALING WITH THE BUREAU OF INTERNAL REVENUE ROLE OF THE BUREAU OF CUSTOMS PART X: INFRASTRUCTURE, COMMUNICATION, AND RESOURCES PRODUCT STANDARDS AND COMPLIANCE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS IN THE PHILIPPINES TRADE DOCUMENTATION AND SHIPPING PORTS, AIRPORTS, AND LOGISTICS HUBS KEY INDUSTRIES IN THE PHILIPPINES COMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE INDUSTRY-SPECIFIC BUSINESS PRACTICES INTERNET AND MOBILE PENETRATION PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE FAIRS GOVERNMENT SUPPORT SERVICES PROMOTING PRODUCTS THROUGH TRADE EVENTS CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE AND BUSINESS NETWORKS PART VII: NAVIGATING BUSINESS CULTURE AND OPERATIONS NAVIGATING THE BUSINESS DICTIONARY PHILIPPINE BUSINESS ETIQUETTE LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION TOOLS UNDERSTANDING FILIPINO VALUES IN BUSINESS ACCESSING BUSINESS DIRECTORIES BUILDING TRUST AND RELATIONSHIPS IMPORTANT ADDRESSES AND GOVERNMENT CONTACTS BUSINESS TRAVEL ESSENTIALS COST OF DOING BUSINESS COLLEGE ALGEBRA FACTORING AND SOLVING POLYNOMIAL EQUATIONS TITLE OF THE BOOK: MASTERING COLLEGE ALGEBRA: FOUNDATIONS, THE REMAINDER AND FACTOR THEOREMS FUNCTIONS, AND APPLICATIONS SYNTHETIC DIVISION PART I: BUILDING THE BASICS RATIONAL EXPRESSIONS AND FUNCTIONS INTRODUCTION TO ALGEBRAIC CONCEPTS SIMPLIFYING RATIONAL EXPRESSIONS ORDER OF OPERATIONS AND NUMBER PROPERTIES SOLVING RATIONAL EQUATIONS FRACTIONS, DECIMALS, AND PERCENTS ASYMPTOTES AND DISCONTINUITIES REAL NUMBERS AND THEIR PROPERTIES PART V: EXPONENTIAL AND LOGARITHMIC FUNCTIONS ABSOLUTE VALUE AND DISTANCE UNDERSTANDING EXPONENTIAL GROWTH AND DECAY PROPERTIES OF EXPONENTS AND RADICALS PROPERTIES OF EXPONENTIAL FUNCTIONS SIMPLIFYING ALGEBRAIC EXPRESSIONS INTRODUCTION TO LOGARITHMS FACTORING TECHNIQUES PROPERTIES OF LOGARITHMS SOLVING BASIC LINEAR EQUATIONS LOGARITHMIC AND EXPONENTIAL EQUATIONS PROBLEM SOLVING WITH ALGEBRAIC TOOLS THE NATURAL LOGARITHM PART II: EQUATIONS AND GRAPHS GRAPHING EXPONENTIAL AND LOGARITHMIC FUNCTIONS LINEAR EQUATIONS IN ONE VARIABLE APPLICATIONS IN SCIENCE AND FINANCE LINEAR EQUATIONS IN TWO VARIABLES EXPONENTIAL MODELS AND CURVE FITTING SLOPE AND INTERCEPTS CHANGE OF BASE FORMULA GRAPHING LINEAR EQUATIONS PART VI: SYSTEMS OF EQUATIONS AND INEQUALITIES FORMS OF LINEAR EQUATIONS SOLVING SYSTEMS BY GRAPHING SOLVING ABSOLUTE VALUE EQUATIONS SUBSTITUTION AND ELIMINATION METHODS LINEAR INEQUALITIES AND THEIR GRAPHS SYSTEMS OF LINEAR EQUATIONS IN THREE VARIABLES COMPOUND INEQUALITIES APPLICATIONS OF SYSTEMS OF EQUATIONS QUADRATIC EQUATIONS: AN INTRODUCTION SOLVING SYSTEMS USING MATRICES SOLVING BY GRAPHING AND INTERCEPTS SYSTEMS OF INEQUALITIES PART III: UNDERSTANDING FUNCTIONS GRAPHING LINEAR INEQUALITIES IN TWO VARIABLES INTRODUCTION TO FUNCTIONS LINEAR PROGRAMMING CONCEPTS DOMAIN AND RANGE OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS EVALUATING FUNCTIONS REAL-WORLD APPLICATIONS OF SYSTEMS FUNCTION NOTATION PART VII: MATRICES AND DETERMINANTS LINEAR FUNCTIONS INTRODUCTION TO MATRICES GRAPHING FUNCTIONS MATRIX NOTATION AND TYPES TRANSFORMATIONS OF FUNCTIONS MATRIX OPERATIONS PIECEWISE AND STEP FUNCTIONS MULTIPLYING MATRICES INVERSE FUNCTIONS INVERSE OF A MATRIX COMPOSITE FUNCTIONS SOLVING SYSTEMS WITH INVERSE MATRICES PART IV: POLYNOMIAL AND RATIONAL FUNCTIONS DETERMINANTS OF 2X2 AND 3X3 MATRICES POLYNOMIAL FUNCTIONS AND THEIR GRAPHS CRAMER'S RULE DEGREE AND LEADING COEFFICIENT APPLICATIONS OF MATRICES END BEHAVIOR AND ZEROS PROPERTIES AND USES OF DETERMINANTS PART VIII: CONIC SECTIONS GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF NSTP-CWTS INTRODUCTION TO CONIC SECTIONS IMPLEMENTING RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE NATIONAL SERVICE THE CIRCLE AND ITS EQUATION TRAINING PROGRAM GRAPHING CIRCLES ROLES OF THE YOUTH IN NATION-BUILDING THE PARABOLA AND ITS EQUATION CIVIC WELFARE AND SERVICE-ORIENTED TRAINING APPLICATIONS OF PARABOLAS THE PHILIPPINE CONSTITUTION AND ITS CORE PRINCIPLES THE ELLIPSE AND ITS PROPERTIES CITIZENSHIP, RIGHTS, AND RESPONSIBILITIES GRAPHING ELLIPSES NATIONALISM AND PUBLIC SERVICE THE HYPERBOLA AND ITS PROPERTIES COMMUNITY AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT IDENTIFYING CONIC SECTIONS PROMOTING ACTIVE VOLUNTEERISM REAL-LIFE APPLICATIONS OF CONICS PART II: BUILDING CHARACTER THROUGH VALUES PART IX: SEQUENCES AND SERIES INTRODUCTION TO VALUES EDUCATION INTRODUCTION TO SEQUENCES HONESTY, INTEGRITY, AND MORAL COURAGE ARITHMETIC SEQUENCES RESPECT AND DISCIPLINE IN PUBLIC LIFE GEOMETRIC SEQUENCES PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY SERIES AND SUMMATION NOTATION PATRIOTISM AND NATIONAL PRIDE ARITHMETIC SERIES EMPATHY AND COMPASSION GEOMETRIC SERIES STRENGTHENING FILIPINO CULTURAL VALUES INFINITE SERIES AND CONVERGENCE YOUTH AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY SIGMA NOTATION POSITIVE SOCIAL BEHAVIOR AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION APPLICATIONS OF SEQUENCES VALUES IN LEADERSHIP AND COMMUNITY SERVICE RECURSIVE FORMULAS PART III: SAFETY, SECURITY, AND CRIME PREVENTION PART X: COUNTING AND PROBABILITY UNDERSTANDING COMMUNITY SAFETY FUNDAMENTAL COUNTING PRINCIPLE CRIME PREVENTION AND YOUTH AWARENESS PERMUTATIONS PREVENTING JUVENILE DELINQUENCY COMBINATIONS THE ROLE OF BARANGAY IN CRIME PREVENTION PROBABILITY CONCEPTS SELF-DEFENSE AND SITUATIONAL AWARENESS THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL PROBABILITY CYBER SAFETY AND ONLINE BEHAVIOR CONDITIONAL PROBABILITY PROMOTING PEACE AND ORDER IN COMMUNITIES PROBABILITY OF COMPOUND EVENTS REPORTING CRIMES AND EMERGENCIES EXPECTED VALUE LAW ENFORCEMENT AND CITIZEN COOPERATION PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS BUILDING SAFE AND SECURE ENVIRONMENTS USING PROBABILITY IN DECISION MAKING PART IV: DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND RESILIENCE INTRODUCTION TO CALAMITY AND DISASTER PREPAREDNESS NATIONAL SERVICE TRAINING PROGRAM 1 – CWTS COMMUNITY-BASED DISASTER RISK REDUCTION DISASTER RISK AND VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT TITLE OF THE BOOK: EMPOWERING COMMUNITIES: A COMPREHENSIVE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN DISASTER MANAGEMENT GUIDE TO NSTP 1 – CWTS SURVIVING A DISASTER: PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES BEFORE, DURING, PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF NATIONAL SERVICE AND AFTER UNDERSTANDING NSTP AND ITS LEGAL FRAMEWORK EMERGENCY EVACUATION AND SAFETY PROCEDURES CREATING A FAMILY EMERGENCY PLAN CPR AND LIFE-SAVING TECHNIQUES IMPORTANCE OF DISASTER DRILLS AND SIMULATIONS CREATING FIRST AID KITS PSYCHOLOGICAL FIRST AID AFTER DISASTERS FIRST AID IN COMMON ACCIDENTS ROLE OF YOUTH VOLUNTEERS IN DISASTER RELIEF FAMILY PLANNING AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH PART V: NATURAL HAZARDS AND THEIR IMPACT PROMOTING RESPONSIBLE PARENTHOOD UNDERSTANDING EARTHQUAKES AND THEIR EFFECTS GOOD PARENTING PRACTICES EARTHQUAKE SAFETY: BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH FIRE HAZARDS AND PREVENTION MEASURES HEALTH SERVICES IN LOCAL COMMUNITIES FIRE SAFETY: BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER PART IX: ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP AND ENTERPRISE LANDSLIDES: CAUSES, EFFECTS, AND PREVENTION INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT LANDSLIDE SAFETY: BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER WASTE MANAGEMENT AND RECYCLING DROUGHT: UNDERSTANDING ITS IMPACT CLIMATE CHANGE AND SUSTAINABLE LIVING SAFETY AND RESPONSE DURING DROUGHT TREE PLANTING AND CLEAN-UP DRIVES TROPICAL CYCLONES: MONITORING AND FORECASTING ROLE OF COMMUNITIES IN ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION SAFETY MEASURES FOR TROPICAL CYCLONES YOUTH-LED ENVIRONMENTAL CAMPAIGNS PART VI: HEALTH AND COMMUNITY WELLNESS BASICS OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP IMPORTANCE OF HEALTH EDUCATION GENERATING BUSINESS IDEAS PROMOTING HEALTHY LIFESTYLES SOCIAL ENTERPRISES FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF CONTAGIOUS DISEASES MANAGING SMALL-SCALE BUSINESSES NUTRITION AND BALANCED DIET PART X: LEADERSHIP AND COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION HYGIENE AND SANITATION PRACTICES UNDERSTANDING LEADERSHIP IN THE CONTEXT OF SERVICE HEALTH AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS LEADERSHIP CHALLENGES FOR THE YOUTH OF TODAY MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS DEVELOPING LEADERSHIP SKILLS SUPPORTING THE ELDERLY AND DISABLED TEAMWORK AND COLLABORATION IN COMMUNITY PROJECTS ACCESS TO PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES COMMUNICATION SKILLS FOR LEADERS ADVOCATING FOR A HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT PLANNING AND ORGANIZING VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES PART VII: SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION AND SAFETY CONDUCTING COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENTS UNDERSTANDING ALCOHOLISM AND ITS EFFECTS RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR COMMUNITY BUILDING SMOKING: RISKS AND PREVENTION PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION AND EVALUATION DRUG EDUCATION AND ANTI-DRUG CAMPAIGNS REFLECTING ON COMMUNITY SERVICE AND PERSONAL GROWTH GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS AGAINST DRUG ABUSE COUNSELING AND REHABILITATION SERVICES NATIONAL SERVICE TRAINING PROGRAM 1 – LTS YOUTH AS ADVOCATES AGAINST SUBSTANCE ABUSE COMMUNITY-BASED DRUG PREVENTION INITIATIVES TITLE OF THE BOOK: EDUCATING HEARTS AND MINDS: A COMPREHENSIVE LEGAL FRAMEWORK ON ILLEGAL SUBSTANCES GUIDE TO NSTP 1 – LTS MEDIA AND PEER INFLUENCE AWARENESS PART I: INTRODUCTION TO THE NATIONAL SERVICE TRAINING PROGRAM ROLE OF FAMILIES IN SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION OVERVIEW OF THE NATIONAL SERVICE TRAINING PROGRAM PART VIII: FIRST AID AND FAMILY HEALTH IMPLEMENTING RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE NSTP INTRODUCTION TO BASIC FIRST AID HISTORICAL CONTEXT OF NSTP AND LTS COMPONENT EMERGENCY FIRST AID FOR INJURIES GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF LITERACY TRAINING SERVICE NSTP IN NATION-BUILDING FOUNDATIONS OF PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF STUDENTS IN LTS COMMUNICATION SKILLS AND PUBLIC SPEAKING CIVIC EDUCATION AND PUBLIC SERVICE EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND EMPATHY NSTP LAW AND LEGAL FRAMEWORK MANAGING TIME AND STRESS EFFECTIVELY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT THROUGH LITERACY GOAL SETTING AND MOTIVATION EMPOWERING YOUTH THROUGH LTS BUILDING POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS PART II: THE PHILIPPINE CONSTITUTION AND CIVIC IDENTITY PROFESSIONALISM AND WORK ETHICS THE 1987 PHILIPPINE CONSTITUTION: AN OVERVIEW GROOMING AND PRESENTATION FOR EDUCATORS NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE CONFLICT RESOLUTION SKILLS BILL OF RIGHTS AND CIVIC DUTIES REFLECTION AND PERSONAL GROWTH ROLE OF CITIZENS IN A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY PART VI: FOUNDATIONS OF LITERACY AND NUMERACY CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLES AND EDUCATION INTRODUCTION TO LITERACY AND NUMERACY RIGHTS OF THE CHILD AND ACCESS TO EDUCATION LITERACY IN THE PHILIPPINE CONTEXT NATIONAL SYMBOLS AND FILIPINO IDENTITY COMPONENTS OF READING AND WRITING PARTICIPATING IN LOCAL AND NATIONAL GOVERNMENT TEACHING BASIC NUMERACY SKILLS CONSTITUTION AND COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP DEVELOPING LEARNING MATERIALS THE CONSTITUTION AS A TOOL FOR EMPOWERMENT UNDERSTANDING LEARNER NEEDS PART III: SELF-AWARENESS AND FILIPINO VALUES CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION FOR LITERACY UNDERSTANDING THE SELF CREATING LESSON PLANS FOR LITERACY CLASSES SELF-REFLECTION AND SELF-IMPROVEMENT ASSESSING LITERACY AND NUMERACY LEVELS THE FILIPINO VALUE SYSTEM INCLUSIVE EDUCATION IN LITERACY TRAINING CULTURAL IDENTITY AND INDIGENOUS VALUES PART VII: THE ROLE OF THE TEACHER AND THE LEARNER HONESTY AND INTEGRITY IN PUBLIC SERVICE UNDERSTANDING THE TEACHING-LEARNING PROCESS PAKIKIPAGKAPWA-TAO AND SOCIAL HARMONY CHARACTERISTICS OF AN EFFECTIVE TEACHER BAYANIHAN: THE SPIRIT OF COLLECTIVE ACTION LEARNER-CENTERED TEACHING APPROACHES GENDER SENSITIVITY AND RESPECT FOR DIVERSITY ADDRESSING DIFFERENT LEARNING STYLES VALUE INTEGRATION IN TEACHING CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES PROMOTING FILIPINO VALUES IN THE CLASSROOM TEACHER’S ROLES IN THE COMMUNITY PART IV: YOUTH LEADERSHIP IN THE MODERN WORLD PROMOTING ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN CLASS LEADERSHIP CHALLENGES FOR THE YOUTH OF TODAY EVALUATING STUDENT PROGRESS LEADERSHIP STYLES AND APPROACHES REFLECTIVE TEACHING PRACTICE BUILDING CONFIDENCE AND INITIATIVE EMPOWERING LEARNERS THROUGH ENGAGEMENT DECISION MAKING AND PROBLEM SOLVING PART VIII: COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND OUTREACH ETHICAL LEADERSHIP AND MORAL RESPONSIBILITY IDENTIFYING LITERACY NEEDS IN COMMUNITIES VISIONARY AND TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP CONDUCTING COMMUNITY SURVEYS AND NEEDS ASSESSMENT TEAMWORK AND COLLABORATION ORGANIZING LITERACY PROGRAMS LEADING COMMUNITY-BASED PROJECTS IMPLEMENTING OUTREACH PROJECTS ROLE OF YOUTH LEADERS IN LITERACY ADVOCACY COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS AND COLLABORATION LEADERSHIP IN THE DIGITAL AGE MONITORING AND EVALUATION OF LITERACY PROJECTS PART V: PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT FOR FUTURE EDUCATORS PROMOTING VOLUNTEERISM IN EDUCATION MOBILIZING RESOURCES FOR TEACHING THE ROTC GRADUATE AS A LEADER AND CITIZEN INVOLVING FAMILIES IN LITERACY EFFORTS PART II: MILITARY DISCIPLINE AND ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES SUSTAINING COMMUNITY LITERACY PROGRAMS INTRODUCTION TO MILITARY ORGANIZATION PART IX: CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION IN TEACHING STRUCTURE OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES INTEGRATING ARTS AND PLAY IN TEACHING RANK AND INSIGNIA RECOGNITION USING LOCAL RESOURCES AS TEACHING TOOLS CHAIN OF COMMAND STORYTELLING AND CREATIVE WRITING DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF A CADET ENGAGING LEARNERS THROUGH GAMES MILITARY COURTESY AND DISCIPLINE TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION IN LITERACY CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS IN THE MILITARY VISUAL AIDS AND MULTIMEDIA IN TEACHING MILITARY DECORUM AND UNIFORM ETIQUETTE CREATING A POSITIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT FORMS OF MILITARY SALUTE AND RESPECT ENCOURAGING CRITICAL THINKING AND PROBLEM SOLVING ENHANCING DISCIPLINE THROUGH PROPER CONDUCT INSPIRING A LOVE FOR READING AND LEARNING PART III: MILITARY OPERATIONS AND COMMUNICATION ADAPTING TO CHANGING EDUCATIONAL TRENDS INTERIOR GUARD AND DUTY SYSTEMS PART X: REFLECTION, SERVICE, AND MOVING FORWARD GUARD MOUNTING PROCEDURES PERSONAL REFLECTIONS ON SERVICE LEARNING ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF INTERIOR GUARDS GROUP SHARING AND EVALUATION SESSIONS LOGBOOK ENTRIES AND GUARD REPORTS RECOGNIZING THE IMPACT OF LITERACY ADVOCACY MILITARY CORRESPONDENCE: PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE SUCCESS STORIES AND CASE STUDIES TYPES AND FORMS OF MILITARY LETTERS FINAL PROJECT PRESENTATION AND FEEDBACK REPORT WRITING IN THE MILITARY SETTING PLANNING FOR FUTURE VOLUNTEERISM EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION IN OPERATIONS LIFELONG LEARNING AND CIVIC DUTY BASIC SIGNAL COMMUNICATION TOOLS STRENGTHENING COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SERVICE RADIO COMMUNICATION PROCEDURES AND PROTOCOLS DEVELOPING A LEGACY OF TEACHING PART IV: MILITARY JUSTICE, RIGHTS, AND NATIONAL SECURITY CELEBRATING THE NSTP-LTS JOURNEY INTRODUCTION TO MILITARY JUSTICE SYSTEM MILITARY LAW VS. CIVILIAN LAW NATIONAL SERVICE TRAINING PROGRAM 1 – ROTC CODE OF MILITARY DISCIPLINE VIOLATIONS AND PENALTIES UNDER MILITARY JUSTICE TITLE OF THE BOOK: SERVICE, STRENGTH, AND NATIONHOOD: A HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE CONTEXT OF MILITARY TRAINING COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO NSTP 1 – ROTC UNDERSTANDING INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF NATIONAL SERVICE AND GOVERNANCE RESPECTING CIVILIAN RIGHTS DURING OPERATIONS UNDERSTANDING THE NATIONAL SERVICE TRAINING PROGRAM THREATS TO NATIONAL SECURITY IMPLEMENTING RULES AND REGULATIONS OF NSTP INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL SECURITY ISSUES THE SPIRIT AND PURPOSE OF ROTC ROLES OF AFP IN NATIONAL DEFENSE THE PHILIPPINE CONSTITUTION: A GUIDE FOR SERVANT LEADERS PART V: COUNTERMEASURES AND MODERN THREAT RESPONSE BILL OF RIGHTS AND CIVIC RESPONSIBILITIES INTRODUCTION TO MILITARY INTELLIGENCE LEGAL BASES OF ROTC IN THE PHILIPPINES GATHERING AND INTERPRETING INTELLIGENCE NSTP LAW AND ITS SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS THE ROLE OF INTELLIGENCE IN DEFENSE STRATEGY CIVIC WELFARE AND MILITARY SERVICE: BRIDGING THE GAP COUNTER-INTELLIGENCE AND SAFEGUARDING SECRETS THE ROLE OF ROTC IN NATION BUILDING COUNTER AND ANTI-TERRORIST STRATEGIES PREVENTION OF RADICALIZATION CRAWLING AND STEALTH MOVEMENTS NUCLEAR, BIOLOGICAL, AND CHEMICAL HAZARDS REACTING TO ENEMY CONTACT SAFETY PROTOCOLS IN NBC SITUATIONS TACTICAL PATROLLING PROCEDURES BASIC PROTECTIVE MEASURES AND EVACUATION ARM AND HAND SIGNALS FOR FIELD COMMUNICATION COMMUNITY AWARENESS AND THREAT PREVENTION DIRECTIONAL SIGNALS AND SILENT COMMANDS PART VI: VALUES, CITIZENSHIP, AND SOCIAL INVOLVEMENT BASIC FORMATIONS FOR SQUAD AND PLATOON MILITARY VALUES EDUCATION ADVANCE AND WITHDRAWAL MOVEMENTS LOYALTY, INTEGRITY, AND PATRIOTISM DEFENSIVE AND OFFENSIVE FORMATIONS THE ROLE OF VALUES IN DISCIPLINE SITUATIONAL DRILLS AND EXERCISES GOOD CITIZENSHIP AND CIVIC INVOLVEMENT PART X: TERRAIN AWARENESS AND MARKSMANSHIP TRAINING VOLUNTEERISM AND NATION BUILDING INTRODUCTION TO ELEMENTARY MAP READING AFP PROGRAMS FOR PEACE AND ORDER UNDERSTANDING MAP SYMBOLS AND LEGENDS CIVIC-MILITARY PARTNERSHIPS MEASURING DISTANCE AND ORIENTATION THE REVISED CIVIL MILITARY OPERATION PROGRAM USING THE COMPASS AND NAVIGATIONAL TOOLS PROMOTING PEACE THROUGH CIVIL ENGAGEMENT LAND NAVIGATION AND FIELD PRACTICE PROGRAMS OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES PREPARATORY MARKSMANSHIP TRAINING OVERVIEW PART VII: HUMANITARIAN SERVICE AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS SHOOTING POSITIONS AND FIRE DISCIPLINE DISASTER RELIEF AND RESCUE OPERATIONS RANGE SAFETY RULES AND REGULATIONS RISK REDUCTION AND COMMUNITY SAFETY SIGHT ALIGNMENT AND TRIGGER CONTROL EVACUATION AND EMERGENCY PLANNING FINAL DRILLS, ASSESSMENT, AND GRADUATION RELIEF OPERATIONS IN CONFLICT AND CALAMITY HEALTH AND SANITATION IN CRISIS AREAS PHYSICAL SCIENCE FIELD HYGIENE AND CLEAN WATER PRACTICES FIRST AID: AN INTRODUCTION TITLE OF THE BOOK: FOUNDATIONS OF PHYSICAL SCIENCE: AN INTEGRATED BASIC LIFE SUPPORT TECHNIQUES APPROACH TO MATTER, MOTION, AND THE UNIVERSE TREATMENT OF COMMON FIELD INJURIES PART I: UNDERSTANDING THE PHYSICAL WORLD BUILDING FIRST AID KITS AND FIELD MEDICAL UNITS THE NATURE AND IMPORTANCE OF MEASUREMENT PART VIII: FIREARMS AND WEAPONS FAMILIARIZATION UNITS, STANDARDS, AND TOOLS INTRODUCTION TO THE U.S. RIFLE 5.56 MM M16A1 PRECISION AND ACCURACY IN SCIENTIFIC DATA PARTS AND ASSEMBLY OF THE M16A1 SCIENTIFIC METHOD AND DATA INTERPRETATION CLEANING AND MAINTENANCE PROCEDURES QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS FIRING TECHNIQUES AND SAFETY MEASURES PHYSICAL QUANTITIES AND DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS FAMILIARIZATION WITH THE RIFLE 7.62 MM M14 SYSTEMS OF MEASUREMENT AND CONVERSION TECHNICAL FEATURES OF M14 AND M14A1 GRAPHING AND REPRESENTING DATA COMPARISON BETWEEN M16 AND M14 MODELS ERROR ANALYSIS AND UNCERTAINTY USE AND SAFETY OF THE HAND GRENADE APPLICATIONS OF MEASUREMENT IN REAL LIFE HANDLING AND DEPLOYMENT PROCEDURES PART II: MOTION AND ITS LAWS TACTICAL USE OF EXPLOSIVES IN TRAINING INTRODUCTION TO MOTION PART IX: FIELD MANEUVERS AND TACTICAL EXECUTION POSITION, DISTANCE, AND DISPLACEMENT INDIVIDUAL MOVEMENT TECHNIQUES SPEED AND VELOCITY ACCELERATION AND DECELERATION PART VI: CHEMISTRY OF MATTER MOTION IN ONE AND TWO DIMENSIONS THE CHEMICAL ELEMENTS AND PERIODIC TABLE NEWTON’S FIRST LAW OF MOTION PROPERTIES OF ELEMENTS AND TRENDS NEWTON’S SECOND LAW OF MOTION ELECTRON CONFIGURATION AND CHEMICAL BEHAVIOR NEWTON’S THIRD LAW OF MOTION IONIC AND COVALENT BONDING APPLICATIONS OF NEWTON’S LAWS MOLECULAR SHAPES AND BOND ANGLES MOTION IN EVERYDAY LIFE POLAR AND NONPOLAR MOLECULES PART III: ENERGY, HEAT, AND WORK TYPES OF CHEMICAL REACTIONS INTRODUCTION TO FORCE AND ITS EFFECTS BALANCING CHEMICAL EQUATIONS BALANCED AND UNBALANCED FORCES FACTORS AFFECTING REACTION RATES FRICTION AND ITS IMPACT ON MOTION ENERGY CHANGES IN CHEMICAL REACTIONS CIRCULAR AND PROJECTILE MOTION PART VII: THE CHEMISTRY OF LIFE AND THE EARTH WORK: DEFINITION AND CALCULATIONS INTRODUCTION TO ORGANIC CHEMISTRY POWER AND EFFICIENCY HYDROCARBONS AND FUNCTIONAL GROUPS ENERGY FORMS AND TRANSFORMATIONS BIOLOGICAL MOLECULES AND THEIR FUNCTIONS CONSERVATION OF ENERGY POLYMERS AND SYNTHETIC MATERIALS POTENTIAL AND KINETIC ENERGY CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS IN DAILY LIFE REAL-WORLD ENERGY APPLICATIONS INTRODUCTION TO GEOLOGIC TIME PART IV: WAVES, SOUND, AND LIGHT FOSSILS AND THE RECORD OF LIFE WAVE PROPERTIES AND TYPES RADIOMETRIC DATING AND EARTH'S HISTORY MECHANICAL AND ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES PLACE AND TIME IN GEOLOGICAL CONTEXT SOUND WAVES AND THEIR CHARACTERISTICS ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY BEHAVIOR OF SOUND: REFLECTION, REFRACTION, DIFFRACTION PART VIII: THE EARTH AND ITS PROCESSES HEARING AND SOUND TECHNOLOGY STRUCTURE OF THE EARTH LIGHT WAVES AND THE ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM PLATE TECTONICS AND CONTINENTAL DRIFT REFLECTION AND REFRACTION OF LIGHT EARTHQUAKES AND FAULT SYSTEMS LENSES AND OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS VOLCANOES AND VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS INTERFERENCE AND DIFFRACTION OF LIGHT ROCKS: TYPES AND CYCLES THE ROLE OF LIGHT IN TECHNOLOGY MINERALS AND THEIR PROPERTIES PART V: ELECTRICITY, MAGNETISM, AND ATOMIC CONCEPTS EROSION, WEATHERING, AND DEPOSITION BASICS OF ELECTRIC CHARGE WATER, WIND, AND ICE IN SURFACE SHAPING ELECTRIC FIELDS AND POTENTIALS LANDFORMS AND GEOLOGICAL FEATURES CURRENT, VOLTAGE, AND RESISTANCE NATURAL DISASTERS AND MITIGATION OHM’S LAW AND ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS PART IX: ATMOSPHERE AND CLIMATE ELECTRICAL POWER AND ENERGY COMPOSITION AND LAYERS OF THE ATMOSPHERE INTRODUCTION TO MAGNETISM WEATHER VS. CLIMATE MAGNETIC FIELDS AND ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION SOLAR ENERGY AND ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM IN EVERYDAY DEVICES TEMPERATURE, PRESSURE, AND HUMIDITY STRUCTURE OF THE ATOM WEATHER PATTERNS AND CLIMATE ZONES MODELS AND THEORIES OF ATOMIC STRUCTURE GREENHOUSE EFFECT AND GLOBAL WARMING OZONE LAYER AND ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION CREATING PERSONAL FITNESS PLANS STORM SYSTEMS AND SEVERE WEATHER TRACKING PROGRESS AND ADJUSTMENTS METEOROLOGY AND WEATHER FORECASTING PART III: CORE PRINCIPLES OF EXERCISE HUMAN IMPACT ON THE ATMOSPHERE THE FITT PRINCIPLE PART X: ASTRONOMY AND THE UNIVERSE SPECIFICITY, OVERLOAD, AND PROGRESSION THE SOLAR SYSTEM: OVERVIEW AND STRUCTURE REVERSIBILITY AND RECOVERY THE SUN AND ITS INFLUENCE ON EARTH WARM-UP AND COOL-DOWN ESSENTIALS PLANETS: CHARACTERISTICS AND ORBITS SAFETY MEASURES IN TRAINING MOONS, ASTEROIDS, AND COMETS EXERCISE FREQUENCY AND INTENSITY SPACE EXPLORATION AND TECHNOLOGY TRAINING VOLUME AND LOAD STARS: FORMATION, LIFE CYCLE, AND TYPES MONITORING HEART RATE AND PERFORMANCE GALAXIES AND THE STRUCTURE OF THE UNIVERSE CROSS-TRAINING FOR BALANCE THE BIG BANG THEORY AND COSMOLOGY AVOIDING PLATEAUS IN FITNESS PROGRESS DARK MATTER AND DARK ENERGY PART IV: MOTIVATION AND BEHAVIORAL CHANGE THE FUTURE OF SPACE SCIENCE UNDERSTANDING BEHAVIOR CHANGE MODELS BUILDING SELF-DISCIPLINE PHYSICAL FITNESS STRATEGIES TO MAINTAIN MOTIVATION OVERCOMING MENTAL BARRIERS TITLE OF THE BOOK: PATH TO PHYSICAL FITNESS: A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO SETTING REALISTIC EXPECTATIONS HEALTH, PERFORMANCE, AND WELLNESS TIME MANAGEMENT FOR FITNESS PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF PHYSICAL FITNESS THE ROLE OF SOCIAL SUPPORT THE MEANING OF PHYSICAL FITNESS GOAL SETTING AND MILESTONES COMPONENTS OF TOTAL WELLNESS BUILDING CONSISTENCY AND HABIT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HEALTH AND FITNESS REFLECTING ON FITNESS JOURNEYS BENEFITS OF AN ACTIVE LIFESTYLE PART V: CARDIORESPIRATORY FITNESS AND ENDURANCE DIMENSIONS OF WELLNESS IMPORTANCE OF CARDIORESPIRATORY HEALTH PHYSICAL ACTIVITY VS. EXERCISE AEROBIC VS. ANAEROBIC EXERCISE COMMON FITNESS MYTHS AND MISCONCEPTIONS TYPES OF CARDIO WORKOUTS THE SCIENCE BEHIND FITNESS RUNNING, CYCLING, AND SWIMMING LONG-TERM IMPACTS OF FITNESS ON HEALTH INTERVAL TRAINING TECHNIQUES DEVELOPING A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE MINDSET ENDURANCE PROGRAM DESIGN PART II: EVALUATING AND PLANNING FITNESS MONITORING CARDIO PROGRESS DETERMINING YOUR CURRENT FITNESS LEVEL IMPROVING HEART AND LUNG FUNCTION FITNESS TESTING METHODS AND TOOLS ADAPTING WORKOUTS TO FITNESS LEVELS UNDERSTANDING FITNESS DATA CARDIOVASCULAR FITNESS FOR LONGEVITY INTERPRETING BODY COMPOSITION RESULTS PART VI: FLEXIBILITY, STRENGTH, AND BODY COMPOSITION CARDIOVASCULAR ENDURANCE ASSESSMENT IMPORTANCE OF FLEXIBILITY MUSCULAR STRENGTH AND ENDURANCE EVALUATION STATIC AND DYNAMIC STRETCHING FLEXIBILITY TESTING YOGA AND MOBILITY WORKOUTS SETTING SMART FITNESS GOALS RESISTANCE TRAINING FUNDAMENTALS FREE WEIGHTS VS. MACHINES DESIGNING A LONG-TERM FITNESS PROGRAM BODYWEIGHT STRENGTH TRAINING FITNESS ACROSS THE LIFESPAN MUSCLE GROWTH AND STRENGTH PROGRESSION TRAINING FOR SPECIFIC SPORTS UNDERSTANDING LEAN MASS AND FAT MASS PERFORMANCE NUTRITION AND SUPPLEMENTS RESISTANCE TRAINING FOR BEGINNERS MENTAL CONDITIONING FOR ATHLETES ADVANCED STRENGTH TRAINING TECHNIQUES PERIODIZATION AND PEAK PERFORMANCE PART VII: WEIGHT MANAGEMENT AND NUTRITION RECOVERY FOR ADVANCED ATHLETES PRINCIPLES OF WEIGHT CONTROL BIOHACKING AND FITNESS TECHNOLOGY CREATING A CALORIC DEFICIT SAFELY REACHING PERSONAL BESTS BALANCING MACRONUTRIENTS BECOMING A FITNESS ADVOCATE AND LEADER HYDRATION AND EXERCISE MEAL TIMING AND FITNESS GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY UNDERSTANDING DIET TRENDS WEIGHT GAIN FOR STRENGTH ATHLETES TITLE OF THE BOOK: UNDERSTANDING THE MIND: A COMPREHENSIVE NUTRITION MYTHS AND REALITIES JOURNEY THROUGH GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY CREATING A PERSONAL EATING PLAN PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF PSYCHOLOGY NUTRITION FOR PERFORMANCE AND RECOVERY INTRODUCTION TO THE SCIENCE OF PSYCHOLOGY PART VIII: MENTAL HEALTH AND PHYSICAL FITNESS HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES AND MODERN APPROACHES THE ROLE OF EXERCISE IN STRESS RELIEF THE GOALS AND SCOPE OF PSYCHOLOGY PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND MENTAL HEALTH PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH METHODS TECHNIQUES FOR STRESS MANAGEMENT ETHICS IN PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH THE MIND-BODY CONNECTION THEORIES AND APPLICATIONS OF PSYCHOLOGY MEDITATION AND MOVEMENT SUBFIELDS OF PSYCHOLOGY COPING MECHANISMS THROUGH FITNESS PSYCHOLOGY IN EVERYDAY LIFE BOOSTING CONFIDENCE THROUGH EXERCISE CAREERS IN PSYCHOLOGY REDUCING ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION WITH ACTIVITY THE FUTURE OF PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE ENHANCING SLEEP THROUGH PHYSICAL FITNESS PART II: BIOLOGICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL BASES OF BEHAVIOR ACHIEVING BALANCE IN LIFE AND HEALTH THE NERVOUS SYSTEM AND BRAIN STRUCTURE PART IX: INJURY PREVENTION AND DISEASE MANAGEMENT THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM AND HORMONES IDENTIFYING COMMON FITNESS INJURIES NEURONS AND NEURAL TRANSMISSION PROPER FORM AND TECHNIQUE THE BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR CONNECTION RECOVERY AND REHABILITATION PRINCIPLES BRAIN IMAGING AND RESEARCH TOOLS EXERCISE FOR CHRONIC ILLNESS PREVENTION GENETICS AND BEHAVIOR FITNESS FOR HEART DISEASE RISK REDUCTION NATURE VS. NURTURE DEBATE CANCER AND THE ROLE OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY SLEEP AND BIOLOGICAL RHYTHMS STRENGTHENING THE IMMUNE SYSTEM THROUGH FITNESS THE IMPACT OF DRUGS ON THE BRAIN EARLY SIGNS OF OVERTRAINING BIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY IN PRACTICE AGING GRACEFULLY WITH FITNESS PART III: SENSATION, PERCEPTION, AND CONSCIOUSNESS BUILDING A LIFELONG INJURY-FREE ROUTINE SENSORY PROCESSES: VISION, HEARING, TASTE PART X: LIFELONG FITNESS AND ELITE PERFORMANCE PERCEPTUAL ORGANIZATION AND INTERPRETATION SENSORY ADAPTATION AND THRESHOLDS EMOTIONAL REGULATION AND EXPRESSION PERCEPTION AND THE BRAIN PART VII: DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE LIFESPAN ILLUSIONS AND MULTISENSORY INTEGRATION STAGES OF PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD MILESTONES SLEEP STAGES AND SLEEP DISORDERS COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT THEORIES THEORIES OF DREAMS SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT HYPNOSIS AND MEDITATION ADOLESCENCE AND IDENTITY FORMATION THE PSYCHOLOGY OF CONSCIOUS AWARENESS ADULTHOOD AND LIFE TRANSITIONS PART IV: LEARNING AND MEMORY AGING AND COGNITIVE CHANGES CLASSICAL CONDITIONING AND PAVLOV DEATH, DYING, AND BEREAVEMENT OPERANT CONDITIONING AND SKINNER PARENTING STYLES AND FAMILY SYSTEMS OBSERVATIONAL LEARNING NATURE, NURTURE, AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT COGNITIVE APPROACHES TO LEARNING PART VIII: PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES LEARNING AND MOTIVATION DEFINING PERSONALITY ENCODING AND STORAGE OF MEMORY FREUD AND THE PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY TYPES OF MEMORY SYSTEMS HUMANISTIC AND TRAIT THEORIES FORGETTING AND MEMORY FAILURE BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL-COGNITIVE THEORIES IMPROVING MEMORY TECHNIQUES PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT METHODS MEMORY AND BRAIN FUNCTION PERSONALITY AND CULTURE PART V: COGNITION, LANGUAGE, AND INTELLIGENCE PERSONALITY STABILITY OVER TIME THE PROCESS OF THINKING PERSONALITY IN THE WORKPLACE PROBLEM SOLVING STRATEGIES GENETICS AND PERSONALITY CREATIVITY AND INSIGHT SELF-CONCEPT AND SELF-ESTEEM DECISION MAKING AND JUDGMENTS PART IX: HEALTH, STRESS, AND PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS THE STRUCTURE OF LANGUAGE STRESS AND ITS BIOLOGICAL IMPACT LANGUAGE ACQUISITION IN HUMANS COPING STRATEGIES AND RESILIENCE LANGUAGE AND THOUGHT LIFESTYLE, BEHAVIOR, AND HEALTH INTELLIGENCE TESTING AND IQ PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS IN ILLNESS THEORIES OF INTELLIGENCE CLASSIFICATION OF PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND SUCCESS ANXIETY DISORDERS PART VI: MOTIVATION AND EMOTION MOOD DISORDERS THEORIES OF MOTIVATION SCHIZOPHRENIA AND PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS BIOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL MOTIVES PERSONALITY AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS HUNGER, THIRST, AND SEXUAL MOTIVATION PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS AND SOCIETY ACHIEVEMENT AND AFFILIATION NEEDS PART X: SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY AND THERAPY INTRINSIC AND EXTRINSIC MOTIVATION ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIOR THEORIES OF EMOTION SOCIAL INFLUENCE AND PERSUASION THE PHYSIOLOGY OF EMOTION GROUP DYNAMICS AND CONFORMITY EMOTION AND THE BRAIN PREJUDICE AND DISCRIMINATION CULTURAL INFLUENCES ON EMOTION INTERPERSONAL ATTRACTION AND RELATIONSHIPS AGGRESSION AND PROSOCIAL BEHAVIOR SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND NORMS INTRODUCTION TO THERAPY AND TREATMENT SOCIAL INTERACTION IN EVERYDAY LIFE PSYCHODYNAMIC AND HUMANISTIC THERAPIES THE CONSTRUCTION OF REALITY COGNITIVE-BEHAVIORAL THERAPY PART IV: GROUPS, ORGANIZATIONS, AND DEVIANCE THERAPY OUTCOMES AND ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS TYPES OF SOCIAL GROUPS GROUP DYNAMICS AND LEADERSHIP GENERAL SOCIOLOGY BUREAUCRACIES AND FORMAL ORGANIZATIONS THEORIES OF ORGANIZATIONS TITLE OF THE BOOK: EXPLORING SOCIETY: A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO THE IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGY ON ORGANIZATIONS GENERAL SOCIOLOGY UNDERSTANDING DEVIANCE PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF SOCIOLOGY THEORIES OF DEVIANCE THE SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE AND ITS IMPORTANCE CRIME AND ITS CLASSIFICATIONS HISTORY AND EVOLUTION OF SOCIOLOGY CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM KEY SOCIOLOGICAL THEORIES SOCIAL CONTROL MECHANISMS SOCIOLOGY AS A SCIENCE PART V: SOCIAL STRATIFICATION AND INEQUALITY THE ROLE OF SOCIOLOGICAL IMAGINATION DIMENSIONS OF SOCIAL STRATIFICATION UNDERSTANDING HUMAN BEHAVIOR THROUGH SOCIOLOGY SOCIAL MOBILITY AND LIFE CHANCES MICRO AND MACRO SOCIOLOGY CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF POVERTY SOCIOLOGY AND EVERYDAY LIFE THE PHILIPPINE CLASS SYSTEM CAREERS AND APPLICATIONS OF SOCIOLOGY SOCIAL INEQUALITY IN THE PHILIPPINES CONTEMPORARY SOCIOLOGICAL ISSUES GLOBAL STRATIFICATION AND INEQUALITY PART II: RESEARCH AND CULTURE MEASURING GLOBAL POVERTY SOCIOLOGICAL RESEARCH METHODS GLOBALIZATION AND INEQUALITY QUANTITATIVE VS. QUALITATIVE RESEARCH WEALTH AND POWER DISPARITIES ETHICAL ISSUES IN SOCIAL RESEARCH SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EQUITY THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD IN SOCIOLOGY PART VI: RACE, GENDER, AND AGE INTERPRETING SOCIOLOGICAL DATA RACE AND ETHNICITY DEFINED ELEMENTS AND CHARACTERISTICS OF CULTURE PREJUDICE AND DISCRIMINATION CULTURAL NORMS, VALUES, AND SYMBOLS THEORIES OF RACE RELATIONS CULTURAL DIVERSITY AND MULTICULTURALISM ETHNIC DIVERSITY IN THE PHILIPPINES CULTURAL CHANGE AND GLOBALIZATION SEX, GENDER, AND GENDER ROLES SUBCULTURES AND COUNTERCULTURES GENDER IDENTITY AND EXPRESSION PART III: SOCIALIZATION AND SOCIAL STRUCTURE FEMINISM AND GENDER MOVEMENTS SOCIALIZATION: MEANING AND PROCESS GENDER INEQUALITY IN SOCIETY AGENTS OF SOCIALIZATION AGING AND SOCIETY THEORIES OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT AGEISM AND INEQUALITY BASED ON AGE THE SELF IN SOCIETY PART VII: ECONOMY AND POLITICS LIFE COURSE AND SOCIALIZATION ECONOMIC SYSTEMS AROUND THE WORLD SOCIAL STRUCTURE AND ITS ELEMENTS CAPITALISM AND SOCIALISM STATUS, ROLES, AND ROLE CONFLICT INFORMAL ECONOMY AND LABOR MARKETS GLOBALIZATION AND WORK UNEMPLOYMENT AND LABOR ISSUES PARTNERSHIP AND CORPORATION ACCOUNTING THE POLITICAL INSTITUTION POWER AND AUTHORITY TITLE OF THE BOOK: PARTNERSHIP AND CORPORATION ACCOUNTING: A TYPES OF GOVERNMENT COMPREHENSIVE FRAMEWORK FOR FINANCIAL ACCURACY POLITICS IN THE PHILIPPINES PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF ACCOUNTING TRANSACTIONS GLOBAL POLITICAL SYSTEMS AND ISSUES UNDERSTANDING THE ACCOUNTING CYCLE PART VIII: FAMILY, EDUCATION, AND RELIGION ACCOUNTING FOR PURCHASES AND CASH PAYMENTS FUNCTIONS AND TYPES OF FAMILIES ACCOUNTING FOR SALES AND CASH RECEIPTS CHANGES IN FAMILY STRUCTURE PETTY CASH AND BANKING PROCEDURES MARRIAGE, DIVORCE, AND PARENTING TRANSACTIONS JOURNALIZED ON A GENERAL JOURNAL GENDER ROLES IN FAMILY LIFE POSTING TO THE LEDGER AND TRIAL BALANCE DOMESTIC ISSUES AND FAMILY VIOLENCE SOURCE DOCUMENTS AND INTERNAL CONTROLS ROLE OF EDUCATION IN SOCIETY ADJUSTING ENTRIES FOR ACCURACY THE PHILIPPINE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM THE IMPORTANCE OF BOOKKEEPING SYSTEMS EDUCATION AND SOCIAL MOBILITY ETHICS IN ACCOUNTING PRACTICES RELIGION AND ITS FUNCTIONS PART II: PAYROLL AND COMPENSATION ACCOUNTING MAJOR WORLD RELIGIONS AND BELIEFS PREPARING PAYROLL RECORDS PART IX: HEALTH, POPULATION, AND URBANIZATION CALCULATING GROSS PAY AND DEDUCTIONS HEALTH AND ILLNESS IN SOCIOLOGY PAYROLL ACCOUNTING AND DOCUMENTATION HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS AND INEQUALITY PAYROLL TAXES: EMPLOYER AND EMPLOYEE DISABILITY AND SOCIETY RECORDING PAYROLL ENTRIES HEALTH IN THE PHILIPPINE CONTEXT EMPLOYER PAYROLL REPORTS AND TAX FORMS POPULATION THEORIES AND TRENDS GOVERNMENT PAYROLL REGULATIONS FERTILITY, MORTALITY, AND MIGRATION YEAR-END PAYROLL ADJUSTMENTS DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION MODEL AUDITING PAYROLL FOR ACCURACY URBANIZATION AND CITY LIFE PAYROLL SYSTEMS AND AUTOMATION RURAL VS. URBAN COMMUNITIES PART III: RECEIVABLES AND REVENUE ADJUSTMENTS URBAN PROBLEMS AND DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNTING FOR UNCOLLECTIBLE ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE PART X: SOCIAL CHANGE AND COLLECTIVE BEHAVIOR ALLOWANCE METHOD VS. DIRECT WRITE-OFF SOCIAL CHANGE AND ITS CAUSES REINSTATING PREVIOUSLY WRITTEN-OFF ACCOUNTS TYPES OF SOCIAL MOVEMENTS ESTIMATING UNCOLLECTIBLES USING AGING SCHEDULES STAGES OF SOCIAL MOVEMENTS BAD DEBT EXPENSE ANALYSIS COLLECTIVE BEHAVIOR DEFINED INTERNAL CONTROLS FOR RECEIVABLES CROWDS, MOBS, AND PUBLIC OPINION ADJUSTING ENTRIES FOR RECEIVABLES TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIAL CHANGE REPORTING RECEIVABLES IN FINANCIAL STATEMENTS MODERNIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT RECOVERY OF UNCOLLECTIBLE ACCOUNTS ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIOLOGY ETHICAL MANAGEMENT OF RECEIVABLES SOCIOLOGY IN THE DIGITAL AGE PART IV: ADJUSTMENTS AND TRIAL BALANCES THE FUTURE OF SOCIETY AND GLOBAL CHANGE PREPARING ADJUSTING ENTRIES AND A TRIAL BALANCE ACCRUAL VS. CASH BASIS ACCOUNTING ACCRUAL ADJUSTMENTS AND REVERSING ENTRIES ADJUSTING FOR PREPAID EXPENSES AND ACCRUED REVENUES ACCRUAL CONCEPTS IN REAL-WORLD SCENARIOS DEPRECIATION METHODS OVERVIEW PART VIII: FISCAL PERIOD-END REPORTING ADJUSTING FOR DEPRECIATION AND AMORTIZATION END-OF-FISCAL-PERIOD WORK FOR A CORPORATION INVENTORY ADJUSTMENTS AND VALUATION REVIEW OF THE ACCOUNTING CYCLE ADJUSTING UNEARNED REVENUE ADJUSTING, CLOSING, AND REVERSING ENTRIES PREPARING THE ADJUSTED TRIAL BALANCE PREPARING FOR YEAR-END AUDITS REVIEW OF ADJUSTING ENTRIES INVENTORY COUNTS AND ADJUSTMENTS COMMON ERRORS IN ADJUSTMENTS PREPARING FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR STAKEHOLDERS PART V: FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND ANALYSIS TAX REPORTING AND DEADLINES FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND CLOSING ENTRIES FOR A CORPORATION COMMON YEAR-END ERRORS INCOME STATEMENT AND STATEMENT OF RETAINED EARNINGS AUTOMATED END-OF-PERIOD TOOLS PREPARING A BALANCE SHEET FINANCIAL REPORTING REGULATIONS CASH FLOW STATEMENT ESSENTIALS PART IX: PARTNERSHIPS AND EQUITY STRUCTURES POST-CLOSING TRIAL BALANCE ACCOUNTING FOR PARTNERSHIPS VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL ANALYSIS ESTABLISHING A PARTNERSHIP RATIO ANALYSIS FOR CORPORATIONS ALLOCATING PROFITS AND LOSSES COMPARATIVE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CHANGES IN PARTNERSHIP STRUCTURE INTERPRETING FINANCIAL DATA ADMISSION AND WITHDRAWAL OF PARTNERS USING FINANCIAL ANALYSIS FOR DECISION-MAKING LIQUIDATION OF A PARTNERSHIP PART VI: ASSETS, DEPRECIATION, AND INVENTORY TAX IMPLICATIONS FOR PARTNERSHIPS ACCOUNTING FOR PLANT ASSETS AND DEPRECIATION EQUITY ACCOUNTS IN PARTNERSHIPS ACQUISITION AND DISPOSAL OF PLANT ASSETS PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS AND DISCLOSURES CALCULATING DEPRECIATION METHODS (SL, DDB, SYD) ETHICS IN PARTNERSHIP MANAGEMENT BOOK VALUE AND IMPAIRMENT OF ASSETS PART X: INTERNATIONAL AND MODERN ACCOUNTING PRACTICES REPAIRS, IMPROVEMENTS, AND DEPRECIATION IMPACT RECORDING INTERNATIONAL SALES ACCOUNTING FOR INVENTORY: FIFO, LIFO, AND WEIGHTED AVERAGE CURRENCY CONVERSION AND EXCHANGE RATES PERIODIC VS. PERPETUAL INVENTORY SYSTEMS ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS AND E-COMMERCE INVENTORY SHRINKAGE AND ADJUSTMENTS CROSS-BORDER TAXATION ISSUES INVENTORY TURNOVER AND MANAGEMENT INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL REPORTING STANDARDS (IFRS) INVENTORY AUDITING PRACTICES CLOUD-BASED ACCOUNTING SYSTEMS PART VII: NOTES, INTEREST, AND ACCRUALS CYBERSECURITY IN FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS ACCOUNTING FOR NOTES AND INTEREST DIGITAL PAYMENT PLATFORMS INTEREST-BEARING NOTES AND NON-INTEREST-BEARING NOTES TRENDS IN GLOBAL ACCOUNTING PRACTICES CALCULATING MATURITY DATES AND INTEREST FUTURE OF ACCOUNTING IN A DIGITAL ECONOMY DISHONORED NOTES AND ADJUSTING ENTRIES DISCOUNTING NOTES RECEIVABLE BASIC BUSINESS MATHEMATICS ACCOUNTING FOR ACCRUED REVENUE ACCOUNTING FOR ACCRUED EXPENSES TITLE OF THE BOOK: BASIC BUSINESS MATHEMATICS: A PRACTICAL GUIDE MATCHING PRINCIPLE AND TIMING DIFFERENCES TO NUMERICAL APPLICATIONS IN COMMERCE PART I: FUNDAMENTALS OF NUMBERS AND OPERATIONS RISK MANAGEMENT IN BUSINESS INSURANCE UNDERSTANDING FRACTIONS IN BUSINESS APPLICATIONS LIFE, HEALTH, AND PROPERTY INSURANCE IN BUSINESS CONVERTING AND OPERATING WITH DECIMALS CLAIMS AND BENEFITS IN INSURANCE SOLVING WORD PROBLEMS USING EQUATIONS INSURANCE REGULATIONS AND COMPLIANCE APPLYING INTERNATIONAL WEIGHTS AND MEASURES IN TRADE PART V: INTEREST AND INSTALLMENT TRANSACTIONS WORKING WITH PERCENTAGES IN BUSINESS CONTEXTS UNDERSTANDING SIMPLE INTEREST FORMULA PERCENT INCREASE AND DECREASE IN FINANCIAL SITUATIONS CALCULATING MATURITY VALUE WITH SIMPLE INTEREST CONVERTING BETWEEN FRACTIONS, DECIMALS, AND PERCENTS SOLVING SIMPLE INTEREST WORD PROBLEMS COMPARING NUMERICAL VALUES FOR BUSINESS DECISIONS INSTALLMENT PURCHASES AND MONTHLY PAYMENTS ESTIMATING WITH NUMBERS IN COMMERCIAL USE AMORTIZATION SCHEDULES ORDER OF OPERATIONS IN BUSINESS CALCULATIONS PROMISSORY NOTES AND THEIR COMPONENTS PART II: SALES AND COMMERCIAL TRANSACTIONS DISCOUNTING PROMISSORY NOTES UNDERSTANDING COMMISSIONS IN SALES JOBS TRUE DISCOUNT VS. BANK DISCOUNT CALCULATING COMMISSION-BASED PAY BUSINESS USES OF PROMISSORY NOTES BASICS OF TRADE AND CASH DISCOUNTS COMPARING DIFFERENT FINANCING OPTIONS SERIES DISCOUNTS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS PART VI: ADVANCED INTEREST CONCEPTS MARKUP BASED ON COST AND SELLING PRICE INTRODUCTION TO COMPOUND INTEREST GROSS PROFIT AND NET PROFIT COMPUTATIONS COMPOUND INTEREST FORMULA AND CALCULATIONS INVENTORY PRICING AND MARKUP STRATEGIES PRESENT AND FUTURE VALUE CONCEPTS UNDERSTANDING BREAK-EVEN SALES COMPOUNDING PERIODS AND EFFECTIVE INTEREST RATES BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS AND COST ANALYSIS COMPARING SIMPLE AND COMPOUND INTEREST PRICING POLICIES IN COMMERCIAL PRACTICE SOLVING COMPOUND INTEREST WORD PROBLEMS PART III: BANKING AND PAYROLL ESSENTIALS CONTINUOUS COMPOUNDING BASICS TYPES OF BANK ACCOUNTS AND THEIR FUNCTIONS COMPOUND INTEREST APPLICATIONS IN LOANS WRITING AND ENDORSING BUSINESS CHECKS SAVING PLANS AND FUTURE VALUE ESTIMATIONS BANK RECONCILIATION PROCEDURES COMPOUND INTEREST AND INVESTMENT GROWTH ONLINE BANKING AND BUSINESS APPLICATIONS PART VII: INVENTORY AND ASSET MANAGEMENT KEEPING PAYROLL RECORDS ACCURATELY CALCULATING INVENTORY TURNOVER CALCULATING GROSS AND NET WAGES COST OF GOODS SOLD ANALYSIS DEDUCTIONS: TAXES AND BENEFITS AVERAGE INVENTORY VALUATION OVERTIME AND HOLIDAY PAY CALCULATIONS INVENTORY CONTROL SYSTEMS PAYROLL SYSTEMS AND AUTOMATION DEPRECIATION CONCEPTS AND BUSINESS USE EMPLOYER RESPONSIBILITIES IN PAYROLL MANAGEMENT STRAIGHT-LINE DEPRECIATION METHOD PART IV: TAXATION AND INSURANCE DECLINING BALANCE METHOD OVERVIEW OF LOCAL AND NATIONAL TAXES SUM-OF-THE-YEARS’-DIGITS METHOD SALES TAX AND VALUE-ADDED TAX CALCULATIONS ASSET DISPOSAL AND BOOK VALUE WITHHOLDING TAX AND FILING PROCEDURES ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION ACCOUNTING CORPORATE INCOME TAX BASICS PART VIII: FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND ANALYSIS BUSINESS INSURANCE TYPES AND FUNCTIONS INTRODUCTION TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CALCULATING INSURANCE PREMIUMS UNDERSTANDING INCOME STATEMENTS BALANCE SHEETS AND THEIR COMPONENTS UNDERSTANDING BASIC SOFTWARE INTERFACES STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS IMPROVING TYPING SPEED AND ACCURACY ANALYZING PROFITABILITY RATIOS SHORTCUTS AND PRODUCTIVITY TOOLS FOR BEGINNERS LIQUIDITY RATIOS AND BUSINESS HEALTH CUSTOMIZING KEYBOARD AND INPUT SETTINGS SOLVENCY AND LEVERAGE RATIOS USING ACCESSIBILITY FEATURES IN COMPUTER SYSTEMS TREND ANALYSIS FOR FINANCIAL PLANNING FILE MANAGEMENT AND SAVING BEST PRACTICES COMMON-SIZE STATEMENTS PART II: DIGITAL COMMUNICATION AND SCHEDULING TOOLS BUSINESS DECISION MAKING USING FINANCIAL STATEMENTS EMAIL SETUP AND ETIQUETTE FOR SCHOOL AND WORK PART IX: INVESTMENTS AND SECURITIES MANAGING CONTACTS AND ADDRESS BOOKS BASICS OF CORPORATE STOCKS CREATING AND SHARING DIGITAL CALENDARS CALCULATING DIVIDENDS AND STOCK YIELD SETTING APPOINTMENTS AND REMINDERS UNDERSTANDING STOCK MARKET TRANSACTIONS SYNCHRONIZING DEVICES FOR PRODUCTIVITY READING STOCK QUOTATIONS VIDEO CONFERENCING ESSENTIALS CORPORATE AND GOVERNMENT BONDS OVERVIEW CHAT PLATFORMS FOR REAL-TIME COLLABORATION BOND VALUATION AND YIELD ONLINE COLLABORATION TOOLS OVERVIEW INTEREST ON BONDS AND MARKET PRICE CLOUD STORAGE AND FILE SHARING COMPARING STOCKS AND BONDS SECURITY PRACTICES IN DIGITAL COMMUNICATION INVESTMENT PORTFOLIOS IN BUSINESS PART III: WRITTEN COMMUNICATION USING WORD PROCESSORS RISK AND RETURN IN FINANCIAL INVESTMENTS FORMATTING PROFESSIONAL LETTERS PART X: ANNUITIES AND BUSINESS STATISTICS EDITING AND PROOFREADING IN WORD PROCESSING SOFTWARE ANNUITIES: TYPES AND APPLICATIONS SETTING MARGINS, LINE SPACING, AND FONTS PRESENT VALUE OF ORDINARY ANNUITIES INSERTING HEADERS, FOOTERS, AND PAGE NUMBERS FUTURE VALUE OF ANNUITIES USING TEMPLATES FOR BUSINESS LETTERS DEFERRED ANNUITIES AND CALCULATIONS CREATING ENVELOPES AND LABELS COMPARING ANNUITIES AND LUMP SUM INVESTMENTS CUSTOMIZING STYLES AND THEMES INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS STATISTICS TRACK CHANGES AND COMMENTING FEATURES COLLECTING AND ORGANIZING BUSINESS DATA CONVERTING DOCUMENTS TO PDF DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS: MEAN, MEDIAN, MODE PRINTING AND SAVING DOCUMENTS SECURELY GRAPHICAL PRESENTATION OF BUSINESS DATA PART IV: PROFESSIONAL REPORTS AND DOCUMENT CREATION USING STATISTICS FOR BUSINESS FORECASTING CREATING EFFECTIVE REPORTS WITH HEADINGS AND SUBHEADINGS FORMATTING TITLE PAGES AND BIBLIOGRAPHIES COMPUTER APPLICATIONS INSERTING CHARTS AND VISUAL AIDS USING FOOTNOTES AND CITATIONS TITLE OF THE BOOK: COMPUTER APPLICATIONS: A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE REPORT LAYOUT AND DESIGN TECHNIQUES TO DIGITAL SKILLS FOR THE MODERN WORLD PROOFREADING AND REVIEWING LONG DOCUMENTS PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF KEYBOARDING AND INTERFACE NAVIGATION SAVING AND ORGANIZING REPORT FILES MASTERING THE ALPHABETIC KEYS WITH PROPER TECHNIQUE SHARING REPORTS DIGITALLY LEARNING THE NUMERIC KEYPAD FOR EFFICIENT INPUT PRINTING HIGH-QUALITY REPORTS NAVIGATING MENUS AND TOOLBARS WITH EASE FINALIZING REPORTS FOR SUBMISSION ACCESSING “HELP” FEATURES TO SOLVE DIGITAL PROBLEMS PART V: DATA ORGANIZATION AND TABLE DESIGN CREATING TABLES IN WORD PROCESSORS LINKING TABLES AND USING RELATIONSHIPS FORMATTING TABLES FOR CLARITY DATA VALIDATION AND INTEGRITY RULES MERGING AND SPLITTING TABLE CELLS EXPORTING AND IMPORTING DATABASE FILES ADDING FORMULAS IN TABLE COLUMNS PART IX: ENHANCING DIGITAL DOCUMENTS AND PRESENTATIONS INSERTING TABLES FROM SPREADSHEETS INSERTING IMAGES AND GRAPHICS TABLE DESIGN FOR PRESENTATIONS USING SMARTART AND DIAGRAMS SORTING AND FILTERING TABLE DATA APPLYING ADVANCED ANIMATIONS IN PRESENTATIONS USING CHARTS DERIVED FROM TABLES FORMATTING TABLES FOR VISUAL APPEAL LINKING TABLES ACROSS DOCUMENTS INCORPORATING HYPERLINKS AND NAVIGATION TOOLS ENHANCING TABLES WITH COLOR AND BORDERS ACCESSIBILITY IN DIGITAL DOCUMENTS PART VI: ELECTRONIC PRESENTATION SKILLS USING INTERACTIVE FORMS AND ELEMENTS CHOOSING SLIDE TEMPLATES AND THEMES ENHANCING PRESENTATIONS WITH REAL-TIME DATA STRUCTURING A PRESENTATION FOR IMPACT PRINTING AND SHARING ENHANCED MATERIALS INSERTING TEXT BOXES AND MEDIA ELEMENTS FINAL REVIEW AND POLISHING TECHNIQUES ANIMATING SLIDES AND OBJECTS PART X: DATA ANALYSIS AND DIGITAL EFFICIENCY USING TRANSITIONS BETWEEN SLIDES USING SPREADSHEETS FOR FINANCIAL ANALYSIS EMBEDDING AUDIO AND VIDEO CREATING PIVOT TABLES AND SUMMARIES BEST PRACTICES FOR PRESENTATION CONTENT CHARTING DATA TRENDS OVER TIME REHEARSING AND TIMING PRESENTATIONS EVALUATING BUSINESS PERFORMANCE USING DATA DELIVERING AND PRINTING PRESENTATION HANDOUTS CREATING DASHBOARDS IN SPREADSHEETS ENHANCING PRESENTATIONS WITH INFOGRAPHICS ANALYZING DATA USING DATABASE QUERIES PART VII: SPREADSHEET FUNDAMENTALS AND FINANCIAL APPLICATIONS CONVERTING RAW DATA INTO VISUAL INSIGHTS INTRODUCTION TO SPREADSHEET SOFTWARE EXPORTING DATA TO DIFFERENT FORMATS FORMATTING CELLS FOR CURRENCY AND PERCENTAGES DIGITAL ORGANIZATION AND FILE MANAGEMENT ENTERING DATA AND BASIC FORMULAS MASTERING DIGITAL TOOLS FOR WORKPLACE EFFICIENCY CREATING BUDGETS AND FINANCIAL PLANS USING AUTOSUM AND FUNCTIONS BASIC ECONOMICS CREATING CHARTS AND GRAPHS IN SPREADSHEETS CONDITIONAL FORMATTING AND HIGHLIGHTING TITLE OF THE BOOK: BASIC ECONOMICS: A FOUNDATIONAL GUIDE TO LINKING WORKSHEETS AND USING CELL REFERENCES ECONOMIC SYSTEMS, MARKETS, AND GLOBAL TRENDS PRINTING AND SHARING SPREADSHEETS PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF ECONOMIC THOUGHT AND PRINCIPLES PROTECTING SPREADSHEET DATA THE WEALTH OF NATIONS: OWNERSHIP AND ECONOMIC FREEDOM PART VIII: DATABASE BASICS AND APPLICATIONS UNDERSTANDING SCARCITY AND OPPORTUNITY COSTS INTRODUCTION TO DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS PRINCIPLES OF RATIONAL DECISION MAKING CREATING TABLES AND DEFINING FIELDS ECONOMIC MODELS AND METHODOLOGIES ENTERING AND EDITING RECORDS BASIC ECONOMIC TERMINOLOGY SORTING AND FILTERING DATABASE ENTRIES PRODUCTION POSSIBILITY FRONTIERS AND EFFICIENCY CREATING FORMS FOR DATA ENTRY COMPARATIVE AND ABSOLUTE ADVANTAGE DESIGNING QUERIES FOR INFORMATION RETRIEVAL ECONOMIC SYSTEMS AROUND THE WORLD CREATING AND FORMATTING REPORTS IN DATABASES THE ROLE OF INCENTIVES IN ECONOMICS ECONOMIC INSTITUTIONS AND PROPERTY RIGHTS GOVERNMENT REGULATION OF BUSINESSES PART II: MARKETS, PRICES, AND CONSUMER BEHAVIOR ANTITRUST LAWS AND MARKET REGULATION MARKETS AND THE PRICE SYSTEM PROMOTING COMPETITION AND CONSUMER PROTECTION ELASTICITY: DEMAND AND SUPPLY POLITICAL ECONOMY AND PUBLIC CHOICE THEORY DEMAND: CONSUMER CHOICE AND UTILITY EVALUATING GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE SUPPLY: THE COSTS OF DOING BUSINESS PART VI: MACROECONOMIC FUNDAMENTALS MARKET EQUILIBRIUM AND CHANGES IN EQUILIBRIUM THE AGGREGATE ECONOMY: KEY CONCEPTS GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION IN MARKETS NATIONAL INCOME ACCOUNTING AND GDP PRICE FLOORS AND CEILINGS REAL VS NOMINAL GDP EXTERNALITIES AND PUBLIC GOODS UNEMPLOYMENT: TYPES, CAUSES, AND TRENDS TAXES AND SUBSIDIES INFLATION: MEASUREMENT AND IMPACT EFFICIENCY AND WELFARE ECONOMICS BUSINESS CYCLES: PHASES AND INDICATORS PART III: THE FIRM AND MARKET STRUCTURES AGGREGATE DEMAND: COMPONENTS AND INFLUENCES PROFIT MAXIMIZATION AND COST ANALYSIS AGGREGATE SUPPLY AND PRICE LEVEL EFFECTS SHORT-RUN VS LONG-RUN PRODUCTION DECISIONS MACROECONOMIC EQUILIBRIUM REVENUE, COSTS, AND THE BREAK-EVEN POINT INCOME AND EXPENDITURES EQUILIBRIUM PERFECT COMPETITION: CHARACTERISTICS AND OUTCOMES PART VII: MONETARY AND FISCAL POLICIES MONOPOLY POWER AND MARKET FAILURE MONEY: FUNCTIONS AND TYPES MONOPOLISTIC COMPETITION AND PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATION BANKING AND THE MONEY SUPPLY OLIGOPOLY AND STRATEGIC BEHAVIOR CENTRAL BANKING AND THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM GAME THEORY AND COMPETITIVE STRATEGY TOOLS OF MONETARY POLICY BARRIERS TO ENTRY AND LONG-RUN PROFITS MONETARY POLICY AND INFLATION CONTROL PRICE DISCRIMINATION AND NON-PRICE COMPETITION FISCAL POLICY REVISITED: TAXES, SPENDING, AND DEBT PART IV: FACTOR MARKETS AND INCOME DISTRIBUTION POLICY COORDINATION: MONETARY VS FISCAL TOOLS RESOURCE MARKETS AND ECONOMIC RENT TRADEOFFS IN ECONOMIC POLICY THE LABOR MARKET: SUPPLY, DEMAND, AND WAGES INFLATION EXPECTATIONS AND POLICY CREDIBILITY THE CAPITAL MARKET: INTEREST RATES AND INVESTMENT BUSINESS CYCLES: SOURCES AND STABILIZATION THE LAND MARKET AND NATURAL RESOURCES PART VIII: MACROECONOMIC SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT AND GROWTH LABOR UNIONS AND COLLECTIVE BARGAINING KEYNESIAN ECONOMICS AND DEMAND MANAGEMENT HUMAN CAPITAL AND WAGE DETERMINANTS MONETARIST VIEWS ON INFLATION AND OUTPUT INCOME, WEALTH, AND ECONOMIC INEQUALITY NEW CLASSICAL AND RATIONAL EXPECTATIONS POVERTY, WELFARE, AND REDISTRIBUTION NEW KEYNESIAN PERSPECTIVES ON PRICE STICKINESS GOVERNMENT POLICY ON INCOME DISTRIBUTION SUPPLY-SIDE ECONOMICS CURRENT DEBATES ON MINIMUM WAGE AND UBI LONG-RUN ECONOMIC GROWTH MODELS PART V: GOVERNMENT AND THE ECONOMY HUMAN CAPITAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT IN THE ECONOMY INSTITUTIONS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PUBLIC FINANCE: TAXATION AND SPENDING GLOBAL ECONOMIC CONVERGENCE AND DIVERGENCE FISCAL POLICY: GOVERNMENT BUDGETS AND DEBT CASE STUDIES IN ECONOMIC GROWTH THE MULTIPLIER EFFECT AND FISCAL STIMULUS PART IX: INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS AND GLOBALIZATION BUDGET DEFICITS AND NATIONAL DEBT INTRODUCTION TO THE FOREIGN EXCHANGE MARKET BALANCE OF PAYMENTS: COMPONENTS AND ANALYSIS MANAGING IMPRESSIONS AND IDENTITY EXCHANGE RATE DETERMINATION CULTURE AND PERCEPTION FIXED VS FLOATING EXCHANGE RATES STEREOTYPES AND PREJUDICES IN COMMUNICATION INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL FLOWS AND CURRENCY CRISES IMPROVING PERCEPTUAL ACCURACY GLOBALIZATION AND ECONOMIC INTERDEPENDENCE EMPATHY AND EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE INTERNATIONAL TRADE: BENEFITS AND COSTS THE JOHARI WINDOW AND SELF-DISCLOSURE COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE AND TRADE PATTERNS PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH COMMUNICATION WORLD TRADE EQUILIBRIUM PART III: COMMUNICATING ACROSS CULTURES TRADE RESTRICTIONS AND PROTECTIONISM DEFINING INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION PART X: CONTEMPORARY ISSUES AND ECONOMIC APPLICATIONS CULTURAL NORMS AND COMMUNICATION STYLES ECONOMICS OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND SUSTAINABILITY HIGH-CONTEXT AND LOW-CONTEXT CULTURES BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS: PSYCHOLOGY AND DECISION MAKING VALUES AND BELIEFS ACROSS CULTURES HEALTH ECONOMICS AND PUBLIC HEALTH POLICY LANGUAGE BARRIERS IN INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION EDUCATION AND LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES CULTURAL SENSITIVITY AND COMPETENCE TECHNOLOGY, AUTOMATION, AND THE FUTURE OF WORK NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION IN DIFFERENT CULTURES CRYPTOCURRENCIES AND DIGITAL FINANCE AVOIDING MISCOMMUNICATION ACROSS BORDERS ECONOMICS OF INNOVATION AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS ACROSS CULTURES GLOBAL ECONOMIC CHALLENGES AND CRISES GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP AND COMMUNICATION USING ECONOMICS TO UNDERSTAND THE WORLD AROUND YOU PART IV: LANGUAGE AND NONVERBAL CUES RECAP: CONNECTING MICRO AND MACRO FOR EVERYDAY LIFE EXPLORING VERBAL MESSAGES THE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF LANGUAGE BASIC COMMUNICATION SKILLS LANGUAGE AND MEANING POWER AND BIAS IN LANGUAGE TITLE OF THE BOOK: BASIC COMMUNICATION SKILLS: MASTERING THE ART LANGUAGE IN SOCIAL CONTEXTS OF HUMAN CONNECTION NONVERBAL MESSAGES AND THEIR TYPES PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF COMMUNICATION BODY LANGUAGE AND GESTURES UNDERSTANDING THE FOUNDATIONS OF COMMUNICATION FACIAL EXPRESSIONS AND EYE CONTACT ELEMENTS AND MODELS OF COMMUNICATION SPACE, TOUCH, AND APPEARANCE THE PROCESS OF MEANING-MAKING SYNCHRONIZING VERBAL AND NONVERBAL MESSAGES THE ROLE OF CONTEXT IN COMMUNICATION PART V: LISTENING FOR UNDERSTANDING BARRIERS TO EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION THE NATURE OF LISTENING ETHICS IN HUMAN COMMUNICATION STAGES OF THE LISTENING PROCESS FUNCTIONS OF COMMUNICATION IN SOCIETY BARRIERS TO EFFECTIVE LISTENING COMMUNICATION IN THE DIGITAL AGE TYPES OF LISTENING HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES ON COMMUNICATION CRITICAL LISTENING AND THINKING EVALUATING COMMUNICATION COMPETENCE LISTENING IN PROFESSIONAL SETTINGS PART II: SELF-AWARENESS AND INTERPERSONAL PERCEPTION ACTIVE LISTENING STRATEGIES PERCEPTION OF SELF AND OTHERS EMPATHETIC LISTENING IN RELATIONSHIPS SELF-CONCEPT AND SELF-ESTEEM IN COMMUNICATION IMPROVING LISTENING SKILLS THE ROLE OF FEEDBACK IN SELF-PERCEPTION EVALUATING MESSAGES CRITICALLY PART VI: INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION SKILLS LEADERSHIP IN DIVERSE WORKPLACES DEFINING INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS MOTIVATING GROUP MEMBERS RELATIONSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND STAGES DELEGATING AND EMPOWERING OTHERS VERBAL AND NONVERBAL DYNAMICS IN RELATIONSHIPS BUILDING GROUP CONSENSUS COMMUNICATION CLIMATES PART X: PUBLIC SPEAKING AND PRESENTATION CONFLICT IN RELATIONSHIPS SELECTING AND DEVELOPING A TOPIC CONFLICT RESOLUTION TECHNIQUES AUDIENCE ANALYSIS AND ADAPTATION INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION STYLES STRUCTURING A SPEECH EFFECTIVELY BUILDING TRUST AND INTIMACY WRITING AN ENGAGING INTRODUCTION MAINTAINING HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS ORGANIZING THE BODY OF THE SPEECH ENDING RELATIONSHIPS WITH RESPECT CRAFTING A MEMORABLE CONCLUSION PART VII: DYNAMICS OF INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION CREATING AND USING PRESENTATIONAL AIDS INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION IN CONTEXT ENHANCING LANGUAGE AND ORAL STYLE THE ROLE OF FEEDBACK AND CLARIFICATION MASTERING SPEECH DELIVERY TECHNIQUES ASSERTIVENESS IN COMMUNICATION INFORMATIVE AND PERSUASIVE SPEAKING MASTERY MANAGING EMOTIONS IN CONVERSATIONS LISTENING IN ONE-ON-ONE SETTINGS PAGBASA AT PAGSULAT UNDERSTANDING POWER AND INFLUENCE ETHICS IN INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION PAMAGAT NG AKLAT: PAGBASA AT PAGSULAT: KASANAYAN, KAALAMAN, AT CROSS-GENDER COMMUNICATION PANANALIKSIK SA AKADEMIKONG FILIPINO COMMUNICATION IN DIGITAL INTERPERSONAL SETTINGS BAHAGI I: ANG KALIKASAN AT GAMIT NG WIKA PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL INTERPERSONAL GROWTH PAG-UNAWA SA WIKA BILANG KASANGKAPAN NG KOMUNIKASYON PART VIII: GROUP COMMUNICATION AND TEAMWORK ANG PAPEL NG WIKA SA LIPUNAN AT KULTURA COMMUNICATING IN GROUPS WIKA AT PAGKAKAKILANLAN NG FILIPINO CHARACTERISTICS OF EFFECTIVE TEAMS GAMIT NG WIKA SA IBA’T IBANG DISIPLINA ROLES AND NORMS IN GROUPS VARAYTI AT VARYASYON NG WIKA GROUP DEVELOPMENT STAGES ANTAS NG WIKA AT KAHALAGAHAN NITO DECISION-MAKING IN GROUPS WIKA AT LIPUNAN: SOSYOLINGGUWISTIKONG PERSPEKTIBO CONFLICT AND COHESION IN TEAMS WIKA SA TEKNOLOHIYA AT MIDYA MANAGING GROUP DIVERSITY WIKA AT EDUKASYON SA MAKABAGONG PANAHON PROBLEM SOLVING IN GROUPS PAGPAPAHALAGA SA WIKANG FILIPINO SA AKADEMYA VIRTUAL TEAM COMMUNICATION BAHAGI II: ANG WIKA AT PAGPAPAKAHULUGAN NITO EVALUATING GROUP EFFECTIVENESS DENOTATIBO AT KONOTATIBONG KAHULUGAN PART IX: LEADERSHIP AND COMMUNICATION IN GROUPS SEMANTIKA AT PRAGMATIKA SA KOMUNIKASYON GROUP LEADERSHIP AND ITS FUNCTIONS SITWASYONG PANGWIKA AT DISKURSO LEADERSHIP STYLES AND COMMUNICATION PAG-UNAWA SA MGA TEKSTONG KONTEKSTWAL POWER AND INFLUENCE IN GROUP SETTINGS WIKA AT IDEOLOHIYA: KRITIKAL NA PAGBASA COMMUNICATION AND PROBLEM SOLVING PAGPAPAKAHULUGAN BATAY SA LAYUNIN NG TEKSTO FACILITATING GROUP DISCUSSIONS SALITANG MAY MALALIM NA KAHULUGAN ETHICAL GROUP LEADERSHIP PAGKILALA SA PANANAW NG MAY-AKDA RETORIKA AT ESTILO NG PAGSULAT PAGGAMIT NG COHESIVE DEVICES WIKA BILANG DALUYAN NG KAISIPAN DIKSIYON SA AKADEMIKONG PAGSULAT BAHAGI III: ANG PAGBASA: MGA PRINSIPYO AT KONSEPTO PAGGAMIT NG TEKNIKAL NA WIKA MGA TEORYA NG PAGBASA KATUMPAKAN AT KALINAWAN NG IDEYA LAYUNIN NG PAGBASA SA AKADEMIKONG KONTEKSTO EPEKTO NG PANANAW SA PAGSULAT URI NG PAGBASA AT ESTRATEHIYA PAGKILALA SA IBA’T IBANG ANYO NG AKADEMIKONG SULATIN MGA ANTAS NG PAG-UNAWA SA TEKSTO BAHAGI VII: ANG PROSESO SA PAGSULAT KRITIKAL NA PAGBASA NG TEKSTONG IMPORMATIBO PAGPILI NG PAKSA AT LAYUNIN PAGKILALA SA PANGUNAHING KAISIPAN PANANALIKSIK SA PAUNANG IMPORMASYON PAGBUO NG HINUHA AT PAGHINUHA PAGGAMIT NG BALANGKAS SA PAGSULAT PAGSUSURI SA TEKSTO BATAY SA KATOTOHANAN PAGBUO NG PAUNANG DRAFT PAGKILALA SA ESTILO NG TEKSTO REBISYON AT EBALWASYON NG NILALAMAN INTERAKTIBONG PAGBASA AT PAG-UNAWA PAG-EDIT NG MEKANIKS NG PAGSULAT BAHAGI IV: PAGBASA NG MGA TEKSTONG AKADEMIK AT PROPESYONAL PAGTATALA NG SANGGUNIAN KATANGIAN NG TEKSTONG AKADEMIKO PAGPAPAAYOS NG FORMAT AT ESTRUKTURA DISIPLINA AT DISKURSO: ISANG PAGHAHAMBING PAGPAPALALIM NG IDEYA SA REBISYON PAGBASA NG ARTIKULO SA AGHAM PANLIPUNAN PRESENTASYON NG OUTPUT PAG-UNAWA SA TEKSTONG SIYENTIPIKO BAHAGI VIII: MGA BAHAGI NG TEKSTO PAGBASA NG LEGAL AT TEKNIKAL NA DOKUMENTO PANIMULA: PAGGISING NG INTERES PAGBASA NG TEKSTONG PAMPANITIKAN KATAWAN NG TEKSTO: DETALYADO AT LOHIKAL PAGSUSURI NG BALITANG PANG-AKADEMIKO PAGBUO NG TRANSISYON SA BAWAT BAHAGI PAGTUKOY SA LAYUNIN NG MAY-AKDA KONKLUSYON: BUOD AT PANININDIGAN PAGKILALA SA TEKSTONG IMPORMATIBO AT ARGUMENTATIBO TESIS NA PAHAYAG AT LAYUNIN PAGGAMIT NG TALAAN NG NILALAMAN AT INDEX PAGBUO NG MALINAW NA PAHAYAG NG ISYU BAHAGI V: KASANAYAN SA PAGBASA NG MGA TEKSTONG AKADEMIKO PAG-UUGNAY NG BAHAGI SA ISA’T ISA SKIMMING AT SCANNING SA AKADEMIKONG BABASAHIN PAGSUSURI NG BALANGKAS ANNOTASYON AT HIGHLIGHTING TECHNIQUES PAGKILALA SA ESTRUKTURANG PANG-ARGUMENTO PAGBUO NG BUOD AT LAGOM PAGLINANG NG NILALAMAN BATAY SA LAYUNIN PAGPAPAKAHULUGAN SA MGA DATOS BAHAGI IX: APAT NA PANGUNAHING PARAAN NG PAGPAPAHAYAG PAGSUSURI NG TEKSTO GAMIT ANG GRAPHIC ORGANIZER PAGSASALAYSAY: TEKNIK AT ORGANISASYON PAGSULAT NG REAKSYON SA BINASA PAGLALARAWAN: PAGPILI NG SALITA AT IMAHE KRITIKAL NA REBYU NG ARTIKULO PAGLALAHAD: PAGBUO NG LOOHIKONG PALIWANAG PAGKILALA SA TEKSTONG MULTIMODAL PANGANGATWIRAN: PAGLALATAG NG KATWIRAN AT EBIDENSYA PAG-UNAWA SA UGNAYAN NG TEKSTO AT KONTEKSTO PAGGAMIT NG IBA’T IBANG PARAAN NG PAGPAPAHAYAG PAGPAPALAWAK NG TALASALITAAN KOMBINASYON NG PARAAN SA ISANG SULATIN BAHAGI VI: MGA ELEMENTO SA PAGSULAT PAGSUSURI NG ESTILO NG PAGPAPAHAYAG NG MAY-AKDA LAYUNIN NG PAGSULAT SA AKADEMYA LAYUNIN AT TAGATANGGAP SA PARAAN NG PAGPAPAHAYAG ESTILO AT TONO NG AKADEMIKONG PAGSULAT PAGBUO NG ORGANISADONG ARGUMENTO LOHIKA AT ORGANISASYON NG IDEYA PAGPAPAHAYAG SA MULTIMODAL NA ANYO KONEKSYON NG KAISIPAN SA TALATA BAHAGI X: PANANALIKSIK AT SULATING AKADEMIKO PAGSISIMULA NG PANANALIKSIK GOVERNMENT STRUCTURES IN EARLY CIVILIZATIONS PAGBUO NG TANONG SA PANANALIKSIK ART AND ARCHITECTURE OF ANCIENT CITIES PAGHAHANAP AT PAGSUSURI NG SANGGUNIAN SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS PAGGAMIT NG APA AT MLA NA ISTILO RELIGIOUS THOUGHT IN ANCIENT SOCIETIES PAGGAWA NG BIBLIOGRAPIYA TRADE, CURRENCY, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PAGSUSURI NG RESULTA AT DATOS WARFARE AND DEFENSE MECHANISMS PAGSASAAYOS NG SULATING PANANALIKSIK RISE AND FALL OF ANCIENT KINGDOMS PRESENTASYON NG PANANALIKSIK THE LEGACY OF EARLY CIVILIZATIONS IN MODERN ASIA EBALWASYON NG SULATING PANANALIKSIK PART IV: ASIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO GLOBAL CIVILIZATION PAGSASAPUBLIKO NG NATAPOS NA PANANALIKSIK THE SILK ROAD AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE MATHEMATICS AND ASTRONOMY IN ANCIENT ASIA ASIAN HISTORY PHILOSOPHY AND THE FOUNDATIONS OF ETHICS CONTRIBUTIONS IN MEDICINE AND HEALING TITLE OF THE BOOK: LEGACY OF THE EAST: A COMPREHENSIVE JOURNEY LITERARY TRADITIONS AND ANCIENT TEXTS THROUGH ASIAN HISTORY ART, MUSIC, AND CULTURAL EXPRESSIONS PART I: ASIA AND ITS NATURAL FOUNDATIONS ARCHITECTURE AND MONUMENTAL STRUCTURES UNDERSTANDING ASIA’S GEOGRAPHICAL EXTENT ASIAN INNOVATIONS IN NAVIGATION AND ENGINEERING MOUNTAINS, RIVERS, AND NATURAL BARRIERS CULTURAL INFLUENCE ON NEIGHBORING REGIONS THE IMPACT OF MONSOONS AND CLIMATE ON EARLY SETTLEMENTS THE GLOBAL IMPACT OF ASIAN CIVILIZATIONS NATURAL RESOURCES AND THEIR ROLE IN ANCIENT ECONOMIES PART V: THE HERITAGE OF WEST ASIA AGRICULTURAL BEGINNINGS IN THE RIVER VALLEYS MESOPOTAMIA: CRADLE OF CIVILIZATION ENVIRONMENTAL DIVERSITY ACROSS THE ASIAN SUBREGIONS THE RISE OF THE PERSIAN EMPIRE LANDFORMS AND TRADE ROUTES IN PREHISTORIC ASIA RELIGION IN WEST ASIA: JUDAISM, CHRISTIANITY, ISLAM PHYSICAL BARRIERS AND CULTURAL ISOLATION TRADE AND COMMERCE IN ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA STRATEGIC WATERWAYS IN ANCIENT ASIA THE ROLE OF WEST ASIA IN REGIONAL POLITICS GEOGRAPHY AND THE RISE OF CIVILIZATIONS CONTRIBUTIONS OF ISLAMIC SCHOLARS PART II: THE SOCIAL FABRIC OF EARLY ASIA OTTOMAN EMPIRE AND ITS LEGACY EARLY HUMAN SETTLEMENTS AND SOCIETIES CONFLICTS AND COOPERATION IN WEST ASIA TRIBAL AND CLAN SYSTEMS IN ANCIENT ASIA WEST ASIAN ART AND ARCHITECTURE SOCIAL STRATIFICATION AND CLASS SYSTEMS CONTEMPORARY SIGNIFICANCE OF WEST ASIA GENDER ROLES IN EARLY ASIAN CULTURES PART VI: THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT AND SOUTH ASIA THE EVOLUTION OF FAMILY STRUCTURES THE INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION EDUCATION AND KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS IN ANTIQUITY THE VEDIC PERIOD AND HINDUISM SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND RELIGIOUS PRACTICES BUDDHISM AND JAINISM IN INDIAN THOUGHT ROLE OF ORAL TRADITIONS AND STORYTELLING MAURYA AND GUPTA EMPIRES FESTIVALS, RITES, AND CUSTOMS OF EARLY SOCIETIES ADVANCES IN SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS LAW, ORDER, AND EARLY JUSTICE SYSTEMS CULTURAL FLOURISHING DURING THE GOLDEN AGES PART III: DAWN OF CIVILIZATION IN ASIA THE MUGHAL EMPIRE AND ISLAMIC INFLUENCE THE BIRTH OF URBAN CENTERS SOUTH ASIA’S COLONIAL ENCOUNTERS WRITING SYSTEMS AND RECORD-KEEPING INDIA’S INDEPENDENCE AND MODERN IDENTITY CULTURAL DIVERSITY IN SOUTH ASIAN NATIONS CULTURAL DIPLOMACY AND SOFT POWER PART VII: CENTRAL AND EAST ASIA: FROM STEPPES TO EMPIRES GLOBALIZATION AND ASIAN ECONOMIES THE NOMADIC CULTURES OF CENTRAL ASIA ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS THE SILK ROAD AND CENTRAL ASIAN TRADE TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION AND DIGITAL ASIA RUSSIA’S EXPANSION INTO ASIA ASIA’S VISION FOR THE FUTURE THE TURKIC PEOPLES AND ISLAMIC INFLUENCE FOUNDATIONS OF CHINESE CIVILIZATION TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT PHILOSOPHIES OF CONFUCIANISM AND TAOISM DYNASTIES OF IMPERIAL CHINA TITLE OF THE BOOK: TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT: STRATEGIES FOR INVENTIONS AND DISCOVERIES IN CHINA INNOVATION, LEADERSHIP, AND SUSTAINABILITY KOREA: A CULTURAL BRIDGE BETWEEN CHINA AND JAPAN PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT JAPAN’S FEUDAL ERA AND SAMURAI CULTURE UNDERSTANDING THE ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY IN BUSINESS EVOLUTION PART VIII: THE MONGOL EMPIRE AND INNER ASIA DEFINING TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT AND ITS SCOPE ORIGINS OF THE MONGOL TRIBES THE DYNAMICS OF INNOVATION IN THE DIGITAL AGE GENGHIS KHAN AND THE FORMATION OF EMPIRE CORE FUNCTIONS OF INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT MILITARY TACTICS AND POLITICAL STRATEGIES THE LIFECYCLE OF TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION PAX MONGOLICA AND GLOBAL EXCHANGE LINKING BUSINESS OBJECTIVES WITH TECHNOLOGICAL CAPABILITIES THE DIVISION OF THE MONGOL EMPIRE TRENDS IN EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES INFLUENCE OF THE MONGOLS ON CHINA AND RUSSIA BUILDING A TECHNOLOGY-DRIVEN ORGANIZATION CULTURAL ASSIMILATION AND GOVERNANCE KEY SKILLS FOR TECHNOLOGY MANAGERS TRADE, RELIGION, AND TOLERANCE UNDER MONGOL RULE CHALLENGES IN MANAGING TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE DECLINE OF THE MONGOL EMPIRE PART II: STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT AND INNOVATION ALIGNMENT THE MONGOL LEGACY IN MODERN TIMES THE STRATEGY PROCESS IN TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT PART IX: SOUTHEAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC REALM INTEGRATING INNOVATION INTO CORPORATE STRATEGY ANCIENT KINGDOMS OF MAINLAND SOUTHEAST ASIA COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE THROUGH TECHNOLOGY THE KHMER EMPIRE AND ANGKOR WAT STRATEGIC FORECASTING FOR INNOVATION ROADMAPS THERAVADA BUDDHISM AND CULTURAL IDENTITY MARKET ANALYSIS FOR TECHNOLOGICAL PLANNING MARITIME TRADE IN ISLAND SOUTHEAST ASIA STRATEGIC ALLIANCES AND TECHNOLOGY SHARING THE SRIVIJAYA AND MAJAPAHIT EMPIRES ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE AND STRATEGY ALIGNMENT COLONIAL ENCOUNTERS AND RESISTANCE MOVEMENTS LEADERSHIP’S ROLE IN STRATEGIC INNOVATION SOUTHEAST ASIAN STRUGGLES FOR INDEPENDENCE LONG-TERM VS. SHORT-TERM TECHNOLOGY PLANNING AUSTRALIA: ABORIGINAL CULTURE AND EUROPEAN COLONIZATION ASSESSING STRATEGIC PERFORMANCE IN MTI NEW ZEALAND AND PACIFIC ISLAND SOCIETIES PART III: INNOVATION PLANNING AND FORECASTING REGIONAL ALLIANCES AND MODERN DEVELOPMENT SETTING GOALS FOR INNOVATION PART X: ASIA IN CONTEMPORARY WORLD AFFAIRS TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES FOR INNOVATION PLANNING THE COLD WAR AND ASIA IDENTIFYING INNOVATION OPPORTUNITIES DECOLONIZATION AND NATIONAL MOVEMENTS BUDGETING AND RESOURCE ALLOCATION FOR INNOVATION ECONOMIC BOOMS: JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA, CHINA SCENARIO PLANNING FOR TECHNOLOGICAL FUTURES REGIONAL CONFLICTS AND PEACE EFFORTS CUSTOMER-CENTERED INNOVATION MODELS ASIA’S ROLE IN GLOBAL GOVERNANCE PLANNING INNOVATION IN PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT COLLABORATIVE INNOVATION AND OPEN INNOVATION DATA MIGRATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE READINESS PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS IN INNOVATION MANAGEMENT TRAINING AND SUPPORT FOR NEW TECHNOLOGIES MEASURING READINESS FOR INNOVATION COORDINATION ACROSS DEPARTMENTS PART IV: INTERNAL INNOVATION AND EXECUTION REGULATORY AND COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS BUILDING AN INNOVATION CULTURE CONTRACT MANAGEMENT AND SERVICE AGREEMENTS INNOVATION TEAMS AND ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE COMMUNICATION DURING TECHNOLOGY ROLLOUT PROCESSES FOR INTERNAL INNOVATION EXECUTION REAL-TIME MONITORING OF IMPLEMENTATION MANAGING RESISTANCE TO INNOVATION PART VIII: EVALUATION AND CONTROL IN TECHNOLOGY ACQUISITION AGILE METHODOLOGIES IN INNOVATION IMPLEMENTATION POST-IMPLEMENTATION TECHNOLOGY REVIEW ROLE OF R&D IN DRIVING INNOVATION PERFORMANCE MONITORING OF ACQUIRED TECHNOLOGY TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE FOR INNOVATION COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS AND ROI COMMUNICATION AND COORDINATION IN INNOVATION PROJECTS MANAGING TECHNOLOGICAL OBSOLESCENCE PERFORMANCE METRICS FOR INNOVATION EXECUTION USER FEEDBACK AND SATISFACTION ANALYSIS CASE STUDIES IN INTERNAL INNOVATION SUCCESS COMPARATIVE EVALUATION WITH ALTERNATIVES PART V: EVALUATING AND CONTROLLING INNOVATION MAINTENANCE AND SUPPORT EVALUATION INNOVATION AUDIT AND ASSESSMENT CONTINUOUS LEARNING FROM TECHNOLOGY OUTCOMES RISK MANAGEMENT IN INNOVATION PROJECTS STRATEGIC ADJUSTMENTS BASED ON EVALUATION INNOVATION METRICS AND KPIS LONG-TERM CONTROL AND GOVERNANCE OF TECHNOLOGY FEEDBACK LOOPS IN INNOVATION CONTROL PART IX: ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNOVATION CULTURE ROI ANALYSIS OF INNOVATION PROJECTS ENTREPRENEURIAL THINKING IN TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT INNOVATION QUALITY CONTROL STARTUP ECOSYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGY VENTURES POST-IMPLEMENTATION REVIEW TECHNIQUES INNOVATION INCUBATORS AND ACCELERATORS USING DATA ANALYTICS IN INNOVATION EVALUATION FUNDING SOURCES FOR TECHNOLOGY STARTUPS CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT STRATEGIES CREATING A SCALABLE TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS TOOLS FOR INNOVATION PERFORMANCE MONITORING LEADERSHIP AND RISK IN TECH ENTREPRENEURSHIP PART VI: PLANNING FOR TECHNOLOGY ACQUISITION INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY FOR ENTREPRENEURS IDENTIFYING TECHNOLOGICAL NEEDS THE ROLE OF INTRAPRENEURSHIP IN CORPORATIONS SOURCING EXTERNAL TECHNOLOGY BUILDING NETWORKS AND PARTNERSHIPS BENCHMARKING FOR TECHNOLOGY SELECTION ENTREPRENEURIAL CASE STUDIES IN TECH INNOVATION LICENSING AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PLANNING PART X: ETHICS, LEARNING, AND FUTURE OF TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT ALIGNING ACQUIRED TECHNOLOGY WITH BUSINESS GOALS ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT BUDGETING AND RISK ASSESSMENT CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND TECH IMPACT CROSS-FUNCTIONAL COLLABORATION IN ACQUISITION PLANNING LEGAL FRAMEWORK AND TECH GOVERNANCE PARTNER AND VENDOR EVALUATION CRITERIA ETHICAL DILEMMAS IN EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES PLANNING FOR TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION BUILDING SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS DUE DILIGENCE IN TECHNOLOGY ACQUISITION LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT IN MTI PART VII: IMPLEMENTING TECHNOLOGY ACQUISITION LIFELONG LEARNING AND PROFESSIONAL GROWTH PROCUREMENT AND VENDOR MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING FROM TECH FAILURES CHANGE MANAGEMENT DURING TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION THE FUTURE OF TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION AND TRANSITION STRATEGIES BUILDING A RESILIENT, INNOVATIVE TECH CULTURE COMMON PERCEPTUAL BIASES AND ERRORS HUMAN BEHAVIOR IN ORGANIZATION THE IMPACT OF PERCEPTION ON LEADERSHIP AND TEAMWORK VALUES AND BELIEFS IN ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR TITLE OF THE BOOK: HUMAN BEHAVIOR IN ORGANIZATION: ORGANIZATIONAL JUSTICE AND EMPLOYEE REACTIONS UNDERSTANDING PEOPLE, TEAMS, AND CHANGE IN THE WORKPLACE ATTRIBUTION THEORY IN WORKPLACE BEHAVIOR PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR ATTITUDE FORMATION AND CHANGE UNDERSTANDING THE NATURE AND SCOPE OF ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR EMPLOYEE REACTIONS TO ORGANIZATIONAL DECISIONS HISTORICAL ROOTS AND EVOLUTION OF ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR CULTURAL VALUES AND WORKPLACE BEHAVIOR CORE DISCIPLINES INFLUENCING ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR ALIGNING PERSONAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL VALUES THE IMPORTANCE OF STUDYING HUMAN BEHAVIOR IN ORGANIZATIONS PART V: MOTIVATION AND REWARDS KEY TRENDS SHAPING MODERN ORGANIZATIONS MOTIVATION THEORIES AND THEIR ORGANIZATIONAL APPLICATIONS ORGANIZATIONAL GOALS AND EMPLOYEE ALIGNMENT INTRINSIC VS. EXTRINSIC MOTIVATION AT WORK ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT GOAL SETTING FOR EMPLOYEE MOTIVATION ETHICS AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN THE WORKPLACE DESIGNING MOTIVATING WORK ENVIRONMENTS THE ROLE OF ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR IN BUSINESS SUCCESS JOB ENRICHMENT AND EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT AN INTEGRATED MODEL OF ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR MOTIVATION THROUGH RECOGNITION AND FEEDBACK PART II: ORGANIZATIONAL ENVIRONMENT AND CHANGE LINKING MOTIVATION WITH PERFORMANCE OUTCOMES UNDERSTANDING THE EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT OF ORGANIZATIONS OVERCOMING DEMOTIVATION AND BURNOUT TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE AND INNOVATION IN THE WORKPLACE MOTIVATION ACROSS CULTURES GLOBALIZATION AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY IN ORGANIZATIONS CASE STUDIES IN MOTIVATIONAL STRATEGIES THE IMPACT OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL FACTORS ON ORGANIZATIONS PART VI: GROUPS, TEAMS, AND COLLABORATION ADAPTING TO ENVIRONMENTAL UNCERTAINTY UNDERSTANDING GROUP DYNAMICS IN THE WORKPLACE ORGANIZATIONAL RESPONSE TO MARKET CHANGES FORMAL VS. INFORMAL GROUPS ORGANIZATIONAL SUSTAINABILITY AND THE GREEN WORKPLACE TEAM DEVELOPMENT STAGES EMPLOYEE ADAPTABILITY AND RESILIENCE HIGH-PERFORMING TEAMS AND THEIR CHARACTERISTICS THE ROLE OF LEADERSHIP IN ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE TEAM ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES FUTURE DIRECTIONS IN ORGANIZATIONAL ENVIRONMENTS MANAGING TEAM CONFLICTS PART III: INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERISTICS AND BEHAVIOR INTERGROUP RELATIONS AND COLLABORATION PERSONALITY AND ITS INFLUENCE ON WORK BEHAVIOR DIVERSITY IN TEAMS AND INCLUSIVE PRACTICES THE ROLE OF ATTITUDES AND EMOTIONS IN THE WORKPLACE VIRTUAL TEAMS AND REMOTE COLLABORATION PSYCHOLOGICAL CONTRACTS IN EMPLOYMENT CASE STUDIES OF SUCCESSFUL TEAMWORK COGNITIVE STYLES AND JOB PERFORMANCE PART VII: DECISION MAKING, COMMUNICATION, AND CONFLICT LOCUS OF CONTROL AND ORGANIZATIONAL OUTCOMES TYPES OF ORGANIZATIONAL DECISIONS EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE IN PROFESSIONAL SETTINGS RATIONAL VS. BOUNDED RATIONALITY IN DECISION MAKING PERSONAL GOALS AND ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES GROUP DECISION-MAKING TECHNIQUES WORKPLACE DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION COMMON PITFALLS IN PROBLEM SOLVING GENERATIONAL DIFFERENCES IN THE WORKFORCE EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION PROCESSES IN ORGANIZATIONS SELF-AWARENESS AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT BARRIERS TO COMMUNICATION AND OVERCOMING THEM PART IV: PERCEPTION, VALUES, AND REACTIONS NONVERBAL AND CROSS-CULTURAL COMMUNICATION PERCEPTION PROCESSES IN THE ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT THE ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY IN ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION UNDERSTANDING CONFLICT TYPES AND CAUSES PART I: INTRODUCTION TO MARKETING STRATEGY CONFLICT RESOLUTION AND NEGOTIATION SKILLS UNDERSTANDING STRATEGIC MARKETING FUNDAMENTALS PART VIII: LEADERSHIP, POWER, AND POLITICS THE EVOLUTION AND ROLE OF MARKETING IN BUSINESS TRAIT AND BEHAVIORAL LEADERSHIP THEORIES STRATEGIC MARKETING IN A COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT SITUATIONAL AND CONTINGENCY LEADERSHIP APPROACHES ALIGNING MARKETING WITH BUSINESS OBJECTIVES TRANSFORMATIONAL AND TRANSACTIONAL LEADERSHIP STYLES THE MARKETING MIX: PRODUCT, PRICE, PLACE, PROMOTION SERVANT AND AUTHENTIC LEADERSHIP MODELS STRATEGIC MARKET ORIENTATION AND VALUE CREATION POWER DYNAMICS IN ORGANIZATIONS MARKETING STRATEGY IN THE DIGITAL ERA SOURCES OF ORGANIZATIONAL POWER THE ROLE OF INNOVATION IN STRATEGIC MARKETING INFLUENCE TACTICS AND THEIR EFFECTIVENESS STRATEGIC MARKETING PLANNING AND EXECUTION NAVIGATING OFFICE POLITICS ETHICALLY CASE STUDIES IN STRATEGIC MARKETING SUCCESS GENDER AND CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES ON LEADERSHIP PART II: MARKETING PLANNING AND STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS AND PRACTICES PLANNING MARKETING OBJECTIVES AND TACTICS PART IX: ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGN AND CULTURE STRUCTURING EFFECTIVE MARKETING PLANS FUNDAMENTALS OF ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE ORGANIZING FOR MARKETING EFFECTIVENESS TYPES OF ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGN RESOURCE ALLOCATION IN MARKETING STRATEGY CENTRALIZATION VS. DECENTRALIZATION STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT FORMALIZATION AND SPECIALIZATION IN ORGANIZATIONS MONITORING AND EVALUATING MARKETING PERFORMANCE THE ROLE OF ORGANIZATIONAL HIERARCHIES STRATEGIC CONTROL SYSTEMS IN MARKETING CREATING AND MANAGING ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE SWOT AND COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS FOR PLANNING SYMBOLS, RITUALS, AND VALUES IN CULTURE CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT IN MARKETING STRATEGY ALIGNING CULTURE WITH STRATEGY MARKETING STRATEGY IN GLOBAL CONTEXTS CULTURAL CHANGE AND LEADERSHIP’S ROLE PART III: THE MARKETING ENVIRONMENT CASE STUDIES IN ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGN AND CULTURE ANALYZING THE EXTERNAL MARKETING ENVIRONMENT PART X: CHANGE, INNOVATION, AND THE FUTURE OF WORK POLITICAL AND LEGAL FACTORS AFFECTING MARKETING THE NATURE OF ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE ECONOMIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL INFLUENCES FORCES DRIVING ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE SOCIAL AND CULTURAL TRENDS IN MARKETING MANAGING RESISTANCE TO CHANGE ECOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS MODELS OF CHANGE MANAGEMENT INTERNAL ORGANIZATIONAL ENVIRONMENT AND MARKETING THE ROLE OF COMMUNICATION IN CHANGE INITIATIVES ENVIRONMENTAL SCANNING TECHNIQUES LEADING ORGANIZATIONAL TRANSFORMATION STRATEGIC ADAPTATION TO MARKET CHANGES ENCOURAGING INNOVATION IN THE WORKPLACE COMPETITIVE FORCES AND INDUSTRY ANALYSIS CHANGE AGILITY AND THE MODERN WORKFORCE EMERGING GLOBAL MARKETING ENVIRONMENTS FUTURE TRENDS IN ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR PART IV: ETHICS, RESPONSIBILITY, AND RESEARCH BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE AND ADAPTIVE ORGANIZATION THE IMPORTANCE OF MARKETING ETHICS CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN MARKETING PRINCIPLES OF MARKETING ETHICAL CHALLENGES IN ADVERTISING AND PROMOTION CONSUMER RIGHTS AND FAIR MARKETING PRACTICES TITLE OF THE BOOK: PRINCIPLES OF MARKETING: STRATEGIES, SYSTEMS, LEGAL STANDARDS IN MARKETING ACTIVITIES AND CONSUMER CONNECTIONS CREATING AN ETHICAL MARKETING CULTURE INTRODUCTION TO MARKETING RESEARCH CHANNEL STRATEGY AND MANAGEMENT DATA COLLECTION METHODS IN MARKET RESEARCH LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAIN INTEGRATION ANALYZING AND INTERPRETING MARKETING DATA TRENDS IN SUPPLY CHAIN TECHNOLOGY BUILDING AND MANAGING MARKETING INFORMATION SYSTEMS EVALUATING CHANNEL PERFORMANCE PART V: TARGET MARKETS AND CONSUMER BEHAVIOR INTRODUCTION TO RETAILING UNDERSTANDING MARKET SEGMENTATION DIRECT AND DIGITAL RETAILING STRATEGIES CRITERIA FOR EFFECTIVE MARKET SEGMENTATION ROLE OF WHOLESALERS IN THE MARKETING SYSTEM MARKET TARGETING AND POSITIONING STRATEGIES EMERGING MODELS IN OMNICHANNEL RETAIL PSYCHOGRAPHIC, DEMOGRAPHIC, AND GEOGRAPHIC SEGMENTATION PART IX: INTEGRATED MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS EVALUATING AND SELECTING TARGET MARKETS THE ROLE OF PROMOTION IN MARKETING STRATEGY CONSUMER DECISION-MAKING PROCESS DESIGNING AN INTEGRATED COMMUNICATIONS PLAN PSYCHOLOGICAL INFLUENCES ON CONSUMER BEHAVIOR ELEMENTS OF THE PROMOTIONAL MIX CULTURAL AND SOCIAL INFLUENCES ON BUYING ADVERTISING OBJECTIVES AND STRATEGIES POST-PURCHASE BEHAVIOR AND CONSUMER SATISFACTION MEDIA PLANNING AND BUDGETING CURRENT TRENDS IN CONSUMER BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS PUBLIC RELATIONS AND BRAND REPUTATION PART VI: BUSINESS AND GLOBAL MARKETS EVENTS AND SPONSORSHIPS IN MARKETING CHARACTERISTICS OF BUSINESS MARKETS SALES PROMOTION TECHNIQUES AND TOOLS BUSINESS BUYING PROCESS AND PARTICIPANTS PERSONAL SELLING STRATEGIES AND SKILLS ORGANIZATIONAL BUYING VS. CONSUMER BUYING LEVERAGING INFLUENCERS AND WORD-OF-MOUTH MANAGING SUPPLIER RELATIONSHIPS PART X: PRICING STRATEGY AND EXECUTION INTRODUCTION TO GLOBAL MARKETING UNDERSTANDING THE ROLE OF PRICE IN MARKETING STRATEGIES FOR ENTERING GLOBAL MARKETS FACTORS INFLUENCING PRICING DECISIONS CULTURAL SENSITIVITY IN INTERNATIONAL MARKETING COST-BASED VS. VALUE-BASED PRICING POLITICAL AND LEGAL ISSUES IN GLOBAL MARKETS COMPETITIVE PRICING STRATEGIES GLOBAL MARKET TRENDS AND OPPORTUNITIES PSYCHOLOGICAL PRICING TECHNIQUES CASE STUDIES IN GLOBAL MARKET SUCCESS DYNAMIC AND PERSONALIZED PRICING PART VII: PRODUCT MANAGEMENT AND BRANDING DISCOUNTS, ALLOWANCES, AND INCENTIVES PRODUCT STRATEGY AND LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT LEGAL AND ETHICAL ISSUES IN PRICING IDENTIFYING AND MANAGING PRODUCT LINES PRICE SENSITIVITY AND DEMAND ANALYSIS DIFFERENTIATION AND POSITIONING OF PRODUCTS SETTING PRICES FOR INTERNATIONAL MARKETS ELEMENTS OF EFFECTIVE BRANDING DESIGNING EFFECTIVE PACKAGING BASIC GEOMETRY STRATEGIES FOR NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT MANAGING PRODUCT INNOVATION AND CHANGE TITLE OF THE BOOK: BASIC GEOMETRY: FOUNDATIONS, FIGURES, AND PRODUCT TESTING AND MARKET INTRODUCTION FORMS IN SPACE PRODUCT FAILURES AND RECOVERY STRATEGIES PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF GEOMETRY CASE STUDIES IN BRAND SUCCESS AND FAILURE UNDERSTANDING POINTS, LINES, AND PLANES PART VIII: DISTRIBUTION AND MARKETING CHANNELS TYPES OF ANGLES AND THEIR PROPERTIES DESIGNING MARKETING CHANNELS MEASURING AND CONSTRUCTING ANGLES FUNCTIONS AND TYPES OF INTERMEDIARIES ANGLE PAIR RELATIONSHIPS POSTULATES AND THEOREMS IN GEOMETRY UNDERSTANDING SIMILAR TRIANGLES IDENTIFYING AND NAMING GEOMETRIC FIGURES AA, SAS, AND SSS SIMILARITY THEOREMS THE LANGUAGE AND SYMBOLS OF GEOMETRY PROPORTIONS IN SIMILAR FIGURES TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES IN GEOMETRIC CONSTRUCTION SIMILARITY IN RIGHT TRIANGLES REAL-WORLD APPLICATIONS OF LINE AND ANGLE RELATIONSHIPS TRIANGLE PROPORTIONALITY THEOREM REVIEW OF BASIC GEOMETRIC CONCEPTS DILATIONS AND SCALE FACTORS PART II: EXPLORING PARALLELISM AND PERPENDICULARITY INDIRECT MEASUREMENT WITH SIMILAR TRIANGLES CHARACTERISTICS OF PARALLEL LINES SIMILARITY IN REAL-LIFE PROBLEMS TRANSVERSALS AND ANGLE RELATIONSHIPS SIMILARITY IN COORDINATE GEOMETRY PROVING LINES PARALLEL APPLICATIONS OF SIMILARITY IN DESIGN AND MAPPING THE CONVERSE OF PARALLEL LINE THEOREMS PART VI: CIRCLES AND ARCS APPLICATIONS OF PARALLEL AND PERPENDICULAR LINES DEFINITIONS AND PARTS OF A CIRCLE ANGLES IN POLYGONS FORMED BY PARALLEL LINES ARCS, CHORDS, AND CENTRAL ANGLES MIDPOINT AND DISTANCE IN PARALLEL CONTEXTS INSCRIBED ANGLES AND THEIR MEASURES SLOPES AND EQUATIONS OF PARALLEL AND PERPENDICULAR LINES TANGENTS TO CIRCLES PARALLELISM IN COORDINATE GEOMETRY ANGLE RELATIONSHIPS IN CIRCLES REAL-WORLD EXAMPLES OF PARALLEL LINES ARC LENGTH AND SECTOR AREA PART III: TRIANGLES AND THEIR PROPERTIES EQUATIONS OF CIRCLES IN COORDINATE GEOMETRY CLASSIFYING TRIANGLES CONSTRUCTIONS INVOLVING CIRCLES TRIANGLE ANGLE SUM THEOREM REAL-WORLD CIRCLE APPLICATIONS CONGRUENT TRIANGLES AND POSTULATES CIRCLE GEOMETRY REVIEW AND MASTERY PROVING TRIANGLE CONGRUENCE PART VII: LOCUS, CONCURRENCE, AND CONSTRUCTIONS TRIANGLE INEQUALITY THEOREM DEFINITION AND EXAMPLES OF LOCUS EXTERIOR ANGLES OF TRIANGLES GEOMETRIC PLACES AND PATHS SPECIAL SEGMENTS IN TRIANGLES COMMON LOCI IN TWO DIMENSIONS TRIANGLE CENTERS AND THEIR PROPERTIES LOCUS OF POINTS EQUIDISTANT FROM GIVEN ELEMENTS ISOSCELES AND EQUILATERAL TRIANGLES UNDERSTANDING CONCURRENCE REAL-WORLD APPLICATIONS OF TRIANGLE PROPERTIES CONSTRUCTING PERPENDICULAR BISECTORS AND ANGLE BISECTORS PART IV: QUADRILATERALS AND POLYGONS CONSTRUCTING MEDIANS AND ALTITUDES CLASSIFYING QUADRILATERALS GEOMETRIC DESIGN USING LOCI PROPERTIES OF PARALLELOGRAMS USING LOCUS IN REAL-WORLD SITUATIONS RHOMBUSES, RECTANGLES, AND SQUARES COMBINING CONSTRUCTIONS WITH LOCUS PROBLEMS TRAPEZOIDS AND KITES PART VIII: AREA AND SURFACE MEASUREMENT PROVING QUADRILATERAL PROPERTIES AREA OF TRIANGLES AND SPECIAL QUADRILATERALS INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR ANGLES OF POLYGONS AREA OF REGULAR POLYGONS SYMMETRY IN QUADRILATERALS AREA OF COMPOSITE FIGURES COORDINATE PROOFS WITH QUADRILATERALS CIRCLES: AREA AND SEGMENTS APPLICATIONS OF POLYGON PROPERTIES AREA USING TRIGONOMETRY COMPOSITE FIGURES USING QUADRILATERALS SURFACE AREA OF PRISMS AND CYLINDERS PART V: SIMILARITY IN GEOMETRY SURFACE AREA OF PYRAMIDS AND CONES SURFACE AREA OF SPHERES BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN GOVERNMENT AND THE PEOPLE REAL-WORLD AREA AND SURFACE APPLICATIONS PART II: PRINCIPLES OF GOOD GOVERNANCE AND DEMOCRACY PROBLEM SOLVING WITH AREA AND SURFACE FORMULAS UNDERSTANDING GOOD GOVERNANCE PART IX: SOLID GEOMETRY AND 3D SPACE TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN GOVERNMENT IDENTIFYING SOLID FIGURES CIVIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES VOLUME OF PRISMS AND CYLINDERS ROLE OF CITIZENS IN MONITORING GOVERNANCE VOLUME OF PYRAMIDS AND CONES PUBLIC TRUST AND ETHICAL LEADERSHIP VOLUME OF SPHERES AND HEMISPHERES GOVERNMENT STRUCTURES AND PROCESSES CROSS SECTIONS OF SOLIDS THE ROLE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN COMMUNITY SERVICE NETS OF 3D SHAPES PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN DECISION-MAKING VISUALIZATION AND SKETCHING OF SOLIDS GRASSROOTS ENGAGEMENT AND ADVOCACY 3D GEOMETRY IN ARCHITECTURE AND ENGINEERING PROMOTING A CULTURE OF GOOD GOVERNANCE SURFACE AREA VS VOLUME IN OPTIMIZATION PART III: POLITICAL INTEGRITY AND ELECTORAL LITERACY MODELING REAL-WORLD PROBLEMS WITH SOLIDS UNDERSTANDING ELECTORAL SYSTEMS PART X: COORDINATE AND TRIGONOMETRIC GEOMETRY THE POWER OF THE VOTE THE COORDINATE PLANE AND DISTANCE FORMULA GUARDING THE BALLOT: VOTER’S RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES MIDPOINT AND SLOPE FORMULAS COMMON ELECTORAL MALPRACTICES EQUATIONS OF LINES IN GEOMETRY SAFEGUARDING THE POLITICAL PROCESS APPLYING GEOMETRY IN COORDINATE PROOFS PROMOTING ELECTORAL REFORMS BASICS OF TRIGONOMETRY IN TRIANGLES THE ROLE OF NSTP IN ELECTORAL AWARENESS USING SINE, COSINE, AND TANGENT YOUTH PARTICIPATION IN POLITICS SOLVING RIGHT TRIANGLES CIVIC EDUCATION AND POLITICAL LITERACY TRIGONOMETRIC APPLICATIONS IN REAL LIFE CREATING AN INFORMED ELECTORATE COMBINING TRIGONOMETRY WITH GEOMETRY PART IV: BUILDING DYNAMIC AND RESILIENT COMMUNITIES GEOMETRY REVIEW AND CUMULATIVE APPLICATIONS UNDERSTANDING COMMUNITY DYNAMICS ELEMENTS OF A THRIVING COMMUNITY NATIONAL SERVICE TRAINING PROGRAM 2 – CWTS PARTICIPATORY GOVERNANCE IN LOCAL COMMUNITIES ROLE OF NGOS AND CIVIC GROUPS TITLE OF THE BOOK: NATIONAL SERVICE TRAINING PROGRAM 2 – CWTS: ORGANIZING COMMUNITY-BASED PROJECTS EMPOWERING CITIZENSHIP AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT CULTURAL SENSITIVITY IN COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF CIVIC ENGAGEMENT CONDUCTING COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT UNDERSTANDING NATIONAL SERVICE TRAINING PROGRAM 2 CONFLICT RESOLUTION AND COMMUNITY MEDIATION THE ROLE OF CITIZENS IN NATION-BUILDING CAPACITY BUILDING FOR COMMUNITY LEADERS IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNITY WELFARE IN NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT THROUGH COLLABORATION BASIC CONCEPTS OF CIVIC WELFARE TRAINING SERVICE PART V: ADDRESSING SOCIAL AND MORAL ISSUES VOLUNTEERISM AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY UNDERSTANDING CHILD ABUSE: CAUSES AND EFFECTS EMPOWERMENT THROUGH CIVIC ACTION THE ROLE OF SOCIETY IN PROTECTING CHILDREN THE SPIRIT OF PUBLIC SERVICE PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION PROGRAMS HISTORY AND MANDATE OF NSTP THE IMPACT OF PORNOGRAPHY ON YOUTH ROLES OF YOUTH IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT MEDIA, MORALITY, AND RESPONSIBILITY CREATING AWARENESS ON PORNOGRAPHY AND ITS DANGERS SPORTS AND TEAM-BUILDING IN CIVIC WORK VALUES EDUCATION IN NSTP ART, MUSIC, AND CULTURE AS TOOLS FOR ADVOCACY MORAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH CIVIC ENGAGEMENT MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS IN CIVIC ENGAGEMENT YOUTH AS ADVOCATES FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT AND LEADERSHIP COMMUNITY EDUCATION AND CAMPAIGNS BUILDING CONFIDENCE AND PUBLIC SPEAKING SKILLS PART VI: CONFRONTING NATIONAL CHALLENGES STRENGTHENING EMPATHY AND INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS UNDERSTANDING POPULATION EXPLOSION TIME MANAGEMENT AND PERSONAL DISCIPLINE EFFECTS OF OVERPOPULATION ON SOCIETY NSTP AS A PLATFORM FOR PERSONAL GROWTH POPULATION MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS REAL-LIFE SUCCESS STORIES FROM CWTS ALUMNI THE DRUG MENACE: CAUSES AND EFFECTS PART X: THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH EXPERIENCE REHABILITATION AND REINTEGRATION PROGRAMS PLANNING A COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAM YOUTH ADVOCACY AGAINST DRUG ABUSE MOBILIZING RESOURCES AND STAKEHOLDERS POLLUTION: TYPES, CAUSES, AND EFFECTS IDENTIFYING BENEFICIARIES AND ASSESSING NEEDS ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS AND POLICIES DESIGNING SUSTAINABLE PROGRAMS SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS TO POLLUTION IMPLEMENTING COMMUNITY PROJECTS CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY IN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION MONITORING AND EVALUATION OF OUTREACH ACTIVITIES PART VII: PROMOTING SOCIAL JUSTICE AND ETHICAL PRACTICE DOCUMENTING CIVIC ACTIVITIES UNDERSTANDING UNEMPLOYMENT AND ITS IMPACTS COMMUNITY REFLECTION AND FEEDBACK SESSIONS JOB CREATION STRATEGIES RECOGNIZING VOLUNTEER CONTRIBUTIONS SKILL DEVELOPMENT FOR EMPLOYMENT CONTINUING THE LEGACY OF SERVICE BEYOND NSTP ADDRESSING GRAFT AND CORRUPTION THE CULTURE OF CORRUPTION IN PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS NATIONAL SERVICE TRAINING PROGRAM 2 – LTS ANTI-CORRUPTION LAWS AND MEASURES CIVIC MOVEMENTS AGAINST CORRUPTION TITLE OF THE BOOK: NATIONAL SERVICE TRAINING PROGRAM 2 – LTS: THE ROLE OF MEDIA IN EXPOSING CORRUPTION LITERACY, LEADERSHIP, AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTION AND ETHICS PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF SERVICE AND CITIZENSHIP CULTIVATING A CULTURE OF INTEGRITY INTRODUCTION TO NSTP 2 – LTS PART VIII: ENVIRONMENTAL DEVELOPMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY OBJECTIVES AND CORE PRINCIPLES OF LITERACY TRAINING SERVICE CONCEPT OF ENVIRONMENTAL DEVELOPMENT THE ROLE OF STUDENTS IN NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT THE ROLE OF THE COMMUNITY IN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION THE SPIRIT OF VOLUNTEERISM AND PUBLIC SERVICE COMMUNITY GARDENING AND URBAN FARMING NSTP IN THE CONTEXT OF CIVIC EDUCATION REFORESTATION AND GREENING PROGRAMS LEGAL FOUNDATIONS AND INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORKS WASTE SEGREGATION AND RECYCLING INITIATIVES CITIZENSHIP AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND PREPAREDNESS BRIDGING LITERACY AND EMPOWERMENT ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS DEVELOPING A CIVIC-MINDED IDENTITY PROMOTING RENEWABLE ENERGY IN COMMUNITIES SERVICE AS A LIFELONG COMMITMENT WATER AND ENERGY CONSERVATION PART II: CITIZEN’S VALUES FORMATION SUSTAINABILITY AND CLIMATE ACTION UNDERSTANDING FILIPINO VALUES PART IX: HOLISTIC DEVELOPMENT THROUGH CIVIC INVOLVEMENT ETHICS IN PUBLIC SERVICE RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR YOUTH DEVELOPMENT FOSTERING RESPECT AND COMPASSION STRENGTHENING INTEGRITY AND HONESTY PART VI: COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT AND NEEDS ANALYSIS EMPATHY AND SOCIAL AWARENESS IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNITY PROFILING ROLE OF VALUES IN COMMUNITY WORK GATHERING PRIMARY AND SECONDARY DATA BUILDING UNITY AND SOCIAL COHESION IDENTIFYING LITERACY NEEDS IN COMMUNITIES TEACHING VALUES THROUGH LITERACY PARTICIPATORY RURAL APPRAISAL TECHNIQUES CASE STUDIES ON VALUES-BASED PROJECTS CONDUCTING INTERVIEWS AND FOCUS GROUPS INTEGRATING MORAL LESSONS IN TEACHING DATA ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION PART III: NATIONALISM AND PATRIOTISM PRIORITIZING COMMUNITY ISSUES DEFINING NATIONALISM AND PATRIOTISM MAPPING COMMUNITY ASSETS PHILIPPINE HISTORY AND CIVIC IDENTITY WRITING A COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT REPORT PROMOTING NATIONAL PRIDE IN LITERACY PROGRAMS DESIGNING LITERACY PROJECTS BASED ON NEEDS CELEBRATING CULTURE AND HERITAGE PART VII: BASIC LITERACY TRAINING PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION LANGUAGE AS A TOOL FOR NATIONAL UNITY GOALS OF THE BASIC LITERACY PROGRAM TEACHING LOVE FOR COUNTRY THROUGH LITERACY CURRICULUM PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT HEROES AND THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS DESIGNING AGE-APPROPRIATE LESSONS NATIONAL SYMBOLS AND WHAT THEY REPRESENT LANGUAGE, READING, AND WRITING BASICS SOCIAL JUSTICE AND THE FILIPINO STRUGGLE NUMERACY FOR BEGINNERS STRENGTHENING NATIONAL IDENTITY THROUGH EDUCATION FUNCTIONAL LITERACY FOR ADULTS PART IV: LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT IN LTS CULTURALLY SENSITIVE TEACHING MATERIALS QUALITIES OF EFFECTIVE COMMUNITY LEADERS SETTING LEARNING OBJECTIVES AND OUTCOMES DEVELOPING PERSONAL LEADERSHIP STYLES INCLUSIVE EDUCATION IN COMMUNITY SETTINGS ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES IN A TEAM IMPLEMENTING PILOT LITERACY SESSIONS TIME MANAGEMENT AND PRIORITIZATION PART VIII: THEORIES OF LEARNING ORGANIZING VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES INTRODUCTION TO EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY CONFLICT RESOLUTION AND TEAM DYNAMICS BEHAVIORIST LEARNING THEORIES PROJECT PLANNING FOR LITERACY PROGRAMS COGNITIVE LEARNING THEORIES LEADERSHIP IN DIVERSE COMMUNITY SETTINGS CONSTRUCTIVIST APPROACHES MOTIVATING AND INSPIRING OTHERS MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES THEORY EVALUATING LEADERSHIP OUTCOMES LEARNING STYLES AND PREFERENCES PART V: SOCIAL MOBILIZATION AND COLLABORATION MOTIVATION AND CLASSROOM ENGAGEMENT WHAT IS SOCIAL MOBILIZATION? CHILD-CENTERED TEACHING MODELS BUILDING STRATEGIC COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS SOCIO-EMOTIONAL LEARNING MOBILIZING STAKEHOLDERS FOR LITERACY PROJECTS APPLYING LEARNING THEORIES IN LTS ROLES OF NGOS, LGUS, AND COMMUNITY LEADERS PART IX: LTS TEACHING STRATEGIES CREATING CAMPAIGNS FOR LITERACY AWARENESS INTERACTIVE AND PARTICIPATORY TEACHING ENCOURAGING VOLUNTEER PARTICIPATION USE OF VISUAL, AUDIO, AND TACTILE AIDS MANAGING RESOURCES EFFECTIVELY STORYTELLING AND ROLE-PLAYING TECHNIQUES ENGAGING SCHOOLS AND PARENTS COLLABORATIVE AND COOPERATIVE LEARNING CASE STUDIES IN EFFECTIVE SOCIAL MOBILIZATION SCAFFOLDING AND DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION SUSTAINING COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT ENCOURAGING CRITICAL THINKING AND REFLECTION GAMES AND ACTIVITIES FOR LEARNING SAFETY AT SEA AND PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES ASSESSMENT AND FEEDBACK METHODS SEAMANSHIP PRACTICAL EXERCISES CREATING INCLUSIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS PART III: NAVAL ENGINEERING AND DAMAGE CONTROL CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT IN TEACHING PRACTICE OVERVIEW OF NAVAL ENGINEERING SYSTEMS PART X: TEACHING RESOURCES AND DAY CARE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS POWER PLANT AND PROPULSION SYSTEMS DEVELOPING TEACHING AIDS FOR DAY CARE AUXILIARY MACHINERY AND SUPPORT SYSTEMS VISUAL MATERIALS AND CHARTS ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS ABOARD SHIPS STORYBOOKS AND ACTIVITY SHEETS DAMAGE CONTROL ORGANIZATION AND PROCEDURES SONGS, RHYMES, AND MOVEMENT ACTIVITIES FIREFIGHTING ABOARD SHIPS PUPPETS AND DRAMATIC PLAY TOOLS FLOODING CONTROL AND WATERTIGHT INTEGRITY WRITING MATERIALS AND TRACING GUIDES MAINTENANCE OF ENGINEERING EQUIPMENT BASIC MATH GAMES AND LEARNING TOYS EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROCEDURES ORGANIZING A DAY CARE TEACHING SCHEDULE DRILLS ON DAMAGE CONTROL AND ENGINEERING CHILD SAFETY AND CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT PART IV: ORDNANCE AND GUNNERY SYSTEMS EVALUATING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF MATERIALS INTRODUCTION TO NAVAL WEAPONS SYSTEMS NAVAL ARMAMENTS AND CLASSIFICATIONS NATIONAL SERVICE TRAINING PROGRAM 2 – ROTC GUN MOUNTS AND TURRET OPERATIONS AMMUNITION STORAGE AND HANDLING TITLE OF THE BOOK: NATIONAL SERVICE TRAINING PROGRAM 2 – ROTC: BALLISTICS AND FIRE CONTROL SYSTEMS NAVAL AND MARINE FOUNDATIONS FOR FUTURE DEFENDERS SAFETY PROCEDURES IN GUNNERY PART I: NAVAL ORGANIZATION AND STRUCTURE MARKSMANSHIP AND SMALL ARMS TRAINING INTRODUCTION TO ROTC AND NAVAL ORIENTATION MISSILES AND TORPEDO SYSTEMS OVERVIEW HISTORY AND EVOLUTION OF THE NAVY NAVAL MINE WARFARE NAVAL CHAIN OF COMMAND AND HIERARCHY WEAPONS MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF NAVAL PERSONNEL PART V: NAVAL OPERATIONS AND STRATEGY TYPES OF NAVAL UNITS AND COMMANDS NAVAL OPERATIONAL DOCTRINE AND CONCEPTS NAVAL TERMINOLOGIES AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS AMPHIBIOUS OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT CUSTOMS, COURTESIES, AND MILITARY DISCIPLINE ANTI-SUBMARINE WARFARE FUNDAMENTALS RANKS, RATINGS, AND INSIGNIAS SURFACE WARFARE STRATEGIES NAVAL BASES AND THEIR STRATEGIC ROLES ELECTRONIC WARFARE AND CYBERSECURITY NAVAL TRADITIONS AND VALUES NAVAL PATROL AND SURVEILLANCE OPERATIONS PART II: FOUNDATIONS OF SEAMANSHIP MARITIME SECURITY AND ANTI-PIRACY INTRODUCTION TO SEAMANSHIP SEARCH AND RESCUE AT SEA PARTS OF A SHIP AND TERMINOLOGIES JOINT OPERATIONS WITH OTHER SERVICES ROPES, KNOTS, AND LINES ROLE OF NAVAL OPERATIONS IN NATIONAL DEFENSE ANCHORING AND MOORING TECHNIQUES PART VI: MARINE OPERATIONS AND TACTICS BASIC SHIP HANDLING MARINE CORPS STRUCTURE AND ORGANIZATION RULES OF THE ROAD AT SEA HISTORY AND ROLE OF THE MARINE CORPS COMPASS READING AND NAVIGATION BASICS AMPHIBIOUS LANDINGS AND ASSAULTS WEATHER AND OCEAN CONDITIONS BASIC INFANTRY TACTICS LAND NAVIGATION AND FIELD MOVEMENT SUMMARY OF NAVAL AND MARINE TRAINING USE OF COVER, CAMOUFLAGE, AND CONCEALMENT SCENARIO-BASED LEADERSHIP TRAINING JUNGLE AND URBAN WARFARE BASICS NAVAL TACTICAL EXERCISES SQUAD AND PLATOON MANEUVERS LIVE DEMONSTRATIONS AND SIMULATIONS COORDINATION WITH NAVAL AND AIR UNITS FIELD TRAINING EXERCISES AND EVALUATIONS TRAINING FOR COMBAT READINESS ROTC ANNUAL TACTICAL INSPECTION PREPARATION PART VII: SHIPBOARD FAMILIARIZATION AND LIFE AT SEA ROTC GRADUATION AND RECOGNITION PROGRAMS TYPES OF NAVAL VESSELS AND THEIR ROLES PREPARING FOR ADVANCED ROTC AND COMMISSIONING TOUR OF A TYPICAL NAVAL SHIP PATHWAYS TO THE NAVAL RESERVE OR REGULAR FORCE WATCHKEEPING DUTIES AND SCHEDULES REFLECTIONS ON ROTC EXPERIENCE AND NATIONAL SERVICE SHIPBOARD ROUTINE AND DISCIPLINE LIVING QUARTERS AND FACILITIES ONBOARD BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE MESS OPERATIONS AND FOOD SUPPLY MEDICAL SUPPORT AND FIRST AID AT SEA TITLE OF THE BOOK: BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE: THE LIVING WORLD EXPLAINED WASTE DISPOSAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF BIOLOGY MORALE AND WELFARE ACTIVITIES ONBOARD THE NATURE AND SCOPE OF BIOLOGY CULTURAL AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES AT SEA SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY AND BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH PART VIII: NAVAL DRILLS AND CEREMONIAL TRADITIONS THE CHEMICAL BASIS OF LIFE INTRODUCTION TO MILITARY DRILLS WATER AND LIFE-SUSTAINING PROPERTIES BASIC FORMATIONS AND MOVEMENTS BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES SALUTING AND REPORTING PROCEDURES CELLULAR ORGANIZATION MARCHING COMMANDS AND EXECUTION TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES IN BIOLOGY PARADE AND REVIEW PROTOCOLS CELL MEMBRANES AND TRANSPORT FLAG CEREMONIES AND HONORS PROKARYOTIC AND EUKARYOTIC CELL COMPARISON CONDUCTING CHANGE OF COMMAND CEREMONIES THE ORIGIN OF LIFE AND THE CELL THEORY HONOR GUARDS AND FUNERAL CEREMONIES PART II: ENERGY, METABOLISM, AND THE CELL MANUAL OF ARMS AND RIFLE DRILLS METABOLISM AND ENZYMES EVALUATION AND INSPECTION OF DRILLS ATP AND ENERGY TRANSFER PART IX: ROTC LEADERSHIP AND COMMUNITY SERVICE PHOTOSYNTHESIS: LIGHT-DEPENDENT REACTIONS LEADERSHIP IN A MILITARY CONTEXT PHOTOSYNTHESIS: THE CALVIN CYCLE BUILDING TEAM COHESION AND RESPONSIBILITY CELLULAR RESPIRATION: GLYCOLYSIS MILITARY ETHICS AND PROFESSIONALISM KREBS CYCLE AND ELECTRON TRANSPORT CHAIN COMMUNICATION AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION FERMENTATION AND ANAEROBIC RESPIRATION ROTC CADET CHAIN OF COMMAND METABOLIC PATHWAYS INTEGRATION PLANNING ROTC ACTIVITIES AND PROJECTS ENERGY FLOW IN BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS ORGANIZING COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAMS EFFICIENCY OF ENERGY CONVERSION DISASTER RESPONSE AND HUMANITARIAN MISSIONS PART III: GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY ROTC ROLES IN CIVIL-MILITARY OPERATIONS DNA: STRUCTURE AND DISCOVERY PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT AND CAREER PLANNING DNA REPLICATION PART X: INTEGRATION, APPLICATION, AND ADVANCEMENT THE GENETIC CODE AND PROTEIN SYNTHESIS RNA STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION PART VII: PLANTS AND FUNGI TRANSCRIPTION IN DETAIL PLANT KINGDOM OVERVIEW TRANSLATION AND RIBOSOME FUNCTION EVOLUTION OF NON-VASCULAR PLANTS GENE REGULATION IN PROKARYOTES SEEDLESS VASCULAR PLANTS GENE EXPRESSION IN EUKARYOTES GYMNOSPERMS AND ANGIOSPERMS MUTATIONS AND THEIR EFFECTS PLANT ANATOMY AND TISSUES GENETIC ENGINEERING AND CRISPR TRANSPORT IN PLANTS: XYLEM AND PHLOEM PART IV: CELL DIVISION AND INHERITANCE PLANT NUTRITION AND SOIL INTERACTIONS THE CELL CYCLE FLOWERING AND POLLINATION MITOSIS AND CYTOKINESIS SEED DEVELOPMENT AND DISPERSAL MEIOSIS AND GENETIC VARIATION INTRODUCTION TO FUNGI MENDEL’S LAWS OF INHERITANCE PART VIII: ANIMALS AND PHYSIOLOGY PUNNETT SQUARES AND PROBABILITY INVERTEBRATE DIVERSITY INCOMPLETE DOMINANCE AND CODOMINANCE CHORDATE CHARACTERISTICS SEX-LINKED TRAITS FISH, AMPHIBIANS, AND REPTILES PEDIGREE ANALYSIS BIRDS AND MAMMALS GENETIC DISORDERS IN HUMANS ANIMAL TISSUE TYPES ADVANCES IN GENETIC TESTING NERVOUS SYSTEM STRUCTURE PART V: EVOLUTION AND DIVERSITY BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD FUNCTION DARWIN’S THEORY OF NATURAL SELECTION HORMONES AND GLANDS MECHANISMS OF EVOLUTION MUSCLES AND SKELETON SPECIATION AND EXTINCTION HUMAN ORGAN SYSTEMS OVERVIEW FOSSIL RECORD AND TRANSITIONAL FORMS PART IX: HOMEOSTASIS AND THE HUMAN BODY MOLECULAR EVIDENCE FOR EVOLUTION CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM AND BLOOD CLASSIFICATION AND TAXONOMY THE IMMUNE SYSTEM AND IMMUNITY EVOLUTIONARY TREES AND PHYLOGENETICS RESPIRATORY SYSTEM FUNCTION ORIGIN OF LIFE HYPOTHESES DIGESTIVE SYSTEM AND NUTRIENT ABSORPTION EARLY LIFE ON EARTH EXCRETORY SYSTEM AND WASTE REMOVAL MAJOR EVOLUTIONARY TRANSITIONS REGULATION OF BODY TEMPERATURE PART VI: MICROORGANISMS AND PROTISTS HUMAN REPRODUCTION SYSTEM VIRUSES: STRUCTURE AND REPLICATION STAGES OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT BACTERIA AND ARCHAEA ENDOCRINE FEEDBACK MECHANISMS BACTERIAL REPRODUCTION AND GENETICS DISORDERS AND DISEASES OF THE HUMAN BODY ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE PART X: ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT ROLES OF MICROBES IN THE ENVIRONMENT INTRODUCTION TO ECOLOGY INTRODUCTION TO PROTISTS POPULATION GROWTH MODELS PROTIST CLASSIFICATION AND FEATURES INTERACTIONS WITHIN COMMUNITIES ALGAE AND PHOTOSYNTHETIC PROTISTS BIODIVERSITY AND SPECIES RICHNESS PROTOZOANS AND DISEASE FOOD CHAINS AND WEBS PROTISTS IN ECOSYSTEMS NUTRIENT CYCLES: CARBON AND NITROGEN THE WATER CYCLE AND CLIMATE EFFECTS MUSICAL CHAIRS AND RHYTHM RACES BIOMES AND ECOSYSTEMS RHYTHM IMPROVISATION GAMES HUMAN IMPACT ON THE BIOSPHERE PART IV: AEROBICS AND FITNESS THROUGH DANCE CONSERVATION BIOLOGY AND SUSTAINABILITY FOUNDATIONS OF AEROBIC DANCE DANCE WARM-UPS FOR FITNESS RHYTHMIC ACTIVITIES AND DANCE LOW-IMPACT AEROBIC ROUTINES HIGH-INTENSITY DANCE FITNESS TITLE OF THE BOOK: THE PULSE OF MOVEMENT: A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE DANCE CIRCUIT WORKOUTS TO RHYTHMIC ACTIVITIES AND DANCE STRETCHING WITH RHYTHM PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF RHYTHM AND MOVEMENT COMBINING FITNESS GOALS WITH CHOREOGRAPHY INTRODUCTION TO RHYTHMIC ACTIVITIES AND DANCE CREATING PERSONAL FITNESS ROUTINES PHILOSOPHY AND OBJECTIVES OF A DANCE PROGRAM DANCE FOR CARDIO ENDURANCE THE IMPORTANCE OF RHYTHM IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION MONITORING PROGRESS IN DANCE FITNESS PLANNING AND STRUCTURING A DANCE CURRICULUM PART V: LINE DANCES AND GROUP CHOREOGRAPHY SAFETY AND WARM-UP CONSIDERATIONS INTRODUCTION TO LINE DANCE MUSIC SELECTION AND TEMPO AWARENESS BASIC STEPS AND PATTERNS BASIC MOVEMENT PATTERNS POPULAR LINE DANCES EXPLAINED COORDINATION AND TIMING SKILLS COUNTRY LINE DANCES TECHNIQUES FOR TEACHING RHYTHM LATIN-INSPIRED LINE DANCES ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION IN DANCE CREATIVE LINE DANCE COMBINATIONS PART II: ICEBREAKERS AND GROUP ENERGIZERS TEACHING LINE DANCE TO BEGINNERS THE ROLE OF ICEBREAKERS IN DANCE SETTINGS SYNCHRONIZATION IN GROUP MOVEMENT SIMPLE NAME GAMES WITH MOVEMENT CHOREOGRAPHING YOUR OWN LINE DANCE RHYTHM-BASED INTRODUCTION GAMES LINE DANCE FOR DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS COOPERATIVE MOVEMENT ACTIVITIES PART VI: CELEBRATING CULTURE THROUGH FOLK DANCES CIRCLE ICEBREAKERS THE VALUE OF FOLK DANCE IN EDUCATION CREATIVE EXPRESSION ACTIVITIES FILIPINO FOLK DANCES PARTNERING EXERCISES ASIAN FOLK DANCE TRADITIONS MOVEMENT WITH PROPS EUROPEAN FOLK DANCE STYLES TEAM BUILDING THROUGH RHYTHM LATIN AMERICAN FOLK DANCES TRANSITIONING FROM ICEBREAKERS TO STRUCTURED DANCE AFRICAN RHYTHMS AND DANCES PART III: RHYTHMIC GAMES AND CREATIVE ACTIVITIES TEACHING CULTURAL APPRECIATION THROUGH DANCE INTRODUCTION TO RHYTHMIC GAMES ATTIRE AND MUSIC IN FOLK DANCE HAND-CLAP PATTERNS AND GAMES STORYTELLING THROUGH FOLK MOVEMENT BODY PERCUSSION ACTIVITIES PLANNING A FOLK DANCE SHOWCASE CREATIVE MOVEMENT CHALLENGES PART VII: MIXERS AND SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT THROUGH DANCE CALL-AND-RESPONSE GAMES UNDERSTANDING DANCE MIXERS IMITATION AND FOLLOW-THE-LEADER ICEBREAKER MIXERS FOR NEW GROUPS RHYTHM TAG AND CHASE GAMES MUSICAL PARTNER MIXERS FREEZE DANCE VARIATIONS TRAVELING LINE MIXERS GROUP PATTERN MIXERS BASIC THEOLOGY CREATING INCLUSIVE DANCE ENVIRONMENTS MIXERS FOR LARGE GROUP SETTINGS TITLE OF THE BOOK: FOUNDATIONS OF BASIC THEOLOGY: UNDERSTANDING IMPROVISED MIXER GAMES SCRIPTURE, SALVATION, AND SPIRITUAL WARFARE MIXER ETIQUETTE AND SAFETY PART I: THE DIVINE WORD OF GOD MAKING MIXERS FUN AND EDUCATIONAL EXPLORING THE ORIGIN OF THE BIBLE PART VIII: SQUARE DANCING AND CLOGGING TRADITIONS UNDERSTANDING THE SUPERIORITY OF THE BIBLE ORIGINS OF SQUARE DANCE UNVEILING THE COMPLETE MESSAGE OF THE BIBLE BASIC SQUARE DANCE TERMINOLOGY METHODS FOR EFFECTIVE BIBLE STUDY LEARNING THE CALLER’S ROLE STUDYING THE BIBLE WITH REVELATION AND INSIGHT POPULAR SQUARE DANCE FORMATIONS THE BIBLE AS THE ULTIMATE AUTHORITY TRANSITIONING INTO CLOGGING INTERPRETING SCRIPTURE THROUGH THE SPIRIT BASIC CLOGGING TECHNIQUES DISCERNING TRUTH AND ERROR IN SCRIPTURE SYNCOPATION AND FOOTWORK THE ROLE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IN UNDERSTANDING THE BIBLE CREATING GROUP CHOREOGRAPHY APPLYING BIBLICAL TRUTH IN DAILY LIFE COSTUMES AND PERFORMANCES PART II: SALVATION AND THE NEW BIRTH HOSTING SQUARE DANCE EVENTS THE CONCEPT OF THE NEW BIRTH PART IX: EXPLORING THE WORLD OF SOCIAL DANCES THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE NEW BIRTH IN A CHRISTIAN’S LIFE HISTORY OF SOCIAL DANCE FORMS SPIRITUAL TRANSFORMATION THROUGH THE NEW BIRTH WALTZ AND THE ART OF GRACE THE ROLE OF GRACE IN THE NEW BIRTH SWING DANCE TECHNIQUES THE EVIDENCE OF A CHANGED LIFE THE SALSA EXPERIENCE BEING BORN AGAIN: BIBLICAL INSIGHTS TANGO: RHYTHM AND PASSION FROM DARKNESS TO LIGHT: A NEW CREATION CHA-CHA AND LATIN STYLES THE HOLY SPIRIT AND REGENERATION BALLROOM ETIQUETTE AND PRACTICE ASSURANCE OF SALVATION TEACHING SOCIAL DANCE TO BEGINNERS LIVING AS A NEW CREATION SOCIAL DANCE FOR CONFIDENCE BUILDING PART III: PRAYER AND ETERNAL DESTINY PLANNING SOCIAL DANCE EVENTS UNDERSTANDING ETERNAL DESTINATIONS PART X: PERFORMANCE, INTEGRATION, AND EXPRESSION HEAVEN AND HELL IN BIBLICAL THEOLOGY PREPARING FOR DANCE RECITALS HOW TO RECEIVE ANSWERED PRAYER COSTUME AND STAGE DESIGN PRINCIPLES FOR EFFECTIVE PRAYER THE ROLE OF EXPRESSION AND EMOTION PRAYING IN THE WILL OF GOD GROUP DYNAMICS AND STAGE PRESENCE THE POWER OF INTERCESSORY PRAYER CROSS-CURRICULAR CONNECTIONS IN DANCE FAITH-FILLED PRAYERS THAT AVAIL MUCH INTEGRATING DANCE INTO THE SCHOOL CURRICULUM HINDRANCES TO ANSWERED PRAYER COMMUNITY DANCE PROGRAMS LEARNING FROM THE PRAYERS OF JESUS EVALUATING PERFORMANCE AND GROWTH BUILDING A LIFESTYLE OF PRAYER PROMOTING LIFELONG APPRECIATION FOR DANCE PART IV: FAITH AND CHRISTIAN CHARACTER REFLECTING ON THE JOURNEY THROUGH RHYTHM WHAT IS SAVING FAITH? LIVING BY FAITH DAILY THE FRUIT OF TRUE FAITH APOSTASY AND ITS CONSEQUENCES FAITH VS. WORKS: A BIBLICAL VIEW PART VIII: BIBLICAL PATTERNS OF SUCCESS STRENGTHENING YOUR FAITH IN TRIALS UNPARALLELED SUCCESS: A KINGDOM PERSPECTIVE GROWING IN FAITH THROUGH THE WORD THE ABRAHAMIC SUCCESS PARADIGM THE POWER OF TESTIMONIES IN BUILDING FAITH FAITH, OBEDIENCE, AND PROSPERITY IN ABRAHAM FAITH AND SPIRITUAL AUTHORITY THE DAVIDIC SUCCESS PARADIGM WALKING BY FAITH, NOT BY SIGHT THE HEART AFTER GOD IN LEADERSHIP FAITH THAT PLEASES GOD THE SOLOMONIC SUCCESS PARADIGM PART V: IDENTIFYING AND OVERCOMING SIN WISDOM AND WEALTH: A BALANCE IN SOLOMON THE SIN OF IMMORALITY COMPARING EARTHLY VS. KINGDOM SUCCESS THE SINS OF THE TONGUE: GOSSIP AND SLANDER GOD’S DEFINITION OF PROSPERITY THE SIN OF ACCUSATION APPLYING BIBLICAL SUCCESS IN MODERN LIFE CHARACTERISTICS OF ACCUSERS PART IX: THE ENEMY AND HIS DEVICES SPIRITUAL DAMAGE CAUSED BY ACCUSATION THE ATTRIBUTES AND NAMES OF SATAN THE POWER OF ACCUSATION IN THE BIBLE UNDERSTANDING SATAN’S NATURE AND GOALS SILENCING THE ACCUSER THROUGH CHRIST THE WORKS OF SATAN THROUGHOUT SCRIPTURE THE SIN OF HYPOCRISY IN THE CHURCH RECOGNIZING THE ENEMY’S STRATEGIES THE SIN OF UNFORGIVENESS SIGNS OF DEMONIC ACTIVITY WALKING IN RIGHTEOUSNESS AND PURITY THE NATURE OF DEMONS ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE PART VI: RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD AND CHRISTIAN PRIORITIES HOW DEMONS OPERATE DEVELOPING A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD EXPOSING THE LIES OF THE ENEMY KNOWING GOD THROUGH HIS WORD HOW TO STAND AGAINST THE DEVIL WALKING IN INTIMACY WITH THE FATHER ARMOR OF GOD AND SPIRITUAL VICTORY SPENDING TIME IN GOD’S PRESENCE PART X: DELIVERANCE, FREEDOM, AND VICTORY HEARING GOD’S VOICE THE STRATEGY OF DEMONS OBEDIENCE AS A SIGN OF RELATIONSHIP HOW STRONGHOLDS ARE BUILT KEY PRIORITIES FOR EVERY CHRISTIAN BREAKING DOWN STRONGHOLDS THROUGH TRUTH LIVING A CHRIST-CENTERED LIFE DELIVERANCE THROUGH THE WORD AND SPIRIT PURSUING HOLINESS AND PURPOSE AUTHORITY OF THE BELIEVER DISCIPLESHIP AND DAILY DEVOTION PRACTICAL STEPS FOR SPIRITUAL FREEDOM PART VII: TEACHINGS OF JESUS AND THE CHRISTIAN WALK WALKING IN CONTINUED VICTORY THE POWER AND BEAUTY OF THE WORDS OF JESUS LIVING A LIFE OF FREEDOM IN CHRIST THE PARABLES OF JESUS AND THEIR LESSONS PROCLAIMING LIBERTY TO OTHERS LIVING ACCORDING TO THE TEACHINGS OF CHRIST ADVANCING GOD’S KINGDOM WITH BOLDNESS WALKING IN THE SPIRIT OF JESUS LOVING OTHERS AS CHRIST LOVES FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING SERVANT LEADERSHIP THROUGH JESUS’ EXAMPLE A BIBLICAL STUDY ON BACKSLIDING TITLE OF THE BOOK: FOUNDATIONS OF FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING: THE CAUSES AND PSYCHOLOGY OF BACKSLIDING PRINCIPLES, PROCESSES, AND PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS RESTORING THE FALLEN IN LOVE PART I: INTRODUCTION TO FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING UNDERSTANDING ACCOUNTING AND BUSINESS FUNDAMENTALS MULTI-STEP INCOME STATEMENTS IMPORTANCE OF FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING IN DECISION MAKING SALES TAX AND RETAIL CONSIDERATIONS ROLES OF ACCOUNTANTS AND ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITIES BUSINESS EXAMPLES OF MERCHANDISING OPERATIONS THE ACCOUNTING EQUATION EXPLAINED PART V: INVENTORIES AND INTERNAL CONTROL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS: PURPOSE AND OVERVIEW INVENTORY VALUATION METHODS: FIFO, LIFO, AND WEIGHTED AVERAGE USERS OF ACCOUNTING INFORMATION DETERMINING COST OF GOODS SOLD BUSINESS STRUCTURES AND FINANCIAL REPORTING INVENTORY ERRORS AND THEIR FINANCIAL IMPACT THE IMPACT OF TRANSACTIONS ON FINANCIAL POSITION INTERNAL CONTROL PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES INTRODUCTION TO GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES BANK RECONCILIATION PROCESS REGULATORY BODIES IN ACCOUNTING CASH CONTROLS AND DOCUMENTATION PART II: TRANSACTION ANALYSIS AND ADJUSTMENTS PETTY CASH AND CASH SHORT/OVER ACCOUNTS ANALYZING BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS AUDIT TRAILS AND FRAUD PREVENTION DEBITS, CREDITS, AND THE DOUBLE-ENTRY SYSTEM SAFEGUARDING COMPANY ASSETS JOURNAL ENTRIES AND THE GENERAL LEDGER CASE STUDIES IN INTERNAL CONTROL THE TRIAL BALANCE AND ERROR CORRECTION PART VI: RECEIVABLES AND LONG-TERM ASSETS THE ADJUSTING PROCESS AND ITS IMPORTANCE ACCOUNTING FOR ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE PREPAID EXPENSES AND UNEARNED REVENUES UNCOLLECTIBLE ACCOUNTS AND THE ALLOWANCE METHOD ACCRUALS AND ESTIMATES IN FINANCIAL REPORTING NOTES RECEIVABLE AND INTEREST REVENUE DEPRECIATION AND ADJUSTING ENTRIES EVALUATING LIQUIDITY OF RECEIVABLES PREPARING ADJUSTED TRIAL BALANCE ACQUISITION OF FIXED ASSETS THE EFFECTS OF ADJUSTMENTS ON FINANCIAL STATEMENTS DEPRECIATION METHODS AND APPLICATIONS PART III: THE ACCOUNTING CYCLE DISPOSAL OF FIXED ASSETS COMPLETING THE ACCOUNTING CYCLE ACCOUNTING FOR INTANGIBLE ASSETS PREPARATION OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AMORTIZATION AND IMPAIRMENT CLOSING ENTRIES AND POST-CLOSING TRIAL BALANCE ASSET TURNOVER AND PROFITABILITY RATIOS THE WORKSHEET AND ITS APPLICATIONS PART VII: LIABILITIES AND EQUITY STRUCTURES REVERSING ENTRIES EXPLAINED CURRENT LIABILITIES AND PAYROLL THE IMPORTANCE OF CONSISTENCY IN THE CYCLE NOTES PAYABLE AND INTEREST EXPENSE ACCOUNTING CYCLE FOR SERVICE BUSINESSES CONTINGENT LIABILITIES: RECOGNITION AND DISCLOSURE MANUAL VS. COMPUTERIZED ACCOUNTING CYCLES INSTALLMENT NOTES AND AMORTIZATION REAL-LIFE CASE: A COMPLETE ACCOUNTING CYCLE ACCOUNTING FOR BONDS PAYABLE COMMON ERRORS AND HOW TO AVOID THEM BOND DISCOUNTS AND PREMIUMS PART IV: ACCOUNTING IN MERCHANDISING OPERATIONS INTEREST PAYMENTS AND BOND RETIREMENT INTRODUCTION TO RETAIL BUSINESS ACCOUNTING INTRODUCTION TO PARTNERSHIPS SALES TRANSACTIONS AND SALES RETURNS ADMISSION AND WITHDRAWAL OF PARTNERS PURCHASE TRANSACTIONS AND PURCHASE RETURNS LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES AND TAX TREATMENT THE USE OF SUBSIDIARY LEDGERS PART VIII: CORPORATIONS AND STOCK TRANSACTIONS FREIGHT COSTS AND DISCOUNTS CORPORATE CHARACTERISTICS AND FORMATION PERIODIC VS. PERPETUAL INVENTORY SYSTEMS ISSUANCE OF COMMON AND PREFERRED STOCK FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR RETAIL BUSINESSES TREASURY STOCK TRANSACTIONS CASH DIVIDENDS: DECLARATION AND PAYMENT KEY PRINCIPLES OF SYSTEM THINKING STOCK DIVIDENDS AND STOCK SPLITS TYPES OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS RETAINED EARNINGS AND RESTRICTIONS ORGANIZATIONAL GOALS AND SYSTEMS ALIGNMENT BOOK VALUE PER SHARE SYSTEM COMPONENTS AND INTERACTIONS EARNINGS PER SHARE ANALYSIS THE IMPORTANCE OF SYSTEMS ANALYSIS EQUITY SECTION OF THE BALANCE SHEET PART II: BUILDING THE BUSINESS CASE REAL-LIFE EXAMPLES OF CORPORATE TRANSACTIONS IDENTIFYING BUSINESS PROBLEMS AND OPPORTUNITIES PART IX: STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS CONDUCTING FEASIBILITY STUDIES PURPOSE AND IMPORTANCE OF THE STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS TYPES OF FEASIBILITY: TECHNICAL, OPERATIONAL, AND ECONOMIC OPERATING ACTIVITIES: DIRECT AND INDIRECT METHODS RISK IDENTIFICATION AND MANAGEMENT INVESTING ACTIVITIES AND THEIR IMPACT COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS AND ROI FINANCING ACTIVITIES: SOURCES AND USES JUSTIFYING IT PROJECTS NON-CASH INVESTING AND FINANCING DISCLOSURES BUSINESS CASE DOCUMENTATION PREPARING THE STATEMENT FROM FINANCIAL DATA PRESENTING THE BUSINESS CASE TO STAKEHOLDERS ANALYZING CASH FLOW STATEMENTS PROJECT APPROVAL AND PRIORITIZATION CASH FLOW RATIOS AND PERFORMANCE EVALUATION CASE EXAMPLES OF BUSINESS CASE DEVELOPMENT CASH FLOW ISSUES IN REAL BUSINESSES PART III: PROJECT MANAGEMENT IN SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT LINKING CASH FLOWS WITH BUSINESS STRATEGY PROJECT MANAGEMENT FUNDAMENTALS PART X: FINANCIAL ANALYSIS AND APPLICATION DEFINING PROJECT SCOPE AND OBJECTIVES OVERVIEW OF FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSIS PROJECT PLANNING TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES WORK BREAKDOWN STRUCTURES RATIO ANALYSIS: LIQUIDITY AND SOLVENCY TIME AND COST ESTIMATION PROFITABILITY RATIOS AND MARKET INDICATORS RESOURCE ALLOCATION AND SCHEDULING COMPARATIVE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS MANAGING TEAMS AND COMMUNICATION INTERPRETING FINANCIAL DATA FOR DECISION MAKING RISK MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES LIMITATIONS OF FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSIS MONITORING AND CONTROL MECHANISMS USING ACCOUNTING SOFTWARE FOR ANALYSIS AGILE AND WATERFALL APPROACHES COMPARED ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN FINANCIAL REPORTING PART IV: ELICITING AND DEFINING REQUIREMENTS FUTURE TRENDS IN FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING INTRODUCTION TO REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING TYPES OF REQUIREMENTS: FUNCTIONAL AND NON-FUNCTIONAL SYSTEM ANALYSIS AND DESIGN STAKEHOLDER IDENTIFICATION AND ANALYSIS REQUIREMENTS GATHERING TECHNIQUES TITLE OF THE BOOK: MASTERING SYSTEM ANALYSIS AND DESIGN: FROM INTERVIEWS, QUESTIONNAIRES, AND OBSERVATIONS CONCEPT TO IMPLEMENTATION JOINT APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT (JAD) PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF SYSTEMS ANALYSIS AND DESIGN USE CASE DEVELOPMENT UNDERSTANDING SYSTEMS IN THE MODERN ORGANIZATION WRITING EFFECTIVE REQUIREMENTS THE EVOLUTION OF SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT METHODOLOGIES VALIDATING AND VERIFYING REQUIREMENTS ROLE OF THE SYSTEMS ANALYST MANAGING REQUIREMENTS CHANGE INTRODUCTION TO THE SDLC (SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT LIFE CYCLE) PART V: DATA AND PROCESS MODELING PHASES OF SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT INTRODUCTION TO DATA FLOW DIAGRAMS (DFDS) LEVELS AND TYPES OF DFDS BEST PRACTICES IN STRATEGY SELECTION IDENTIFYING ENTITIES, PROCESSES, AND DATA STORES EVALUATING AND ADAPTING STRATEGIES CONTEXT DIAGRAMS AND LEVEL 0 DFDS PART IX: IMPLEMENTATION AND TRANSITION BALANCING AND DECOMPOSING DFDS SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATION PLANNING PROCESS DESCRIPTIONS USING STRUCTURED ENGLISH DATA CONVERSION STRATEGIES DECISION TABLES AND TREES TRAINING USERS AND SUPPORT STAFF INTRODUCTION TO ER DIAGRAMS (ERDS) IMPLEMENTATION METHODS: PARALLEL, DIRECT, PILOT, AND PHASED BUILDING LOGICAL DATA MODELS POST-IMPLEMENTATION REVIEW VALIDATING DATA AND PROCESS MODELS CHANGE MANAGEMENT IN SYSTEM DEPLOYMENT PART VI: OBJECT MODELING AND USER INTERFACE DESIGN DOCUMENTATION AND USER MANUALS PRINCIPLES OF OBJECT-ORIENTED ANALYSIS TRANSITIONING FROM LEGACY SYSTEMS INTRODUCTION TO UML (UNIFIED MODELING LANGUAGE) MEASURING IMPLEMENTATION SUCCESS USE CASE DIAGRAMS AND CLASS DIAGRAMS REAL-WORLD CASE STUDIES SEQUENCE AND ACTIVITY DIAGRAMS PART X: SUPPORT, SECURITY, AND FUTURE TRENDS COLLABORATION AND STATE DIAGRAMS TYPES OF SYSTEM MAINTENANCE UI DESIGN PRINCIPLES CORRECTIVE, ADAPTIVE, AND PERFECTIVE MAINTENANCE WIREFRAMES AND PROTOTYPES MANAGING USER SUPPORT AND HELP DESKS USER EXPERIENCE (UX) CONSIDERATIONS INTRODUCTION TO SYSTEM SECURITY ACCESSIBILITY AND INCLUSIVITY IN DESIGN THREATS TO INFORMATION SYSTEMS USABILITY TESTING TECHNIQUES SECURITY MEASURES: PHYSICAL, LOGICAL, AND ADMINISTRATIVE PART VII: DATA DESIGN AND SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE DATA PRIVACY AND LEGAL COMPLIANCE INTRODUCTION TO DATA DESIGN PRINCIPLES ETHICAL ISSUES IN SYSTEMS DESIGN LOGICAL VS. PHYSICAL DATABASE DESIGN EMERGING TRENDS IN SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT DATABASE NORMALIZATION AND DENORMALIZATION THE FUTURE OF SYSTEMS ANALYSIS AND DESIGN CHOOSING A DBMS DESIGNING FOR DATA INTEGRITY AND SECURITY MICROECONOMICS SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE FUNDAMENTALS CENTRALIZED, DISTRIBUTED, AND CLOUD ARCHITECTURES TITLE OF THE BOOK: PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATIONS OF MICROECONOMICS: INTEGRATION OF HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE UNDERSTANDING MARKETS AND HUMAN CHOICES CLIENT-SERVER MODELS PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF MICROECONOMIC THINKING SCALABILITY AND SYSTEM PERFORMANCE THE WEALTH OF NATIONS AND THE ROLE OF OWNERSHIP PART VIII: DEVELOPMENT APPROACHES AND STRATEGIES ECONOMIC FREEDOM AND MARKET INCENTIVES TRADITIONAL SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT APPROACHES UNDERSTANDING SCARCITY IN A FINITE WORLD RAPID APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT (RAD) OPPORTUNITY COSTS AND DECISION-MAKING AGILE METHODOLOGIES IN SYSTEM DESIGN THE NATURE OF ECONOMIC SYSTEMS PROTOTYPING AND ITERATIVE DEVELOPMENT TRADE-OFFS AND MARGINAL THINKING MODEL-DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIZATION AND THE DIVISION OF LABOR PACKAGE SOLUTIONS AND COTS SOFTWARE COMPARATIVE AND ABSOLUTE ADVANTAGE OUTSOURCING SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT THE ROLE OF INCENTIVES IN MICROECONOMICS SELECTING A DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY ECONOMICS AS A SOCIAL SCIENCE PART II: THE PRICE SYSTEM AND MARKET COORDINATION WELFARE LOSS IN MONOPOLY MARKETS INTRODUCTION TO SUPPLY AND DEMAND MONOPOLISTIC COMPETITION AND PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATION MARKET EQUILIBRIUM AND PRICE ADJUSTMENT OLIGOPOLY BEHAVIOR AND GAME THEORY SHIFTS IN SUPPLY AND DEMAND CARTELS, PRICE LEADERSHIP, AND STRATEGIC INTERACTIONS THE INVISIBLE HAND AND MARKET EFFICIENCY PART VI: GOVERNMENT AND THE MARKET PRICE CEILINGS AND PRICE FLOORS THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT IN MARKET ECONOMIES TAXES, SUBSIDIES, AND MARKET DISTORTIONS TAXES AND PUBLIC GOODS MARKET SIGNALS AND THE ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES EXTERNALITIES AND ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY UNDERSTANDING MARKET FAILURES PIGOUVIAN TAXES AND SUBSIDIES SURPLUSES, SHORTAGES, AND DEADWEIGHT LOSS THE TRAGEDY OF THE COMMONS USING MARKETS TO COORDINATE COMPLEX ECONOMIES GOVERNMENT FAILURE AND UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES PART III: THE ROLE OF ELASTICITY IN MARKET ANALYSIS COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS AND PUBLIC DECISION-MAKING ELASTICITY OF DEMAND: CONCEPTS AND CALCULATION POLITICAL ECONOMY AND PUBLIC CHOICE FACTORS AFFECTING DEMAND ELASTICITY EQUITY VS. EFFICIENCY IN POLICY DESIGN ELASTICITY OF SUPPLY: CONCEPTS AND APPLICATIONS REAL-WORLD CASES IN GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION CROSS-PRICE AND INCOME ELASTICITY PART VII: ANTITRUST, REGULATION, AND PUBLIC POLICY TOTAL REVENUE AND ELASTICITY ANTITRUST LAWS AND MARKET POWER PRICE SENSITIVITY AND BUSINESS STRATEGY THE HISTORY OF ANTITRUST IN THE U.S. ELASTICITY IN THE SHORT RUN AND LONG RUN EVALUATING MERGERS AND MARKET CONCENTRATION GOVERNMENT POLICY AND ELASTICITY NATURAL MONOPOLIES AND PRICE REGULATION ELASTICITY AND MARKET OUTCOMES PUBLIC UTILITIES AND RATE-SETTING ELASTICITY IN REAL-WORLD CONTEXTS DEREGULATION AND MARKET LIBERALIZATION PART IV: THE BEHAVIOR OF CONSUMERS AND FIRMS BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS AND CONSUMER PROTECTION THE RATIONAL CONSUMER MODEL REGULATORY CAPTURE AND BUREAUCRACY BUDGET CONSTRAINTS AND UTILITY MAXIMIZATION ETHICS IN BUSINESS AND REGULATION INDIFFERENCE CURVES AND CONSUMER PREFERENCES THE FUTURE OF ANTITRUST IN THE DIGITAL AGE CONSUMER SURPLUS AND MARKET DEMAND PART VIII: RESOURCE ALLOCATION AND FACTOR MARKETS THE COST OF PRODUCTION AND SUPPLY DECISIONS INTRODUCTION TO RESOURCE MARKETS SHORT-RUN AND LONG-RUN COSTS THE DEMAND FOR LABOR MARGINAL COST AND ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY THE SUPPLY OF LABOR AND LABOR-LEISURE TRADE-OFF REVENUES, COSTS, AND ECONOMIC PROFITS WAGE DETERMINATION AND LABOR UNIONS TECHNOLOGY AND PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS HUMAN CAPITAL AND LABOR PRODUCTIVITY BUSINESS DECISION-MAKING IN COMPETITIVE MARKETS CAPITAL MARKETS AND INVESTMENT DECISIONS PART V: MARKET STRUCTURES AND FIRM STRATEGY INTEREST RATES AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS INTRODUCTION TO PERFECT COMPETITION LAND, RENT, AND RESOURCE USE PROFIT MAXIMIZATION IN COMPETITIVE MARKETS THE ECONOMICS OF NATURAL RESOURCES ENTRY AND EXIT IN THE LONG RUN PROPERTY RIGHTS AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT EFFICIENCY OF PERFECT COMPETITION PART IX: DISTRIBUTION, EQUITY, AND CURRENT ISSUES UNDERSTANDING MONOPOLY POWER MEASURING INCOME AND WEALTH PRICING STRATEGIES OF MONOPOLISTS CAUSES OF INCOME INEQUALITY ECONOMIC MOBILITY AND OPPORTUNITY DRAFTING WITH CLARITY AND COHERENCE POVERTY AND GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE READING TO IDENTIFY MAIN IDEAS AND DETAILS TAXATION AND REDISTRIBUTION ORGANIZING WRITING FOR FLOW MINIMUM WAGE AND LABOR MARKET EFFECTS OUTLINING FOR READING AND WRITING TASKS UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME AND POLICY DEBATES REVISING FOR CLARITY AND PURPOSE GENDER, RACE, AND LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES PEER REVIEW AND SELF-ASSESSMENT SOCIAL INSURANCE PROGRAMS PART III: VOCABULARY AND CRITICAL THINKING GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES ON ECONOMIC JUSTICE BUILDING ACADEMIC VOCABULARY PART X: GLOBAL MICROECONOMICS AND INTERNATIONAL LINKAGES CONTEXT CLUES AND WORD PARTS THE THEORY OF COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE DICTIONARY AND THESAURUS SKILLS GAINS FROM INTERNATIONAL TRADE VOCABULARY IN READING COMPREHENSION TRADE AND SPECIALIZATION IN PRACTICE VOCABULARY IN WRITING CLARITY TARIFFS, QUOTAS, AND TRADE BARRIERS INTRODUCTION TO CRITICAL THINKING TRADE AGREEMENTS AND GLOBAL INSTITUTIONS MAKING INFERENCES AND DRAWING CONCLUSIONS TRADE AND THE ENVIRONMENT EVALUATING ARGUMENTS AND BIAS CURRENCY MARKETS AND EXCHANGE RATES ANALYZING VISUAL AND TEXTUAL SOURCES INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL FLOWS SYNTHESIZING INFORMATION GLOBALIZATION AND LABOR MARKETS PART IV: CORE ELEMENTS OF EFFECTIVE WRITING MICROECONOMIC POLICY IN AN INTERCONNECTED WORLD DEVELOPING AND SUPPORTING IDEAS UNDERSTANDING PURPOSE AND AUDIENCE COLLEGE READING AND WRITING ORGANIZING IDEAS LOGICALLY CREATING STRONG PARAGRAPHS TITLE OF THE BOOK: MASTERING COLLEGE READING AND WRITING: FROM DEVELOPING INTRODUCTIONS AND CONCLUSIONS COMPREHENSION TO COMPOSITION ACHIEVING COHERENCE AND UNITY PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF READING AND WRITING TONE AND STYLE IN ACADEMIC WRITING THE READING-WRITING CONNECTION UNDERSTANDING WRITER’S VOICE UNDERSTANDING THE READING PROCESS WRITING WITH AUTHENTICITY UNDERSTANDING THE WRITING PROCESS REFINING WORD CHOICE INTEGRATING READING AND WRITING SKILLS PART V: ACADEMIC READING AND WRITING GENRES DEVELOPING ACTIVE READING HABITS READING AND WRITING NARRATIVE TEXTS DEVELOPING A WRITER’S MINDSET EXPLORING PERSONAL NARRATIVES READING WITH PURPOSE WRITING DESCRIPTIVE NARRATIVES WRITING WITH PURPOSE READING AND WRITING EXPOSITORY TEXTS CONNECTING THOUGHTS ACROSS TEXTS STRUCTURING INFORMATIVE WRITING FROM READING RESPONSE TO WRITTEN EXPRESSION READING AND WRITING PERSUASIVE TEXTS PART II: STRATEGIES FOR COMPREHENSION AND EXPRESSION UNDERSTANDING ARGUMENTATIVE STRUCTURE USING EFFECTIVE READING STRATEGIES USING EVIDENCE AND EXAMPLES USING EFFECTIVE WRITING STRATEGIES WRITING TO PERSUADE ANNOTATING AND SUMMARIZING TEXTS RESPONDING TO TEXTS WITH YOUR OWN ARGUMENT PREWRITING AND BRAINSTORMING PART VI: RESEARCH AND SOURCE INTEGRATION INTRODUCTION TO ACADEMIC RESEARCH PUNCTUATING DIALOGUE CHOOSING A RESEARCH TOPIC PUNCTUATION IN ACADEMIC WRITING IDENTIFYING CREDIBLE SOURCES EDITING FOR PUNCTUATION CONSISTENCY SUMMARIZING AND PARAPHRASING SOURCES PART X: ADVANCED APPLICATIONS AND ANTHOLOGY QUOTING ACCURATELY AND EFFECTIVELY READING ACROSS THE CURRICULUM AVOIDING PLAGIARISM WRITING ACROSS THE CURRICULUM ORGANIZING RESEARCH INFORMATION READING FICTION AND NON-FICTION CREATING AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY ANALYZING POETRY SYNTHESIZING RESEARCH FINDINGS UNDERSTANDING LITERARY DEVICES WRITING A RESEARCH-BASED ESSAY WRITING LITERARY ANALYSES PART VII: GRAMMAR ESSENTIALS EXPLORING MULTIMODAL TEXTS INTRODUCTION TO SENTENCE BASICS WRITING IN DIGITAL ENVIRONMENTS SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT ENGAGING WITH ANTHOLOGY SELECTIONS FRAGMENTS AND RUN-ONS REFLECTING ON THE READING AND WRITING JOURNEY CORRECTING SENTENCE ERRORS SIMPLE SENTENCES PAGPAPAHAYAG SA FILIPINO COMPOUND SENTENCES COMPLEX SENTENCES PAMAGAT NG AKLAT: PAGPAPAHAYAG SA FILIPINO: SINING NG MASINING SENTENCE VARIETY AND CLARITY NA KOMUNIKASYON EDITING FOR GRAMMAR AND MECHANICS BAHAGI I: RETORIKA AT BATAYANG KONSEPTO PROOFREADING TECHNIQUES KAHULUGAN AT KAHALAGAHAN NG RETORIKA PART VIII: PARTS OF SPEECH AND THEIR FUNCTIONS KASAYSAYAN NG RETORIKA SA PILIPINAS UNDERSTANDING NOUNS MGA ELEMENTO NG RETORIKA UNDERSTANDING PRONOUNS GAMPANIN NG RETOR SA LIPUNAN UNDERSTANDING VERBS RETORIKA SA AKADEMIKONG LARANGAN UNDERSTANDING ADJECTIVES PAGGAMIT NG RETORIKA SA ARAW-ARAW UNDERSTANDING ADVERBS KONEKSYON NG RETORIKA AT PANITIKAN USING CONJUNCTIONS CORRECTLY RETORIKA SA MASS MEDIA USING PREPOSITIONS CORRECTLY RETORIKA SA DIGITAL NA KOMUNIKASYON MODIFYING SENTENCES FOR CLARITY RETORIKA BILANG SINING NG PANANALITA AVOIDING COMMON WORD ERRORS BAHAGI II: ANG GRAMATIKA AT RETORIKA MASTERING SENTENCE CONSTRUCTION BALANGKAS NG WIKA: PONOLOHIYA PART IX: PUNCTUATION AND CAPITALIZATION MORPOLOHIYA: ANYO NG MGA SALITA RULES OF CAPITALIZATION SINTAKSIS: KAYARIAN NG PANGUNGUSAP USING THE COMMA SEMANTIKA: KAHULUGAN NG MGA SALITA USING QUOTATION MARKS PRAGMATIKS: SITWASYONAL NA PAGGAMIT NG WIKA USING ITALICS APPROPRIATELY ANTAS NG WIKA SA RETORIKAL NA PAGGAMIT USING THE APOSTROPHE ESTILO NG WIKA SA PORMAL AT DI-PORMAL NA SITWASYON USING THE COLON AND SEMICOLON PAGPILI NG SALITA SA MASINING NA PAGPAPAHAYAG UNDERSTANDING DASHES AND PARENTHESES TUNGKULIN NG GRAMATIKA SA KOMUNIKASYON HARMONYA NG GRAMATIKA AT RETORIKA SALAYSAY NG INSPIRASYON BAHAGI III: MATALINGHAGANG ESTILO SA PAGPAPAHAYAG REPLEKTIBONG PAPEL MGA TAYUTAY SA PAGPAPAHAYAG MONOLOGO PAGGAMIT NG IDYOMA TALUMPATING PERSONAL ALUSYON AT SIMBOLISMO TULA NG DAMDAMIN PAGBIBIGAY NG IMAHE SA SALITA BAHAGI VII: DISKURSO PAGLALARAWAN NG DAMDAMIN SA MASINING NA PARAAN KAHULUGAN NG DISKURSO PAGPAPAHAYAG SA PANULAAN URI NG DISKURSO MALIKHAING PAGSASALAYSAY PROSESO NG DISKURSO ESTILONG METAPORIKAL DISKURSONG INTERAKTIBO PAGSASAKATAGA NG KAISIPAN TEKSTONG IMPORMATIBO MATALINGHAGANG PANANALITA SA TALUMPATI TEKSTONG NARATIBO BAHAGI IV: ORGANISASYON NG KOMPOSISYON TEKSTONG ARGUMENTATIBO BALANGKAS NG PASALITANG KOMPOSISYON DISKURSO SA AKADEMIKONG KONTEKSTO BALANGKAS NG PASULAT NA KOMPOSISYON PANLIPUNANG DISKURSO PAGHAHANDA SA PAGSASALITA DISKURSO SA KULTURANG FILIPINO PAGPILI NG PAKSA BAHAGI VIII: PAGLALARAWAN/DESKRIPTIBO PAGLIKOM NG DATOS LAYUNIN NG PAGLALARAWAN LOHIKAL NA PAGKAKAAYOS NG KAISIPAN URI NG PAGLALARAWAN INTRODUKSYON, KATAWAN AT KONGKLUSYON PAGPILI NG OBHETONG ILALARAWAN PAGPAPALAWAK NG IDEYA TEKNIK SA PAGGAMIT NG PANDAMA KOHESYONG GRAMATIKAL AT LOHIKAL DESKRIPSYON SA TAUHAN PAGWAWASTO AT REBISYON DESKRIPSYON SA TAGPUAN BAHAGI V: PAGSULAT NG KOMPOSISYON MASINING NA PAGLALARAWAN PROSESONG BAGO SUMULAT PAGGAMIT NG TAYUTAY SA DESKRIPTIBO UNANG BORADOR PAGPAPAHAYAG NG DAMDAMIN SA PAGLALARAWAN PAGSUSURI SA SARILING GAWA PAGSASANAY SA DESKRIPTIBONG PAGSULAT TEKNIK SA PAGPAPAHAYAG NG PANANAW BAHAGI IX: PAGSASALAYSAY/NARATIBO ARGUMENTASYONG SUMUSUPORTA SA OPINYON ELEMENTO NG NARATIBONG TEKSTO EBALWASYON NG GAMIT NA SANGGUNIAN BANGHAY AT TEMA PAGBUO NG MASINING NA PAMAMAHAYAG TEKNIK SA PAGSASALAYSAY PANANALIKSIK BILANG BAHAGI NG PAGSULAT PANANAW SA PAGSASALAYSAY PAGTATAYA SA KAKAYAHANG RETORIKAL TAUHAN AT TAGPUAN EPEKTO NG PAGSULAT SA MAMBABASA PAGGAMIT NG DIYALOGO BAHAGI VI: MGA KOMPOSISYONG PERSONAL MASINING NA NARATIBO SANAYSAY NG SARILING KARANASAN NARATIBONG TULA LIHAM-PANGKAIBIGAN NARATIBONG TALUMPATI LIHAM-SARILI PAGSASANAY SA NARATIBONG KOMPOSISYON PERSONAL NA TALAARAWAN BAHAGI X: PAGLALAHAD AT PANGANGATWIRAN PAGBABALIK-TANAW SA ALAALA LAYUNIN NG EKSPOSITORI URI NG PAGLALAHAD DEMAND-PULL VS. COST-PUSH INFLATION PAGBIBIGAY KAHULUGAN CONTROLLING INFLATION THROUGH MONETARY POLICY PAGLILISTA AT PAGKAKATEGORYA HYPERINFLATION: CAUSES AND CASE STUDIES PROSESO AT SANHI-BUNGA INFLATION TARGETING BY CENTRAL BANKS PANGANGATWIRAN BILANG DISKURSO DEFLATION AND ITS ECONOMIC IMPACT LOHIKA SA PANGANGATWIRAN STAGFLATION AND POLICY DILEMMAS KATIBAYAN AT EBIDENSYA PRICE INDICES AND INFLATION MEASUREMENT KONTRA-ARGUMENTO AT REPUTASYON PART IV: INTRODUCTION TO INVESTMENT AND FINANCIAL MARKETS DEBATENG AKADEMIKO THE CONCEPT OF INVESTMENT TYPES OF INVESTMENT INSTRUMENTS PRINCIPLES OF MONEY, CREDIT, AND BANKING RISK AND RETURN IN INVESTMENT THE ROLE OF INVESTMENT IN ECONOMIC GROWTH TITLE OF THE BOOK: PRINCIPLES OF MONEY, CREDIT, AND BANKING: INVESTMENT STRATEGIES AND PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT FOUNDATIONS OF FINANCIAL SYSTEMS AND INSTITUTIONS CAPITAL MARKETS AND THEIR ROLE PART I: UNDERSTANDING THE NATURE AND FUNCTIONS OF MONEY SECURITIES MARKETS AND INSTITUTIONS INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF MONEY, CREDIT, AND BANKING STOCK MARKETS: STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION THE ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION OF MONEY INVESTMENT BANKING FUNDAMENTALS CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS OF MONEY EVALUATING INVESTMENT PERFORMANCE THE ROLE OF MONEY IN A MODERN ECONOMY PART V: STOCKS, BONDS, AND FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS TYPES AND FORMS OF MONEY TYPES OF STOCKS AND THEIR CHARACTERISTICS THE VALUE OF MONEY AND ITS PURCHASING POWER STOCK VALUATION TECHNIQUES THE DEMAND FOR AND SUPPLY OF MONEY COMMON STOCK VS. PREFERRED STOCK THE USES OF MONEY IN ECONOMIC TRANSACTIONS UNDERSTANDING BONDS AND FIXED-INCOME SECURITIES MONEY AS A MEDIUM OF EXCHANGE AND STORE OF VALUE BOND VALUATION AND YIELD CALCULATION THE IMPACT OF MONEY ON ECONOMIC GROWTH GOVERNMENT VS. CORPORATE BONDS PART II: MONETARY THEORIES AND POLICY FRAMEWORKS THE ROLE OF RATING AGENCIES CLASSICAL MONETARY THEORY STOCK EXCHANGES AND TRADING MECHANISMS KEYNESIAN MONETARY THEORY DERIVATIVES AND FINANCIAL INNOVATION MONETARIST PERSPECTIVES REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS FOR SECURITIES MODERN MONETARY THEORY OVERVIEW PART VI: THE CREDIT SYSTEM AND ITS MECHANISMS THE TRANSMISSION MECHANISM OF MONETARY POLICY HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF CREDIT TOOLS OF MONETARY POLICY THE IMPORTANCE OF CREDIT IN AN ECONOMY INTEREST RATES AND MONEY SUPPLY CREDIT INSTRUMENTS AND CONTRACTS INFLATION TARGETING STRATEGIES CONSUMER CREDIT EXCHANGE RATES AND MONETARY POLICY COMMERCIAL CREDIT MONETARY POLICY IN DEVELOPING ECONOMIES AGRICULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL CREDIT PART III: MONEY, INFLATION, AND ECONOMIC STABILITY CREDIT IN DOMESTIC VS. INTERNATIONAL TRADE THE NATURE AND TYPES OF INFLATION CREDIT RISK AND ITS MANAGEMENT CAUSES OF INFLATION THE ROLE OF CREDIT BUREAUS INFLATION AND PURCHASING POWER THE IMPACT OF CREDIT ON MONEY SUPPLY PART VII: CLASSIFICATION AND MANAGEMENT OF CREDIT DIGITAL AND ONLINE BANKING SECURED AND UNSECURED CREDIT ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING AND BANKING COMPLIANCE SHORT-TERM AND LONG-TERM CREDIT BANKING INNOVATION AND CUSTOMER SERVICE RETAIL AND WHOLESALE CREDIT TRENDS AND CHALLENGES IN THE BANKING INDUSTRY CREDIT SCORING SYSTEMS CREDIT ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION BUSINESS ETHICS AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY CREDIT APPROVAL PROCESSES COLLECTION STRATEGIES AND POLICIES TITLE OF THE BOOK: BUSINESS ETHICS AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY: BAD DEBTS AND CREDIT RECOVERY PRINCIPLES, PRACTICE, AND GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES CREDIT COUNSELING AND FINANCIAL LITERACY PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF BUSINESS ETHICS LEGAL FRAMEWORKS GOVERNING CREDIT UNDERSTANDING THE IMPORTANCE OF BUSINESS ETHICS PART VIII: THE PHILIPPINE FINANCIAL SYSTEM PRINCIPLES GUIDING ETHICAL BEHAVIOR IN BUSINESS STRUCTURE AND COMPONENTS OF THE PHILIPPINE FINANCIAL SYSTEM THE EVOLUTION OF ETHICAL PRACTICES IN COMMERCE THE ROLE OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS MORAL OBLIGATIONS IN THE MARKETPLACE REGULATION AND SUPERVISION IN THE FINANCIAL SECTOR THE ROLE OF TRUST AND INTEGRITY FINANCIAL REFORMS AND LIBERALIZATION ETHICS IN EVERYDAY BUSINESS DECISIONS FINANCIAL MARKETS IN THE PHILIPPINES ETHICAL CHALLENGES IN MODERN BUSINESS NON-BANK FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LAW AND ETHICS MICROFINANCE AND DEVELOPMENT ETHICS AS A COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE FINTECH IN THE PHILIPPINE FINANCIAL LANDSCAPE BUILDING A CULTURE OF RESPONSIBILITY CHALLENGES IN THE PHILIPPINE BANKING SECTOR PART II: STAKEHOLDERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE FUTURE TRENDS IN PHILIPPINE FINANCE IDENTIFYING AND ENGAGING STAKEHOLDERS PART IX: THE BANGKO SENTRAL NG PILIPINAS (BSP) RESPONSIBILITIES TO INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS THE ROLE AND FUNCTIONS OF BSP PRINCIPLES OF SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN BUSINESS HISTORY AND EVOLUTION OF THE BSP UNDERSTANDING CORPORATE GOVERNANCE BSP'S MONETARY POLICY INSTRUMENTS THE ROLE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS IN ETHICS BSP AND INFLATION CONTROL TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN GOVERNANCE BSP’S ROLE IN FINANCIAL INCLUSION GOVERNANCE AND ETHICAL DECISION-MAKING SUPERVISION AND REGULATION BY BSP STAKEHOLDER CONFLICT AND RESOLUTION FOREIGN EXCHANGE MANAGEMENT SHAREHOLDER ACTIVISM AND ETHICAL CHANGE DIGITALIZATION AND BSP INITIATIVES GOVERNANCE FAILURES AND LESSONS LEARNED BSP’S RESPONSE TO ECONOMIC CRISES PART III: SUSTAINABILITY AND ETHICAL IMPACT THE FUTURE OF CENTRAL BANKING IN THE PHILIPPINES DEFINING CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY PART X: BANKING INSTITUTIONS AND THEIR ROLES ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY IN BUSINESS COMMERCIAL BANKS: FUNCTIONS AND SERVICES THE TRIPLE BOTTOM LINE: PEOPLE, PLANET, PROFIT UNIVERSAL AND EXPANDED COMMERCIAL BANKING ETHICAL ISSUES IN ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY THRIFT BANKS: NATURE AND IMPORTANCE CLIMATE CHANGE AND CORPORATE ACCOUNTABILITY RURAL AND COOPERATIVE BANKS ETHICAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT BANKS AND AGRICULTURAL CREDIT SUSTAINABLE SUPPLY CHAINS ISLAMIC BANKING IN THE PHILIPPINES GREENWASHING AND ITS ETHICAL IMPLICATIONS LONG-TERM THINKING IN BUSINESS ETHICS NAVIGATING ETHICAL DILEMMAS PERSONALLY CASE STUDIES IN CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY AND PROFESSIONAL ROLES PART IV: INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF BUSINESS ETHICS WORK-LIFE BALANCE AND ETHICAL BOUNDARIES ETHICS CODES AND THEIR IMPLEMENTATION CULTURAL INFLUENCES ON ETHICAL BELIEFS CREATING ETHICAL STRUCTURES IN ORGANIZATIONS ROLE OF RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY IN BUSINESS ETHICS LEGAL FRAMEWORKS AND ETHICAL PRACTICE ETHICAL IDENTITY AND CAREER CHOICES INDUSTRY SELF-REGULATION AND ETHICS PART VIII: ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE AND ETHICS COMPLIANCE AND ETHICS OFFICERS DEFINING ETHICAL ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE ETHICS COMMITTEES AND BOARDS CREATING AND SUSTAINING ETHICAL NORMS INSTITUTIONAL PRESSURES AND ETHICAL BEHAVIOR LEADERSHIP INFLUENCE ON WORKPLACE ETHICS WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTION AND ENCOURAGEMENT PEER PRESSURE AND GROUPTHINK INTEGRATING ETHICS INTO CORPORATE POLICY COMMUNICATION AND ETHICAL DIALOGUE GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS AND CORPORATE ETHICS ETHICS TRAINING PROGRAMS PART V: CONTEMPORARY ETHICAL ISSUES IN BUSINESS REWARD SYSTEMS AND ETHICAL BEHAVIOR INSIDER TRADING AND MARKET MANIPULATION MONITORING AND EVALUATING ETHICAL CONDUCT BRIBERY AND CORRUPTION IN GLOBAL BUSINESS CRISIS MANAGEMENT AND ETHICAL RESPONSE DISCRIMINATION AND WORKPLACE FAIRNESS ETHICS AUDITS AND INTERNAL ASSESSMENTS ETHICAL MARKETING PRACTICES PART IX: ETHICS PROGRAMS AND IMPLEMENTATION CONSUMER PROTECTION AND HONESTY IN ADVERTISING ELEMENTS OF AN EFFECTIVE ETHICS PROGRAM DATA PRIVACY AND PROTECTION STEPS IN DEVELOPING ETHICS GUIDELINES ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND ETHICAL BOUNDARIES COMMUNICATING ETHICS ACROSS THE ORGANIZATION GIG ECONOMY AND WORKER RIGHTS LEADERSHIP’S ROLE IN ETHICS ENFORCEMENT EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION AND INEQUALITY CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT IN ETHICS PROGRAMS ETHICS IN FINANCIAL REPORTING ALIGNING ETHICS WITH CORPORATE STRATEGY PART VI: ETHICAL DECISION-MAKING MODELS HANDLING ETHICAL MISCONDUCT THE ETHICAL DECISION-MAKING PROCESS REPORTING MECHANISMS AND HOTLINES UTILITARIANISM AND BUSINESS CHOICES PERFORMANCE METRICS FOR ETHICS PROGRAMS DEONTOLOGICAL ETHICS AND DUTY-BASED THINKING GLOBAL ADAPTATION OF ETHICS INITIATIVES VIRTUE ETHICS IN THE WORKPLACE PART X: ETHICS IN GLOBAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL CONTEXTS JUSTICE AND FAIRNESS APPROACHES GLOBALIZATION AND ETHICAL COMPLEXITY THE ROLE OF EMOTIONS IN ETHICAL CHOICES MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS AND LOCAL CULTURES MAKING DIFFICULT ETHICAL JUDGMENTS LABOR RIGHTS AND GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAINS CASE METHOD APPROACH TO ETHICAL DECISION-MAKING ETHICS IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE CROSS-CULTURAL CONSIDERATIONS IN ETHICS CORPORATE DIPLOMACY AND RESPONSIBILITY TOOLS FOR ETHICAL RISK ASSESSMENT THE DIGITAL AGE AND ETHICAL CHALLENGES PART VII: INDIVIDUAL MORALITY AND VALUES IN BUSINESS SOCIAL MEDIA AND BUSINESS ETHICS PERSONAL MORALS VS. CORPORATE ETHICS CYBERSECURITY AND RESPONSIBILITY MORAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE WORKPLACE AUTOMATION AND THE ETHICS OF DISPLACEMENT UNDERSTANDING VALUE SYSTEMS THE FUTURE OF BUSINESS ETHICS IN A GLOBAL SOCIETY INTEGRITY AND CONSISTENCY IN ACTION MANAGEMENT SCIENCE MINIMUM SPANNING TREE MODELS MAXIMUM FLOW PROBLEMS TITLE OF THE BOOK: APPLIED MANAGEMENT SCIENCE: MODELS, METHODS, INTEGER PROGRAMMING CONCEPTS AND DECISION-MAKING TOOLS BINARY DECISION VARIABLES PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCE FORMULATING INTEGER MODELS UNDERSTANDING THE SCOPE OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCE BRANCH AND BOUND TECHNIQUE INTRODUCTION TO MODELING CONCEPTS APPLICATIONS OF INTEGER PROGRAMMING THE ROLE OF MODELS IN BUSINESS DECISIONS NETWORK OPTIMIZATION IN SUPPLY CHAINS TYPES OF MANAGEMENT MODELS PART V: ADVANCED OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES FROM THEORY TO PRACTICE IN MANAGEMENT SCIENCE NONLINEAR OPTIMIZATION CONCEPTS MODEL DEVELOPMENT LIFECYCLE CONVEX VS NONCONVEX PROBLEMS ETHICS IN QUANTITATIVE MODELING LOCAL VS GLOBAL OPTIMA REAL-WORLD APPLICATIONS OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCE SOLVING NONLINEAR PROBLEMS IN EXCEL BENEFITS AND LIMITATIONS OF MODELING THE EVOLUTIONARY SOLVER IN EXCEL INTRODUCTION TO CASE-BASED ANALYSIS EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHM BASICS PART II: SPREADSHEET AND OPTIMIZATION MODELING BASICS COMPARING EVOLUTIONARY SOLVER AND GRG INTRODUCTION TO SPREADSHEET MODELING OPTIMIZATION WITH GENETIC ALGORITHMS SPREADSHEET FUNCTIONS FOR ANALYSIS PRACTICAL USES OF EVOLUTIONARY SOLVERS CREATING DYNAMIC MODELS IN EXCEL MODELING REAL-WORLD CONSTRAINTS NONLINEARLY INTRODUCTION TO OPTIMIZATION CONCEPTS PART VI: DECISION-MAKING UNDER UNCERTAINTY SETTING UP OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS TYPES OF UNCERTAINTY IN DECISION-MAKING BUILDING OPTIMIZATION MODELS IN EXCEL PAYOFF TABLES AND DECISION TREES SOLVER TOOL OVERVIEW AND APPLICATION EXPECTED VALUE ANALYSIS SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS IN SPREADSHEETS RISK PROFILES AND PROBABILISTIC MODELS INTERPRETING OPTIMIZATION RESULTS SENSITIVITY AND SCENARIO ANALYSIS COMMON ERRORS IN SPREADSHEET MODELING REAL OPTIONS AND FLEXIBILITY PART III: LINEAR PROGRAMMING AND APPLICATIONS GAME THEORY BASICS LINEAR PROGRAMMING BASICS STRATEGIES FOR DECISION MAKING GRAPHICAL SOLUTION APPROACH DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS SIMPLEX METHOD FUNDAMENTALS INTEGRATING UNCERTAINTY INTO MODELS APPLICATIONS OF LINEAR PROGRAMMING IN BUSINESS PART VII: SIMULATION AND QUEUEING MODELS FORMULATING REAL-LIFE LP PROBLEMS INTRODUCTION TO SIMULATION MODELING DUALITY AND SHADOW PRICES BUILDING SIMULATION MODELS IN EXCEL SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS IN LP MONTE CARLO SIMULATION CONSTRAINTS AND FEASIBILITY RANDOM NUMBER GENERATION RESOURCE ALLOCATION MODELS REAL-WORLD APPLICATIONS OF SIMULATION TRANSPORTATION AND ASSIGNMENT PROBLEMS INTERPRETING SIMULATION OUTPUTS PART IV: NETWORK AND INTEGER PROGRAMMING MODELS INTRODUCTION TO QUEUEING THEORY NETWORK MODEL FUNDAMENTALS SINGLE-CHANNEL QUEUEING MODELS SHORTEST PATH ALGORITHMS MULTI-CHANNEL QUEUEING SYSTEMS PERFORMANCE MEASURES IN QUEUES PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF TRIGONOMETRY PART VIII: PREDICTIVE MODELING AND FORECASTING INTRODUCTION TO TRIGONOMETRIC THINKING REGRESSION MODELING BASICS UNDERSTANDING ANGLES AND MEASUREMENT SIMPLE LINEAR REGRESSION EXPLORING RADIAN AND DEGREE CONVERSION MULTIPLE REGRESSION TECHNIQUES CIRCULAR MOTION AND ANGLE APPLICATIONS FORECASTING METHODS IN BUSINESS RIGHT TRIANGLE BASICS AND RATIOS TIME SERIES ANALYSIS TRIGONOMETRIC VOCABULARY AND DEFINITIONS SMOOTHING AND TREND FORECASTING THE COORDINATE PLANE AND ANGLE POSITIONING SEASONAL ADJUSTMENTS IN FORECASTING EVALUATING TRIGONOMETRIC RATIOS ACCURACY AND ERROR MEASUREMENT BASIC GRAPHS OF TRIGONOMETRIC FUNCTIONS DATA PREPARATION FOR FORECASTING REAL-LIFE CONTEXTS FOR TRIGONOMETRY PREDICTIVE MODELING CASE STUDIES PART II: UNIT CIRCLE AND FUNCTION BEHAVIORS PART IX: DATA MINING AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT UNDERSTANDING THE UNIT CIRCLE DATA MINING CONCEPTS AND TOOLS SINE AND COSINE FROM THE UNIT CIRCLE CLASSIFICATION AND CLUSTERING TANGENT, COTANGENT, SECANT, AND COSECANT ASSOCIATION RULES AND PATTERN DISCOVERY REFERENCE ANGLES AND QUADRANTAL ANGLES BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE AND DATA MINING SYMMETRY IN TRIGONOMETRIC GRAPHS INTRODUCTION TO PROJECT MANAGEMENT PERIODICITY AND AMPLITUDE PROJECT PLANNING AND SCHEDULING PHASE SHIFT AND VERTICAL SHIFT GANTT CHARTS AND NETWORK DIAGRAMS GRAPHING COMPOSITE TRIGONOMETRIC FUNCTIONS CRITICAL PATH METHOD (CPM) IDENTIFYING KEY FEATURES OF GRAPHS RESOURCE ALLOCATION IN PROJECTS TRANSFORMATIONS OF SINE AND COSINE PROJECT RISK MANAGEMENT PART III: RIGHT TRIANGLE APPLICATIONS PART X: STRATEGIC APPLICATIONS AND MULTIOBJECTIVE MODELS SOLVING RIGHT TRIANGLES MULTIOBJECTIVE DECISION MAKING CONCEPTS USING THE PYTHAGOREAN IDENTITY TRADE-OFFS AND PARETO OPTIMALITY SPECIAL RIGHT TRIANGLES IN TRIGONOMETRY WEIGHTING AND PRIORITIZING OBJECTIVES APPLICATIONS IN GEOMETRY AND MEASUREMENT MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION ANALYSIS ANGLE OF ELEVATION AND DEPRESSION INVENTORY MANAGEMENT FUNDAMENTALS TRIGONOMETRIC RATIOS IN PROBLEM SOLVING ECONOMIC ORDER QUANTITY MODELS SOLVING REAL-WORLD SCENARIOS SAFETY STOCK AND REORDER POINTS NAVIGATION AND SURVEYING TECHNIQUES SUPPLY CHAIN MODELING TECHNIQUES DISTANCE AND HEIGHT CALCULATIONS INTEGRATING MODELS ACROSS BUSINESS FUNCTIONS INVERSE TRIGONOMETRIC FUNCTIONS FUTURE TRENDS IN MANAGEMENT SCIENCE PART IV: ANALYTIC TRIGONOMETRY FUNDAMENTAL TRIGONOMETRIC IDENTITIES PLANE AND SPHERICAL TRIGONOMETRY USING IDENTITIES TO SIMPLIFY EXPRESSIONS VERIFYING TRIGONOMETRIC IDENTITIES TITLE OF THE BOOK: EXPLORATIONS IN PLANE AND SPHERICAL SUM AND DIFFERENCE FORMULAS TRIGONOMETRY: A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO FUNCTIONS, DOUBLE-ANGLE AND HALF-ANGLE FORMULAS COORDINATES, AND GEOMETRY PRODUCT-TO-SUM AND SUM-TO-PRODUCT FORMULAS SOLVING TRIGONOMETRIC EQUATIONS ELLIPSES: GRAPHS AND EQUATIONS INVERSE TRIGONOMETRIC FUNCTIONS IN EQUATIONS HYPERBOLAS: STRUCTURE AND APPLICATION DOMAIN AND RANGE OF INVERSE FUNCTIONS IDENTIFYING CONIC SECTIONS FROM EQUATIONS PRACTICAL USE OF TRIGONOMETRIC FORMULAS APPLICATIONS IN OPTICS AND PHYSICS PART V: POLAR COORDINATES AND GRAPHS FOCUS-DIRECTRIX PROPERTIES INTRODUCTION TO POLAR COORDINATES TANGENTS AND NORMALS TO CONICS GRAPHING POLAR EQUATIONS ROTATION OF AXES CONVERTING BETWEEN POLAR AND RECTANGULAR DEGENERATE CONICS AND THEIR MEANINGS SYMMETRY IN POLAR GRAPHS PART IX: EXPONENTIAL AND LOGARITHMIC FUNCTIONS ROSE CURVES, LIMAÇONS, AND LEMNISCATES PROPERTIES OF EXPONENTIAL FUNCTIONS APPLICATIONS OF POLAR COORDINATES NATURAL EXPONENTIAL FUNCTION USING POLAR GRAPHS TO MODEL PATTERNS APPLICATIONS IN GROWTH AND DECAY INTERSECTION OF POLAR CURVES INTRODUCTION TO LOGARITHMS COMPLEX NUMBERS IN POLAR FORM PROPERTIES OF LOGARITHMIC FUNCTIONS DE MOIVRE’S THEOREM AND ROOTS OF COMPLEX NUMBERS SOLVING LOGARITHMIC EQUATIONS PART VI: PARAMETRIC EQUATIONS AND MOTION EXPONENTIAL-LOGARITHMIC CONVERSION PARAMETRIC REPRESENTATION OF CURVES LOGARITHMIC SCALES AND REAL-WORLD MODELS CONVERTING PARAMETRIC TO RECTANGULAR COMPOUND INTEREST AND FINANCIAL MATH ELIMINATING THE PARAMETER USING LOGS IN SCIENTIFIC APPLICATIONS GRAPHING PARAMETRIC CURVES PART X: SPHERICAL TRIGONOMETRY AND APPLICATIONS MODELING PROJECTILE MOTION INTRODUCTION TO SPHERICAL GEOMETRY MOTION ALONG A CURVE GREAT CIRCLES AND ANGULAR DISTANCE PARAMETRIC EQUATIONS IN PHYSICS SPHERICAL TRIANGLES AND THEIR PROPERTIES CALCULUS WITH PARAMETRIC CURVES SPHERICAL LAW OF SINES REAL-WORLD USE OF PARAMETRICS SPHERICAL LAW OF COSINES SYSTEMS OF PARAMETRIC EQUATIONS NAVIGATION USING SPHERICAL TRIGONOMETRY PART VII: VECTORS IN TWO AND THREE DIMENSIONS ASTRONOMY AND CELESTIAL NAVIGATION INTRODUCTION TO VECTORS DISTANCE AND BEARINGS ON A SPHERE VECTOR NOTATION AND TERMINOLOGY PRACTICAL ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS OPERATIONS WITH VECTORS INTEGRATION OF PLANE AND SPHERICAL CONCEPTS DOT PRODUCT AND CROSS PRODUCT MAGNITUDE AND DIRECTION BUSINESS STATISTICS APPLICATIONS OF VECTORS IN GEOMETRY VECTORS IN NAVIGATION AND FORCES TITLE OF THE BOOK: BUSINESS STATISTICS: A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO POSITION AND DISPLACEMENT VECTORS DATA-DRIVEN DECISION MAKING VECTORS IN 3D SPACE PART I: INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS STATISTICS ANGLE BETWEEN VECTORS AND PROJECTIONS WHAT IS STATISTICS AND WHY IT MATTERS PART VIII: CONIC SECTIONS AND GEOMETRY TYPES OF DATA IN BUSINESS APPLICATIONS INTRODUCTION TO CONIC SECTIONS METHODS OF DATA COLLECTION PARABOLAS AND THEIR PROPERTIES SAMPLING TECHNIQUES IN RESEARCH COMMON STATISTICAL TERMINOLOGIES INTRODUCTION TO SAMPLING DISTRIBUTIONS IMPORTANCE OF STATISTICS IN BUSINESS DECISION-MAKING CENTRAL LIMIT THEOREM THE ROLE OF DATA IN STRATEGIC PLANNING PROPERTIES OF POINT ESTIMATORS ETHICAL ISSUES IN STATISTICAL PRACTICE CONFIDENCE INTERVALS FOR MEANS CAREERS AND APPLICATIONS IN BUSINESS STATISTICS CONFIDENCE INTERVALS FOR PROPORTIONS CHALLENGES IN BUSINESS DATA ANALYSIS CONFIDENCE INTERVALS FOR VARIANCES PART II: ORGANIZING AND PRESENTING DATA MARGIN OF ERROR AND SAMPLE SIZE GRAPHICAL DESCRIPTIVE METHODS FOR NOMINAL DATA COMPARING TWO POPULATION MEANS BAR CHARTS AND PIE CHARTS CONFIDENCE INTERVALS FOR DIFFERENCES FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS REAL-WORLD ESTIMATION PROBLEMS CROSS TABULATIONS AND CONTINGENCY TABLES PART VI: HYPOTHESIS TESTING GRAPHICAL DESCRIPTIVE METHODS FOR NUMERICAL DATA THE BASICS OF HYPOTHESIS TESTING HISTOGRAMS AND FREQUENCY POLYGONS ONE-TAILED AND TWO-TAILED TESTS BOXPLOTS AND STEM-AND-LEAF DISPLAYS ERRORS IN HYPOTHESIS TESTING SCATTERPLOTS AND LINE GRAPHS HYPOTHESIS TESTING FOR A SINGLE MEAN TIME SERIES PLOTS HYPOTHESIS TESTING FOR A PROPORTION BEST PRACTICES IN DATA VISUALIZATION COMPARING TWO MEANS: INDEPENDENT SAMPLES PART III: DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS PAIRED SAMPLES TESTS MEASURES OF CENTRAL TENDENCY HYPOTHESIS TESTING FOR TWO PROPORTIONS MEASURES OF DISPERSION HYPOTHESIS TESTING FOR VARIANCE RANGE, VARIANCE, AND STANDARD DEVIATION PRACTICAL CASE STUDIES IN HYPOTHESIS TESTING COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION PART VII: ADVANCED STATISTICAL INFERENCE PERCENTILES AND QUARTILES INFERENCE ABOUT POPULATION VARIANCES MEASURES OF POSITION (Z-SCORES) ONE-WAY ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE (ANOVA) SHAPE OF DATA DISTRIBUTIONS ASSUMPTIONS IN ANOVA DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY TABLES POST-HOC TESTS IN ANOVA COMPARING DATA SETS TWO-WAY ANOVA BASICS BUSINESS APPLICATIONS OF DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS CHI-SQUARED TESTS FOR NOMINAL DATA PART IV: PROBABILITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS GOODNESS-OF-FIT TESTS BASIC CONCEPTS OF PROBABILITY TEST FOR INDEPENDENCE PROBABILITY RULES AND COUNTING PRINCIPLES COMPARING OBSERVED AND EXPECTED VALUES CONDITIONAL PROBABILITY AND INDEPENDENCE REAL-WORLD USE CASES OF ADVANCED INFERENCE BAYES’ THEOREM IN BUSINESS PART VIII: REGRESSION AND CORRELATION ANALYSIS INTRODUCTION TO RANDOM VARIABLES INTRODUCTION TO CORRELATION DISCRETE PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS SIMPLE LINEAR REGRESSION BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION REGRESSION LINE AND LEAST SQUARES METHOD POISSON DISTRIBUTION COEFFICIENT OF DETERMINATION (R²) CONTINUOUS PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS ASSUMPTIONS IN LINEAR REGRESSION NORMAL DISTRIBUTION IN BUSINESS ANALYSIS MULTIPLE REGRESSION ANALYSIS PART V: SAMPLING AND ESTIMATION INTERPRETING REGRESSION COEFFICIENTS DUMMY VARIABLES IN REGRESSION INDICATORS OF PLANETARY HEALTH RESIDUAL ANALYSIS PART II: LIFE, ECOSYSTEMS, AND INTERDEPENDENCE MODEL VALIDATION AND ASSUMPTIONS ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS AND FUNCTIONS PART IX: SPECIALIZED STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES ENERGY FLOW IN ECOSYSTEMS BUILDING PREDICTIVE MODELS BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES MODEL SELECTION AND COMPARISON BIODIVERSITY AND EVOLUTION NONPARAMETRIC STATISTICAL METHODS NATURAL SELECTION AND ADAPTATIONS SIGN TEST AND WILCOXON TEST KEYSTONE AND INDICATOR SPECIES RANK-SUM TESTS ECOLOGICAL NICHES AND HABITAT DIVERSITY KRUSKAL-WALLIS TEST SPECIES INTERACTIONS AND COMMUNITY STRUCTURE FRIEDMAN TEST ECOLOGICAL SUCCESSION INTRODUCTION TO TIME SERIES POPULATION CONTROL AND CARRYING CAPACITY COMPONENTS OF TIME SERIES PART III: CLIMATE AND ECOSYSTEM HEALTH FORECASTING TECHNIQUES AND ACCURACY EARTH'S CLIMATE SYSTEMS PART X: APPLICATIONS AND DECISION-MAKING CLIMATE AND BIOME DISTRIBUTION INTRODUCTION TO INDEX NUMBERS MARINE ECOSYSTEMS AND CORAL REEFS PRICE AND QUANTITY INDEXES FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (CPI) HUMAN IMPACT ON ECOSYSTEMS DEFLATING ECONOMIC DATA DEFORESTATION AND DESERTIFICATION BUSINESS APPLICATIONS OF INDEX NUMBERS ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION STRATEGIES BASICS OF DECISION ANALYSIS CLIMATE'S ROLE IN BIODIVERSITY DECISION TREES AND PAYOFF TABLES PROTECTING ECOSYSTEM SERVICES RISK ANALYSIS IN BUSINESS DECISIONS CLIMATE RESILIENCE AND ADAPTATION SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS PART IV: BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION FINAL THOUGHTS ON STATISTICAL DECISION MAKING THE VALUE OF BIODIVERSITY CAUSES OF SPECIES ENDANGERMENT ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE STRATEGIES FOR PROTECTING ENDANGERED SPECIES LAWS AND TREATIES FOR SPECIES PROTECTION TITLE OF THE BOOK: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE: EXPLORING PRESERVING GENETIC DIVERSITY SUSTAINABILITY, BIODIVERSITY, AND HUMAN IMPACT THE ROLE OF ZOOS AND SEED BANKS PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE HABITAT FRAGMENTATION AND CORRIDORS THE ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY INVASIVE SPECIES MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES OF ECOLOGY AND SCIENTIFIC THINKING THE ECOSYSTEM APPROACH TO CONSERVATION MATTER, ENERGY, AND LIFE SYSTEMS REWILDING AND REINTRODUCTION EFFORTS FEEDBACK LOOPS IN NATURAL SYSTEMS PART V: RESOURCES, FOOD, AND AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEM SERVICES AND NATURAL CAPITAL FOOD SECURITY AND GLOBAL NUTRITION ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS AND WORLDVIEWS INDUSTRIAL AND ORGANIC FARMING INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACHES TO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE SOIL COMPOSITION AND FERTILITY ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY AND GLOBAL AWARENESS EROSION, DESERTIFICATION, AND SOIL CONSERVATION TOOLS FOR MEASURING ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE TECHNIQUES AQUACULTURE AND FISHERIES INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND CLIMATE PESTICIDE USE AND ALTERNATIVES CHEMICAL EXPOSURE AND TOXICOLOGY INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT INDOOR AND OUTDOOR AIR POLLUTION GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS IN AGRICULTURE SOURCES OF AIR CONTAMINANTS ETHICS OF GLOBAL FOOD PRODUCTION AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT PART VI: WATER, MINERALS, AND ENERGY CLIMATE CHANGE AND GLOBAL WARMING IMPORTANCE OF FRESHWATER RESOURCES OZONE LAYER DEPLETION GROUNDWATER AND SURFACE WATER WASTE GENERATION AND MANAGEMENT WATER SCARCITY AND MANAGEMENT HAZARDOUS WASTE AND E-WASTE SOLUTIONS WATER POLLUTION SOURCES AND EFFECTS PART X: ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS AND GLOBAL ACTION STRATEGIES FOR CLEAN WATER ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS AND GREEN MARKETS GEOLOGIC PROCESSES AND EARTH'S STRUCTURE ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINTS AND CONSUMPTION NONRENEWABLE MINERAL RESOURCES GOVERNMENT ROLES IN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION MINING PRACTICES AND ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL AGREEMENTS FOSSIL FUELS: OIL, COAL, AND NATURAL GAS ROLE OF NGOS AND GRASSROOTS MOVEMENTS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF FOSSIL FUEL USE CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND SUSTAINABILITY PART VII: ENERGY ALTERNATIVES AND SUSTAINABILITY ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY RENEWABLE ENERGY OVERVIEW SYSTEMS THINKING IN POLICY DESIGN SOLAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES FUTURE SCENARIOS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT WIND POWER SYSTEMS EMPOWERING GLOBAL CITIZENS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP HYDROELECTRIC AND TIDAL ENERGY BIOMASS AND BIOFUELS BASIC PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT GEOTHERMAL ENERGY NUCLEAR POWER AND WASTE TITLE OF THE BOOK: BASIC PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT: BUILDING THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND CONSERVATION FOUNDATION OF A CONFIDENT AND ETHICAL YOU ENERGY POLICY AND TRANSITION PART I: UNDERSTANDING THE SELF BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE ENERGY FUTURE THE MEANING AND IMPORTANCE OF SELF-ESTEEM PART VIII: HUMAN POPULATION AND URBANIZATION BUILDING SELF-WORTH THROUGH POSITIVE HABITS HUMAN POPULATION GROWTH PATTERNS RECOGNIZING PERSONAL STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION MODEL EXPLORING PERSONAL VALUES AND BELIEFS POPULATION POLICIES AND CHALLENGES THE ROAD TO SELF-DEVELOPMENT URBANIZATION AND MEGACITIES SETTING GOALS FOR GROWTH SUSTAINABLE URBAN DESIGN TIME MANAGEMENT FOR PERSONAL SUCCESS URBAN SPRAWL AND TRANSPORTATION SELF-MOTIVATION AND CONSISTENCY SMART GROWTH AND ECO-CITIES CULTIVATING A GROWTH MINDSET ACCESS TO SERVICES AND INFRASTRUCTURE REFLECTING ON SELF-IMPROVEMENT JOURNEYS MANAGING URBAN RESOURCES PART II: ATTITUDE AND OUTLOOK SOCIAL JUSTICE AND ENVIRONMENTAL EQUITY THE POWER OF A POSITIVE ATTITUDE PART IX: POLLUTION AND PUBLIC HEALTH ATTITUDE VERSUS APTITUDE IN SUCCESS ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS AND HUMAN HEALTH DEVELOPING OPTIMISM OVERCOMING NEGATIVITY AND LIMITING BELIEFS PART VI: CONFLICT AND MEETINGS BUILDING RESILIENCE AND MENTAL TOUGHNESS UNDERSTANDING THE NATURE OF CONFLICT SELF-DISCIPLINE AND EMOTIONAL REGULATION SOURCES AND TYPES OF WORKPLACE CONFLICT STAYING MOTIVATED DURING CHALLENGES CONFLICT RESOLUTION TECHNIQUES THE LINK BETWEEN ATTITUDE AND PROFESSIONALISM PRACTICING EMPATHY DURING DISPUTES ALIGNING VALUES WITH ACTION MANAGING EMOTIONS IN CONFLICT SITUATIONS SHAPING THE RIGHT MINDSET FOR LIFE AND WORK LISTENING TO UNDERSTAND, NOT JUST TO RESPOND PART III: PERSONAL IMAGE AND IMPRESSION BUILDING CONSENSUS IN TEAMS THE IMPORTANCE OF PERSONAL IMAGE MEETING ESSENTIALS AND GROUND RULES BODY LANGUAGE AND NON-VERBAL CUES FACILITATING PRODUCTIVE MEETINGS GROOMING AND HYGIENE FOR CONFIDENCE GIVING AND RECEIVING CONSTRUCTIVE FEEDBACK DRESSING FOR SUCCESS PART VII: CRITICAL WORK SKILLS BUILDING CHARISMA AND PRESENCE APPLYING CRITICAL THINKING AT WORK MANAGING FIRST IMPRESSIONS PROBLEM SOLVING WITH LOGIC AND CREATIVITY SOCIAL ETIQUETTE AND MANNERS DECISION-MAKING STRATEGIES PROFESSIONAL BEHAVIOR IN VARIOUS SETTINGS ADAPTABILITY IN THE MODERN WORKPLACE ONLINE PRESENCE AND DIGITAL ETIQUETTE ORGANIZATION AND PRIORITIZATION SKILLS CONSISTENCY IN PERSONAL BRANDING MANAGING MULTIPLE TASKS AND DEADLINES PART IV: COMMUNICATION ESSENTIALS WORKING INDEPENDENTLY AND IN TEAMS THE BASICS OF EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION EMBRACING ACCOUNTABILITY ACTIVE LISTENING TECHNIQUES PROFESSIONALISM AND WORK ETHICS VERBAL AND NON-VERBAL COMMUNICATION SKILLS BUILDING A REPUTATION FOR RELIABILITY THE IMPORTANCE OF TONE AND CLARITY PART VIII: PROFESSIONALISM AND DIVERSITY BARRIERS TO COMMUNICATION AND OVERCOMING THEM UNDERSTANDING CUSTOMER FOCUS WRITTEN COMMUNICATION SKILLS DEVELOPING EMPATHY FOR CLIENTS AND CUSTOMERS ASKING QUESTIONS AND GIVING FEEDBACK COMMUNICATION IN CUSTOMER SERVICE BODY LANGUAGE AND EMPATHY IN CONVERSATION HANDLING CUSTOMER COMPLAINTS GRACEFULLY SPEAKING WITH CONFIDENCE BUILDING CUSTOMER LOYALTY THE ROLE OF COMMUNICATION IN BUILDING TRUST VALUING DIVERSITY IN THE WORKPLACE PART V: WORKPLACE COMMUNICATION EMBRACING CULTURAL DIFFERENCES GETTING YOUR MESSAGE ACROSS CLEARLY INCLUSION AND COLLABORATION UNDERSTANDING THE COMMUNICATION PROCESS ETHICAL BEHAVIOR AT WORK USING ASSERTIVE COMMUNICATION RESPECTING BOUNDARIES AND CONFIDENTIALITY AVOIDING MISCOMMUNICATION PART IX: LEADERSHIP AND CHANGE UNDERSTANDING WORKPLACE HIERARCHIES IDENTIFYING LEADERSHIP QUALITIES IN YOURSELF COMMUNICATING WITH COWORKERS EFFECTIVELY BECOMING A ROLE MODEL RESPECTFUL DIALOGUE WITH SUPERVISORS LEADING BY EXAMPLE COLLABORATION AND TEAM COMMUNICATION BUILDING INFLUENCE AND INSPIRING OTHERS EMAIL AND PHONE COMMUNICATION ETIQUETTE MANAGING CHANGE AND UNCERTAINTY CROSS-CULTURAL COMMUNICATION IN THE WORKPLACE EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE IN LEADERSHIP COACHING AND MENTORING PEERS FALLACIES OF AMBIGUITY LEADING WITH INTEGRITY FALLACIES OF PRESUMPTION ENCOURAGING INNOVATION AND IMPROVEMENT PART III: CATEGORICAL LOGIC BALANCING AUTHORITY AND APPROACHABILITY CATEGORICAL PROPOSITIONS AND THEIR COMPONENTS PART X: CAREER READINESS AND GROWTH QUALITY AND QUANTITY IN CATEGORICAL STATEMENTS PREPARING A RESUME AND COVER LETTER VENN DIAGRAMS AND CATEGORICAL RELATIONSHIPS PRACTICING FOR JOB INTERVIEWS CONTRADICTORIES, CONTRARIES, AND SUBALTERNATION JOB SEARCH STRATEGIES TRANSLATING ORDINARY LANGUAGE INTO STANDARD FORM UNDERSTANDING JOB DESCRIPTIONS INTRODUCTION TO CATEGORICAL SYLLOGISMS EVALUATING JOB OFFERS RULES AND VALIDITY IN SYLLOGISTIC LOGIC STARTING STRONG IN A NEW JOB VENN DIAGRAM METHOD FOR SYLLOGISMS BUILDING A CAREER PLAN MOOD AND FIGURE OF A SYLLOGISM NETWORKING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT EVALUATING SYLLOGISTIC ARGUMENTS LIFELONG LEARNING AND SKILL ENHANCEMENT PART IV: PROPOSITIONAL LOGIC TAKING CHARGE OF YOUR CAREER PATH PROPOSITIONS AND LOGICAL CONNECTIVES TRUTH TABLES: BASIC PROPOSITIONS LOGIC TRUTH TABLES: COMPOUND PROPOSITIONS TAUTOLOGIES, CONTRADICTIONS, AND CONTINGENCIES TITLE OF THE BOOK: LOGIC: FOUNDATIONS OF REASONING IN THOUGHT, LOGICAL EQUIVALENCES AND LAWS LANGUAGE, AND SCIENCE CONDITIONAL AND BICONDITIONAL STATEMENTS PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF LOGICAL THINKING CONSTRUCTING ARGUMENTS IN PROPOSITIONAL LOGIC UNDERSTANDING LOGIC AND ITS RELEVANCE TRANSLATING LANGUAGE INTO PROPOSITIONAL LOGIC ELEMENTS OF THOUGHT AND REASONING COMMON ARGUMENT FORMS TRUTH, VALIDITY, AND SOUNDNESS IDENTIFYING INVALID ARGUMENT FORMS BASIC CONCEPTS IN ARGUMENTATION PART V: NATURAL DEDUCTION AND FORMAL PROOFS DISTINGUISHING ARGUMENTS FROM NON-ARGUMENTS UNDERSTANDING NATURAL DEDUCTION THE STRUCTURE OF LOGICAL THOUGHT BASIC RULES OF INFERENCE INTRODUCTION TO DEDUCTIVE AND INDUCTIVE REASONING PROOF STRATEGIES AND SHORTCUTS RECOGNIZING LOGICAL PRINCIPLES IN DAILY LIFE CONDITIONAL PROOF LOGIC IN PHILOSOPHY AND SCIENCE INDIRECT PROOF CRITICAL THINKING AND THE LOGIC TOOLKIT DERIVING CONCLUSIONS FROM PREMISES PART II: LANGUAGE, MEANING, AND FALLACIES COMMON PROOF ERRORS THE NATURE OF LANGUAGE APPLYING PROOFS TO REAL-WORLD LOGIC MEANING: DENOTATION AND CONNOTATION NATURAL DEDUCTION IN LAW AND ETHICS DEFINITIONS AND THEIR USES CRITICAL ANALYSIS THROUGH FORMAL PROOF AMBIGUITY, VAGUENESS, AND CONTEXT PART VI: PREDICATE LOGIC AND QUANTIFIERS EUPHEMISMS, JARGON, AND SLANTING THE NEED FOR PREDICATE LOGIC EMOTIONAL AND FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE SYMBOLS AND QUANTIFIERS INTRODUCTION TO INFORMAL FALLACIES UNIVERSAL AND EXISTENTIAL QUANTIFIERS FALLACIES OF RELEVANCE TRANSLATING SENTENCES INTO PREDICATE LOGIC IDENTITY AND MULTIPLE QUANTIFICATION HYPOTHETICAL REASONING AND SCIENTIFIC METHOD PREDICATE LOGIC AND TRUTH CONDITIONS STRUCTURE OF SCIENTIFIC EXPLANATIONS PREDICATE LOGIC IN MATHEMATICS CONFIRMATION AND FALSIFICATION COMMON MISTAKES IN PREDICATE LOGIC THE ROLE OF HYPOTHESES IN SCIENCE PROOF TECHNIQUES IN PREDICATE LOGIC LOGICAL THINKING IN RESEARCH DESIGN APPLICATIONS IN FORMAL SEMANTICS DISTINGUISHING SCIENCE FROM SUPERSTITION PART VII: ANALOGICAL, LEGAL, AND MORAL REASONING COMMON FEATURES OF PSEUDOSCIENCE UNDERSTANDING ANALOGY LOGICAL TOOLS FOR SKEPTICAL INQUIRY STRENGTH AND WEAKNESS OF ANALOGICAL ARGUMENTS RATIONAL BELIEF AND EVIDENCE LEGAL REASONING AND PRECEDENTS LOGIC AS THE FOUNDATION OF INTELLECTUAL FREEDOM ANALOGICAL REASONING IN LAW INTRODUCTION TO MORAL REASONING INDIVIDUAL AND DUAL SPORTS ETHICAL THEORIES AND LOGICAL CONSISTENCY FALLACIES IN MORAL ARGUMENTS TITLE OF THE BOOK: MASTERING MOVEMENT: A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE DECISION-MAKING THROUGH ETHICAL LOGIC TO INDIVIDUAL AND DUAL SPORTS ARGUMENT ANALYSIS IN PUBLIC DISCOURSE PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF INDIVIDUAL AND DUAL SPORTS LOGIC AND ETHICS IN MODERN SOCIETY INTRODUCTION TO INDIVIDUAL AND DUAL SPORTS PART VIII: CAUSAL REASONING AND MILL’S METHODS PHYSICAL, MENTAL, AND SOCIAL BENEFITS OF SPORTS THE NATURE OF CAUSALITY SAFETY AND INJURY PREVENTION IN SPORTS NECESSARY AND SUFFICIENT CONDITIONS WARM-UP AND COOL-DOWN PRINCIPLES THE POST HOC FALLACY BASIC FITNESS COMPONENTS FOR SPORTS MILL'S METHOD OF AGREEMENT SPORTSMANSHIP AND ETHICS IN COMPETITION MILL'S METHOD OF DIFFERENCE EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES: OVERVIEW AND MAINTENANCE MILL’S JOINT METHOD AND CONCOMITANT VARIATION UNDERSTANDING RULES, SCORING, AND REFEREEING CORRELATION VS. CAUSATION TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR BEGINNERS CAUSAL REASONING IN SCIENCE DEVELOPING DISCIPLINE AND FOCUS THROUGH SPORTS DETECTING CAUSAL FALLACIES PART II: BADMINTON – HISTORY AND FUNDAMENTALS CONSTRUCTING SOUND CAUSAL ARGUMENTS HISTORY AND EVOLUTION OF BADMINTON PART IX: INDUCTION, PROBABILITY, AND STATISTICS OBJECTIVES AND COMPETITIVE NATURE OF THE GAME THE LOGIC OF INDUCTIVE REASONING COURT DIMENSIONS AND EQUIPMENT SPECIFICATIONS INTRODUCTION TO PROBABILITY TYPES OF GRIPS AND RACKET HANDLING BASIC PROBABILITY THEORY BASIC FOOTWORK AND MOVEMENT ON COURT CONDITIONAL PROBABILITY SCORING SYSTEM AND MATCH STRUCTURE BAYESIAN REASONING SINGLES VS. DOUBLES: KEY DIFFERENCES COMMON FALLACIES IN PROBABILITY ETIQUETTE AND FAIR PLAY IN BADMINTON STATISTICAL REASONING IN EVERYDAY LIFE COMMON INJURIES AND PREVENTION IN BADMINTON EVALUATING STATISTICAL CLAIMS PSYCHOLOGICAL PREPARATION IN BADMINTON MATCHES MISUSE OF STATISTICS IN MEDIA AND POLITICS PART III: BADMINTON – TECHNIQUES AND TACTICS LOGICAL INTERPRETATION OF DATA BASIC STROKES: CLEAR, DRIVE, DROP PART X: SCIENTIFIC AND PSEUDOSCIENTIFIC THINKING MASTERING THE SMASH NET PLAY AND TUMBLE SHOTS CREATING NEW GAMES INSPIRED BY TRADITIONS DEFENSIVE PLAY AND RECOVERY SKILLS PART VII: TRAINING, NUTRITION, AND RECOVERY ADVANCED FOOTWORK PATTERNS BASIC TRAINING PRINCIPLES FOR ATHLETES SERVE TECHNIQUES: SHORT, FLICK, AND DRIVE DESIGNING WEEKLY PRACTICE SCHEDULES TACTICAL PLAY IN SINGLES MATCHES CARDIOVASCULAR FITNESS FOR INDIVIDUAL AND DUAL SPORTS TACTICAL PLAY IN DOUBLES MATCHES STRENGTH AND RESISTANCE TRAINING READING OPPONENT’S MOVEMENT FLEXIBILITY AND MOBILITY ROUTINES PRACTICING DRILLS FOR SKILL ENHANCEMENT NUTRITION FOR PERFORMANCE AND RECOVERY PART IV: ARNIS – FILIPINO MARTIAL ARTS OVERVIEW HYDRATION AND ELECTROLYTE BALANCE HISTORY AND CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE OF ARNIS SLEEP AND MENTAL RECOVERY FOR ATHLETES ETHICS AND VALUES IN ARNIS MANAGING FATIGUE AND BURNOUT TYPES OF ARNIS SYSTEMS INJURY MANAGEMENT AND REHABILITATION TECHNIQUES WEAPONS USED IN ARNIS: STICKS, KNIVES, AND OTHERS PART VIII: STRATEGY AND GAME ANALYSIS STANCES, FOOTWORK, AND GRIPPING TECHNIQUES ANALYZING OPPONENT BEHAVIOR AND WEAKNESSES BASIC STRIKING PATTERNS AND BLOCKING GAME PLANNING AND EXECUTION DISARMING TECHNIQUES AND COUNTERS TEAM DYNAMICS IN DUAL SPORTS SPARRING GUIDELINES AND SAFETY HANDLING PRESSURE AND MAKING SPLIT DECISIONS RULES AND SCORING IN COMPETITIVE ARNIS SCOUTING REPORTS AND MATCH PREPARATION PROMOTING ARNIS IN SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES ROLE OF A COACH IN INDIVIDUAL AND DUAL SPORTS PART V: ARNIS – DRILLS AND DEFENSIVE STRATEGIES SELF-ASSESSMENT AND PERFORMANCE FEEDBACK SOLO BASTON DRILLS AND COMBOS INCORPORATING VIDEO ANALYSIS INTO TRAINING SINAWALI: DOUBLE STICK DRILLS BUILDING MENTAL TOUGHNESS TAPI-TAPI AND TIMING DRILLS CELEBRATING WINS AND LEARNING FROM LOSSES EMPTY-HAND TECHNIQUES PART IX: LEADERSHIP AND SPORTSMANSHIP FLOW DRILLS AND REACTION TIME DEVELOPMENT LEADERSHIP SKILLS IN INDIVIDUAL AND TEAM SETTINGS DEFENDING AGAINST MULTIPLE ATTACKS DEVELOPING CONFIDENCE THROUGH SPORT USE OF ARNIS IN SELF-DEFENSE RESPECT, RESPONSIBILITY, AND RESILIENCE DEVELOPING SPEED, ACCURACY, AND CONTROL POSITIVE COACHING AND PEER MENTORSHIP PARTNER PRACTICE AND CONTROLLED SPARRING HANDLING WINS AND LOSSES WITH GRACE ASSESSING SKILLS THROUGH PRACTICAL DEMONSTRATIONS PROMOTING A SAFE AND INCLUSIVE SPORTS ENVIRONMENT PART VI: LARO NG LAHI – FILIPINO TRADITIONAL GAMES TEACHING VALUES THROUGH PE AND SPORTS CULTURAL BACKGROUND AND IMPORTANCE OF LARO NG LAHI ROLE OF PARENTS AND COMMUNITY IN SPORTS DEVELOPMENT GAMES OF STRATEGY: PATINTERO AND TUMBANG PRESO BUILDING A GROWTH MINDSET IN SPORTS STRENGTH-BASED GAMES: PALO SEBO AND LUKSONG BAKA VOLUNTEERISM AND EVENT ORGANIZATION IN SPORTS SPEED AND AGILITY GAMES: AGAWAN BASE PART X: LIFELONG INVOLVEMENT IN SPORTS COORDINATION AND BALANCE GAMES: LUKSONG TINIK ENCOURAGING ACTIVE LIFESTYLES BEYOND SCHOOL COMMUNITY AND TEAM SPIRIT IN TRADITIONAL GAMES SPORTS AS A CAREER PATH: COACHING, OFFICIATING, MANAGEMENT INTEGRATING TRADITIONAL GAMES IN MODERN PE PROGRAMS NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS PROMOTING INCLUSIVITY THROUGH LOCAL GAMES ORGANIZING SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY TOURNAMENTS RULES AND VARIATIONS OF LARO NG LAHI ADAPTING SPORTS FOR ALL AGES AND ABILITIES USING TECHNOLOGY TO IMPROVE SKILLS THE PREAMBLE AND ITS MEANING PROMOTING HEALTH AND FITNESS THROUGH SPORTS LEGAL FRAMEWORK AND CONSTITUTIONAL DOCTRINE ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS IN SPORTS EVENTS CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGE: AMENDMENTS AND REVISIONS SPORTS ADVOCACY AND OUTREACH PROGRAMS THE ROLE OF THE CONSTITUTION IN NATION BUILDING LEAVING A LEGACY THROUGH INDIVIDUAL AND DUAL SPORTS PART IV: FOUNDATIONAL PROVISIONS OF THE 1987 CONSTITUTION THE PREAMBLE: PURPOSE AND SIGNIFICANCE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS NATIONAL TERRITORY AND SOVEREIGNTY DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES: SOVEREIGNTY AND DEMOCRACY TITLE OF THE BOOK: FOUNDATIONS OF THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT AND STATE POLICIES: PEACE, JUSTICE, AND FREEDOM POLITICS: A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO THE 1987 CONSTITUTION AND CIVILIAN SUPREMACY OVER THE MILITARY BEYOND ROLE OF THE YOUTH, WOMEN, AND MINORITIES PART I: INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL SCIENCE AND GOVERNMENT THE SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE UNDERSTANDING POLITICAL SCIENCE AS A DISCIPLINE THE PRINCIPLE OF SOCIAL JUSTICE MAJOR APPROACHES IN THE STUDY OF POLITICS PROMOTION OF THE COMMON GOOD CONCEPTS OF POWER, AUTHORITY, AND LEGITIMACY INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND TREATY OBLIGATIONS ELEMENTS AND CHARACTERISTICS OF A STATE PART V: BILL OF RIGHTS AND CITIZENSHIP FORMS AND SYSTEMS OF GOVERNMENT BILL OF RIGHTS: PURPOSE AND SCOPE THEORIES OF SOVEREIGNTY AND POLITICAL OBLIGATION PROTECTION OF CIVIL AND POLITICAL LIBERTIES BASIC CONCEPTS OF GOVERNANCE AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION DUE PROCESS AND EQUAL PROTECTION OF THE LAW DISTINCTION BETWEEN STATE AND GOVERNMENT RIGHTS OF THE ACCUSED AND DETAINED ROLE OF POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS IN SOCIETY RIGHTS TO PRIVACY AND FREEDOM OF SPEECH GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINES IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AND PRESS FREEDOM PART II: THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT IN TRANSITION FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION AND ASSEMBLY PRE-COLONIAL AND COLONIAL POLITICAL SYSTEMS NATIONALITY, NATURALIZATION, AND DUAL CITIZENSHIP THE KATIPUNAN AND THE FIRST PHILIPPINE REPUBLIC ACQUISITION AND LOSS OF CITIZENSHIP AMERICAN PERIOD AND THE COMMONWEALTH GOVERNMENT POLITICAL AND CIVIL RESPONSIBILITIES OF CITIZENS THE JAPANESE OCCUPATION AND THE SECOND REPUBLIC PART VI: GOVERNMENT BRANCHES AND POWERS MARTIAL LAW AND THE 1973 CONSTITUTION THE PRINCIPLE OF SEPARATION OF POWERS PEOPLE POWER REVOLUTION AND THE 1986 FREEDOM CONSTITUTION COMPOSITION AND POWERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH TRANSITION TO THE 1987 CONSTITUTION LAW-MAKING PROCESS AND LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT DEMOCRATIZATION AND INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS ROLES OF THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES THE ROLE OF CIVIL SOCIETY AND MASS MOVEMENTS POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH MODERN POLITICAL CHALLENGES AND EVOLVING STRUCTURES PRESIDENTIAL POWERS AND LIMITATIONS PART III: UNDERSTANDING THE PHILIPPINE CONSTITUTION CABINET AND EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS NATURE AND TYPES OF CONSTITUTION ROLE OF THE JUDICIARY AND RULE OF LAW HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF PHILIPPINE CONSTITUTIONS STRUCTURE AND JURISDICTION OF PHILIPPINE COURTS THE MAKING OF THE 1987 CONSTITUTION INDEPENDENCE AND INTEGRITY OF THE JUDICIARY OVERVIEW OF THE CONSTITUTION’S STRUCTURE PART VII: CONSTITUTIONAL COMMISSIONS AND LOCAL GOVERNANCE CONSTITUTIONAL SUPREMACY AND INTERPRETATION THE COMMISSION ON AUDIT: POWERS AND DUTIES PRINCIPLES OF CONSTITUTIONALISM THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION AND MERIT SYSTEM THE COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS AND ELECTORAL PROCESS REFLECTIONS ON THE FUTURE OF PHILIPPINE DEMOCRACY LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE AND DECENTRALIZATION STRUCTURE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING ROLES OF GOVERNORS, MAYORS, AND BARANGAY OFFICIALS FISCAL AUTONOMY AND LOCAL DEVELOPMENT TITLE OF THE BOOK: STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING: TOOLS FOR PARTICIPATION AND EMPOWERMENT AT THE LOCAL LEVEL DECISION-MAKING AND PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT LOCAL LEGISLATION AND PUBLIC SERVICES PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS AND COORDINATION INTRODUCTION TO MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING PART VIII: PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY AND NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ROLE OF MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING IN BUSINESS ACCOUNTABILITY OF PUBLIC OFFICERS KEY DIFFERENCES BETWEEN FINANCIAL AND MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING THE OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN USERS AND USES OF MANAGERIAL INFORMATION IMPEACHMENT AND ETHICAL GOVERNANCE MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING AND DECISION-MAKING PUBLIC OFFICE AS A PUBLIC TRUST ETHICAL STANDARDS IN MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING NATIONAL ECONOMY AND DEVELOPMENT GOALS COST TERMS AND CONCEPTS OWNERSHIP AND REGULATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES COST CLASSIFICATIONS AND BEHAVIOR INDUSTRIALIZATION AND TRADE POLICY COST FLOW IN MANUFACTURING OPERATIONS SOCIAL JUSTICE AND REDISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH OVERVIEW OF COST ACCOUNTING SYSTEMS LABOR RIGHTS AND EMPLOYMENT POLICIES PART II: JOB ORDER AND PROCESS COSTING SYSTEMS NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLANS AND BUDGETING UNDERSTANDING JOB ORDER COSTING PART IX: HUMAN RIGHTS, EDUCATION, AND CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT PREPARING JOB COST SHEETS PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS ACCOUNTING FOR MATERIALS, LABOR, AND OVERHEAD IN JOB COSTING COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS: MANDATE AND POWERS COST FLOW AND JOURNAL ENTRIES IN JOB COSTING RIGHT TO EDUCATION AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS UNDERSTANDING PROCESS COSTING THE ROLE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN DEVELOPMENT COMPARISON OF JOB ORDER AND PROCESS COSTING STATE SUPPORT FOR ARTS AND CULTURE COSTING PROCEDURES FOR EQUIVALENT UNITS SPORTS DEVELOPMENT AND NATION BUILDING WEIGHTED AVERAGE AND FIFO METHOD THE ROLE OF MEDIA IN DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE COST RECONCILIATION AND PROCESS ACCOUNTING CULTURAL MINORITIES AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ RIGHTS HYBRID COSTING SYSTEMS THE FAMILY AS A BASIC SOCIAL INSTITUTION PART III: COSTING METHODS AND ALLOCATIONS MARRIAGE, PARENTHOOD, AND FAMILY POLICIES ACTIVITY-BASED COSTING (ABC) FUNDAMENTALS PART X: GENERAL AND TRANSITORY PROVISIONS COMPARISON OF ABC WITH TRADITIONAL COSTING GENERAL PROVISIONS OF THE CONSTITUTION IDENTIFYING COST DRIVERS AND ACTIVITIES DECLARATION OF STATE POLICIES CONTINUED CALCULATING OVERHEAD USING ABC CONSTITUTIONAL MANDATES TO FUTURE LEGISLATION SUPPORT DEPARTMENT COST ALLOCATION TRANSITORY PROVISIONS AND CONTINUITY DIRECT AND STEP METHODS OF ALLOCATION LEGAL EFFECTS OF REPEALED LAWS AND ORDERS RECIPROCAL METHOD OF ALLOCATION THE ORDINANCE: APPORTIONMENT OF LEGISLATIVE DISTRICTS JOINT PRODUCT AND BY-PRODUCT COSTING SAFEGUARDS AGAINST AUTHORITARIANISM ALLOCATION BASED ON SALES VALUE AND PHYSICAL UNITS PROMOTING CONSTITUTIONAL AWARENESS AND CIVIC EDUCATION COST ALLOCATION FOR DECISION SUPPORT CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM AND FEDERALISM PROPOSALS PART IV: COST-VOLUME-PROFIT AND VARIABLE COSTING COST-VOLUME-PROFIT (CVP) ANALYSIS FUNDAMENTALS ACCEPT OR REJECT SPECIAL ORDERS BREAK-EVEN ANALYSIS PRODUCT LINE DECISIONS TARGET PROFIT AND MARGIN OF SAFETY PRICING PRODUCTS AND SERVICES GRAPHICAL CVP ANALYSIS PART VIII: CAPITAL BUDGETING AND LONG-TERM DECISIONS ASSUMPTIONS AND LIMITATIONS OF CVP CAPITAL INVESTMENT DECISION FRAMEWORK INTRODUCTION TO VARIABLE COSTING CASH FLOW ESTIMATION FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS ABSORPTION VS. VARIABLE COSTING PAYBACK PERIOD AND ACCOUNTING RATE OF RETURN INCOME STATEMENT FORMATS NET PRESENT VALUE METHOD ANALYZING OPERATING INCOME UNDER VARIABLE COSTING INTERNAL RATE OF RETURN CONTRIBUTION MARGIN ANALYSIS COMPARING CAPITAL BUDGETING METHODS PART V: BUDGETING FOR PLANNING AND CONTROL CAPITAL RATIONING AND PROJECT RANKING PURPOSE AND IMPORTANCE OF BUDGETING POST-AUDIT OF INVESTMENT PROJECTS BUDGETING PROCESS AND APPROACHES RISK ANALYSIS IN CAPITAL BUDGETING PREPARING THE SALES BUDGET IMPACT OF TAXES AND INFLATION ON CAPITAL PROJECTS PREPARING THE PRODUCTION BUDGET PART IX: STRATEGIC AND SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING DIRECT MATERIALS, LABOR, AND OVERHEAD BUDGETS LEAN MANUFACTURING PRINCIPLES SELLING AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSE BUDGET IMPACT OF LEAN THINKING ON COST MANAGEMENT CASH BUDGET AND BUDGETED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ACTIVITY ANALYSIS IN LEAN ENVIRONMENTS FLEXIBLE BUDGETS NON-FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE MEASURES BUDGETING FOR SERVICE AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS INTRODUCTION TO THE BALANCED SCORECARD BEHAVIORAL ASPECTS OF BUDGETING FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVE OF THE BALANCED SCORECARD PART VI: STANDARD COSTING AND PERFORMANCE EVALUATION CUSTOMER AND INTERNAL PROCESS PERSPECTIVES UNDERSTANDING STANDARD COSTS LEARNING AND GROWTH PERSPECTIVE SETTING STANDARDS FOR MATERIALS, LABOR, AND OVERHEAD MEASURING CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY VARIANCE ANALYSIS: MATERIAL VARIANCES SUSTAINABILITY ACCOUNTING AND REPORTING VARIANCE ANALYSIS: LABOR AND OVERHEAD VARIANCES PART X: FINANCIAL REPORTING AND ANALYSIS INTERPRETING VARIANCE RESULTS UNDERSTANDING THE STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS INVESTIGATING VARIANCES PREPARING CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES PERFORMANCE REPORTING WITH VARIANCE ANALYSIS INVESTING AND FINANCING ACTIVITIES RESPONSIBILITY ACCOUNTING CONCEPTS INTERPRETING CASH FLOW STATEMENTS EVALUATING COST, REVENUE, AND INVESTMENT CENTERS COMMON SIZE AND TREND ANALYSIS RETURN ON INVESTMENT AND RESIDUAL INCOME RATIO ANALYSIS FOR LIQUIDITY AND PROFITABILITY PART VII: DECENTRALIZED OPERATIONS AND PRICING DECISIONS RATIO ANALYSIS FOR SOLVENCY AND EFFICIENCY UNDERSTANDING DECENTRALIZATION LIMITATIONS OF FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSIS BENEFITS AND CHALLENGES OF DECENTRALIZATION INTEGRATING FINANCIAL AND NON-FINANCIAL DATA TRANSFER PRICING METHODS MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING IN THE DIGITAL AGE MARKET-BASED AND COST-BASED TRANSFER PRICES GOAL CONGRUENCE IN TRANSFER PRICING BUSINESS ENGLISH AND CORRESPONDENCE DIFFERENTIAL ANALYSIS OVERVIEW MAKE OR BUY DECISIONS TITLE OF THE BOOK: MASTERING BUSINESS ENGLISH AND PROFESSIONAL MODIFIERS AND CLARITY CORRESPONDENCE PARALLELISM AND CONCISENESS PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF BUSINESS COMMUNICATION TENSE AND VERB FORMS COMMUNICATION IN YOUR LIFE PUNCTUATION ESSENTIALS THE NATURE AND PURPOSE OF BUSINESS COMMUNICATION COMMON GRAMMAR MISTAKES IN BUSINESS WRITING THE COMMUNICATION PROCESS EDITING AND PROOFREADING FOR GRAMMAR BARRIERS TO EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION PART V: MECHANICS AND STYLE OF WRITING CHANNELS AND MEDIA OF COMMUNICATION CAPITALIZATION AND ABBREVIATIONS UNDERSTANDING YOUR AUDIENCE NUMBERS AND DATES IN BUSINESS DOCUMENTS COMMUNICATION IN PROFESSIONAL CONTEXTS PUNCTUATION FOR CLARITY WRITTEN VS. ORAL COMMUNICATION SPELLING AND WORD USAGE BUSINESS COMMUNICATION ACROSS CULTURES CONSISTENCY IN STYLE AND FORMATTING COMMUNICATION AND CORPORATE IMAGE WRITING WITH CLARITY PART II: DIVERSITY, ETHICS, AND WORKPLACE CULTURE TONE AND FORMALITY IN BUSINESS ENGLISH DIVERSITY IN THE WORKPLACE AVOIDING REDUNDANCY AND WORDINESS ETHICAL COMMUNICATION PRACTICES STYLE GUIDES AND FORMATTING TOOLS INCLUSIVE LANGUAGE AND REPRESENTATION PROOFREADING TECHNIQUES AND STRATEGIES COMMUNICATION ACROSS GENERATIONS PART VI: THE WRITING PROCESS IN BUSINESS CONTEXTS CULTURAL SENSITIVITY IN BUSINESS PREWRITING AND BRAINSTORMING GLOBALIZATION AND BUSINESS ENGLISH OUTLINING BUSINESS DOCUMENTS GENDER AND COMMUNICATION DRAFTING WITH PURPOSE BUILDING ETHICAL WORKPLACE RELATIONSHIPS REVISING AND EDITING EFFECTIVELY LEGAL ASPECTS OF BUSINESS COMMUNICATION FINALIZING THE BUSINESS DOCUMENT CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN MESSAGING TONE ADJUSTMENT FOR AUDIENCE PART III: NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION AND TEAM DYNAMICS WRITING FOR PERSUASION ELEMENTS OF NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION WRITING FOR INFORMATION FACIAL EXPRESSIONS AND GESTURES WRITING FOR ACTION POSTURE, SPACE, AND PROXEMICS FEEDBACK AND IMPROVEMENT LOOPS EYE CONTACT AND LISTENING PART VII: PROFESSIONAL MESSAGING: MEMOS, EMAILS, AND LETTERS DRESS AND APPEARANCE IN THE WORKPLACE MEMO FORMAT AND USAGE VOICE, TONE, AND PARALANGUAGE EMAIL ETIQUETTE AND STRUCTURE TEAM COMMUNICATION BASICS FORMAL BUSINESS LETTERS BUILDING TRUST AND RESPECT IN TEAMS INFORMAL AND INTERNAL COMMUNICATION GROUP DECISION-MAKING LETTER FORMATTING STANDARDS CONFLICT RESOLUTION THROUGH COMMUNICATION REQUEST AND RESPONSE MESSAGES PART IV: GRAMMAR AND SENTENCE STRUCTURE REVIEW COMPLAINT AND ADJUSTMENT LETTERS PARTS OF SPEECH OVERVIEW ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND APOLOGY MESSAGES SENTENCE TYPES AND STRUCTURES FOLLOW-UP AND THANK YOU LETTERS SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT COMMUNICATING POLICY AND PROCEDURE PRONOUNS AND CONSISTENCY PART VIII: CLIENT COMMUNICATION AND BUSINESS REPORTING WRITING TO CLIENTS AND CUSTOMERS PROBLEM SOLVING AND ANALYTICAL THINKING RESPONDING TO CLIENT INQUIRIES THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD IN BUSINESS CONTEXTS CRAFTING SERVICE PROPOSALS QUANTITATIVE VS. QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS WRITING CLIENT UPDATES DECISION-MAKING UNDER CERTAINTY AND UNCERTAINTY BUSINESS REPORTS: TYPES AND USES IMPORTANCE OF DATA IN QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS RESEARCHING FOR REPORTS APPLICATIONS OF QUANTITATIVE TECHNIQUES IN BUSINESS FUNCTIONS ORGANIZING AND STRUCTURING REPORTS SOFTWARE TOOLS FOR QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS WRITING EXECUTIVE SUMMARIES ETHICAL USE OF QUANTITATIVE MODELS RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONCLUSIONS PART II: PROBABILITY AND STATISTICAL FOUNDATIONS CITING SOURCES AND DATA APPROPRIATELY INTRODUCTION TO PROBABILITY PART IX: VISUALS, TECHNOLOGY, AND PRESENTATIONS BASIC PROBABILITY RULES USING GRAPHICS AND CHARTS CONDITIONAL PROBABILITY AND BAYES’ THEOREM DESIGNING VISUAL AIDS FOR REPORTS PROBABILITY TREES AND VENN DIAGRAMS INTEGRATING VISUALS INTO TEXT DISCRETE VS. CONTINUOUS PROBABILITY POWERPOINT AND SLIDE DESIGN PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS OVERVIEW INFOGRAPHICS AND DATA STORYTELLING BINOMIAL AND POISSON DISTRIBUTIONS TECHNICAL WRITING PRINCIPLES NORMAL DISTRIBUTION AND ITS BUSINESS APPLICATIONS INSTRUCTIONAL AND PROCEDURAL WRITING CENTRAL LIMIT THEOREM WRITING FOR WEB AND DIGITAL PLATFORMS PRACTICAL PROBABILITY APPLICATIONS IN BUSINESS USING TECHNOLOGY TO IMPROVE WRITING PART III: DECISION-MAKING UNDER RISK AND UNCERTAINTY CONDUCTING EFFECTIVE PRESENTATIONS AND MEETINGS INTRODUCTION TO DECISION ANALYSIS PART X: CAREER COMMUNICATION AND EMPLOYMENT ESSENTIALS PAYOFF TABLES AND DECISION TREES COMMUNICATING WITH CUSTOMERS AND CLIENTS EXPECTED MONETARY VALUE AND OPPORTUNITY LOSS HANDLING CUSTOMER COMPLAINTS PROFESSIONALLY MAXIMAX, MAXIMIN, AND MINIMAX REGRET CRITERIA COMMUNICATION IN CUSTOMER SERVICE ROLES RISK ANALYSIS IN DECISION-MAKING WRITING RÉSUMÉS AND COVER LETTERS SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS FOR BUSINESS DECISIONS INTERVIEW COMMUNICATION SKILLS INCORPORATING PROBABILITIES IN DECISION TREES FOLLOW-UP AND THANK YOU MESSAGES AFTER INTERVIEWS DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS INTERNAL JOB APPLICATIONS AND PROMOTIONS DECISION-MAKING IN MARKETING AND FINANCE CAREER GOAL SETTING THROUGH COMMUNICATION BEHAVIORAL ASPECTS OF DECISION ANALYSIS COMMUNICATING YOUR PERSONAL BRAND PART IV: GAME THEORY AND UTILITY MODELS PREPARING FOR THE GLOBAL WORKPLACE INTRODUCTION TO GAME THEORY TYPES OF GAMES: COOPERATIVE AND NON-COOPERATIVE QUANTITATIVE TECHNIQUES IN BUSINESS DOMINANT STRATEGIES AND NASH EQUILIBRIUM PAYOFF MATRICES AND STRATEGIC CHOICES TITLE OF THE BOOK: QUANTITATIVE TECHNIQUES IN BUSINESS: ANALYTICAL ZERO-SUM GAMES AND SOLUTIONS TOOLS FOR STRATEGIC DECISION-MAKING BUSINESS APPLICATIONS OF GAME THEORY PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS UTILITY THEORY BASICS INTRODUCTION TO QUANTITATIVE TECHNIQUES IN BUSINESS EXPECTED UTILITY AND RISK PREFERENCES ROLE OF QUANTITATIVE METHODS IN MANAGERIAL DECISION-MAKING INDIFFERENCE CURVES AND UTILITY FUNCTIONS APPLYING UTILITY THEORY IN STRATEGIC BUSINESS CONTEXTS INTRODUCTION TO PROJECT SCHEDULING PART V: TIME SERIES AND FORECASTING PERT AND CPM TECHNIQUES INTRODUCTION TO TIME SERIES ANALYSIS NETWORK DIAGRAMS AND CRITICAL PATHS COMPONENTS OF TIME SERIES DATA RESOURCE LEVELING AND ALLOCATION MOVING AVERAGES AND SMOOTHING METHODS PROJECT COST AND TIME TRADE-OFFS TREND PROJECTION MODELS PART IX: INVENTORY, QUEUING, AND SIMULATION MODELS SEASONAL VARIATIONS AND INDICES INVENTORY MANAGEMENT FUNDAMENTALS REGRESSION TECHNIQUES FOR FORECASTING ECONOMIC ORDER QUANTITY MODELS MEASURING FORECAST ACCURACY REORDER POINT AND SAFETY STOCK CALCULATIONS EXPONENTIAL SMOOTHING AND ARIMA MODELS ABC CLASSIFICATION AND INVENTORY POLICIES FORECASTING IN OPERATIONS AND FINANCE INTRODUCTION TO QUEUING THEORY DECISION-MAKING USING FORECASTING RESULTS SINGLE AND MULTI-CHANNEL QUEUING MODELS PART VI: OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES AND LINEAR PROGRAMMING SERVICE LEVEL AND WAITING LINE OPTIMIZATION INTRODUCTION TO LINEAR PROGRAMMING SIMULATION MODELING BASICS FORMULATING LINEAR PROGRAMMING MODELS MONTE CARLO SIMULATION GRAPHICAL METHOD FOR TWO-VARIABLE PROBLEMS SIMULATING BUSINESS SYSTEMS IN EXCEL THE SIMPLEX METHOD BASICS PART X: ADVANCED MODELING AND MARKOV PROCESSES USING EXCEL SOLVER FOR LP PROBLEMS INTRODUCTION TO MARKOV PROCESSES LINEAR PROGRAMMING IN RESOURCE ALLOCATION TRANSITION MATRICES AND STEADY-STATE PROBABILITIES CONSTRAINTS AND FEASIBILITY REGIONS MARKOV CHAINS IN CONSUMER BEHAVIOR MODELING SHADOW PRICES AND DUALITY BRAND SWITCHING MODELS LINEAR PROGRAMMING IN OPERATIONS AND SUPPLY CHAIN MARKOV MODELS IN INVENTORY AND HR SYSTEMS SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF SOLUTIONS STOCHASTIC PROCESSES IN BUSINESS PART VII: ADVANCED APPLICATIONS OF LINEAR PROGRAMMING INTEGRATING QUANTITATIVE TECHNIQUES IN STRATEGIC PLANNING ADVANCED LP APPLICATIONS IN MARKETING BUILDING A QUANTITATIVE MODEL PORTFOLIO FINANCIAL PORTFOLIO OPTIMIZATION COMMON PITFALLS IN QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OPERATIONS SCHEDULING AND STAFFING FUTURE TRENDS IN QUANTITATIVE DECISION-MAKING TRANSPORTATION PROBLEMS ASSIGNMENT MODELS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FOR MANAGERS TRANSSHIPMENT MODELS INTRODUCTION TO NETWORK MODELS TITLE OF THE BOOK: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FOR MANAGERS: SHORTEST PATH AND MINIMAL SPANNING TREE STRATEGIC INSIGHTS FOR THE DIGITAL ENTERPRISE MAXIMAL FLOW MODELS PART I: THE MANAGER’S ROLE IN THE DIGITAL AGE MULTI-OBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION IN BUSINESS MANAGERS AS CATALYSTS OF IT SUCCESS PART VIII: INTEGER PROGRAMMING AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT UNDERSTANDING IT FUNDAMENTALS IN MANAGEMENT INTRODUCTION TO INTEGER LINEAR PROGRAMMING ALIGNING IT AND BUSINESS OBJECTIVES BINARY INTEGER MODELS MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES IN IT STRATEGY APPLICATIONS OF INTEGER PROGRAMMING IN CAPITAL BUDGETING ENHANCING MANAGERIAL DECISION-MAKING WITH IT RESOURCE ASSIGNMENT PROBLEMS IT LITERACY FOR MODERN MANAGERS ADVANCED OPTIMIZATION WITH INTEGER CONSTRAINTS OVERCOMING RESISTANCE TO TECHNOLOGY BUILDING A TECH-SAVVY TEAM GOVERNANCE FRAMEWORKS: COBIT AND ITIL COMMUNICATION BETWEEN MANAGERS AND IT EXPERTS RISK MANAGEMENT IN IT GOVERNANCE FUTURE-PROOFING MANAGEMENT THROUGH IT INTEGRATING BUSINESS AND IT GOVERNANCE PART II: STRATEGIC PLANNING AND IT INTEGRATION MEASURING GOVERNANCE EFFECTIVENESS FUNDAMENTALS OF STRATEGIC PLANNING IN IT ETHICS AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN IT GOVERNANCE ROLE OF IT IN STRATEGIC COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE INTERNAL CONTROLS AND AUDITS SWOT AND PESTLE ANALYSIS IN IT STRATEGY FUTURE DIRECTIONS IN GOVERNANCE ALIGNING IT STRATEGY WITH ORGANIZATIONAL VISION PART VI: COLLABORATION AND COMMUNICATION TOOLS STRATEGIC USE OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS IMPORTANCE OF DIGITAL COLLABORATION MANAGING CHANGE THROUGH IT INITIATIVES OVERVIEW OF COLLABORATION TECHNOLOGIES PERFORMANCE METRICS AND IT PLANNING CLOUD-BASED COMMUNICATION PLATFORMS STRATEGIC RESOURCE ALLOCATION IN IT PROJECT COLLABORATION SOFTWARE CASE STUDIES IN STRATEGIC IT PLANNING VIRTUAL TEAMS AND REMOTE WORK MANAGEMENT LONG-TERM PLANNING FOR DIGITAL INNOVATION ENHANCING PRODUCTIVITY WITH COLLABORATION TOOLS PART III: MANAGING IT PROJECTS UNIFIED COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS PROJECT MANAGEMENT LIFECYCLE KNOWLEDGE SHARING AND DIGITAL WORKSPACES DEFINING SCOPE, TIME, AND COST MANAGING INFORMATION OVERLOAD AGILE AND WATERFALL METHODOLOGIES COLLABORATION BEST PRACTICES RISK MANAGEMENT IN IT PROJECTS PART VII: DIGITAL COMMERCE AND CUSTOMER ENGAGEMENT STAKEHOLDER MANAGEMENT AND COMMUNICATION E-COMMERCE BUSINESS MODELS RESOURCE MANAGEMENT FOR IT PROJECTS B2B AND B2C STRATEGIES PROJECT SCHEDULING TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES MOBILE COMMERCE AND CONSUMER BEHAVIOR MONITORING AND EVALUATION OF IT PROJECTS E-COMMERCE SECURITY AND COMPLIANCE CASE STUDIES IN IT PROJECT SUCCESS AND FAILURE PAYMENT SYSTEMS AND DIGITAL WALLETS CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT PERSONALIZATION AND CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE PART IV: IT OUTSOURCING AND BUSINESS PROCESS MANAGEMENT SOCIAL COMMERCE AND INFLUENCER MARKETING UNDERSTANDING BUSINESS PROCESS MANAGEMENT INTEGRATING E-COMMERCE WITH ENTERPRISE SYSTEMS MAPPING AND REDESIGNING BUSINESS PROCESSES DATA ANALYTICS IN E-COMMERCE BENEFITS AND RISKS OF IT OUTSOURCING FUTURE TRENDS IN ONLINE BUSINESS VENDOR SELECTION AND MANAGEMENT PART VIII: ENTERPRISE SYSTEMS FOR BUSINESS OPTIMIZATION CLOUD COMPUTING AND SAAS MODELS INTRODUCTION TO ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING PROCESS AUTOMATION AND OPTIMIZATION ERP SELECTION AND IMPLEMENTATION GLOBAL TRENDS IN OUTSOURCING CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE MONITORING SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS LEGAL ASPECTS OF IT OUTSOURCING HUMAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS CASE STUDIES IN BUSINESS PROCESS INNOVATION INTEGRATING FUNCTIONAL AREAS WITH ENTERPRISE SYSTEMS PART V: GOVERNANCE IN CORPORATE AND IT ENVIRONMENTS REAL-TIME DATA PROCESSING FUNDAMENTALS OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE SYSTEM SCALABILITY AND FLEXIBILITY ROLE OF IT IN GOVERNANCE STRUCTURES MEASURING ROI ON ENTERPRISE SYSTEMS IT POLICIES AND REGULATORY COMPLIANCE DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION WITH ERP PART IX: BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE AND KNOWLEDGE ASSETS DEMAND, SUPPLY, AND MARKET EQUILIBRIUM INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE PRICE ELASTICITY AND ITS APPLICATIONS DATA WAREHOUSING AND MINING MARKET STRUCTURES AND ECONOMIC OUTCOMES BIG DATA: CONCEPTS AND APPLICATIONS ROLE OF GOVERNMENT IN MARKET ECONOMIES VISUAL ANALYTICS AND DASHBOARDS MARKET FAILURES AND EXTERNALITIES PREDICTIVE AND PRESCRIPTIVE ANALYTICS PUBLIC GOODS AND RESOURCE ALLOCATION BUILDING A DATA-DRIVEN CULTURE THE AGGREGATE ECONOMY AND MACROECONOMIC INDICATORS DATA GOVERNANCE AND QUALITY BUSINESS CYCLES AND ECONOMIC FLUCTUATIONS KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES MEASURING ECONOMIC ACTIVITY TOOLS FOR CAPTURING ORGANIZATIONAL KNOWLEDGE PART III: NATIONAL INCOME AND THE GLOBAL ECONOMY LEVERAGING BI FOR STRATEGIC ADVANTAGE NATIONAL INCOME ACCOUNTING BASICS PART X: SECURITY, ETHICS, AND SOCIAL IMPACTS GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT AND ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE UNDERSTANDING CYBERCRIME THREATS COMPONENTS OF GDP AND VALUE ADDED CYBERSECURITY FUNDAMENTALS LIMITATIONS OF GDP AS A MEASURE DATA PROTECTION AND PRIVACY LAWS ECONOMIC WELL-BEING AND QUALITY OF LIFE BUILDING A CYBERSECURITY FRAMEWORK INTRODUCTION TO THE FOREIGN EXCHANGE MARKET IT POLICIES AND ETHICAL GUIDELINES DETERMINATION OF EXCHANGE RATES LEGAL RESPONSIBILITIES IN IT USE BALANCE OF PAYMENTS EXPLAINED SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES CAPITAL FLOWS AND CURRENCY MARKETS DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP AND RESPONSIBILITY GLOBAL FINANCIAL INTERDEPENDENCE NAVIGATING IT-RELATED LEGAL DISPUTES PART IV: UNEMPLOYMENT, INFLATION, AND STABILITY CREATING AN ETHICAL AND SECURE IT ENVIRONMENT UNDERSTANDING UNEMPLOYMENT TYPES AND TRENDS MEASURING UNEMPLOYMENT RATES MACROECONOMICS COSTS AND CONSEQUENCES OF UNEMPLOYMENT INFLATION: CAUSES AND MEASUREMENT TITLE OF THE BOOK: MACROECONOMICS: PRINCIPLES, POLICIES, AND CONSUMER PRICE INDEX AND PURCHASING POWER GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES HYPERINFLATION AND DEFLATION PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF MACROECONOMICS THE PHILLIPS CURVE AND INFLATION-UNEMPLOYMENT TRADEOFF THE WEALTH OF NATIONS AND ECONOMIC SYSTEMS INFLATION EXPECTATIONS AND WAGE DYNAMICS UNDERSTANDING OWNERSHIP AND ECONOMIC FREEDOM POLICY RESPONSES TO INFLATION THE ROLE OF INSTITUTIONS IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACHIEVING ECONOMIC STABILITY SCARCITY AND RESOURCE ALLOCATION PART V: AGGREGATE DEMAND AND SUPPLY FRAMEWORK OPPORTUNITY COSTS AND RATIONAL CHOICES MACROECONOMIC EQUILIBRIUM CONCEPTS TRADE-OFFS AND MARGINAL THINKING AGGREGATE DEMAND: COMPONENTS AND SHIFTS INCENTIVES AND ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR AGGREGATE SUPPLY: SHORT AND LONG RUN PERSPECTIVES COMPARATIVE AND ABSOLUTE ADVANTAGE EQUILIBRIUM OUTPUT AND PRICE LEVEL SPECIALIZATION AND ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY DEMAND AND SUPPLY SHOCKS THE CIRCULAR FLOW OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITY PRICE STICKINESS AND MARKET ADJUSTMENT PART II: MARKETS, PRICES, AND THE AGGREGATE ECONOMY KEYNESIAN AND CLASSICAL VIEWS ON EQUILIBRIUM MARKETS AND THE PRICE SYSTEM THE MULTIPLIER EFFECT FISCAL MULTIPLIERS AND POLICY IMPACT INSTITUTIONS AND LONG-TERM GROWTH REAL VS. NOMINAL GDP DYNAMICS DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS FUNDAMENTALS PART VI: INCOME, EXPENDITURES, AND FISCAL POLICY POVERTY, INEQUALITY, AND DEVELOPMENT GOALS AGGREGATE EXPENDITURES AND NATIONAL OUTPUT STRATEGIES FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT THE CONSUMPTION FUNCTION THE ROLE OF INTERNATIONAL AID INVESTMENT AND ECONOMIC ACTIVITY DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GOVERNMENT SPENDING AND TAXATION PART X: GLOBALIZATION, TRADE, AND EXCHANGE INCOME AND EXPENDITURES EQUILIBRIUM GLOBALIZATION AND ECONOMIC INTEGRATION LEAKAGES AND INJECTIONS IN THE ECONOMY BENEFITS AND COSTS OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE FISCAL POLICY TOOLS AND OBJECTIVES WORLD TRADE EQUILIBRIUM BUDGET DEFICITS AND SURPLUSES COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE AND GLOBAL OUTPUT PUBLIC DEBT AND ITS ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS TRADE POLICIES AND THEIR IMPACTS LONG-TERM FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY TARIFFS, QUOTAS, AND SUBSIDIES PART VII: MONEY, BANKING, AND MONETARY POLICY REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS FUNCTIONS AND TYPES OF MONEY EXCHANGE RATES AND CURRENCY REGIMES THE ROLE OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS THE CENTRAL BANK AND MONETARY AUTHORITY GLOBAL CHALLENGES AND MACROECONOMIC COOPERATION THE MONEY CREATION PROCESS TOOLS OF MONETARY POLICY SPEECH COMMUNICATION INTEREST RATES AND MONEY SUPPLY MONETARY POLICY TRANSMISSION MECHANISM TITLE OF THE BOOK: THE ART AND POWER OF SPEECH COMMUNICATION INFLATION TARGETING AND CENTRAL BANK INDEPENDENCE PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF EFFECTIVE SPEAKING MONETARY POLICY IN PRACTICE UNDERSTANDING SPEAKING AS HUMAN INTERACTION FINANCIAL CRISES AND CENTRAL BANK RESPONSES ELEMENTS OF THE SPEECH COMMUNICATION PROCESS PART VIII: MACROECONOMIC POLICY AND THEORIES LISTENING: THE OTHER HALF OF COMMUNICATION MACROECONOMIC TRADEOFFS AND POLICY DILEMMAS LISTENING WITH EMPATHY AND CRITICAL THINKING POLICY EXPECTATIONS AND MARKET REACTIONS SPEAKING ETHICS AND RESPONSIBILITY THE ROLE OF CREDIBILITY IN POLICY EFFECTIVENESS VALUES AND INTEGRITY IN PUBLIC SPEECH SOURCES AND TYPES OF BUSINESS CYCLES OVERCOMING FEAR: ADDRESSING SPEECH ANXIETY DEMAND VS. SUPPLY DRIVEN CYCLES RELAXATION AND CONFIDENCE TECHNIQUES NEW KEYNESIAN MACROECONOMICS SPEAKING WITH PURPOSE AND INTENTION MONETARIST PERSPECTIVES ON POLICY BUILDING THE SPEAKER’S MINDSET NEW CLASSICAL ECONOMICS AND RATIONAL EXPECTATIONS PART II: PLANNING THE SPEECH JOURNEY COMPARING MACROECONOMIC SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT THE IMPORTANCE OF SPEECH PLANNING INTEGRATED MACROECONOMIC MODELS SETTING CLEAR COMMUNICATION GOALS PART IX: ECONOMIC GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT TOPIC SELECTION TECHNIQUES THEORIES OF ECONOMIC GROWTH TOPIC RELEVANCE AND TIMELINESS MEASURING GROWTH RATES AND PRODUCTIVITY ANALYZING AUDIENCE NEEDS AND EXPECTATIONS HUMAN CAPITAL AND INNOVATION DEMOGRAPHIC AND PSYCHOGRAPHIC PROFILING SAVINGS, INVESTMENT, AND GROWTH THE ROLE OF RESEARCH IN SPEECH PREPARATION USING CREDIBLE SOURCES PRACTICING FOR TIMING AND FLOW TRANSFORMING IDEAS INTO SPEECH POINTS ENHANCING VOCAL DELIVERY STRATEGIES FOR DEVELOPING CENTRAL IDEAS VOLUME, PITCH, RATE, AND ARTICULATION PART III: ORGANIZING AND STRUCTURING MESSAGES MASTERING PHYSICAL DELIVERY THE STRUCTURE OF A STRONG SPEECH GESTURES, POSTURE, AND MOVEMENT ORGANIZING MAIN AND SUPPORTING POINTS FACIAL EXPRESSION AND EYE CONTACT CREATING COHERENCE WITH TRANSITIONS THE ROLE OF SILENCE IN DELIVERY WRITING EFFECTIVE INTRODUCTIONS PART VII: ENHANCING WITH VISUAL AND INTERACTIVE TOOLS OPENING WITH IMPACT INTRODUCTION TO PRESENTATION AIDS CRAFTING MEMORABLE CONCLUSIONS USING SLIDES, CHARTS, AND GRAPHS EFFECTIVELY SUMMARIZING AND CLOSING WITH PURPOSE CHOOSING THE RIGHT VISUAL AIDS THE IMPORTANCE OF CLEAR OUTLINING INTEGRATING MULTIMEDIA INTO PRESENTATIONS TYPES OF SPEECH OUTLINES ETHICAL USE OF VISUAL CONTENT LOGICAL PATTERNS OF SPEECH ORGANIZATION ADAPTING TO THE SPEECH SITUATION PART IV: ENHANCING CLARITY AND COHERENCE HANDLING DIFFICULT AUDIENCES USING CONNECTIVES FOR FLOW SPEAKING IN DIFFERENT VENUES SIGNPOSTS AND INTERNAL SUMMARIES MANAGING Q&A SESSIONS WITH CONFIDENCE STRATEGIC USE OF SUPPORTING MATERIALS ANSWERING QUESTIONS STRATEGICALLY FACTS, EXAMPLES, AND TESTIMONIES PART VIII: ADAPTING ACROSS COMMUNICATION CONTEXTS VISUAL AND NARRATIVE SUPPORT ANALYZING DIFFERENT SPEECH CONTEXTS FUNDAMENTALS OF REASONING CULTURAL SENSITIVITY IN COMMUNICATION AVOIDING FALLACIES IN ARGUMENTS SPEECH IN EDUCATIONAL CONTEXTS LANGUAGE AND STYLE FOR IMPACT TEACHING AND PUBLIC LECTURES ACHIEVING CLARITY AND VIVIDNESS WORKPLACE COMMUNICATION SCENARIOS STYLE MATCHING TO AUDIENCE AND PURPOSE SPEAKING AT MEETINGS AND CONFERENCES PART V: ENGAGING AND INFLUENCING AUDIENCES SOCIAL AND CEREMONIAL SPEAKING GAINING ATTENTION AND INTEREST TOASTS, EULOGIES, AND CELEBRATORY EVENTS BUILDING SPEAKER CREDIBILITY CIVIC AND POLITICAL SPEECH CONTEXTS DEVELOPING TRUST AND LIKEABILITY CAMPAIGNS, DEBATES, AND FORUMS MOTIVATIONAL APPEALS IN SPEECH PART IX: LEADING THROUGH SPEAKING EMOTIONAL APPEALS AND STORYTELLING LEADERSHIP COMMUNICATION SKILLS INFORMATIVE SPEAKING STRATEGIES INSPIRING AND MOBILIZING TEAMS CLARITY AND SIMPLICITY IN TEACHING ETHICAL LEADERSHIP THROUGH SPEECH PERSUASIVE SPEAKING STRATEGIES NEGOTIATION AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION ETHOS, LOGOS, AND PATHOS TECHNIQUES LEADING CHANGE WITH COMMUNICATION CREATING CALLS TO ACTION EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE IN SPEAKING PART VI: MASTERING DELIVERY SKILLS LISTENING AS A LEADERSHIP TOOL UNDERSTANDING MODES OF DELIVERY CROSS-CULTURAL LEADERSHIP COMMUNICATION MANUSCRIPT, MEMORIZED, EXTEMPORANEOUS, AND IMPROMPTU BUILDING CONSENSUS AND COLLABORATION PLANNING EFFECTIVE PRACTICE SESSIONS LEADERSHIP ACROSS CONTEXTS PART X: REFLECTION, GROWTH, AND MASTERY EXCHANGE RATE MECHANISMS DEVELOPING A PERSONAL SPEAKING STYLE FACTORS AFFECTING CURRENCY FLUCTUATIONS SELF-ASSESSMENT AND PEER FEEDBACK BALANCE OF PAYMENTS AND TRADE DEFICITS RECORDING AND REVIEWING PERFORMANCES CURRENCY HEDGING STRATEGIES USING CRITIQUES FOR GROWTH THE EUROZONE AND GLOBAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS SETTING COMMUNICATION DEVELOPMENT GOALS INTERNATIONAL BANKING PRACTICES JOINING SPEECH COMMUNITIES AND CLUBS CROSS-BORDER INVESTMENTS COMPETING IN SPEECH EVENTS RISKS IN INTERNATIONAL TRANSACTIONS WRITING FOR ORAL DELIVERY THE FUTURE OF GLOBAL FINANCE LIFE-LONG LEARNING IN PUBLIC SPEAKING PART IV: VALUING MONEY OVER TIME AND MEASURING RISK THE EMPOWERED SPEAKER IN SOCIETY THE TIME VALUE OF MONEY CONCEPTS FUTURE VALUE AND PRESENT VALUE CALCULATIONS BASIC FINANCE ANNUITIES AND PERPETUITIES COMPOUND INTEREST APPLICATIONS TITLE OF THE BOOK: FOUNDATIONS OF BASIC FINANCE: A COMPREHENSIVE DISCOUNTED CASH FLOW ANALYSIS GUIDE FOR LEARNERS AND PROFESSIONALS RISK AND ITS FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS PART I: UNDERSTANDING THE FUNDAMENTALS OF FINANCE MEASURING AND MANAGING RISK AN INTRODUCTION TO BASIC FINANCE PORTFOLIO THEORY BASICS PRINCIPLES AND GOALS OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT DIVERSIFICATION STRATEGIES THE FUNCTIONS OF FINANCE IN BUSINESS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN RISK AND RETURN THE FINANCIAL ENVIRONMENT AND DECISION MAKING PART V: FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSIS AND VALUATION ROLES OF FINANCIAL MANAGERS UNDERSTANDING FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FORMS OF BUSINESS ORGANIZATION INCOME STATEMENT AND BALANCE SHEET REVIEW CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND ETHICS IN FINANCE CASH FLOW STATEMENT OVERVIEW OVERVIEW OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS FINANCIAL RATIOS AND WHAT THEY REVEAL IMPORTANCE OF FINANCIAL PLANNING ANALYZING COMPANY PERFORMANCE EVOLUTION AND HISTORY OF MODERN FINANCE THE FEATURES OF STOCK PART II: FINANCIAL SYSTEMS AND MARKETS STOCK VALUATION TECHNIQUES THE ROLE OF FINANCIAL MARKETS FUNDAMENTAL VS. TECHNICAL ANALYSIS UNDERSTANDING FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES UNDERSTANDING MARKET INDICATORS INVESTMENT BANKING FUNCTIONS BEHAVIORAL FINANCE IN VALUATION STRUCTURE OF SECURITIES MARKETS PART VI: DEBT INSTRUMENTS AND INVESTMENT OPTIONS REGULATION AND OVERSIGHT IN CAPITAL MARKETS CHARACTERISTICS OF LONG-TERM DEBT PRIMARY VS. SECONDARY MARKETS BOND TERMINOLOGY AND FEATURES GLOBALIZATION AND FINANCIAL MARKETS BOND PRICING AND YIELD CALCULATIONS THE FEDERAL RESERVE AND MONETARY POLICY TYPES OF BONDS AND RISK ASSESSMENT CENTRAL BANKS AND THEIR ROLES CREDIT RATINGS AND BOND MARKETS FINANCIAL SYSTEMS IN DEVELOPING ECONOMIES PREFERRED STOCK BASICS PART III: GLOBAL FINANCE AND CURRENCY FLOWS FEATURES AND VALUATION OF PREFERRED SHARES INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES OVERVIEW MECHANICS OF CONVERSION AND ARBITRAGE OPTION VALUATION AND STRATEGIES INVESTMENT RETURNS AND STRATEGIES UNDERSTANDING FUTURES CONTRACTS PART VII: INVESTMENT VEHICLES AND CAPITAL MARKETS RISK MANAGEMENT WITH FUTURES TYPES OF INVESTMENT COMPANIES INTRODUCTION TO SWAPS AND THEIR USES MUTUAL FUNDS AND ETFS DERIVATIVES AND THEIR ROLE IN RISK MANAGEMENT INDEX FUNDS AND PASSIVE INVESTING THE FUTURE OF FINANCIAL INNOVATION REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS (REITS) ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS OVERVIEW PHILIPPINE LITERATURE TAXATION IN INVESTMENT INCOME CORPORATE TAXATION PRINCIPLES TITLE OF THE BOOK: A JOURNEY THROUGH PHILIPPINE LITERATURE ACROSS FORMS OF BUSINESS AND THEIR TAX IMPACTS THE AGES BREAK-EVEN ANALYSIS ESSENTIALS PART I: FOUNDATIONS AND BEGINNINGS OF PHILIPPINE LITERATURE DATA ANALYTICS IN FINANCIAL DECISION MAKING AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF PHILIPPINE LITERATURE PART VIII: CORPORATE FINANCE AND CAPITAL STRUCTURE PHILIPPINE ORAL TRADITION AND FOLK NARRATIVES UNDERSTANDING FINANCIAL LEVERAGE MYTHOLOGY AND EARLY BELIEF SYSTEMS IN LITERATURE TYPES OF LEVERAGE AND THEIR IMPACTS THE PRE-SPANISH PERIOD: FORMS AND THEMES COST OF CAPITAL COMPONENTS EARLY INDIGENOUS LITERATURE AND CUSTOMS WEIGHTED AVERAGE COST OF CAPITAL (WACC) LITERARY DEVICES IN PRE-COLONIAL TEXTS CAPITAL BUDGETING TOOLS HEROES AND EPIC LITERATURE NET PRESENT VALUE (NPV) ANALYSIS PROVERBS, RIDDLES, AND FOLK SONGS INTERNAL RATE OF RETURN (IRR) APPLICATION THE CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE OF EARLY LITERATURE CAPITAL RATIONING AND INVESTMENT PRIORITIZATION PRESERVING PRE-HISPANIC LITERARY TRADITIONS FORECASTING FOR FINANCIAL PLANNING PART II: SPANISH COLONIZATION AND LITERARY TRANSFORMATION STRATEGIC FINANCIAL MODELING THE SPANISH PERIOD: HISTORICAL OVERVIEW PART IX: BUDGETING, LIQUIDITY, AND WORKING CAPITAL THE ROLE OF RELIGION IN EARLY COLONIAL LITERATURE THE PURPOSE OF CASH BUDGETING SPANISH INFLUENCE ON FILIPINO WRITING CREATING EFFECTIVE CASH BUDGETS RELIGIOUS DRAMAS AND DOCTRINAS SHORT-TERM FINANCIAL PLANNING LITERARY LANGUAGE SHIFT AND TRANSLATION WORKING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT CORRIDOS AND AWIT: POPULAR FORMS MANAGING CURRENT ASSETS COLONIAL EDUCATION AND LITERARY GROWTH CASH, INVENTORY, AND RECEIVABLES MANAGEMENT THE EMERGENCE OF WRITTEN LITERATURE MANAGING SHORT-TERM LIABILITIES THEMES OF MORALITY AND SPIRITUALITY BANK LOANS AND COMMERCIAL PAPERS THE PRINTING PRESS AND LITERARY DISSEMINATION TRADE CREDIT AND ACCRUALS PART III: ENLIGHTENMENT AND REVOLUTIONARY THOUGHT LIQUIDITY RATIOS AND ANALYSIS THE PERIOD OF ENLIGHTENMENT (1872–1898): KEY EVENTS PART X: ADVANCED TOPICS IN FINANCE PROPAGANDA MOVEMENT AND POLITICAL LITERATURE INTERMEDIATE-TERM DEBT INSTRUMENTS JOSE RIZAL’S LITERARY CONTRIBUTIONS FINANCIAL LEASING ARRANGEMENTS MARCELO H. DEL PILAR AND SATIRICAL WRITINGS LEASE VS. BUY ANALYSIS GRACIANO LOPEZ JAENA AND REVOLUTIONARY JOURNALISM INTRODUCTION TO OPTIONS: CALLS AND PUTS LA SOLIDARIDAD: A LITERARY WEAPON POEMS OF RESISTANCE AND PATRIOTISM POETS OF THE STREETS AND MASS MOVEMENT NATIONALISM IN DRAMA AND PROSE CAMPUS JOURNALISM AND FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION REVOLUTIONARY IDEOLOGIES IN LITERARY FORM UNDERGROUND LITERATURE AND PAMPHLETEERING LITERATURE AS AN INSTRUMENT OF FREEDOM THEATER OF RESISTANCE PART IV: AMERICAN REGIME AND THE RISE OF MODERN WRITING MARTIAL LAW AND LITERARY SUPPRESSION THE AMERICAN REGIME: EDUCATIONAL INFLUENCE THEMES OF OPPRESSION AND STRUGGLE ENGLISH AS A LITERARY MEDIUM ART AS A WEAPON OF PROTEST NEW THEMES IN POETRY AND PROSE EVOLUTION OF LITERARY EXPRESSION UNDER PRESSURE FILIPINO WRITERS IN ENGLISH PART VIII: MARTIAL LAW AND THE NEW SOCIETY JOURNALISM AND ESSAYS IN THE 1900S PERIOD OF THE NEW SOCIETY (1972–1980): THEMES AND TONE SHORT STORIES AND THE MODERN NARRATIVE GOVERNMENT-SUPPORTED LITERATURE AND CENSORSHIP LITERARY CONTESTS AND INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT SHIFT TO CONTROLLED NARRATIVES POETRY DURING THE AMERICAN ERA LITERATURE UNDER THE MARCOS REGIME THEMES OF IDENTITY AND COLONIAL MENTALITY NEW JOURNALISM AND THE SEARCH FOR TRUTH WOMEN WRITERS IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY WOMEN’S VOICES IN A PATRIARCHAL ERA PART V: WAR YEARS AND LITERARY RESILIENCE LITERATURE AND CULTURAL SHOWS THE JAPANESE OCCUPATION (1941–1945): LITERARY CHALLENGES THE DECLINE OF PROTEST LITERATURE CENSORSHIP AND PROPAGANDA LITERATURE EMERGING REGIONAL WRITERS HAIKU AND TANKA INFLUENCE MAINTAINING LITERARY RELEVANCE LITERATURE IN THE VERNACULAR LANGUAGES PART IX: THE THIRD REPUBLIC AND DEMOCRATIC REVIVAL HIDDEN MESSAGES IN WARTIME WRITINGS THE PERIOD OF THE THIRD REPUBLIC (1981–1985): OVERVIEW THEMES OF SURVIVAL AND NATIONALISM REVIVING FREEDOM IN LITERATURE DIARY ENTRIES AND MEMOIRS FROM THE WAR RESTORATION OF THE WRITER’S VOICE RESISTANCE LITERATURE AND COVERT WRITINGS DEMOCRACY AND THEMES OF HOPE RADIO PLAYS AND UNDERGROUND PUBLICATIONS THE EDSA REVOLUTION IN POEMS AND PROSE LITERATURE AS REFLECTION OF FILIPINO ENDURANCE REVISITING HISTORY THROUGH LITERATURE PART VI: FREEDOM RECLAIMED AND LITERARY EXPANSION THE LITERARY COMMUNITY AND NATION-BUILDING THE REBIRTH OF FREEDOM (1946–1970): THEMES AND FORMS LITERARY AWARDS AND RECOGNITION POST-WAR PROSE AND POETRY THEMES OF CHANGE AND REFLECTION LITERATURE AND POSTCOLONIAL IDENTITY LITERATURE AS COLLECTIVE MEMORY THE RISE OF NEW LITERARY JOURNALS PART X: MODERN VOICES AND CONTINUING LEGACIES WRITERS GUILDS AND LITERARY WORKSHOPS PHILIPPINE LITERATURE FROM 1986–1999: NEW HORIZONS LANGUAGE DEBATES: ENGLISH VS. FILIPINO POST-EDSA NARRATIVES AND REFLECTIONS THE ROLE OF SCHOOLS IN LITERARY GROWTH RISE OF CONTEMPORARY WRITERS EMERGENCE OF POLITICAL NOVELS LITERARY INNOVATIONS IN FORM AND MEDIA THEMES OF MODERNITY AND GLOBAL INFLUENCE LITERATURE IN THE DIGITAL AGE LITERATURE FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS REPRESENTATIVE WORKS FROM RECENT DECADES PART VII: ACTIVISM AND REVOLUTIONARY LITERATURE GLOBAL FILIPINO WRITERS PERIOD OF ACTIVISM (1970–1972): HISTORICAL BACKDROP POPULAR LITERATURE AND MASS MEDIA LITERATURE OF PROTEST AND DISSENT LITERARY PRESERVATION AND EDUCATION CONTINUING THE LEGACY OF PHILIPPINE LITERATURE PLANT LAYOUT FUNDAMENTALS TYPES OF LAYOUTS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT LAYOUT DESIGN TECHNIQUES FLOW AND SPACE REQUIREMENTS TITLE OF THE BOOK: MASTERING PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONS MATERIAL HANDLING PRINCIPLES MANAGEMENT HANDLING EQUIPMENT AND SELECTION PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT LINE BALANCING OBJECTIVES AND METHODS INTRODUCTION TO PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONS ASSEMBLY LINE AND WORKSTATION DESIGN EVOLUTION AND SCOPE OF OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT EFFICIENCY METRICS IN LINE BALANCING STRATEGIC ROLE OF OPERATIONS CHALLENGES IN BALANCING PRODUCTION LINES SYSTEMS APPROACH TO PRODUCTION PART V: PRODUCTION CONTROL AND INVENTORY SYSTEMS OPERATIONS IN MANUFACTURING VS. SERVICES LINE OF BALANCE TECHNIQUE KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS IN OPERATIONS MATERIALS MANAGEMENT OVERVIEW DECISION-MAKING IN OPERATIONS INVENTORY FUNCTIONS AND TYPES OPERATIONS STRATEGY AND COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE INVENTORY MODELS AND EOQ GLOBAL TRENDS IN PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT ABC AND VED ANALYSIS SUSTAINABILITY IN OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT INVENTORY CONTROL TECHNIQUES PART II: PRODUCT AND CAPACITY DESIGN AGGREGATE PLANNING CONCEPTS PRODUCT DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OVERVIEW AGGREGATE PLANNING STRATEGIES PHASES OF PRODUCT DESIGN MASTER PRODUCTION SCHEDULING ESSENTIALS VALUE ANALYSIS AND ENGINEERING MATCHING SUPPLY WITH DEMAND RELIABILITY AND MAINTAINABILITY IN DESIGN PART VI: MATERIALS PLANNING AND PRODUCTION SCHEDULING DESIGN FOR MANUFACTURING AND ASSEMBLY MATERIALS REQUIREMENTS PLANNING (MRP) TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION IN PRODUCT DESIGN MRP LOGIC AND COMPUTATIONS CAPACITY PLANNING FUNDAMENTALS BILL OF MATERIALS AND INVENTORY RECORDS CAPACITY EXPANSION STRATEGIES ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING (ERP) DECISION TOOLS FOR INVESTMENT PLANNING PRODUCTION PLANNING AND CONTROL FUNCTIONS RISK ASSESSMENT IN CAPACITY DECISIONS SCHEDULING GOALS AND CONSTRAINTS PART III: DEMAND FORECASTING AND FACILITY PLANNING SINGLE MACHINE SCHEDULING MODELS PRINCIPLES OF FORECASTING FLOW SHOP SCHEDULING TECHNIQUES QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE FORECASTING TECHNIQUES PERFORMANCE MEASURES IN FLOW SHOPS TIME SERIES AND REGRESSION METHODS SEQUENCING AND OPTIMIZATION IN JOB SHOPS FORECAST ACCURACY AND MONITORING PART VII: PROJECT AND TIME MANAGEMENT FACILITY LOCATION PLANNING PROJECT MANAGEMENT FUNDAMENTALS LOCATION ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES PROJECT LIFECYCLE AND PHASES SITE SELECTION CRITERIA GANTT CHARTS AND WORK BREAKDOWN STRUCTURE GLOBAL LOCATION AND OFFSHORING DECISIONS NETWORK DIAGRAMS: PERT AND CPM COST-BENEFIT IN LOCATION PLANNING RESOURCE ALLOCATION AND LEVELING GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS FOR LOCATION COST-TIME TRADE-OFFS IN PROJECTS PART IV: LAYOUT, HANDLING, AND LINE BALANCING WORK STUDY CONCEPTS AND OBJECTIVES METHOD STUDY AND MOTION ECONOMY TITLE OF THE BOOK: MASTERING INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS IN A GLOBAL TIME STUDY AND WORK MEASUREMENT ECONOMY PRODUCTIVITY IMPROVEMENT THROUGH WORK STUDY PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF GLOBAL BUSINESS PART VIII: QUALITY ASSURANCE AND CONTROL GLOBALIZING BUSINESS: AN OVERVIEW PRINCIPLES OF QUALITY MANAGEMENT THE EVOLUTION OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE QUALITY CONTROL VS. QUALITY ASSURANCE DRIVERS OF GLOBALIZATION STATISTICAL QUALITY CONTROL GLOBAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENTS CONTROL CHARTS FOR VARIABLES AND ATTRIBUTES KEY PLAYERS IN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS ACCEPTANCE SAMPLING TECHNIQUES CHALLENGES OF CROSS-BORDER OPERATIONS TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT (TQM) GLOBAL ETHICS AND CORPORATE BEHAVIOR ISO STANDARDS AND CERTIFICATIONS RISK MANAGEMENT IN INTERNATIONAL VENTURES SIX SIGMA METHODOLOGY TRENDS IN GLOBAL COMMERCE QUALITY AUDITS AND BENCHMARKING FUTURE OUTLOOK FOR GLOBAL BUSINESSES CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT IN QUALITY PART II: FORMAL INSTITUTIONS AND GLOBAL SYSTEMS PART IX: MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY POLITICAL SYSTEMS AND BUSINESS IMPACT MAINTENANCE PLANNING AND OBJECTIVES ECONOMIC SYSTEMS AROUND THE WORLD TYPES OF MAINTENANCE APPROACHES LEGAL ENVIRONMENTS AND BUSINESS LAW PREVENTIVE AND PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS IN GLOBAL TRADE MAINTENANCE SCHEDULING AND CONTROL PROPERTY RIGHTS AND CONTRACT ENFORCEMENT RELIABILITY-CENTERED MAINTENANCE GOVERNMENT ROLES IN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS OVERALL EQUIPMENT EFFECTIVENESS (OEE) MANAGING POLITICAL RISK ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS AND FAILURE MODES THE ROLE OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS MAINTENANCE KPIS AND METRICS LEGAL COMPLIANCE AND INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS OUTSOURCING MAINTENANCE SERVICES EVALUATING INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENTS TECHNOLOGY IN MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT PART III: CULTURAL DYNAMICS AND INFORMAL INSTITUTIONS PART X: MODERN TOOLS AND FUTURE OF PRODUCTION UNDERSTANDING INFORMAL INSTITUTIONS INTRODUCTION TO MODERN PRODUCTION TOOLS CULTURAL DIMENSIONS AND GLOBAL BUSINESS LEAN MANUFACTURING PRINCIPLES LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION IN BUSINESS JUST-IN-TIME (JIT) SYSTEMS RELIGION AND SOCIAL NORMS KAIZEN AND CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT CULTURAL INTELLIGENCE AND SENSITIVITY THEORY OF CONSTRAINTS (TOC) ADAPTING MANAGEMENT STYLES ACROSS CULTURES AGILE AND FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING ETHICS AND SOCIAL EXPECTATIONS INDUSTRY 4.0 AND SMART FACTORIES NATIONAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN OPERATIONS CASE STUDIES IN CROSS-CULTURAL BUSINESS GREEN MANUFACTURING PRACTICES CULTURAL CHALLENGES IN MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS FUTURE CHALLENGES AND INNOVATIONS IN PRODUCTION PART IV: BUILDING FIRM COMPETITIVENESS AND RESOURCES FIRM-SPECIFIC ADVANTAGES INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TANGIBLE AND INTANGIBLE RESOURCES CORE COMPETENCIES FOR GLOBAL EXPANSION DEVELOPING A COMPETITIVE STRATEGY BUILDING INNOVATION CAPABILITIES ASSESSING MARKET POTENTIAL RESOURCE-BASED VIEW OF THE FIRM EXPORTING AND LICENSING STRATEGIES MANAGING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY GLOBALLY FRANCHISING AND JOINT VENTURES BENCHMARKING AND BEST PRACTICES STRATEGIC ALLIANCES AND CONSORTIA SCALING OPERATIONS ACROSS BORDERS GREENFIELD INVESTMENTS VS. ACQUISITIONS SUSTAINABLE COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE ENTRY MODE SELECTION CRITERIA PART V: INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND FOREIGN INVESTMENT TIMING AND SEQUENCING OF ENTRY THEORIES OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE MANAGING ENTRY BARRIERS COMPARATIVE AND ABSOLUTE ADVANTAGE EXIT STRATEGIES AND MARKET RE-ENTRY MODERN TRADE THEORIES CASE STUDIES OF FOREIGN MARKET ENTRY TRADE POLICIES AND BARRIERS PART IX: GLOBAL COMPETITION AND STRATEGIC GROWTH INSTRUMENTS OF TRADE PROTECTION UNDERSTANDING GLOBAL COMPETITION EXPORT AND IMPORT STRATEGIES COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE IN INTERNATIONAL MARKETS FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT: CONCEPTS STRATEGIES FOR COST LEADERSHIP AND DIFFERENTIATION FDI DRIVERS AND MOTIVATIONS INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY LEADERSHIP GOVERNMENT INCENTIVES FOR FDI RESPONDING TO GLOBAL RIVALS ASSESSING INVESTMENT RISKS ABROAD PARTNERSHIPS AND MERGERS PART VI: GLOBAL FINANCE AND REGIONAL INTEGRATION ACQUISITIONS: PLANNING AND INTEGRATION EXCHANGE RATE MECHANISMS STRATEGIC RENEWAL AND REPOSITIONING CURRENCY RISK MANAGEMENT SCALING AND EXPANDING GLOBALLY INTERNATIONAL MONETARY SYSTEM MEASURING STRATEGIC PERFORMANCE BALANCE OF PAYMENTS PART X: MANAGING THE INTERNATIONAL ENTERPRISE HEDGING AND FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS MULTINATIONAL ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES EUROPEAN INTEGRATION AND THE EU INNOVATION IN THE GLOBAL ENTERPRISE EUROZONE: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES BUILDING EFFECTIVE GLOBAL TEAMS NAFTA, ASEAN, MERCOSUR, AND OTHERS LEADERSHIP IN INTERNATIONAL CONTEXTS REGIONAL VS. GLOBAL INTEGRATION MANAGING GLOBAL TALENT ROLE OF IMF, WORLD BANK, AND WTO INTERNATIONAL HR POLICIES AND PRACTICES PART VII: ETHICS, RESPONSIBILITY, AND GOVERNANCE MARKETING TO GLOBAL CUSTOMERS CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (CSR) BUILDING GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAINS ETHICS IN GLOBAL BUSINESS PRACTICES LOCAL ADAPTATION VS. GLOBAL STANDARDIZATION ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY IN GLOBAL FIRMS THE FUTURE OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS LEADERSHIP STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT AND TRANSPARENCY ANTI-CORRUPTION MEASURES HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT FAIR TRADE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE LABOR RIGHTS AND WORKING CONDITIONS TITLE OF THE BOOK: STRATEGIC HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT: GOVERNANCE IN MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISES PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES FOR THE MODERN WORKPLACE CODES OF CONDUCT AND COMPLIANCE PART I: INTRODUCTION TO HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT REPORTING, AUDITING, AND ACCOUNTABILITY THE ROLE OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN ORGANIZATIONS PART VIII: STRATEGIES FOR ENTERING INTERNATIONAL MARKETS THE EVOLUTION AND FUTURE OF HRM THE STRATEGIC VALUE OF HUMAN CAPITAL ONBOARDING NEW EMPLOYEES SUCCESSFULLY HRM FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES PART V: EMPLOYEE DEVELOPMENT AND CAREER GROWTH ALIGNING HRM WITH ORGANIZATIONAL GOALS IDENTIFYING TRAINING NEEDS GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES IN HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT DESIGNING TRAINING PROGRAMS TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENTS IN HR LEARNING STYLES AND ADULT LEARNING THEORY ETHICAL FOUNDATIONS OF HR PRACTICES EVALUATING TRAINING EFFECTIVENESS HR’S ROLE IN ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE AND CHANGE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS HR TRENDS AND INNOVATIONS CAREER PATHING AND SUCCESSION PLANNING PART II: STRATEGIC PLANNING AND LEGAL FOUNDATIONS COACHING AND MENTORING DEVELOPING HUMAN RESOURCE STRATEGY EMPLOYEE EMPOWERMENT AND ENGAGEMENT WORKFORCE PLANNING AND ORGANIZATIONAL ALIGNMENT PERFORMANCE FEEDBACK AND GROWTH HR METRICS AND ANALYTICS BUILDING A CULTURE OF CONTINUOUS LEARNING LEGAL ENVIRONMENT OF HRM PART VI: PERFORMANCE AND COMPENSATION MANAGEMENT EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY LAWS ESTABLISHING PERFORMANCE STANDARDS DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION IN THE WORKPLACE SETTING SMART GOALS WORKPLACE DISCRIMINATION AND PREVENTION PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL METHODS HR’S ROLE IN POLICY DEVELOPMENT ADDRESSING PERFORMANCE ISSUES AUDITING HR PRACTICES FOR COMPLIANCE RECOGNITION AND MOTIVATION TECHNIQUES BUILDING A LEGALLY COMPLIANT HR FRAMEWORK COMPENSATION STRATEGY AND PHILOSOPHY PART III: WORKFORCE STRUCTURE AND JOB ANALYSIS DESIGNING PAY STRUCTURES UNDERSTANDING WORKFORCE COMPOSITION INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL PAY EQUITY DEMOGRAPHIC SHIFTS AND LABOR TRENDS LEGAL ASPECTS OF COMPENSATION JOB DESIGN AND ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE THE ROLE OF HR IN PAY TRANSPARENCY TECHNIQUES FOR JOB ANALYSIS PART VII: INCENTIVES, BENEFITS, AND EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION WRITING EFFECTIVE JOB DESCRIPTIONS VARIABLE PAY AND INCENTIVE PLANS COMPETENCY MODELING AND JOB SPECIFICATIONS DESIGNING EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION PACKAGES ALIGNING JOBS WITH BUSINESS STRATEGY STOCK OPTIONS AND LONG-TERM INCENTIVES TECHNOLOGY AND AUTOMATION IN JOB DESIGN LINKING PAY TO PERFORMANCE HR PLANNING FOR ORGANIZATIONAL GROWTH TRENDS IN INCENTIVE COMPENSATION WORKFORCE OPTIMIZATION STRATEGIES UNDERSTANDING EMPLOYEE BENEFITS PART IV: RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION STRATEGIES HEALTH AND WELLNESS PROGRAMS EMPLOYER BRANDING AND TALENT ATTRACTION RETIREMENT PLANS AND FINANCIAL SECURITY INTERNAL VS. EXTERNAL RECRUITMENT WORK-LIFE BALANCE INITIATIVES RECRUITMENT CHANNELS AND TOOLS ADMINISTERING AND COMMUNICATING BENEFITS EFFECTIVE JOB POSTING AND ADVERTISING PART VIII: EMPLOYEE SAFETY, PROTECTION, AND ETHICS SOURCING STRATEGIES FOR HIGH-QUALITY TALENT WORKPLACE HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATIONS SCREENING AND SHORTLISTING CANDIDATES CREATING A SAFE WORK ENVIRONMENT INTERVIEWING TECHNIQUES AND BEST PRACTICES CONDUCTING RISK ASSESSMENTS TESTING AND ASSESSING CANDIDATE FIT EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND CRISIS MANAGEMENT SELECTION DECISIONS AND JOB OFFERS ERGONOMICS AND WORKPLACE DESIGN WORKPLACE VIOLENCE AND HARASSMENT POLICIES LIMITS IN ECONOMIC AND BIOLOGICAL MODELS PROMOTING MENTAL HEALTH IN THE WORKPLACE INTRODUCTION TO ASYMPTOTIC BEHAVIOR ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF HR LIMIT LAWS AND PROPERTIES WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTION AND ETHICS REPORTING PART II: BASICS OF DIFFERENTIATION NAVIGATING ETHICAL DILEMMAS IN HR THE CONCEPT OF THE DERIVATIVE PART IX: EMPLOYEE RELATIONS AND WORKPLACE RIGHTS DIFFERENTIATION RULES DEFINING EMPLOYEE RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES PRODUCT AND QUOTIENT RULE MANAGING GRIEVANCES AND COMPLAINTS CHAIN RULE AND IMPLICIT DIFFERENTIATION DISCIPLINE AND DISCHARGE PROCEDURES HIGHER-ORDER DERIVATIVES CONFLICT RESOLUTION AND MEDIATION DERIVATIVES OF POLYNOMIAL AND RATIONAL FUNCTIONS PROMOTING ORGANIZATIONAL JUSTICE DERIVATIVES OF EXPONENTIAL AND LOGARITHMIC FUNCTIONS CONSTRUCTIVE FEEDBACK AND COMMUNICATION APPLICATIONS IN BUSINESS MODELS BUILDING TRUST AND TRANSPARENCY INSTANTANEOUS RATES OF CHANGE EMPLOYEE VOICE AND PARTICIPATION MARGINAL ANALYSIS IN ECONOMICS UNDERSTANDING EMPLOYMENT LAW IN PRACTICE PART III: APPLICATIONS OF DERIVATIVES UPHOLDING ORGANIZATIONAL VALUES AND FAIRNESS CURVE SKETCHING AND DERIVATIVE TESTS PART X: LABOR RELATIONS AND FUTURE HR CHALLENGES OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES HISTORY OF LABOR UNIONS AND COLLECTIVE BARGAINING BUSINESS AND REVENUE MAXIMIZATION UNION STRUCTURES AND REPRESENTATION COST MINIMIZATION IN PRODUCTION NEGOTIATING LABOR AGREEMENTS RELATED RATES PROBLEMS MANAGING UNIONIZED WORKFORCES MOTION ALONG A LINE DISPUTE RESOLUTION IN UNION SETTINGS ELASTICITY OF DEMAND THE FUTURE OF WORK AND HR ADAPTATION CONCAVITY AND POINTS OF INFLECTION EMBRACING TECHNOLOGICAL DISRUPTION MEAN VALUE THEOREM AND APPLICATIONS STRATEGIC WORKFORCE RESILIENCE REAL-WORLD PROBLEM SOLVING WITH DERIVATIVES GLOBAL HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PART IV: EXPONENTIAL AND LOGARITHMIC FUNCTIONS LEADING HR INTO THE FUTURE PROPERTIES OF EXPONENTIAL FUNCTIONS LOGARITHMIC FUNCTIONS AND INVERSES APPLIED CALCULUS DIFFERENTIATION OF EXPONENTIAL FUNCTIONS DIFFERENTIATION OF LOGARITHMIC FUNCTIONS TITLE OF THE BOOK: APPLIED CALCULUS FOR BUSINESS, SCIENCE, AND EXPONENTIAL GROWTH MODELS ENGINEERING LOGARITHMIC SCALES AND APPLICATIONS PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF APPLIED CALCULUS CONTINUOUS COMPOUNDING AND INTEREST MODELS UNDERSTANDING FUNCTIONS IN REAL LIFE APPLICATIONS POPULATION MODELING DOMAIN, RANGE, AND BEHAVIOR OF FUNCTIONS NEWTON’S LAW OF COOLING GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATIONS AND INTERPRETATIONS APPLIED LOGARITHMIC PROBLEM SOLVING LIMITS: CONCEPTS AND COMPUTATION PART V: INTEGRATION AND APPLICATIONS CONTINUITY AND TYPES OF DISCONTINUITIES ANTIDERIVATIVES AND BASIC RULES ONE-SIDED LIMITS AND INFINITE LIMITS INDEFINITE VS DEFINITE INTEGRALS EVALUATING LIMITS ALGEBRAICALLY FUNDAMENTAL THEOREM OF CALCULUS AREA UNDER A CURVE PART IX: PROBABILITY AND CALCULUS AVERAGE VALUE OF A FUNCTION INTRODUCTION TO PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTIONS ACCUMULATED CHANGE AND NET AREA CONTINUOUS RANDOM VARIABLES REVENUE AND PROFIT FUNCTIONS EXPECTED VALUE CALCULATIONS CONSUMER AND PRODUCER SURPLUS VARIANCE AND STANDARD DEVIATION APPLICATIONS IN BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS VELOCITY AND DISPLACEMENT PROBLEMS NORMAL DISTRIBUTION AND THE CENTRAL LIMIT THEOREM PART VI: TECHNIQUES OF INTEGRATION APPLICATIONS IN BUSINESS FORECASTING SUBSTITUTION METHOD PROBABILITY WITH INTEGRATION INTEGRATION BY PARTS RISK ASSESSMENT USING CALCULUS PARTIAL FRACTIONS TECHNIQUE ECONOMIC DECISION MAKING WITH PROBABILISTIC MODELS TRIGONOMETRIC INTEGRALS PART X: SERIES, TAYLOR POLYNOMIALS, AND DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS IMPROPER INTEGRALS INTRODUCTION TO SEQUENCES AND SERIES NUMERICAL INTEGRATION TECHNIQUES CONVERGENCE AND DIVERGENCE OF SERIES SIMPSON’S RULE AND TRAPEZOIDAL RULE GEOMETRIC AND HARMONIC SERIES INTEGRALS INVOLVING PARAMETERS POWER SERIES REPRESENTATION OF FUNCTIONS INTEGRATION APPLICATIONS IN PHYSICS TAYLOR AND MACLAURIN SERIES INTERPRETING REAL-LIFE DATA WITH INTEGRATION APPROXIMATING FUNCTIONS USING POLYNOMIALS PART VII: MULTIVARIABLE FUNCTIONS BASICS OF DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS FUNCTIONS OF TWO OR MORE VARIABLES SOLVING FIRST-ORDER DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS PARTIAL DERIVATIVES AND INTERPRETATION APPLICATIONS IN GROWTH AND DECAY OPTIMIZATION OF MULTIVARIABLE FUNCTIONS MODELING NATURAL PHENOMENA WITH DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS IN ECONOMICS DOUBLE INTEGRALS OVER RECTANGULAR REGIONS ETHICS SURFACE AREA AND VOLUME APPLICATIONS CHAIN RULE IN MULTIPLE VARIABLES TITLE OF THE BOOK: FOUNDATIONS AND FRONTIERS OF ETHICS: THEORY, DIRECTIONAL DERIVATIVES AND GRADIENTS PRACTICE, AND GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES TANGENT PLANES AND LINEARIZATION PART I: UNDERSTANDING THE FOUNDATIONS OF ETHICS REAL-WORLD BUSINESS APPLICATIONS OF MULTIVARIABLE CALCULUS INTRODUCTION TO ETHICS AND ETHICAL THEORY PART VIII: TRIGONOMETRIC FUNCTIONS AND CALCULUS MAJOR BRANCHES OF ETHICAL INQUIRY REVIEW OF TRIGONOMETRIC IDENTITIES HISTORICAL ORIGINS OF MORAL THOUGHT TRIGONOMETRIC GRAPHS AND MODELS PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS OF MORALITY DERIVATIVES OF TRIGONOMETRIC FUNCTIONS THE ROLE OF REASON IN ETHICAL DECISION-MAKING INTEGRALS OF TRIGONOMETRIC FUNCTIONS MORAL ABSOLUTISM VS. MORAL PLURALISM TRIGONOMETRY IN WAVE MOTION NORMATIVE VS. DESCRIPTIVE ETHICS REAL-LIFE MODELING WITH TRIGONOMETRIC FUNCTIONS APPLIED ETHICS AND CONTEMPORARY RELEVANCE INVERSE TRIGONOMETRIC FUNCTIONS THE IMPORTANCE OF MORAL REFLECTION TRIGONOMETRIC SUBSTITUTION ETHICS IN A MODERN, PLURALISTIC WORLD ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS USING TRIGONOMETRY PART II: RELIGION, CULTURE, AND GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES ADVANCED GRAPHING AND PERIODICITY RELIGION AND GLOBAL ETHICS COMPARATIVE RELIGIOUS ETHICS EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE IN MORAL JUDGMENTS ETHICS IN CHRISTIANITY, ISLAM, HINDUISM, AND BUDDHISM BALANCING JUSTICE WITH CARE INDIGENOUS AND TRIBAL MORAL WORLDVIEWS PART VI: ETHICS IN HEALTHCARE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY CULTURAL NORMS AND MORAL VALUES HEALTHCARE ETHICS: PRINCIPLES AND FRAMEWORKS INTERCULTURAL ETHICAL CONFLICTS PATIENT AUTONOMY AND INFORMED CONSENT UNIVERSAL MORAL PRINCIPLES VS. LOCAL TRADITIONS THE ROLE OF MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS IN ETHICS RELIGION AND THE MORALITY OF PEACE BEGINNING OF LIFE ISSUES: ETHICS OF BIRTHING THE INFLUENCE OF THEOLOGY ON LAW AND ETHICS END OF LIFE DECISIONS AND EUTHANASIA GLOBAL ETHICS AND THE ROLE OF INTERFAITH DIALOGUE MEDICAL RESOURCE ALLOCATION PART III: MORAL RELATIVISM AND THEORIES OF THE SELF BIOTECHNOLOGY: CLONING AND GENETIC ENGINEERING ETHICAL RELATIVISM: CONCEPTS AND CHALLENGES ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN HEALTHCARE CULTURAL RELATIVISM IN PRACTICE BIOENGINEERING AND MORAL BOUNDARIES MORAL SUBJECTIVISM VS. OBJECTIVISM EMERGING ETHICAL DILEMMAS IN MODERN MEDICINE ETHICAL EGOISM AND PSYCHOLOGICAL EGOISM PART VII: JUSTICE, EQUALITY, AND HUMAN RIGHTS ALTRUISM AND THE GOLDEN RULE EQUALITY AND DISCRIMINATION: MORAL PERSPECTIVES THE SOCIAL CONTRACT: HOBBES AND ROUSSEAU RACIAL AND SOCIAL JUSTICE RATIONAL CHOICE AND MORAL MOTIVATION ECONOMIC JUSTICE AND FAIR DISTRIBUTION SELF-INTEREST VS. COLLECTIVE GOOD MORAL THEORIES OF PROPERTY AND LABOR EVOLUTIONARY ETHICS AND HUMAN NATURE JUSTICE IN EDUCATION AND OPPORTUNITY RECONCILING RELATIVISM WITH GLOBAL ETHICS ETHICS OF GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT PART IV: CLASSIC ETHICAL THEORIES SEXUAL MORALITY AND GENDER JUSTICE UTILITARIANISM: JEREMY BENTHAM AND JOHN STUART MILL LGBTQ+ RIGHTS AND ETHICAL RECOGNITION RULE VS. ACT UTILITARIANISM GLOBAL JUSTICE IN ECONOMIC SYSTEMS CRITIQUES OF UTILITARIAN THOUGHT ETHICS OF MIGRATION AND REFUGEE RIGHTS DEONTOLOGICAL ETHICS: IMMANUEL KANT PART VIII: LAW, PUNISHMENT, AND VIOLENCE CATEGORICAL IMPERATIVES AND DUTY CRIME, RESPONSIBILITY, AND MORAL ACCOUNTABILITY RIGHTS-BASED APPROACHES TO ETHICS THEORIES OF PUNISHMENT: RETRIBUTIVE AND RESTORATIVE NATURAL LAW THEORY: AQUINAS AND BEYOND ETHICS OF THE DEATH PENALTY HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE NATURAL LAW TRADITION MORAL PSYCHOLOGY OF CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR LEGAL INTERPRETATIONS OF MORAL LAW REHABILITATION AND JUSTICE JUSTICE AS A MORAL AND LEGAL CONCEPT ETHICS OF SELF-DEFENSE AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE PART V: CHARACTER, VIRTUE, AND FEMINIST ETHICS THE MORALITY OF WAR: JUST WAR THEORY VIRTUE ETHICS: ARISTOTLE'S VISION OF CHARACTER NONVIOLENCE AND PACIFISM DEVELOPING MORAL HABITS AND PRACTICAL WISDOM ETHICS OF TERRORISM AND COUNTERTERRORISM MODERN REVIVAL OF VIRTUE ETHICS POLITICAL VIOLENCE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE FEMINIST THOUGHT IN MORAL PHILOSOPHY PART IX: ETHICS IN THE ENVIRONMENT AND NON-HUMAN LIFE THE ETHICS OF CARE AND INTERDEPENDENCE INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS CRITIQUES OF TRADITIONAL ETHICAL THEORIES ANTHROPOCENTRISM VS. ECOCENTRISM GENDER ROLES AND ETHICAL REASONING CLIMATE CHANGE AND MORAL RESPONSIBILITY ETHICS AND POWER STRUCTURES ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND INDIGENOUS RIGHTS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ETHICS REBOUNDING AND TRANSITION PLAY ANIMAL RIGHTS AND MORAL CONSIDERATION TEAM COMMUNICATION ON THE COURT ETHICS OF ANIMAL TESTING AND FACTORY FARMING BASKETBALL CONDITIONING AND DRILLS MORAL STATUS OF NON-HUMAN LIFE REFEREEING AND OFFICIATING IN BASKETBALL PRESERVATION OF BIODIVERSITY PART III: ADVANCED BASKETBALL CONCEPTS GLOBAL ETHICAL CHALLENGES IN CONSERVATION POSITION-SPECIFIC SKILLS IN BASKETBALL PART X: THE FUTURE OF ETHICS FAST BREAK AND PRESS DEFENSE DIGITAL ETHICS AND ONLINE BEHAVIOR ZONE VS. MAN-TO-MAN DEFENSE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND MACHINE ETHICS INBOUND PLAYS AND SET PLAYS ETHICS IN THE AGE OF SOCIAL MEDIA CLOCK AND GAME MANAGEMENT PRIVACY AND SURVEILLANCE MENTAL TOUGHNESS IN HIGH-PRESSURE SITUATIONS MORAL RESPONSIBILITY IN TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION NUTRITION FOR BASKETBALL ATHLETES SPACE ETHICS AND INTERPLANETARY MORALITY VIDEO ANALYSIS AND PERFORMANCE REVIEW CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND ETHICS COMMON FOULS AND VIOLATIONS FUTURE GENERATIONS AND LONG-TERM MORAL THINKING TOURNAMENT PREPARATION AND TEAM STRATEGY TEACHING ETHICS IN A GLOBAL SOCIETY PART IV: FUNDAMENTALS OF VOLLEYBALL THE ONGOING EVOLUTION OF MORAL PHILOSOPHY INTRODUCTION TO VOLLEYBALL RULES AND COURT LAYOUT TEAM SPORTS BASIC SKILLS: SERVING AND RECEIVING SETTING TECHNIQUES AND TIMING TITLE OF THE BOOK: MASTERING TEAM SPORTS: FUNDAMENTALS, ATTACKING: SPIKING AND TIPPING STRATEGIES, AND SKILLS IN COMPETITIVE PLAY BLOCKING AND DEFENSIVE MOVES PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF TEAM SPORTS ROTATIONS AND PLAYER POSITIONS INTRODUCTION TO TEAM SPORTS SCORING AND MATCH FORMATS HISTORY AND EVOLUTION OF TEAM SPORTS COMMON FOULS AND VIOLATIONS RULES AND REGULATIONS OF TEAM SPORTS CONDITIONING AND DRILLS FOR VOLLEYBALL ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF PLAYERS PART V: ADVANCED VOLLEYBALL PLAY TEAM DYNAMICS AND COMMUNICATION ADVANCED SERVING TECHNIQUES IMPORTANCE OF COACHING AND LEADERSHIP STRATEGIC OFFENSE: QUICK AND COMBINATION PLAYS PHYSICAL CONDITIONING FOR TEAM SPORTS EFFECTIVE DEFENSE: READ AND REACT MENTAL PREPARATION AND SPORTS PSYCHOLOGY TRANSITION FROM DEFENSE TO OFFENSE WARM-UP AND COOL-DOWN TECHNIQUES VOLLEYBALL GAME STRATEGIES INJURY PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT MENTAL FOCUS AND PRESSURE MANAGEMENT PART II: FUNDAMENTALS OF BASKETBALL ROLE OF THE LIBERO AND SETTER INTRODUCTION TO BASKETBALL TEAM COMMUNICATION AND SIGNALS RULES AND SCORING SYSTEM IN BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT AND LEAGUE PARTICIPATION BASIC SKILLS: DRIBBLING AND PASSING VIDEO REVIEW AND SKILL ASSESSMENT SHOOTING TECHNIQUES AND FORMS PART VI: INTRODUCTION TO HANDBALL DEFENSIVE TACTICS AND STRATEGIES OVERVIEW AND HISTORY OF HANDBALL OFFENSIVE PLAY STYLES AND FORMATIONS HANDBALL RULES AND COURT DIMENSIONS BALL HANDLING AND PASSING TECHNIQUES REFEREEING AND GAME MANAGEMENT SHOOTING AND SCORING IN HANDBALL PART X: INTEGRATING TEAM SPORTS FOR DEVELOPMENT DEFENSIVE TECHNIQUES IN HANDBALL BENEFITS OF PLAYING TEAM SPORTS OFFENSIVE FORMATIONS AND STRATEGIES TEAM SPORTS AND CHARACTER BUILDING GOALKEEPING SKILLS AND RESPONSIBILITIES DEVELOPING A WINNING MINDSET TRANSITION PLAY AND FAST BREAKS COACHING YOUTH AND AMATEUR TEAMS HANDBALL EQUIPMENT AND SAFETY ROLE OF PARENTS AND SUPPORT SYSTEMS FITNESS AND TRAINING FOR HANDBALL GENDER AND INCLUSIVITY IN TEAM SPORTS PART VII: ADVANCED HANDBALL PLAY BUILDING A SCHOOL OR COMMUNITY TEAM PROGRAM POSITION-SPECIFIC SKILLS IN HANDBALL ETHICS AND SPORTSMANSHIP IN COMPETITION GAME TACTICS AND TEAM ROLES CAREER OPPORTUNITIES IN TEAM SPORTS SET PLAYS AND SITUATIONAL STRATEGIES THE FUTURE OF TEAM SPORTS AND ATHLETE DEVELOPMENT DEFENSIVE SYSTEMS: 6-0, 5-1, 3-2-1 COUNTERATTACKS AND QUICK TRANSITIONS RIZAL'S LIFE, WORKS, AND WRITINGS PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF COMPETITION TRAINING SESSIONS AND DRILLS TITLE OF THE BOOK: THE LIFE, WORKS, AND WRITINGS OF JOSÉ RIZAL: A INJURY PREVENTION IN HANDBALL JOURNEY THROUGH A HERO’S LEGACY RULE INTERPRETATION AND OFFICIATING PART I: THE BIRTH OF A HERO VIDEO ANALYSIS AND MATCH REVIEW THE ADVENT OF A NATIONAL HERO PART VIII: INTRODUCTION TO FUTSAL CHILDHOOD YEARS IN CALAMBA FUTSAL ORIGINS AND POPULARITY EARLY EDUCATION IN CALAMBA AND BIÑAN COURT DIMENSIONS AND EQUIPMENT RIZAL’S FAMILY AND FORMATIVE INFLUENCES RULES AND REGULATIONS OF FUTSAL EARLY SIGNS OF NATIONALISM AND GENIUS BALL CONTROL AND PASSING IN FUTSAL SOCIAL AND POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT IN THE PHILIPPINES SHOOTING TECHNIQUES IN SMALL-SIDED GAMES FILIPINO IDENTITY IN THE SPANISH COLONIAL PERIOD GOALKEEPING IN FUTSAL LITERARY BEGINNINGS OF RIZAL PLAYER POSITIONS AND ROTATIONS MORAL AND INTELLECTUAL FOUNDATIONS TEAM FORMATION AND STRATEGY THE MAKING OF A FILIPINO PATRIOT TACTICAL AWARENESS AND MOVEMENT PART II: ACADEMIC PURSUITS AND EARLY STRUGGLES FITNESS AND CONDITIONING FOR FUTSAL SCHOLASTIC TRIUMPHS AT ATENEO DE MANILA (1872-1877) PART IX: ADVANCED FUTSAL TECHNIQUES RIZAL’S POETIC AND LITERARY GROWTH IN ATENEO PRESSING AND DEFENSIVE STRATEGIES ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AND NATIONALIST AWAKENING ATTACKING PLAYS AND COMBINATIONS RIZAL AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS (1877-1882) TRANSITION PLAY AND SPACE UTILIZATION RIZAL’S EARLY MEDICAL AND ARTISTIC INTERESTS READING THE GAME AND ANTICIPATION CHALLENGES AND DISCRIMINATION AT UST TRAINING DRILLS FOR SKILL DEVELOPMENT RIZAL’S TURNING POINT TOWARD REFORM ROLE OF THE CAPTAIN AND LEADERSHIP THE INFLUENCE OF HIGHER LEARNING MANAGING FOUL LIMITS AND CARDS MENTORS AND PEERS IN RIZAL’S STUDENT LIFE TOURNAMENT PLAY AND SCOUTING OPPONENTS PREPARATION FOR A GREATER MISSION TEAM BUILDING AND PRACTICE PLANNING PART III: LIFE AND LEARNING IN EUROPE IN SUNNY SPAIN (1882-1885) THE ANNOTATED EDITION OF MORGA’S SUCESOS STUDIES AT UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE MADRID RIZAL’S INTELLECTUAL ENGAGEMENTS IN LONDON LA SOLIDARIDAD AND RIZAL’S FIRST PUBLICATIONS RIZAL’S LEGACY IN GLOBAL TRAVEL AND OBSERVATIONS THE IMPACT OF SPANISH INTELLECTUAL CIRCLES PART VII: CONTINUED STRUGGLES IN EUROPE RIZAL’S EXPERIENCE OF LIBERTY AND TOLERANCE RIZAL'S SECOND SOJOURN IN PARIS AND THE UNIVERSAL EXPOSITION OF RIZAL AS A MEDICAL STUDENT AND REFORMER 1889 RIZAL'S TRAVELS AND CULTURAL IMMERSIONS RIZAL’S VIEWS ON EUROPEAN MODERNITY RIZAL’S EVOLVING NATIONALIST VISION RIZAL’S WRITINGS IN LA SOLIDARIDAD ENCOUNTERS WITH OTHER FILIPINO REFORMISTS IN BELGIAN BRUSSELS (1890) RIZAL’S LETTERS AND DIARY ENTRIES IN SPAIN RIZAL’S DAILY LIFE AND DISCIPLINE PART IV: FROM PARIS TO BERLIN MISFORTUNES IN MADRID (1890-1891) PARIS TO BERLIN (1885-1887) PERSONAL TRIALS AND PUBLIC CAUSES RIZAL’S SCIENTIFIC STUDIES AND LINGUISTIC SKILLS RIZAL AND THE GROWING FILIPINO MOVEMENT THE RESEARCH BEHIND NOLI ME TANGERE ROMANTIC STRUGGLES AND NATIONALIST DUTY RIZAL AND THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY IN EUROPE RIZAL’S SHIFTING POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY RIZAL’S FINANCIAL AND EMOTIONAL STRUGGLES PART VIII: RENEWED MISSION AND SACRIFICES POLITICAL CLIMATE IN EUROPE AND ITS INFLUENCE BIARRITZ VACATION AND ROMANCE WITH NELLY BOUSTEAD (1891) RIZAL’S NOTES AND REFLECTIONS ON INJUSTICES THE WRITING AND THEMES OF EL FILIBUSTERISMO INTELLECTUAL GROWTH IN A MULTICULTURAL SETTING EL FILIBUSTERISMO PUBLISHED IN GHENT (1891) DRAFTING OF A REVOLUTIONARY NOVEL COMPARISON OF NOLI AND FILI RIZAL’S RESILIENCE AMID ADVERSITY RIZAL’S ADVOCACY FOR FILIPINO EDUCATION AND REFORM PART V: LITERARY AWAKENING AND FIRST RETURN OPHTHALMIC SURGEON IN HONG KONG (1891-1892) NOLI ME TANGERE PUBLISHED IN BERLIN (1887) RIZAL’S MEDICAL PRACTICE AND PHILANTHROPY CONTENT AND CONTEXT OF THE NOLI RIZAL’S CONTINUED CONTACT WITH REFORMISTS REACTIONS AND CONTROVERSY IN THE PHILIPPINES RIZAL’S ANALYSIS OF PHILIPPINE SOCIETY RIZAL’S GRAND TOUR OF EUROPE WITH VIOLA (1887) PLANNING THE LIGA FILIPINA CULTURAL AND POLITICAL OBSERVATIONS IN EUROPE PART IX: FINAL ACTS OF PATRIOTISM FIRST HOMECOMING (1887-1888) SECOND HOMECOMING AND THE LIGA FILIPINA RIZAL’S RECONNECTION WITH THE FILIPINO PEOPLE OBJECTIVES AND ORGANIZATION OF LIGA FILIPINA NOLI'S IMPACT ON FILIPINO CONSCIOUSNESS RIZAL’S ARREST AND EXILE IN DAPITAN (1892-1896) RIZAL’S ENCOUNTERS WITH SPANISH AUTHORITIES RIZAL’S LIFE AND CONTRIBUTIONS IN DAPITAN RIZAL’S ADVOCACY FOR REFORMS IN THE PHILIPPINES RIZAL AS A TEACHER AND SCIENTIST PART VI: THE GLOBAL FILIPINO COMMUNITY PROJECTS AND INNOVATIONS IN HONG KONG AND MACAO (1888) RIZAL’S CORRESPONDENCE FROM EXILE RIZAL’S LETTERS TO FAMILY AND FRIENDS LAST TRIP ABROAD (1896) ROMANTIC INTERLUDE IN JAPAN (1888) EFFORTS TO INTERVENE IN THE PHILIPPINE REVOLUTION RIZAL’S REFLECTIONS ON JAPANESE SOCIETY RIZAL’S ARREST AND FINAL TRIAL RIZAL’S VISIT TO THE UNITED STATES (1888) PART X: MARTYRDOM AND IMMORTALITY ANALYSIS OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY AND RACISM LAST HOMECOMING AND TRIAL RIZAL IN LONDON (1888-1889) RIZAL’S DEFENSE AND EXECUTION SENTENCE FINAL HOURS AND FAREWELL MESSAGES ALTERNATIVE OBLIGATIONS MI ÚLTIMO ADIÓS: CONTEXT AND MEANING FACULTATIVE OBLIGATIONS MARTYRDOM AT BAGUMBAYAN JOINT AND SOLIDARY OBLIGATIONS PUBLIC REACTION TO RIZAL’S EXECUTION DIVISIBLE AND INDIVISIBLE OBLIGATIONS RIZAL AS THE INSPIRATION FOR THE REVOLUTION OBLIGATIONS WITH A PENAL CLAUSE THE LEGACY OF JOSÉ RIZAL REAL VS. PERSONAL OBLIGATIONS RIZAL IN ART, MEMORY, AND EDUCATION LEGAL AND CONVENTIONAL TYPES OF OBLIGATIONS RIZAL’S RELEVANCE TO THE FILIPINO IDENTITY TODAY PART IV: EXTINGUISHMENT OF OBLIGATIONS PAYMENT OR PERFORMANCE LAW ON OBLIGATIONS AND CONTRACTS DATION IN PAYMENT AND CESSION APPLICATION OF PAYMENTS TITLE OF THE BOOK: THE PHILIPPINE LAW ON OBLIGATIONS AND PAYMENT BY THIRD PARTIES CONTRACTS: A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO CIVIL CODE PRINCIPLES LOSS OF THE THING DUE PART I: INTRODUCTION TO OBLIGATIONS IN CIVIL LAW CONDONATION OR REMISSION OF DEBT THE CONCEPT AND SOURCES OF OBLIGATIONS CONFUSION OR MERGER OF RIGHTS LEGAL, CONTRACTUAL, QUASI-CONTRACTUAL, DELICTUAL, AND QUASI- COMPENSATION DELICTUAL OBLIGATIONS NOVATION: DEFINITION AND TYPES ELEMENTS AND CHARACTERISTICS OF CIVIL OBLIGATIONS OTHER CAUSES OF EXTINGUISHMENT MORAL AND NATURAL OBLIGATIONS: AN OVERVIEW PART V: GENERAL PROVISIONS ON CONTRACTS THE ROLE OF LAW AND JURISPRUDENCE IN SHAPING OBLIGATIONS DEFINITION AND ELEMENTS OF CONTRACTS THE IMPORTANCE OF OBLIGATIONS IN THE LEGAL SYSTEM PRINCIPLES UNDERLYING THE LAW OF CONTRACTS CIVIL CODE FRAMEWORK ON OBLIGATIONS STAGES OF A CONTRACT: PREPARATION, PERFECTION, AND THE BINDING NATURE OF OBLIGATIONS CONSUMMATION PERSONS BOUND BY AND BENEFITING FROM OBLIGATIONS FREEDOM TO CONTRACT AND ITS LIMITS OBLIGATIONS UNDER PHILIPPINE CIVIL LAW LAW GOVERNING CONTRACTS IN THE PHILIPPINES PART II: THE NATURE AND EFFECTS OF OBLIGATIONS CONSENSUALITY AND BINDING FORCE DUTIES OF DEBTORS AND RIGHTS OF CREDITORS CLASSIFICATION OF CONTRACTS THE PRINCIPLE OF GOOD FAITH IN OBLIGATION FULFILLMENT OBJECT, CAUSE, AND CONSENT IN CONTRACTS DETERMINATE VS. INDETERMINATE OBLIGATIONS MUTUALITY AND RELATIVITY OF CONTRACTS DELIVERY AND PERFORMANCE EFFECTS OF CONTRACTS UPON THE PARTIES DILIGENCE IN THE PERFORMANCE OF OBLIGATIONS PART VI: ESSENTIAL REQUISITES AND FORM OF CONTRACTS FORTUITOUS EVENTS AND THEIR LEGAL IMPACT CONSENT: OFFER AND ACCEPTANCE LEGAL DELAY AND ITS CONSEQUENCES VICES OF CONSENT: MISTAKE, VIOLENCE, INTIMIDATION LIABILITY FOR BREACH OF OBLIGATION VICES OF CONSENT: UNDUE INFLUENCE AND FRAUD DAMAGES: TYPES AND LEGAL BASIS OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT LEGAL REMEDIES IN CASE OF NON-COMPLIANCE CAUSE OR CONSIDERATION OF CONTRACTS PART III: THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF OBLIGATIONS LEGALITY AND LAWFULNESS OF CAUSE PURE AND CONDITIONAL OBLIGATIONS FORMALITY AND WRITTEN REQUIREMENTS SUSPENSIVE AND RESOLUTORY CONDITIONS STATUTE OF FRAUDS IN THE CIVIL CODE OBLIGATIONS WITH A PERIOD CONTRACTS REQUIRING SPECIAL FORM CONSEQUENCES OF NON-COMPLIANCE WITH FORM THE ROLE OF LEGAL PRACTITIONERS IN CONTRACT ENFORCEMENT PART VII: REFORMATION AND INTERPRETATION OF CONTRACTS OBLIGATIONS AND CONTRACTS IN COMMERCIAL LAW PURPOSE AND BASIS OF REFORMATION COMPARATIVE STUDY WITH FOREIGN CIVIL CODES REFORMATION OF INSTRUMENT DUE TO MISTAKE FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS IN BAR EXAMS GROUNDS FOR DENYING REFORMATION SUMMARY AND FUTURE OUTLOOK IN OBLIGATIONS AND CONTRACTS DISTINGUISHING REFORMATION FROM ANNULMENT RULES ON INTERPRETING CONTRACTUAL CLAUSES LAW ON PARTNERSHIPS AND PRIVATE CORPORATIONS LITERAL VS. INTENTIONAL INTERPRETATION THE RULE OF CONTRA PROFERENTEM TITLE OF THE BOOK: THE PHILIPPINE LAW ON PARTNERSHIPS AND PRIVATE INTEGRATION OF CONTRACT AND SUPPLEMENTARY RULES CORPORATIONS: PRINCIPLES, PRACTICE, AND PROVISIONS CUSTOM, USAGE, AND EQUITY IN INTERPRETATION PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF PARTNERSHIP LAW APPLICATION OF GOOD FAITH IN INTERPRETATION NATURE AND CHARACTERISTICS OF A PARTNERSHIP PART VIII: VOIDABLE, RESCISSIBLE, AND OTHER CONTRACTS REQUISITES FOR A VALID PARTNERSHIP RESCISSIBLE CONTRACTS: GROUNDS AND EXAMPLES TYPES AND CLASSIFICATIONS OF PARTNERSHIPS LESION OR ECONOMIC PREJUDICE AS A BASIS RULES ON CONTRIBUTION AND CAPITALIZATION ANNULMENT OF VOIDABLE CONTRACTS LEGAL PERSONALITY AND COMMENCEMENT OF PARTNERSHIP INCAPACITY AND DEFECTIVE CONSENT PARTNERSHIP NAME AND LIABILITY RATIFICATION OF VOIDABLE CONTRACTS PARTNERSHIP AND OTHER BUSINESS FORMS COMPARED UNENFORCEABLE CONTRACTS AND THEIR CHARACTERISTICS REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS UNDER PHILIPPINE LAW UNAUTHORIZED CONTRACTS UNDER AGENCY LAW JURIDICAL PERSONALITY AND CAPACITY CONTRACTS VIOLATING STATUTE OF FRAUDS CASE APPLICATIONS ON PARTNERSHIP FORMATION VOID OR INEXISTENT CONTRACTS PART II: DUTIES, RIGHTS, AND LIABILITIES OF PARTNERS EFFECTS AND LEGAL CONSEQUENCES OF NULLITY DUTIES OF PARTNERS TO THE PARTNERSHIP PART IX: NATURAL OBLIGATIONS AND ESTOPPEL FIDUCIARY DUTIES AND UTMOST GOOD FAITH CONCEPT OF NATURAL OBLIGATIONS RIGHTS OF MANAGING AND LIMITED PARTNERS INSTANCES RECOGNIZED BY THE CIVIL CODE SHARING OF PROFITS AND LOSSES VOLUNTARY FULFILLMENT OF NATURAL OBLIGATIONS PROPERTY RIGHTS OF PARTNERS EFFECTS OF COMPLIANCE WITH NATURAL OBLIGATIONS RULES ON ADMISSION AND EXPULSION OF PARTNERS ESTOPPEL: PRINCIPLES AND ELEMENTS REMEDIES FOR BREACH OF PARTNER OBLIGATIONS TYPES OF ESTOPPEL: IN PAIS, BY RECORD, BY DEED CONTRACTUAL STIPULATIONS AMONG PARTNERS ESTOPPEL IN REPRESENTATION PARTNER LIABILITY TO THIRD PARTIES LEGAL AND JUDICIAL ESTOPPEL ILLUSTRATIVE JURISPRUDENCE ON PARTNER OBLIGATIONS ESTOPPEL AS A DEFENSE IN OBLIGATIONS PART III: DISSOLUTION, WINDING UP, AND LIMITED PARTNERSHIPS CASE STUDIES INVOLVING NATURAL OBLIGATIONS AND ESTOPPEL GROUNDS AND CAUSES FOR DISSOLUTION PART X: PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS AND CASE DOCTRINES JUDICIAL AND VOLUNTARY DISSOLUTION ANALYSIS OF LANDMARK SUPREME COURT DECISIONS WINDING UP: PROCESS AND PRIORITIES CASE DIGEST: OBLIGATIONS IN ACTION DISTRIBUTION OF REMAINING ASSETS CASE DIGEST: CONTRACTS IN LITIGATION LIQUIDATION AND FINAL SETTLEMENT DOCTRINAL TRENDS IN CIVIL LAW REVOCATION AND CONTINUATION OF PARTNERSHIP LEGAL ETHICS IN CONTRACTUAL DEALINGS LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR LIMITED PARTNERSHIPS LIMITED VS. GENERAL PARTNERS: RIGHTS AND RISKS POWER TO ACQUIRE AND DISPOSE PROPERTY REGISTRATION AND PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIPS ADOPTION OF BY-LAWS CASE STUDIES ON DISSOLUTION AND LIMITED PARTNERSHIPS AMENDMENT AND ENFORCEMENT OF BY-LAWS PART IV: INTRODUCTION TO PRIVATE CORPORATIONS TYPES OF CORPORATE MEETINGS NATURE OF A CORPORATION NOTICES AND QUORUM REQUIREMENTS REQUISITES FOR CORPORATE EXISTENCE VOTING PROCEDURES AND PROXIES CORPORATION AS A LEGAL ENTITY RESOLUTIONS PASSED IN CORPORATE MEETINGS DIFFERENCES BETWEEN CORPORATIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS PART VIII: STOCKHOLDERS, RECORDS, AND STRUCTURAL CHANGES CLASSIFICATION OF CORPORATIONS CAPITAL STOCK AND SHARE CERTIFICATES PURPOSES AND POWERS OF PRIVATE CORPORATIONS TRANSFER AND ISSUANCE OF SHARES APPLICATION OF THE REVISED CORPORATION CODE STOCKHOLDERS’ RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS DOCTRINE OF SEPARATE JURIDICAL PERSONALITY SUBSCRIPTION AND DELINQUENCY CORPORATE FICTION AND ITS LIMITS CORPORATE BOOKS AND REQUIRED RECORDS CORPORATE JURISPRUDENCE IN THE PHILIPPINES RIGHT TO INSPECT CORPORATE RECORDS PART V: INCORPORATION AND CORPORATE ORGANIZATION MERGER AND CONSOLIDATION PROCESS INCORPORATORS AND QUALIFICATIONS APPROVAL AND IMPLEMENTATION OF MERGER ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION LEGAL CONSEQUENCES OF MERGER AND CONSOLIDATION CORPORATE TERM AND CORPORATE NAME CASE DECISIONS ON CORPORATE RECORDS AND STRUCTURAL CHANGES SEC REGISTRATION AND LEGAL EFFECT PART IX: SPECIAL TYPES OF CORPORATIONS AND THEIR FEATURES INITIAL CAPITAL AND SUBSCRIPTIONS APPRAISAL RIGHTS OF STOCKHOLDERS ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING AND MINUTES PROCEDURES AND GROUNDS FOR APPRAISAL CORPORATE GOVERNANCE STRUCTURES FEATURES OF NON-STOCK CORPORATIONS COMMENCEMENT OF CORPORATE EXISTENCE GOVERNANCE AND RIGHTS IN NON-STOCK ENTITIES CORPORATE PERSONALITY IN ACTION CHARACTERISTICS OF CLOSE CORPORATIONS COMMON LEGAL ISSUES IN INCORPORATION LEGAL PROVISIONS FOR CLOSE CORPORATION MANAGEMENT PART VI: GOVERNANCE THROUGH THE BOARD AND OFFICERS EDUCATIONAL CORPORATIONS: RULES AND REGULATIONS THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND TRUSTEES RELIGIOUS CORPORATIONS AND CANONICAL RULES ELECTION, TERM, AND QUALIFICATIONS SEC OVERSIGHT ON SPECIAL CORPORATIONS POWERS, DUTIES, AND RESPONSIBILITIES ILLUSTRATIVE APPLICATIONS IN SPECIAL CORPORATIONS LIMITATIONS AND LIABILITIES PART X: DISSOLUTION, FOREIGN CORPORATIONS, AND FINAL PROVISIONS CORPORATE OFFICERS AND THEIR ROLES VOLUNTARY DISSOLUTION WITHOUT CREDITORS CONFLICT OF INTEREST AND FIDUCIARY DUTIES VOLUNTARY DISSOLUTION WITH CREDITORS CORPORATE RESOLUTIONS AND POLICIES INVOLUNTARY DISSOLUTION BY THE SEC REMOVAL AND VACANCY IN OFFICE LIQUIDATION AND CORPORATE TERMINATION COMPENSATION AND PERQUISITES OF DIRECTORS PROCEDURES AND NOTICE REQUIREMENTS CASE LAW ON DIRECTORS AND CORPORATE OFFICERS REGISTRATION OF FOREIGN CORPORATIONS PART VII: CORPORATE POWERS, BY-LAWS, AND MEETINGS DOING BUSINESS IN THE PHILIPPINES EXPRESS, IMPLIED, AND INCIDENTAL POWERS COMPLIANCE AND PENALTIES FOR FOREIGN ENTITIES POWER TO SUE AND BE SUED MISCELLANEOUS AND TRANSITORY PROVISIONS POWER TO BORROW AND ENCUMBER EMERGING ISSUES IN CORPORATE PRACTICE AND REFORM UTILITY MAXIMIZATION IN ECONOMICS DECISION THEORY INVESTMENT DECISIONS USING UTILITY UTILITY IN HEALTHCARE DECISION-MAKING TITLE OF THE BOOK: FOUNDATIONS AND FRONTIERS OF DECISION THEORY: UTILITY IN ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO RATIONAL CHOICE AND STRATEGY COST-UTILITY ANALYSIS PART I: INTRODUCTION TO DECISION THEORY UTILITY IN STRATEGIC BUSINESS PLANNING THE NATURE AND SCOPE OF DECISION THEORY UTILITY IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE THE HISTORICAL EVOLUTION OF DECISION-MAKING MODELS UTILITY IN MILITARY AND DEFENSE ANALYSIS DETERMINISTIC VS. PROBABILISTIC DECISIONS ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN UTILITY-BASED DECISIONS AXIOMS OF RATIONAL BEHAVIOR PART V: PHILOSOPHICAL AND HISTORICAL ROOTS TYPES OF DECISION ENVIRONMENTS FRANK RAMSEY AND SUBJECTIVE PROBABILITY CLASSIFICATION OF DECISION PROBLEMS SAVAGE’S AXIOMS AND SUBJECTIVE EXPECTED UTILITY ELEMENTS OF A DECISION PROCESS SAVAGE’S SURE-THING PRINCIPLE THE ROLE OF INFORMATION IN DECISION-MAKING DEBATES AROUND RATIONALITY ASSUMPTIONS DECISION THEORY AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE BAYESIAN VS. FREQUENTIST THOUGHT PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS OF RATIONAL CHOICE ALTERNATIVE DECISION MODELS PART II: COHERENCE AND CONSISTENCY IN DECISION-MAKING HISTORICAL EXPERIMENTS IN DECISION THEORY PRINCIPLES OF COHERENCE IN PREFERENCES EARLY CRITICS OF UTILITY THEORY LOGICAL CONSISTENCY AND DECISION AXIOMS DECISION THEORY AND GAME THEORY DUTCH BOOK ARGUMENT AND RATIONALITY IMPACTS OF RAMSEY AND SAVAGE TODAY SUBJECTIVE PROBABILITY AND COHERENCE PART VI: ADVANCED CONCEPTS IN DECISION THEORY TEMPORAL COHERENCE AND DECISION SEQUENCES STATE INDEPENDENCE: DEFINITION AND IMPORTANCE COHERENCE IN GROUP DECISION-MAKING ROLE OF STATE INDEPENDENCE IN MODELING PREFERENCE REVERSALS AND INCONSISTENCIES VIOLATIONS OF STATE INDEPENDENCE COHERENT UPDATING OF BELIEFS CONTEXTUAL INFLUENCES ON INDEPENDENCE PARADOXES OF COHERENCE BAYESIAN NETWORKS AND STATE REPRESENTATION APPLICATIONS OF COHERENCE IN PRACTICE CONSEQUENCES OF STATE DEPENDENCE PART III: UTILITY THEORY INTEGRATING STATE INDEPENDENCE INTO AI CONCEPTS AND TYPES OF UTILITY DECISION-MAKING IN COMPLEX ENVIRONMENTS VON NEUMANN-MORGENSTERN UTILITY AXIOMS BELIEF UPDATING AND STATE-DEPENDENT PREFERENCES UTILITY AND RISK AVERSION RESEARCH TRENDS ON STATE INDEPENDENCE CONSTRUCTING UTILITY FUNCTIONS PART VII: DECISION FUNCTIONS AND OPTIMALITY MEASURING UTILITY FOR MONEY AND OUTCOMES WHAT ARE DECISION FUNCTIONS? RISK-NEUTRAL, RISK-AVERSE, AND RISK-SEEKING BEHAVIOR LOSS FUNCTIONS AND DECISION RULES CERTAINTY EQUIVALENTS AND UTILITY EQUIVALENCE OPTIMALITY CRITERIA IN DECISION THEORY MULTI-ATTRIBUTE UTILITY THEORY BAYES RULES AND MINIMAX PRINCIPLES UTILITY UNDER UNCERTAINTY COMPARING DECISION RULES REAL-LIFE EXAMPLES OF UTILITY THEORY PRACTICAL CONSTRUCTION OF DECISION FUNCTIONS PART IV: UTILITY IN ACTION ADAPTIVE DECISION STRATEGIES DECISION TREES AND EXPECTED UTILITY RANDOMIZED DECISION FUNCTIONS APPLICATIONS IN MACHINE LEARNING PART I: UNDERSTANDING THE CONCEPT OF PROBABILITY EVALUATING DECISION FUNCTION PERFORMANCE INTRODUCTION TO PROBABILITY AND UNCERTAINTY PART VIII: ADMISSIBILITY, SHRINKAGE, AND SCORING CLASSICAL VS. EMPIRICAL PROBABILITY ADMISSIBLE VS. INADMISSIBLE DECISIONS AXIOMS OF PROBABILITY DOMINANCE IN DECISION-MAKING SET THEORY AND PROBABILITY FUNDAMENTALS STEIN’S PARADOX AND SHRINKAGE ESTIMATION EVENTS, OUTCOMES, AND SAMPLE SPACES JAMES-STEIN ESTIMATOR IN PRACTICE PROBABILITY RULES AND PROPERTIES SHRINKAGE IN HIGH-DIMENSIONAL STATISTICS REAL-LIFE APPLICATIONS OF PROBABILITY DESIGNING SCORING RULES VISUALIZING PROBABILISTIC EVENTS PROPER VS. IMPROPER SCORING RULES PROBABILITY PARADOXES AND MISCONCEPTIONS APPLICATIONS OF SCORING RULES IN FORECASTING PHILOSOPHY AND INTERPRETATION OF PROBABILITY CALIBRATION AND SHARPNESS OF SCORES PART II: FINITE SAMPLE SPACES AND COMBINATORIAL METHODS INCENTIVIZING HONEST REPORTING THROUGH SCORES INTRODUCTION TO FINITE SAMPLE SPACES PART IX: MODEL SELECTION AND DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING COUNTING PRINCIPLES: RULE OF PRODUCT CHOOSING BETWEEN COMPETING MODELS PERMUTATIONS AND VARIATIONS BAYESIAN MODEL COMPARISON COMBINATIONS AND BINOMIAL COEFFICIENTS CROSS-VALIDATION AND INFORMATION CRITERIA FACTORIALS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS OCCAM’S RAZOR IN MODEL SELECTION USING TREE DIAGRAMS IN PROBABILITY SEQUENTIAL DECISIONS AND DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING SAMPLING WITH AND WITHOUT REPLACEMENT BELLMAN’S PRINCIPLE OF OPTIMALITY PROBABILITY MODELS FOR FINITE CASES MARKOV DECISION PROCESSES COMBINATORICS IN REAL-LIFE PROBLEMS BACKWARD INDUCTION AND TIME CONSISTENCY COMMON PITFALLS IN COUNTING METHODS DYNAMIC MODELS IN OPERATIONS RESEARCH PART III: CONDITIONAL PROBABILITY AND INDEPENDENT EVENTS APPLICATIONS IN FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC MODELING CONCEPT OF CONDITIONAL PROBABILITY PART X: DECISIONS UNDER UNCERTAINTY AND PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS BAYES' THEOREM: THEORY AND PRACTICE INFORMATION VALUE AND DECISION IMPROVEMENT INDEPENDENT EVENTS AND THEIR SIGNIFICANCE UPDATING UTILITIES WITH NEW INFORMATION DEPENDENT EVENTS AND INTERACTIONS OPTIMAL SAMPLE SIZE FOR DECISION ACCURACY MULTIPLICATION RULE FOR PROBABILITIES SEQUENTIAL SAMPLING AND BAYESIAN UPDATING TOTAL PROBABILITY THEOREM VALUE OF PERFECT AND IMPERFECT INFORMATION CONDITIONAL PROBABILITY TREES COST-BENEFIT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION COMMON MISUNDERSTANDINGS IN CONDITIONAL EVENTS WHEN TO STOP: OPTIMAL STOPPING THEORY CONDITIONAL PROBABILITY IN MEDICAL TESTING EXAMPLES OF REAL-WORLD STOPPING PROBLEMS APPLICATIONS IN AI AND DECISION-MAKING DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS AND AUTOMATION PART IV: DISCRETE RANDOM VARIABLES AND DISTRIBUTIONS FUTURE DIRECTIONS IN DECISION THEORY RESEARCH INTRODUCTION TO RANDOM VARIABLES PROPERTIES OF DISCRETE RANDOM VARIABLES PROBABILITY MODELS PROBABILITY MASS FUNCTION (PMF) CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION (CDF) TITLE OF THE BOOK: FOUNDATIONS OF PROBABILITY MODELS: A EXPECTATION AND MEAN OF DISCRETE RANDOM VARIABLES STRUCTURED JOURNEY THROUGH UNCERTAINTY AND RANDOMNESS VARIANCE AND STANDARD DEVIATION JOINT AND MARGINAL DISTRIBUTIONS THE LAW OF LARGE NUMBERS INDEPENDENT RANDOM VARIABLES THE CENTRAL LIMIT THEOREM TRANSFORMATIONS OF RANDOM VARIABLES COVARIANCE AND CORRELATION GENERATING FUNCTIONS FOR DISCRETE DISTRIBUTIONS BIVARIATE DISTRIBUTIONS PART V: KEY DISCRETE DISTRIBUTIONS CONDITIONAL EXPECTATION INTRODUCTION TO DISCRETE DISTRIBUTIONS PROBABILITY IN STOCHASTIC PROCESSES THE BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION SIMULATION TECHNIQUES IN PROBABILITY PROPERTIES AND APPLICATIONS OF BINOMIAL MODEL MONTE CARLO METHODS THE GEOMETRIC DISTRIBUTION PART IX: APPLIED PROBABILITY MODELS THE NEGATIVE BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION PROBABILITY IN QUALITY CONTROL THE POISSON DISTRIBUTION INSURANCE AND RISK MODELS POISSON APPROXIMATION TO BINOMIAL RELIABILITY ENGINEERING MODELS THE HYPERGEOMETRIC DISTRIBUTION QUEUEING THEORY BASICS THE MULTINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION INVENTORY CONTROL MODELS REAL-WORLD APPLICATIONS OF DISCRETE MODELS PROBABILITY IN DECISION ANALYSIS PART VI: CONTINUOUS RANDOM VARIABLES MARKOV CHAINS AND APPLICATIONS DEFINITION OF CONTINUOUS RANDOM VARIABLES RANDOM WALKS AND MARTINGALES PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION (PDF) PROBABILISTIC MODELS IN GENETICS PROPERTIES OF PDFS AND CDFS GAME THEORY AND STRATEGIC DECISIONS FINDING PROBABILITIES FOR CONTINUOUS VARIABLES PART X: PROBABILITY IN MODERN CONTEXTS EXPECTATION AND VARIANCE OF CONTINUOUS VARIABLES PROBABILITY IN MACHINE LEARNING PERCENTILES AND QUANTILES BAYESIAN INFERENCE AND BELIEF NETWORKS JOINT CONTINUOUS DISTRIBUTIONS APPLICATIONS IN FINANCIAL MODELING MARGINAL AND CONDITIONAL DENSITIES NETWORK AND TRAFFIC MODELS INDEPENDENCE IN CONTINUOUS VARIABLES PROBABILISTIC CRYPTOGRAPHY TRANSFORMATION TECHNIQUES EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MODELING PART VII: KEY CONTINUOUS DISTRIBUTIONS ENVIRONMENTAL AND CLIMATE MODELING THE UNIFORM DISTRIBUTION ETHICS IN PROBABILISTIC REASONING THE NORMAL DISTRIBUTION: INTRODUCTION TEACHING AND COMMUNICATING PROBABILITY PROPERTIES OF THE NORMAL CURVE THE FUTURE OF PROBABILITY AND UNCERTAINTY THE STANDARD NORMAL DISTRIBUTION USING Z-TABLES FOR CALCULATIONS STATISTICAL ANALYSIS THE EXPONENTIAL DISTRIBUTION MEMORYLESS PROPERTY AND EXPONENTIAL USE CASES TITLE OF THE BOOK: STATISTICAL ANALYSIS AND PREDICTIVE MODELING: THE GAMMA DISTRIBUTION DATA-DRIVEN DECISION MAKING IN THE MODERN AGE THE BETA DISTRIBUTION PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF STATISTICAL ANALYSIS AND DATA MINING THE WEIBULL AND LOGISTIC DISTRIBUTIONS INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICAL THINKING IN DATA MINING PART VIII: ADVANCED TOPICS IN PROBABILITY MODELS THE ROLE OF STATISTICS IN DATA MINING PRACTICE MOMENT GENERATING FUNCTIONS HISTORICAL CONTEXT AND EVOLUTION OF DATA ANALYTICS INEQUALITIES IN PROBABILITY (CHEBYSHEV, MARKOV) THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN STATISTICS AND MACHINE LEARNING ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN DATA-DRIVEN ANALYSIS INTRODUCTION TO FEATURE SELECTION REGULATORY AND LEGAL ASPECTS OF DATA MINING RELEVANCE AND REDUNDANCY IN FEATURE SETS PRIVACY AND DATA SECURITY IN STATISTICAL WORK WRAPPER, FILTER, AND EMBEDDED METHODS EMERGING TRENDS IN DATA-DRIVEN ANALYTICS FEATURE IMPORTANCE IN TREE-BASED MODELS THE VALUE OF STATISTICAL ANALYSIS IN DECISION MAKING DIMENSIONALITY REDUCTION WITH PCA CASE STUDIES IN FOUNDATIONAL STATISTICAL PRACTICES CORRELATION AND COVARIANCE ANALYSIS PART II: THEORETICAL FRAMEWORKS IN STATISTICAL ANALYSIS STATISTICAL SOFTWARE TOOLS OVERVIEW THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR EFFECTIVE DATA MINING PROGRAMMING WITH R AND PYTHON FOR DATA MINING STATISTICAL MODELS AND ASSUMPTIONS DATABASE ACCESS AND INTEGRATION TECHNIQUES PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS IN ANALYTICS OPEN SOURCE AND COMMERCIAL TOOLKITS SAMPLING METHODS AND STATISTICAL INFERENCE PART VI: BASIC AND ADVANCED ALGORITHMS IN DATA MINING BAYESIAN VS. FREQUENTIST APPROACHES INTRODUCTION TO DATA MINING ALGORITHMS BIAS, VARIANCE, AND MODEL COMPLEXITY DECISION TREES AND RULE-BASED LEARNING CROSS-VALIDATION TECHNIQUES K-NEAREST NEIGHBORS AND INSTANCE-BASED METHODS STATISTICAL POWER AND SIGNIFICANCE NAIVE BAYES AND PROBABILISTIC MODELS MODEL INTERPRETABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY CLUSTERING WITH K-MEANS AND HIERARCHICAL METHODS SIMULATION AND BOOTSTRAPPING METHODS SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINES: BASICS AND APPLICATIONS PART III: UNDERSTANDING THE PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS PROCESS ENSEMBLE LEARNING: BAGGING AND BOOSTING INTRODUCTION TO PREDICTIVE MODELING NEURAL NETWORKS AND DEEP LEARNING STEPS IN THE PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS LIFECYCLE GRADIENT BOOSTING MACHINES (GBMS) DEFINING BUSINESS PROBLEMS FOR ANALYTICS REINFORCEMENT LEARNING IN DATA SCIENCE TRANSLATING QUESTIONS INTO ANALYTICAL GOALS PART VII: CLASSIFICATION AND PREDICTION MODELS CREATING AN ANALYTICS ROADMAP OVERVIEW OF CLASSIFICATION TASKS INTEGRATING DATA ANALYTICS INTO BUSINESS STRATEGY BINARY VS. MULTICLASS CLASSIFICATION MEASURING SUCCESS AND IMPACT OF ANALYTICS LOGISTIC REGRESSION FOR CLASSIFICATION VISUAL STORYTELLING WITH PREDICTIVE DATA EVALUATION METRICS FOR CLASSIFIERS COMMUNICATING STATISTICAL INSIGHTS TO STAKEHOLDERS ROC CURVES AND AUC ANALYSIS AVOIDING PITFALLS IN PREDICTIVE ANALYSIS REGRESSION MODELS FOR NUMERICAL PREDICTION PART IV: DATA UNDERSTANDING AND PREPARATION LINEAR AND NONLINEAR REGRESSION MODELS INTRODUCTION TO DATA EXPLORATION TIME SERIES FORECASTING TECHNIQUES EXPLORATORY DATA ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES RESIDUAL ANALYSIS AND MODEL DIAGNOSTICS CLEANING AND PREPROCESSING DATA MODEL DEPLOYMENT AND AUTOMATION HANDLING MISSING AND NOISY DATA PART VIII: EVALUATION AND MODEL IMPROVEMENT TRANSFORMING VARIABLES FOR MODELING ACCURACY, PRECISION, RECALL, AND F1 SCORE NORMALIZATION AND STANDARDIZATION CONFUSION MATRIX INTERPRETATION IDENTIFYING OUTLIERS AND ANOMALIES CROSS-VALIDATION AND RESAMPLING METHODS FEATURE ENGINEERING FUNDAMENTALS REGULARIZATION TECHNIQUES (LASSO, RIDGE) CONSTRUCTING NEW VARIABLES FOR PREDICTION HYPERPARAMETER TUNING WITH GRID SEARCH VISUALIZING DATA DISTRIBUTIONS MODEL SELECTION TECHNIQUES PART V: FEATURE SELECTION AND ACCESSORY TOOLS MODEL INTERPRETABILITY AND SHAP VALUES PREVENTING OVERFITTING AND UNDERFITTING COMMON TERMINOLOGY AND SYMBOLS IN OPTIMIZATION POST-MODELING ANALYSIS AND INSIGHTS PART II: LINEAR PROGRAMMING PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE COMPARING MULTIPLE MODELS IN PRACTICE FUNDAMENTALS OF LINEAR PROGRAMMING PART IX: PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS IN REAL-WORLD DOMAINS FORMULATION OF LINEAR PROGRAMMING PROBLEMS PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS IN POPULATION HEALTH GRAPHICAL METHOD FOR TWO-VARIABLE PROBLEMS RISK STRATIFICATION AND HEALTH OUTCOMES THE SIMPLEX ALGORITHM: INTRODUCTION PREDICTING PATIENT READMISSION SIMPLEX METHOD: STANDARD FORM AND FEASIBILITY EDUCATIONAL ANALYTICS WITH BIG DATA BIG M METHOD AND TWO-PHASE METHOD STUDENT PERFORMANCE PREDICTION MODELS DUALITY IN LINEAR PROGRAMMING OPTIMIZING STUDENT RETENTION AND SUCCESS PRIMAL-DUAL RELATIONSHIPS DONOR PREDICTION AND FUNDRAISING ANALYTICS SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS IN LP CUSTOMER SEGMENTATION FOR MARKETING APPLICATIONS OF LINEAR PROGRAMMING PREDICTIVE CUSTOMER LIFETIME VALUE MODELS PART III: SINGLE-VARIABLE NONLINEAR OPTIMIZATION SALES AND LEAD CONVERSION FORECASTING INTRODUCTION TO NONLINEAR OPTIMIZATION PART X: FRAUD DETECTION AND ETHICAL ANALYTICS CHARACTERISTICS OF NONLINEAR FUNCTIONS FRAUD DETECTION WITH PREDICTIVE MODELS ONE-DIMENSIONAL SEARCH METHODS ANOMALY DETECTION TECHNIQUES GOLDEN SECTION METHOD REAL-TIME TRANSACTION MONITORING BISECTION AND DICHOTOMOUS SEARCH BUILDING ROBUST FRAUD MODELS FIBONACCI SEARCH METHOD ETHICS OF PREDICTIVE MODELING IN FINANCE UNIMODAL AND MULTIMODAL FUNCTIONS BIAS IN STATISTICAL MODELING INTERVAL HALVING AND SUCCESSIVE SUBSTITUTION RESPONSIBLE DATA COLLECTION PRACTICES OPTIMIZATION WITHOUT DERIVATIVES TRANSPARENCY IN PREDICTIVE DECISION SYSTEMS COMPARISON OF SINGLE-VARIABLE METHODS ENSURING FAIRNESS IN AI MODELS PART IV: MULTIVARIABLE UNCONSTRAINED NONLINEAR OPTIMIZATION FUTURE DIRECTIONS IN STATISTICAL ANALYTICS OPTIMIZATION IN SEVERAL VARIABLES CONDITIONS FOR OPTIMALITY: GRADIENT AND HESSIAN OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES STEEPEST DESCENT METHOD NEWTON’S METHOD FOR MULTIVARIABLE OPTIMIZATION TITLE OF THE BOOK: OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES: CONCEPTS, METHODS, CONJUGATE GRADIENT METHOD AND MODERN APPLICATIONS QUASI-NEWTON METHODS (DFP, BFGS) PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF OPTIMIZATION TRUST REGION METHODS INTRODUCTION TO OPTIMIZATION AND ITS IMPORTANCE DIRECT SEARCH METHODS (POWELL, NELDER-MEAD) HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF OPTIMIZATION METHODS NUMERICAL ISSUES IN MULTIVARIABLE OPTIMIZATION COMPONENTS OF AN OPTIMIZATION PROBLEM APPLICATIONS IN ENGINEERING DESIGN CLASSIFICATION OF OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS PART V: CONSTRAINED NONLINEAR OPTIMIZATION FORMULATION OF REAL-WORLD PROBLEMS NATURE OF CONSTRAINTS AND FEASIBILITY OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS AND CONSTRAINTS LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS METHOD ROLE OF OPTIMIZATION IN ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT KARUSH-KUHN-TUCKER (KKT) CONDITIONS MODELING TECHNIQUES AND STRATEGIES PENALTY AND BARRIER METHODS GRAPHICAL UNDERSTANDING OF OPTIMIZATION SEQUENTIAL QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING (SQP) INTERIOR POINT METHODS FOR NONLINEAR CONSTRAINTS PARETO OPTIMALITY AND EFFICIENCY AUGMENTED LAGRANGIAN METHOD WEIGHTED SUM AND EPSILON-CONSTRAINT METHODS FEASIBLE DIRECTION AND GRADIENT PROJECTION GOAL PROGRAMMING TECHNIQUES CONSTRAINT QUALIFICATION TECHNIQUES LEXICOGRAPHIC ORDERING APPLICATIONS IN ECONOMICS AND CONTROL SYSTEMS UTILITY THEORY IN MULTIOBJECTIVE PROBLEMS PART VI: GEOMETRIC PROGRAMMING AND SPECIAL TECHNIQUES TRADEOFF ANALYSIS AND DECISION-MAKING INTRODUCTION TO GEOMETRIC PROGRAMMING VISUALIZATION OF PARETO FRONT FORMULATION OF POSYNOMIAL PROBLEMS MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION ANALYSIS (MCDA) PRIMAL AND DUAL FORMULATIONS REAL-WORLD CASE STUDIES AND APPLICATIONS LOGARITHMIC TRANSFORMATION OF CONSTRAINTS PART X: NATURE-INSPIRED AND METAHEURISTIC OPTIMIZATION APPLICATIONS OF GEOMETRIC PROGRAMMING INTRODUCTION TO NATURE-INSPIRED ALGORITHMS COMPARISON WITH LINEAR AND NONLINEAR METHODS GENETIC ALGORITHMS: BASICS AND OPERATIONS OPTIMIZATION IN CIRCUIT AND STRUCTURAL DESIGN PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION FUNDAMENTALS USE IN INVENTORY AND RELIABILITY OPTIMIZATION ANT COLONY OPTIMIZATION CONCEPTS SOFTWARE TOOLS FOR GEOMETRIC PROGRAMMING SIMULATED ANNEALING METHOD ADVANCED TOPICS AND LIMITATIONS DIFFERENTIAL EVOLUTION STRATEGIES PART VII: DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING METHODS HARMONY SEARCH AND FIREFLY ALGORITHM FUNDAMENTALS OF DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING HYBRID OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES PRINCIPLE OF OPTIMALITY REAL-WORLD APPLICATIONS IN AI AND MACHINE LEARNING RECURSIVE FORMULATION OF PROBLEMS FUTURE DIRECTIONS IN OPTIMIZATION RESEARCH FORWARD AND BACKWARD RECURSION DETERMINISTIC DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING OPERATIONS RESEARCH STOCHASTIC DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING APPLICATIONS IN RESOURCE ALLOCATION TITLE OF THE BOOK: MASTERING OPERATIONS RESEARCH: MODELS, MULTISTAGE DECISION PROBLEMS METHODS, AND MODERN APPLICATIONS INVENTORY AND SCHEDULING PROBLEMS PART I: FOUNDATIONS AND FRAMEWORKS OF OPERATIONS RESEARCH LIMITATIONS AND EXTENSIONS INTRODUCTION TO OPERATIONS RESEARCH PART VIII: INTEGER AND COMBINATORIAL OPTIMIZATION HISTORICAL EVOLUTION AND APPLICATIONS INTRODUCTION TO INTEGER PROGRAMMING THE OPERATIONS RESEARCH PROCESS TYPES OF INTEGER PROGRAMMING PROBLEMS TYPES OF MODELS IN OR BRANCH AND BOUND TECHNIQUE PROBLEM FORMULATION TECHNIQUES CUTTING PLANE METHOD ASSUMPTIONS AND LIMITATIONS OF OR MODELS BINARY INTEGER PROGRAMMING APPLICATIONS MATHEMATICAL MODELING FOUNDATIONS MIXED-INTEGER PROGRAMMING ROLE OF COMPUTERS IN OR COMBINATORIAL OPTIMIZATION OVERVIEW SOFTWARE TOOLS FOR OR KNAPSACK AND ASSIGNMENT PROBLEMS CASE STUDIES IN REAL-WORLD APPLICATIONS TRAVELING SALESMAN PROBLEM PART II: LINEAR PROGRAMMING CONCEPTS AND APPLICATIONS APPLICATIONS IN LOGISTICS AND SCHEDULING INTRODUCTION TO LINEAR PROGRAMMING PART IX: MULTIOBJECTIVE AND GOAL-BASED OPTIMIZATION FORMULATING LINEAR PROGRAMMING PROBLEMS MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION CONCEPTS GRAPHICAL METHOD OF LP THE SIMPLEX METHOD PART VI: MARKOV PROCESSES AND STOCHASTIC MODELS ARTIFICIAL VARIABLE TECHNIQUES INTRODUCTION TO STOCHASTIC PROCESSES DUALITY THEORY IN LP BASIC CONCEPTS OF MARKOV CHAINS SENSITIVITY AND POST-OPTIMALITY ANALYSIS TRANSITION MATRICES AND STATE DIAGRAMS APPLICATIONS IN BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS STEADY-STATE BEHAVIOR LP IN RESOURCE ALLOCATION APPLICATIONS OF MARKOV CHAINS IN OR ADVANCES IN LP ALGORITHMS CONTINUOUS-TIME MARKOV CHAINS PART III: NETWORK ANALYSIS AND OPTIMIZATION BIRTH AND DEATH PROCESSES INTRODUCTION TO NETWORK MODELS ABSORBING MARKOV CHAINS SHORTEST PATH PROBLEMS INVENTORY MODELS USING MARKOV CHAINS MINIMUM SPANNING TREE PROBLEMS RELIABILITY AND REPLACEMENT ANALYSIS MAXIMUM FLOW PROBLEMS PART VII: QUEUEING THEORY AND SERVICE SYSTEMS NETWORK SIMPLEX METHOD INTRODUCTION TO QUEUEING MODELS TRANSPORTATION PROBLEMS COMPONENTS OF A QUEUEING SYSTEM ASSIGNMENT PROBLEMS THE M/M/1 QUEUE TRANSSHIPMENT PROBLEMS THE M/M/C QUEUE PROJECT MANAGEMENT WITH PERT/CPM THE M/G/1 QUEUE AND GENERAL MODELS APPLICATIONS IN LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAINS LITTLE’S LAW AND PERFORMANCE MEASURES PART IV: INTEGER AND COMBINATORIAL PROGRAMMING QUEUEING NETWORKS INTRODUCTION TO INTEGER PROGRAMMING PRIORITY QUEUEING MODELS BINARY AND MIXED-INTEGER PROGRAMMING APPLICATIONS IN CALL CENTERS AND HOSPITALS BRANCH AND BOUND TECHNIQUE SIMULATION OF QUEUEING SYSTEMS CUTTING PLANE METHOD PART VIII: SIMULATION MODELING AND ANALYSIS IMPLICIT ENUMERATION FUNDAMENTALS OF SIMULATION SET COVERING AND PACKING PROBLEMS TYPES OF SIMULATION MODELS FACILITY LOCATION AND ALLOCATION MODELS RANDOM NUMBER GENERATION KNAPSACK PROBLEM RANDOM VARIATE GENERATION TRAVELING SALESMAN PROBLEM MONTE CARLO SIMULATION APPLICATIONS IN SCHEDULING AND ROUTING SIMULATION LANGUAGES AND TOOLS PART V: NONLINEAR OPTIMIZATION APPROACHES MODEL VALIDATION AND VERIFICATION FUNDAMENTALS OF NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING INPUT DATA ANALYSIS UNCONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES OUTPUT ANALYSIS AND DECISION MAKING CONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION WITH LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS CASE STUDIES IN BUSINESS SIMULATION KUHN-TUCKER CONDITIONS PART IX: DECISION THEORY AND ANALYTICAL TOOLS QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING INTRODUCTION TO DECISION ANALYSIS CONVEX AND NON-CONVEX OPTIMIZATION DECISION MAKING UNDER CERTAINTY SEQUENTIAL QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING DECISION MAKING UNDER RISK INTERIOR POINT METHODS DECISION MAKING UNDER UNCERTAINTY PENALTY AND BARRIER FUNCTION METHODS DECISION TREES AND PAYOFF TABLES APPLICATIONS IN FINANCE AND ENGINEERING VALUE OF INFORMATION UTILITY THEORY GRAPHICAL SOLUTIONS FOR MATRIX GAMES MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION MAKING REAL-WORLD EXAMPLES OF MATRIX GAMES ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS PART III: SOLUTION METHODS FOR MATRIX GAMES GROUP DECISION MAKING MINIMAX AND MAXIMIN PRINCIPLES PART X: HEURISTICS, METAHEURISTICS, AND ADVANCED APPLICATIONS SOLVING WITH THE SIMPLEX METHOD OVERVIEW OF HEURISTIC METHODS DUALITY AND GAME THEORY GREEDY ALGORITHMS LINEAR PROGRAMMING APPLICATIONS LOCAL SEARCH TECHNIQUES ITERATED ELIMINATION OF DOMINATED STRATEGIES TABU SEARCH FUNDAMENTALS MIXED STRATEGY SOLUTIONS SIMULATED ANNEALING SADDLE POINTS AND GAME EQUILIBRIA GENETIC ALGORITHMS DEGENERATE GAMES AND THEIR HANDLING ANT COLONY OPTIMIZATION GAME REDUCTION TECHNIQUES PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION COMPUTATIONAL TOOLS FOR SOLVING GAMES HYBRID METAHEURISTIC MODELS PART IV: TWO-PERSON NONZERO SUM GAMES FUTURE TRENDS AND INTEGRATION IN OPERATIONS RESEARCH NONZERO SUM GAME CHARACTERISTICS BARGAINING SOLUTIONS GAME THEORY PAYOFF TRADE-OFFS AND UTILITY THEORY NASH BARGAINING SOLUTIONS TITLE OF THE BOOK: STRATEGIC INTERACTIONS: A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE THREAT STRATEGIES AND EQUILIBRIA TO GAME THEORY PARETO OPTIMALITY IN GAMES PART I: INTRODUCTION TO GAME THEORY AND STRATEGIC THINKING STRATEGIC INCENTIVES AND PAYOFFS FUNDAMENTALS OF GAME THEORY FAIRNESS AND EFFICIENCY IN GAMES THE NATURE OF STRATEGIC INTERACTIONS EXAMPLES FROM ECONOMICS AND POLITICS ASSUMPTIONS AND SCOPE OF GAME MODELS MODELING COMPETITION AND COOPERATION TYPES OF GAMES AND PLAYERS PART V: EXTENSIVE FORM AND SEQUENTIAL DECISION MAKING PAYOFF STRUCTURES AND GAME REPRESENTATION INTRODUCTION TO EXTENSIVE FORM GAMES RATIONALITY AND COMMON KNOWLEDGE GAME TREES AND INFORMATION SETS STRATEGIC DOMINANCE AND EQUILIBRIUM BACKWARD INDUCTION TECHNIQUE MIXED STRATEGIES AND PURE STRATEGIES SUBGAME PERFECT EQUILIBRIUM DECISION MAKING IN STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTS SEQUENTIAL RATIONALITY HISTORICAL EVOLUTION OF GAME THEORY STRATEGIES IN SEQUENTIAL GAMES PART II: MATRIX TWO-PERSON GAMES PERFECT VS. IMPERFECT INFORMATION DEFINING MATRIX TWO-PERSON GAMES SIGNALING AND CREDIBILITY PAYOFF MATRIX CONSTRUCTION APPLICATIONS IN NEGOTIATIONS AND AUCTIONS DOMINANT AND DOMINATED STRATEGIES BEHAVIORAL ANALYSIS IN EXTENSIVE GAMES NASH EQUILIBRIUM IN MATRIX GAMES PART VI: N-PERSON AND CONTINUUM STRATEGY GAMES ZERO-SUM GAME REPRESENTATION UNDERSTANDING N-PERSON GAME FRAMEWORKS BEST RESPONSE ANALYSIS STRATEGY SPACES IN MULTI-PLAYER GAMES SOLVING 2X2 MATRIX GAMES SYMMETRIC AND ASYMMETRIC GAMES BEHAVIORAL STRATEGIES IN MATRIX GAMES GAMES WITH INFINITE STRATEGIES CONTINUUM OF STRATEGIES AND PAYOFFS GAME THEORY IN ECONOMICS PUBLIC GOODS AND SOCIAL DILEMMAS POLITICAL STRATEGY AND VOTING SYSTEMS STABILITY IN LARGE GAMES BUSINESS COMPETITION AND PRICING WARS COORDINATION AND ANTI-COORDINATION GAMES GAME THEORY IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS MARKET MODELS USING N-PERSON GAMES BEHAVIORAL GAME THEORY NETWORK EFFECTS IN STRATEGY AI AND STRATEGIC ALGORITHMS PART VII: COOPERATIVE GAMES AND COALITIONS ENVIRONMENTAL AGREEMENTS AND STRATEGIES BASICS OF COOPERATIVE GAME THEORY NEGOTIATION TACTICS AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION COALITION FORMATION AND VALUE CASE STUDIES IN WARFARE AND PEACE TREATIES THE CORE OF A GAME FUTURE DIRECTIONS IN GAME THEORY SHAPLEY VALUE AND ITS PROPERTIES NUCLEOLUS AND BARGAINING SETS RISK ANALYSIS ALLOCATION RULES IN COOPERATIVE SETTINGS GAME STABILITY AND FAIRNESS TITLE OF THE BOOK: FOUNDATIONS AND APPLICATIONS OF RISK ANALYSIS VOTING POWER AND WEIGHTED MAJORITY GAMES PART I: INTRODUCTION TO RISK ANALYSIS APPLICATIONS IN COST SHARING AND JOINT VENTURES DEFINING RISK ANALYSIS IN MODERN CONTEXT INTERNATIONAL TREATIES AND ALLIANCES UNDERSTANDING THE CONCEPT OF RISK PART VIII: EVOLUTIONARY GAME THEORY AND POPULATION GAMES HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF RISK MANAGEMENT EVOLUTIONARY CONCEPTS IN GAMES KEY TERMINOLOGIES AND RISK CATEGORIES STRATEGY EVOLUTION AND ADAPTATION IMPORTANCE OF RISK ANALYSIS IN DECISION MAKING EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGIES (ESS) TYPES OF RISK ACROSS SECTORS REPLICATOR DYNAMICS COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT RISK POPULATION BEHAVIOR MODELING FRAMEWORKS FOR RISK THINKING SOCIAL NORMS AND EVOLUTION INTRODUCTION TO RISK MANAGEMENT STANDARDS MUTATION AND SELECTION MECHANISMS OVERVIEW OF GLOBAL RISK SCENARIOS APPLICATIONS IN BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY PART II: THE RISK ANALYSIS PROCESS - PLANNING CULTURAL EVOLUTION AND LEARNING ESTABLISHING THE CONTEXT FOR RISK EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATION OF EVOLUTIONARY GAMES IDENTIFYING STAKEHOLDERS IN RISK PLANNING PART IX: ADVANCED CONCEPTS AND THEORETICAL EXTENSIONS RISK OBJECTIVES AND SCOPE INCOMPLETE AND IMPERFECT INFORMATION GAMES DATA COLLECTION AND SOURCES BAYESIAN GAMES PLANNING TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES SIGNALING GAMES RISK COMMUNICATION AND PLANNING CORRELATED EQUILIBRIA DEVELOPING A RISK REGISTER STOCHASTIC GAMES STRATEGIC PLANNING FOR RISK CONTROL REPEATED AND INFINITELY REPEATED GAMES SCENARIO PLANNING IN RISK ANALYSIS FOLK THEOREMS INTEGRATING RISK PLANNING WITH BUSINESS STRATEGY LEARNING IN GAMES PART III: THE RISK ANALYSIS PROCESS - ASSESSMENT AUCTION THEORY AND GAME APPLICATIONS IDENTIFYING POTENTIAL RISK EVENTS DYNAMIC GAME THEORY QUALITATIVE RISK ASSESSMENT PART X: APPLICATIONS, IMPLICATIONS, AND CASE STUDIES QUANTITATIVE RISK ASSESSMENT RISK IMPACT EVALUATION PART VII: OFFSHORE INSTALLATION RISK ANALYSIS RISK LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION UNIQUE RISKS OF OFFSHORE ENVIRONMENTS RISK MATRIX CONSTRUCTION RISK IDENTIFICATION FOR OFFSHORE PLATFORMS RISK PRIORITIZATION ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS AND WEATHER CONDITIONS ADVANCED RISK MODELING TECHNIQUES EQUIPMENT AND OPERATIONAL RISKS TOOLS FOR RISK ASSESSMENT HUMAN FACTOR RISKS OFFSHORE REPORTING RISK ASSESSMENT RESULTS EMERGENCY RESPONSE PREPAREDNESS PART IV: THE RISK ANALYSIS PROCESS - TREATMENT RISK MITIGATION FOR OFFSHORE SYSTEMS RISK AVOIDANCE AND REDUCTION MONITORING AND SURVEILLANCE TECHNIQUES RISK RETENTION AND TRANSFER CASE STUDY: OFFSHORE PLATFORM EXPLOSION IMPLEMENTING MITIGATION STRATEGIES STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS DEVELOPING CONTINGENCY PLANS PART VIII: RISK ANALYSIS IN PRODUCTION ASSURANCE INSURANCE AS A RISK TREATMENT TOOL LINKING RISK WITH PRODUCTION RELIABILITY COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS IN RISK TREATMENT RISK IN MANUFACTURING PROCESSES PERFORMANCE MONITORING OF TREATMENTS QUALITY CONTROL RISK ASSESSMENT RESIDUAL RISK MANAGEMENT SUPPLY CHAIN RISK ANALYSIS DOCUMENTATION AND COMPLIANCE RISK IN MAINTENANCE AND DOWNTIME COMMUNICATING TREATMENT PLANS TO STAKEHOLDERS MANAGING PROCESS DEVIATIONS PART V: RISK ANALYSIS METHODS PRODUCTION RISK METRICS FAULT TREE ANALYSIS OPTIMIZING THROUGH PREDICTIVE RISK MODELS EVENT TREE ANALYSIS RISK AND REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS FAILURE MODES AND EFFECTS ANALYSIS CASE STUDIES IN PRODUCTION ASSURANCE HAZARD AND OPERABILITY STUDY PART IX: RISK ANALYSIS IN CASH DEPOTS AND MUNICIPALITIES LAYER OF PROTECTION ANALYSIS SECURITY RISK IN CASH HANDLING MONTE CARLO SIMULATION OPERATIONAL RISK IN CASH LOGISTICS BOWTIE METHOD RISK OF INTERNAL FRAUD SENSITIVITY AND UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS RISK TECHNOLOGY FOR CASH DEPOTS HUMAN RELIABILITY ASSESSMENT COMMUNITY RISK ASSESSMENT FOR MUNICIPALITIES COMPARATIVE REVIEW OF RISK METHODS PUBLIC SAFETY RISK ANALYSIS PART VI: RISK ANALYSIS FOR ROAD TUNNEL SAFETY INFRASTRUCTURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS UNDERSTANDING TUNNEL INFRASTRUCTURE RISKS SOCIO-ECONOMIC RISK CONSIDERATIONS IDENTIFYING TUNNEL HAZARDS STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT IN RISK MANAGEMENT FIRE AND EXPLOSION RISKS IN TUNNELS CASE EXAMPLES OF MUNICIPAL RISK STRATEGIES VENTILATION AND AIR QUALITY RISKS PART X: ENTERPRISE-WIDE RISK AND FINAL CONSIDERATIONS STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY ASSESSMENTS HOLISTIC RISK ANALYSIS FOR ORGANIZATIONS SAFETY MEASURES AND EMERGENCY PLANS ENTERPRISE RISK MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORKS EVALUATING TRAFFIC RISKS INTEGRATION WITH GOVERNANCE AND STRATEGY RISK-BASED MAINTENANCE PLANNING TECHNOLOGY AND RISK ANALYTICS REGULATIONS AND COMPLIANCE CYBERSECURITY RISK IN ENTERPRISES CASE STUDIES IN TUNNEL RISK ANALYSIS RISK CULTURE AND LEADERSHIP AUDITING AND MONITORING SYSTEMS COMPARATIVE SYSTEMS OF SHAREHOLDING EMERGING TRENDS IN RISK ANALYSIS ACCOUNTABILITY IN DIFFUSED OWNERSHIP STRUCTURES FINAL THOUGHTS ON RISK STRATEGY PART IV: MODELS AND SYSTEMS OF GOVERNANCE SUMMARY AND DISCUSSION OF RISK ANALYSIS PRACTICES TAXONOMIES OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE SYSTEMS COORDINATED VERSUS MARKET-BASED MODELS GOOD GOVERNANCE GOVERNANCE IN CIVIL LAW AND COMMON LAW COUNTRIES ROLE OF LEGAL INSTITUTIONS IN GOVERNANCE TITLE OF THE BOOK: PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES OF GOOD GOVERNANCE CULTURAL INFLUENCES ON GOVERNANCE PRACTICES IN THE CORPORATE WORLD COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF ASIAN AND WESTERN MODELS PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE GOVERNANCE CHALLENGES IN HYBRID SYSTEMS UNDERSTANDING THE FOUNDATIONS OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE TRANSPARENCY AND DISCLOSURE REGULATIONS KEY THEORETICAL MODELS OF GOVERNANCE EVOLUTION OF REGULATORY TAXONOMIES HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES ON CORPORATE CONTROL INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORKS FOR GOVERNANCE SYSTEMS GOVERNANCE IN A GLOBALIZED ECONOMY PART V: GOVERNANCE, FINANCE, AND GROWTH LEGAL FOUNDATIONS OF GOVERNANCE STRUCTURES THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN FINANCE AND GOVERNANCE COMPARING SHAREHOLDER AND STAKEHOLDER MODELS TYPES OF FINANCIAL SYSTEMS AND THEIR IMPACT EVOLUTION OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE SYSTEMS CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THE ROLE OF ETHICS IN GOVERNANCE GOVERNANCE REFORMS AND MARKET CONFIDENCE THE BALANCE OF POWER IN ORGANIZATIONS CAPITAL MARKETS AND GOVERNANCE MECHANISMS CORPORATE ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY FINANCIAL CRISES AND GOVERNANCE RESPONSES PART II: GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES ON CORPORATE CONTROL GOVERNANCE IN INVESTMENT DECISION MAKING CORPORATE CONTROL STRUCTURES ACROSS COUNTRIES FINANCING STRUCTURES AND GOVERNANCE RISK OWNERSHIP VERSUS CONTROL: LEGAL IMPLICATIONS CROSS-BORDER INVESTMENT AND GOVERNANCE INTERNATIONAL CASE STUDIES IN CORPORATE CONTROL GOVERNANCE AS A TOOL FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH GOVERNMENT INFLUENCE ON CORPORATE GOVERNANCE PART VI: REGULATION AND INTERNATIONAL CONTEXTS THE ROLE OF MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS CORPORATE GOVERNANCE REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS MARKET FORCES AND GOVERNANCE STRUCTURES REGULATORY TRENDS IN DEVELOPED COUNTRIES CORPORATE CONTROL IN FAMILY-OWNED BUSINESSES EMERGING INTERNATIONAL GOVERNANCE NORMS GLOBAL CORPORATE FAILURES AND LESSONS LEARNED COMPLIANCE VERSUS ETHICS IN REGULATION THE ROLE OF INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS ROLE OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS AND BEST PRACTICES GOVERNANCE CODES AND LISTING REQUIREMENTS PART III: CONTROL, OWNERSHIP, AND RIGHTS CORPORATE LAW AND GOVERNANCE CONVERGENCE DEFINING OWNERSHIP RIGHTS IN CORPORATIONS GLOBAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND GOVERNANCE STANDARDS SEPARATION OF OWNERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT REGULATORY ARBITRAGE AND ITS RISKS MAJORITY VERSUS MINORITY SHAREHOLDERS CHALLENGES IN HARMONIZING GLOBAL REGULATIONS SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND REMEDIES PART VII: BOARDS, MANAGERS, AND EXECUTIVE INCENTIVES VOTING RIGHTS AND DECISION-MAKING POWER COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE OF BOARDS OF DIRECTORS OWNERSHIP CONCENTRATION AND GOVERNANCE RISKS ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF BOARD MEMBERS PRIVATE EQUITY AND CONTROL RIGHTS INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS AND THEIR FUNCTION REGULATORY IMPACTS ON OWNERSHIP RIGHTS EVALUATING BOARD EFFECTIVENESS EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION MODELS WORLD LITERATURE ALIGNING MANAGERIAL INCENTIVES WITH SHAREHOLDER VALUE PERFORMANCE-BASED REWARDS AND GOVERNANCE TITLE OF THE BOOK: EXPLORING WORLDS: A JOURNEY THROUGH GLOBAL DISCIPLINARY MECHANISMS FOR POOR MANAGEMENT LITERATURE SUCCESSION PLANNING AND BOARD GOVERNANCE PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF FICTION AND LITERARY UNDERSTANDING CASE STUDIES IN EXECUTIVE GOVERNANCE THE NATURE AND POWER OF LITERATURE PART VIII: GOVERNANCE IN EMERGING MARKETS AND IPOS SHAPING DEVICES OF FICTION: PLOT AND STRUCTURE CORPORATE GOVERNANCE CHALLENGES IN EMERGING MARKETS CHARACTERIZATION AND THE HUMAN CONDITION GOVERNANCE REFORMS IN DEVELOPING ECONOMIES SETTING, SYMBOLISM, AND ATMOSPHERE INSTITUTIONAL VOIDS AND GOVERNANCE INNOVATION POINT OF VIEW AND NARRATIVE VOICE GOVERNANCE AND MARKET ENTRY STRATEGIES THEME AND UNIVERSAL TRUTHS INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERINGS AND GOVERNANCE CONSIDERATIONS GENRES AND LITERARY FORMS PRE- AND POST-IPO GOVERNANCE STRUCTURES MYTHS, ARCHETYPES, AND COLLECTIVE MEMORY VENTURE CAPITAL AND EARLY GOVERNANCE LITERARY MOVEMENTS AND PERIODS RISKS IN EMERGING MARKET IPOS LITERARY CRITICISM AND INTERPRETATION DISCLOSURE AND COMPLIANCE IN IPOS PART II: VOICES FROM ASIA CASE STUDIES IN EMERGING MARKET GOVERNANCE HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL CONTEXTS OF ASIAN LITERATURE PART IX: SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND CORPORATE ETHICS ANCIENT TEXTS AND PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS THE RISE OF CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY CHINESE POETRY AND CONFUCIAN IDEALS ESG FACTORS IN GOVERNANCE PRACTICES JAPANESE HAIKU, TANKA, AND ZEN INFLUENCES SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENT STRATEGIES INDIAN EPICS AND SPIRITUAL NARRATIVES SUSTAINABILITY REPORTING AND GOVERNANCE SOUTHEAST ASIAN FOLKLORE AND ORAL TRADITIONS ETHICS COMMITTEES AND INTERNAL OVERSIGHT MODERN ASIAN SHORT STORIES AND REALISM BEHAVIORAL BIASES IN DECISION-MAKING POSTCOLONIAL THEMES IN ASIAN FICTION GOVERNANCE FOR LONG-TERM STAKEHOLDER VALUE WOMEN’S VOICES IN ASIAN LITERATURE GATEKEEPERS: AUDITORS, ANALYSTS, AND REGULATORS CONTEMPORARY ASIAN WRITERS AND GLOBALIZATION EMPLOYEE VOICE AND PARTICIPATION RIGHTS PART III: LITERATURE OF AUSTRALIA AND THE PACIFIC DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION IN GOVERNANCE ABORIGINAL ORAL TRADITIONS AND DREAMTIME STORIES PART X: FUTURE CHALLENGES AND INNOVATIONS IN GOVERNANCE EARLY COLONIAL LITERATURE IN AUSTRALIA TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION AND GOVERNANCE THE EMERGENCE OF NATIONAL IDENTITY IN AUSTRALIAN FICTION CYBERSECURITY AND DATA GOVERNANCE PACIFIC ISLANDER MYTHS AND LEGENDS GOVERNANCE IN THE DIGITAL ECONOMY INDIGENOUS POETICS AND RESISTANCE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND ETHICAL GOVERNANCE THE ROLE OF NATURE IN AUSTRALASIAN LITERATURE LEARNING FROM GLOBAL GOVERNANCE FAILURES GENDER AND IDENTITY IN OCEANIC FICTION EVOLVING ROLES OF GATEKEEPERS POSTCOLONIAL AND MIGRATION NARRATIVES INNOVATIONS IN GOVERNANCE REPORTING AUSTRALIAN DRAMA AND FILM ADAPTATIONS GLOBAL GOVERNANCE CHALLENGES AND THE WAY FORWARD CONTEMPORARY VOICES FROM THE PACIFIC CROSS-SECTOR GOVERNANCE COLLABORATIONS PART IV: LITERARY CURRENTS IN AFRICA BUILDING RESILIENT AND INCLUSIVE GOVERNANCE SYSTEMS AFRICAN ORAL TRADITIONS AND STORYTELLING COLONIAL ENCOUNTERS IN AFRICAN LITERATURE RESISTANCE AND LIBERATION THEMES FILM, POETRY, AND PERFORMANCE IN LATIN AMERICAN LITERATURE AFRICAN NOVELISTS AND NATIONAL IDENTITY PART VIII: COMPARATIVE THEMES AND CROSS-CULTURAL DIALOGUES AFRICAN WOMEN WRITERS AND SOCIAL COMMENTARY IDENTITY AND THE SELF ACROSS CULTURES POETRY OF PROTEST AND REVOLUTION POWER, POLITICS, AND COLONIAL LEGACIES POSTCOLONIAL REALITIES IN AFRICAN FICTION RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY IN WORLD LITERATURE LANGUAGE AND HYBRIDITY IN AFRICAN LITERATURE GENDER AND SEXUALITY ACROSS BORDERS MAGIC REALISM AND MYTH IN AFRICAN NARRATIVES MIGRATION, DISPLACEMENT, AND BELONGING AFRICAN DIASPORA AND GLOBAL IMPACT NATURE AND ENVIRONMENT IN LITERARY EXPRESSION PART V: EUROPEAN LITERARY TRADITIONS CHILDHOOD, FAMILY, AND COMING-OF-AGE THE ROOTS OF WESTERN LITERATURE: GREECE AND ROME WAR, PEACE, AND RECONCILIATION MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE LITERARY WORKS TECHNOLOGY AND MODERNIZATION IN LITERATURE ENLIGHTENMENT AND ROMANTICISM IN EUROPE HUMOR, IRONY, AND SATIRE WORLDWIDE REALISM AND NATURALISM IN 19TH CENTURY EUROPE PART IX: LITERARY INNOVATION AND GLOBAL VOICES EXISTENTIALISM AND MODERN EUROPEAN THOUGHT EXPERIMENTAL NARRATIVES AND STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS THE RISE OF THE NOVEL IN ENGLAND AND FRANCE GRAPHIC NOVELS AND VISUAL LITERATURE RUSSIAN LITERATURE AND PSYCHOLOGICAL DEPTH SCIENCE FICTION AND THE FUTURE OF HUMANITY EUROPEAN THEATRE: FROM SHAKESPEARE TO IBSEN DYSTOPIAN LITERATURE AND POLITICAL COMMENTARY POST-WAR EUROPEAN LITERATURE AND MEMORY MEMOIR, AUTOBIOGRAPHY, AND HYBRID TEXTS EUROPEAN CONTEMPORARY FICTION AND DIVERSITY YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE ACROSS NATIONS PART VI: LITERARY LANDSCAPES OF NORTH AMERICA LITERATURE OF RESISTANCE AND PROTEST NATIVE AMERICAN MYTHS AND NARRATIVES TRANSLATION AND THE GLOBAL LITERARY MARKET COLONIAL AND REVOLUTIONARY LITERATURE IN AMERICA LITERATURE IN THE DIGITAL AGE AMERICAN ROMANTICISM AND TRANSCENDENTALISM EMERGING VOICES AND NEW LITERARY FORMS THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE AND BLACK VOICES PART X: ENGAGING WITH WORLD LITERATURE TODAY CANADIAN LITERATURE AND NATIONAL IDENTITY BUILDING GLOBAL LITERACY THROUGH LITERATURE THEMES OF MIGRATION AND EXILE TEACHING AND LEARNING WORLD LITERATURE AMERICAN REALISM AND THE GREAT AMERICAN NOVEL LITERATURE AS A TOOL FOR SOCIAL CHANGE FEMINIST AND QUEER LITERATURE IN NORTH AMERICA LITERATURE IN A MULTILINGUAL WORLD MULTICULTURALISM IN CONTEMPORARY FICTION READING FOR EMPATHY AND UNDERSTANDING NORTH AMERICAN SPECULATIVE AND DYSTOPIAN FICTION GLOBAL BOOK CULTURE AND LITERARY FESTIVALS PART VII: LATIN AMERICAN NARRATIVE AND CULTURE LITERARY AWARDS AND CANON FORMATION PRE-COLUMBIAN STORIES AND MYTHOLOGIES READING ACROSS CULTURES: BEST PRACTICES COLONIAL VOICES AND THE SPANISH LEGACY THE ROLE OF PUBLISHERS AND EDITORS GLOBALLY THE BOOM IN LATIN AMERICAN LITERATURE THE FUTURE OF WORLD LITERATURE MAGICAL REALISM AND SURREALISM POLITICAL AND REVOLUTIONARY WRITING TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT WOMEN WRITERS AND FEMINIST DISCOURSE INDIGENOUS RESISTANCE AND IDENTITY TITLE OF THE BOOK: MASTERING TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT AND POSTMODERNISM IN LATIN AMERICA PERFORMANCE EXCELLENCE DIASPORA, LANGUAGE, AND HYBRID IDENTITY PART I: QUALITY CONCEPTS AND PRINCIPLES UNDERSTANDING THE MEANING OF QUALITY PROCESS STANDARDIZATION AND DOCUMENTATION EVOLUTION OF QUALITY AND HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES CYCLE TIME REDUCTION PRINCIPLES AND DIMENSIONS OF TOTAL QUALITY SUSTAINING PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS BENEFITS AND COSTS OF QUALITY PART V: DATA-DRIVEN DECISION MAKING QUALITY GURUS AND THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICAL TOOLS THE VOICE OF THE CUSTOMER IN QUALITY DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS IN QUALITY ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE AND QUALITY PROBABILITY AND VARIATION IN QUALITY CONTROL SYSTEMS THINKING IN QUALITY MANAGEMENT PROCESS CAPABILITY AND CONTROL CHARTS TOTAL QUALITY IN THE GLOBAL CONTEXT DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS IN QUALITY FOUNDATIONS OF EXCELLENCE IN A QUALITY-DRIVEN ORGANIZATION CAUSE-AND-EFFECT ANALYSIS PART II: CUSTOMER AND MARKET FOCUS PARETO AND SCATTER DIAGRAMS IDENTIFYING CUSTOMER REQUIREMENTS CONTROL CHARTS FOR VARIABLES AND ATTRIBUTES CUSTOMER SATISFACTION AND LOYALTY ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS DESIGNING CUSTOMER-CENTRIC PROCESSES USING DATA FOR CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT MANAGING CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIPS PART VI: PRODUCT AND SERVICE DESIGN FOR QUALITY MARKET RESEARCH AND CUSTOMER FEEDBACK DESIGN FOR QUALITY PRINCIPLES TRANSLATING CUSTOMER NEEDS INTO PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS QUALITY FUNCTION DEPLOYMENT BENCHMARKING AND COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS RELIABILITY ENGINEERING AND TESTING CUSTOMER SEGMENTATION AND TARGETING PRODUCT LIFE CYCLE AND QUALITY HANDLING CUSTOMER COMPLAINTS EFFECTIVELY INNOVATION AND QUALITY INTEGRATION ALIGNING QUALITY WITH MARKETING STRATEGY TAGUCHI METHODS AND ROBUST DESIGN PART III: WORKFORCE ENGAGEMENT AND TEAMWORK FMEA AND RISK MANAGEMENT IN DESIGN BUILDING A QUALITY-FOCUSED WORKFORCE STANDARDIZATION AND QUALITY COMPLIANCE EMPLOYEE EMPOWERMENT AND INVOLVEMENT ERGONOMICS AND HUMAN-CENTERED DESIGN QUALITY CIRCLES AND WORK TEAMS BUILDING QUALITY INTO SERVICE DESIGN TRAINING AND EDUCATION FOR QUALITY PART VII: MEASUREMENT AND PERFORMANCE CONTROL ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING STRATEGIC PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT MOTIVATION AND RECOGNITION IN QUALITY MANAGEMENT QUALITY AUDITING AND REVIEWS LEADERSHIP AND WORKFORCE COMMUNICATION INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL QUALITY ASSESSMENTS MANAGING CHANGE AND RESISTANCE ALIGNING GOALS WITH PERFORMANCE METRICS EMPLOYEE VOICE AND ENGAGEMENT METRICS THE BALANCED SCORECARD APPROACH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND CONTINUOUS LEARNING SUPPLIER QUALITY AND EVALUATION PART IV: PROCESS MANAGEMENT AND IMPROVEMENT BUSINESS PERFORMANCE DASHBOARDS UNDERSTANDING PROCESS ORIENTATION KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT FOR IMPROVEMENT MAPPING AND ANALYZING BUSINESS PROCESSES FEEDBACK LOOPS AND CONTINUOUS LEARNING IDENTIFYING PROCESS VARIATION LINKING QUALITY CONTROL TO ORGANIZATIONAL RESULTS KEY PROCESS INDICATORS AND METRICS PART VIII: SIX SIGMA AND STRUCTURED IMPROVEMENT IMPROVING CORE AND SUPPORT PROCESSES INTRODUCTION TO SIX SIGMA METHODOLOGY LEAN PRINCIPLES IN QUALITY DMAIC FRAMEWORK EXPLAINED VALUE STREAM MAPPING DEFINE PHASE: PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION MEASURE PHASE: DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS CONSUMER EXPECTATIONS IN A SERVICE WORLD ANALYZE PHASE: IDENTIFYING ROOT CAUSES SERVICE INDUSTRIES AND MARKET TRENDS IMPROVE PHASE: IMPLEMENTING SOLUTIONS THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT IN SERVICE DEVELOPMENT CONTROL PHASE: SUSTAINING IMPROVEMENTS THE FUTURE OF THE GLOBAL SERVICE ECONOMY SIX SIGMA ROLES AND TEAM STRUCTURE PART II: DESIGNING SERVICE STRATEGY SIX SIGMA TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES STRATEGIC ROLE OF SERVICES INTEGRATING SIX SIGMA INTO CORPORATE STRATEGY SERVICE POSITIONING STRATEGIES PART IX: PERFORMANCE EXCELLENCE MODELS COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE THROUGH SERVICES UNDERSTANDING THE BALDRIGE FRAMEWORK TARGET MARKET SELECTION IN SERVICES THE BALDRIGE CRITERIA: OVERVIEW STRATEGIC SERVICE VISION LEADERSHIP AND STRATEGIC PLANNING SERVICE DIFFERENTIATION AND BRANDING CUSTOMER AND WORKFORCE ENGAGEMENT DEVELOPING THE SERVICE CONCEPT OPERATIONS AND RESULTS ALIGNING OPERATIONS WITH STRATEGY ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING AND AGILITY MEASURING STRATEGIC SERVICE PERFORMANCE ALIGNING STRATEGY WITH QUALITY GOALS SUSTAINABILITY AND CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN SERVICES SELF-ASSESSMENT AND FEEDBACK PART III: NEW SERVICE DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION USING THE EFQM EXCELLENCE MODEL THE NEW SERVICE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS CASE STUDIES IN PERFORMANCE EXCELLENCE SERVICE INNOVATION MODELS PART X: LEADING QUALITY INTO THE FUTURE DESIGN THINKING IN SERVICE DEVELOPMENT THE ROLE OF LEADERSHIP IN QUALITY SERVICE BLUEPRINTING AND PROTOTYPING DEVELOPING A VISION FOR EXCELLENCE ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY IN NEW SERVICE DESIGN ETHICAL LEADERSHIP AND GOVERNANCE CROSS-FUNCTIONAL TEAMS IN SERVICE CREATION MANAGING INNOVATION AND CHANGE CUSTOMER INVOLVEMENT IN SERVICE INNOVATION SUSTAINING A CULTURE OF EXCELLENCE MANAGING RISKS IN NEW SERVICES STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT OF QUALITY GOALS LAUNCHING AND MARKETING NEW SERVICES FUTURE TRENDS IN QUALITY MANAGEMENT EVALUATING NEW SERVICE PERFORMANCE DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION AND QUALITY PART IV: THE SERVICE ENCOUNTER BUILDING GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS THROUGH QUALITY THE MOMENT OF TRUTH IN SERVICE DELIVERY THE FUTURE OF TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT MANAGING CUSTOMER CONTACT POINTS FRONTLINE EMPLOYEE BEHAVIOR SERVICE MANAGEMENT CUSTOMER PARTICIPATION IN SERVICE DELIVERY ROLE OF EMPATHY AND EMOTION TITLE OF THE BOOK: STRATEGIC FOUNDATIONS OF SERVICE MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY-MEDIATED SERVICE ENCOUNTERS PART I: UNDERSTANDING THE SERVICE ECONOMY HANDLING SERVICE FAILURES AND RECOVERY INTRODUCTION TO THE SERVICE SECTOR CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE DESIGN EVOLUTION AND GROWTH OF THE SERVICE ECONOMY SERVICE PERSONALIZATION AND CUSTOMIZATION CHARACTERISTICS OF SERVICES VERSUS GOODS TRAINING FOR EFFECTIVE SERVICE ENCOUNTERS ECONOMIC IMPACT OF SERVICES PART V: MANAGING FACILITIES AND PROCESSES SERVICE DOMINANT LOGIC SERVICE FACILITY DESIGN PRINCIPLES ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY IN THE SERVICE ECONOMY FACILITY LAYOUT AND FLOW OPTIMIZATION MANAGING PHYSICAL EVIDENCE OF SERVICES SERVICE RECOVERY AND INVENTORY PLANNING TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION IN SERVICE OPERATIONS PART IX: SERVICE NETWORK AND GLOBAL OPERATIONS SERVICE PROCESS DESIGN AND REDESIGN SERVICE SUPPLY CHAIN DESIGN SERVICE AUTOMATION AND SELF-SERVICE VENDOR MANAGEMENT AND PARTNERSHIPS ERGONOMICS AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS SERVICE OUTSOURCING STRATEGIES DESIGNING FOR ACCESSIBILITY AND INCLUSIVITY LOCATION DECISION CRITERIA EFFICIENCY VS. EXPERIENCE IN PROCESS FLOW OFFSHORING AND NEARSHORING SERVICES GREEN SERVICE FACILITY MANAGEMENT LOGISTICS IN SERVICE DELIVERY PART VI: SERVICE QUALITY AND IMPROVEMENT GLOBAL SERVICE STANDARDS DEFINING AND MEASURING SERVICE QUALITY CROSS-CULTURAL SERVICE CHALLENGES THE SERVQUAL FRAMEWORK MANAGING GLOBAL TALENT IN SERVICES GAPS MODEL OF SERVICE QUALITY TRENDS IN GLOBALIZATION OF SERVICES VOICE OF THE CUSTOMER AND FEEDBACK SYSTEMS PART X: SERVICE PROJECT AND INNOVATION MANAGEMENT TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT IN SERVICES FUNDAMENTALS OF SERVICE PROJECT MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT IN QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT LIFECYCLE IN SERVICES SERVICE RECOVERY STRATEGIES TIME AND COST ESTIMATION IN SERVICE PROJECTS CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT APPROACHES AGILE AND LEAN SERVICE MANAGEMENT BENCHMARKING SERVICE QUALITY STAKEHOLDER MANAGEMENT IN SERVICE PROJECTS IMPLEMENTING A QUALITY CULTURE RESOURCE ALLOCATION AND PROJECT SCHEDULING PART VII: SERVICE CAPACITY AND DEMAND MANAGEMENT RISK MANAGEMENT IN SERVICE PROJECTS FORECASTING TECHNIQUES FOR SERVICE DEMAND MEASURING PROJECT SUCCESS IN SERVICES SHORT-TERM VS. LONG-TERM DEMAND FORECASTING LEADING INNOVATION IN SERVICES CAPACITY PLANNING IN SERVICE SYSTEMS FUTURE OF SERVICE MANAGEMENT AND DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION RESOURCE SCHEDULING FOR SERVICES STRATEGIES FOR MANAGING DEMAND INCOME TAXATION YIELD MANAGEMENT AND REVENUE OPTIMIZATION REAL-TIME CAPACITY ADJUSTMENT TITLE OF THE BOOK: COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO PHILIPPINE INCOME BALANCING EFFICIENCY AND FLEXIBILITY TAXATION USE OF AI IN FORECASTING AND PLANNING PART I: FOUNDATIONAL PRINCIPLES AND CONCEPTS SEASONAL AND CYCLICAL SERVICE PLANNING INTRODUCTION TO PHILIPPINE INCOME TAXATION PART VIII: MANAGING QUEUES AND SERVICE INVENTORY THE CONSTITUTIONAL AND STATUTORY BASES OF TAXATION UNDERSTANDING WAITING LINE BEHAVIOR GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF TAXATION PSYCHOLOGY OF WAITING CLASSIFICATION OF TAXPAYERS QUEUING SYSTEM COMPONENTS TAXABLE AND NON-TAXABLE ENTITIES QUEUING MODELS AND APPLICATIONS CONCEPTS AND DEFINITIONS RELATED TO INCOME STRATEGIES FOR MANAGING WAITING TIME THE POWER OF TAXATION AND ITS LIMITATIONS DESIGNING SERVICE SYSTEMS TO REDUCE DELAYS NATURE AND CHARACTERISTICS OF INCOME TAX INVENTORY IN SERVICE ENVIRONMENTS DISTINCTION BETWEEN INCOME TAX AND OTHER TAXES INVENTORY CONTROL IN SERVICE SUPPORT LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK OF THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE INFORMATION SYSTEMS IN INVENTORY MANAGEMENT PART II: INCOME AND EXCLUSIONS CONCEPTS AND ITEMS OF GROSS INCOME WASH SALES AND RELATED RULES REALIZATION PRINCIPLE IN INCOME TAXATION DETERMINING THE SOURCE OF INCOME CLASSIFICATION OF INCOMES: ACTIVE, PASSIVE, AND MIXED TERRITORIALITY RULE AND INTERNATIONAL TAXATION TAXABLE INCOME VS. GROSS INCOME PART VI: TAXATION OF INDIVIDUAL TAXPAYERS INCLUSIONS IN GROSS INCOME CLASSIFICATION OF INDIVIDUAL TAXPAYERS STATUTORY EXCLUSIONS FROM GROSS INCOME RESIDENT CITIZENS AND INCOME TAX INCOME SUBJECT TO FINAL TAX NON-RESIDENT CITIZENS AND THEIR TAX SCOPE INCOME EXEMPT UNDER SPECIAL LAWS RESIDENT AND NON-RESIDENT ALIENS EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS AND INSTITUTIONS TAX RATES FOR INDIVIDUALS FRINGE BENEFITS AND THEIR SPECIAL TAX TREATMENT EXEMPTIONS AND PERSONAL ALLOWANCES PART III: FRINGE BENEFITS AND SPECIAL INCOMES MINIMUM WAGE EARNERS AND OTHER EXEMPT INDIVIDUALS DEFINITION OF FRINGE BENEFITS TAX ON PASSIVE INCOME AND CAPITAL GAINS FRINGE BENEFIT TAX (FBT) SYSTEM MIXED-INCOME EARNERS FRINGE BENEFITS SUBJECT TO FBT FILING AND COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR INDIVIDUALS FRINGE BENEFITS NOT SUBJECT TO FBT PART VII: TAXATION OF CORPORATIONS AND OTHER ENTITIES EXEMPTIONS FROM FRINGE BENEFIT TAX CLASSIFICATION OF CORPORATE TAXPAYERS TREATMENT OF FRINGE BENEFITS IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR DOMESTIC VS. FOREIGN CORPORATIONS TREATMENT OF FRINGE BENEFITS IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR REGULAR CORPORATE INCOME TAX (RCIT) DE MINIMIS BENEFITS MINIMUM CORPORATE INCOME TAX (MCIT) COMPUTATION OF FRINGE BENEFIT TAX IMPROPERLY ACCUMULATED EARNINGS TAX (IAET) EMPLOYER AND EMPLOYEE OBLIGATIONS IN REPORTING TAX ON NON-RESIDENT FOREIGN CORPORATIONS PART IV: DEDUCTIONS AND NON-DEDUCTIBLES TAXATION OF PARTNERSHIPS AND THEIR PARTNERS CONCEPT AND PURPOSE OF DEDUCTIONS GENERAL PROFESSIONAL PARTNERSHIPS ITEMIZED VS. OPTIONAL STANDARD DEDUCTION (OSD) TAXATION OF JOINT VENTURES AND CONSORTIUMS ORDINARY AND NECESSARY BUSINESS EXPENSES TAXATION OF ESTATES AND TRUSTS INTEREST EXPENSES PART VIII: ACCOUNTING, METHODS, AND ADJUSTMENTS TAXES PAID OR ACCRUED METHODS OF ACCOUNTING FOR TAX PURPOSES LOSSES AND BAD DEBTS CASH VS. ACCRUAL METHOD DEPRECIATION AND AMORTIZATION HYBRID ACCOUNTING METHODS CHARITABLE AND OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS INVENTORY VALUATION AND TAX IMPLICATIONS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT EXPENDITURES CHANGE IN ACCOUNTING METHOD ITEMS NOT DEDUCTIBLE FROM GROSS INCOME NET OPERATING LOSS CARRY OVER (NOLCO) PART V: GAINS, LOSSES, AND SOURCE RULES TAX ADJUSTMENTS AND RECONCILIATIONS TAXABLE GAINS FROM SALE OF PROPERTY WITHHOLDING TAX SYSTEM CAPITAL GAINS VS. ORDINARY GAINS FINAL AND CREDITABLE WITHHOLDING TAXES REALIZATION OF GAINS AND LOSSES DOCUMENTATION AND RECORD-KEEPING BASIS AND ADJUSTED BASIS OF PROPERTY PART IX: FILING, PAYMENT, AND COMPLIANCE HOLDING PERIOD AND TAX IMPLICATIONS REQUIREMENTS FOR FILING OF TAX RETURNS EXCHANGE OF PROPERTY AND NON-RECOGNITION RULES TYPES OF INCOME TAX RETURNS LOSSES FROM SALE OR EXCHANGE OF PROPERTY PAYMENT OF INCOME TAXES INSTALLMENT AND ADVANCE PAYMENTS NEGOTIATION BY DELIVERY AND INDORSEMENT TAX DEADLINES AND EXTENSIONS TYPES OF INDORSEMENTS AND THEIR EFFECTS ELECTRONIC FILING AND PAYMENT SYSTEMS RESTRICTIVE AND CONDITIONAL INDORSEMENTS PENALTIES AND INTERESTS FOR LATE FILING RIGHTS OF A HOLDER IN DUE COURSE SUBSTITUTED FILING AND SPECIAL RULES DEFENSES AGAINST A HOLDER IN DUE COURSE ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES AND RECEIPTS PART III: RIGHTS, LIABILITIES, AND PRESENTMENT COMPLIANCE MONITORING AND TAXPAYER OBLIGATIONS RIGHTS OF THE HOLDER AND PAYMENT RULES PART X: ASSESSMENT, COLLECTION, AND REMEDIES SECONDARY LIABILITY AND ORDER OF LIABILITY TAX ASSESSMENTS AND NOTICES INDORSER LIABILITY AND WARRANTIES BIR’S POWER TO EXAMINE AND AUDIT MAKER, DRAWER, ACCEPTOR: NATURE AND OBLIGATIONS DEFICIENCY TAX ASSESSMENT CONDITIONS FOR PRESENTMENT FOR PAYMENT PROTEST AND ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDIES DISHONOR BY NON-PAYMENT JUDICIAL REMEDIES IN TAX DISPUTES REQUIREMENTS OF PROPER PRESENTMENT COLLECTION REMEDIES AVAILABLE TO THE GOVERNMENT TIME, PLACE, AND MANNER OF PRESENTMENT TAX LIENS AND LEVY CONSTRUCTIVE PRESENTMENT COMPROMISE SETTLEMENT AND ABATEMENT EFFECTS OF FAILURE TO PRESENT TAX AMNESTY AND RELIEF PROGRAMS PART IV: DISHONOR, DISCHARGE, AND GENERAL PROVISIONS EMERGING TRENDS AND FUTURE CHALLENGES IN INCOME TAXATION NOTICE OF DISHONOR: NECESSITY AND SUFFICIENCY PERSONS ENTITLED TO GIVE OR RECEIVE NOTICE LAW ON NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS TIME AND MANNER OF GIVING NOTICE WAIVER AND DISPENSATION OF NOTICE TITLE OF THE BOOK: PHILIPPINE LAW ON NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS AND DISCHARGE OF NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS ALLIED COMMERCIAL STATUTES PAYMENT, CANCELLATION, AND RENUNCIATION PART I: FOUNDATIONS AND PRINCIPLES OF NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS MATERIAL ALTERATION AND ITS EFFECTS INTRODUCTION TO NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS LOST, DESTROYED, OR STOLEN INSTRUMENTS LEGAL NATURE AND PURPOSE OF NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS GENERAL PROVISIONS GOVERNING ALL INSTRUMENTS SOURCES AND SCOPE OF APPLICABLE LAW JUDICIAL INTERPRETATION AND CUSTOMARY PRACTICE KINDS AND CLASSIFICATIONS OF NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS PART V: BILLS OF EXCHANGE REQUISITES OF NEGOTIABILITY DEFINITION AND PARTIES TO A BILL OF EXCHANGE INTERPRETATION OF AMBIGUOUS TERMS FORM AND INTERPRETATION OF BILLS DISTINCTION FROM NON-NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS ACCEPTANCE: TYPES AND EFFECTS CHARACTERISTICS OF NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS REFUSAL AND PROTEST OF ACCEPTANCE ROLE OF NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS IN COMMERCIAL LAW PRESENTMENT FOR ACCEPTANCE: WHEN REQUIRED CASE LAW AND DOCTRINES AFFECTING NEGOTIABILITY EFFECTS OF NON-ACCEPTANCE PART II: FORM, CONSIDERATION, AND NEGOTIATION PROTEST: FORM, PURPOSE, AND PROCEDURE ELEMENTS OF A VALID INSTRUMENT ACCEPTANCE FOR HONOR: CONDITIONS AND LIABILITY FORMAL REQUISITES AND INTERPRETATION OF TERMS PAYMENT FOR HONOR: RULES AND IMPLICATIONS CONSIDERATION IN NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS BILLS IN SET: DEFINITION AND USE PRESUMPTIONS OF CONSIDERATION PART VI: PROMISSORY NOTES, CHECKS, AND INTERPRETATION TYPES OF CONSIDERATION: PRESENT AND ANTECEDENT DEBT DISTINCTION BETWEEN BILLS AND NOTES ESSENTIALS OF A PROMISSORY NOTE TRUST RECEIPTS LAW: PURPOSE AND POLICY PARTIES AND LIABILITY IN NOTES TRUST RECEIPT AGREEMENTS AND DEFAULT CHECKS AS NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS PART X: MODERN APPLICATIONS AND LEGAL CHALLENGES TYPES OF CHECKS AND THEIR EFFECTS ELECTRONIC NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS AND E-COMMERCE CROSSED CHECKS AND THEIR LEGAL CONSEQUENCES EMERGING ISSUES IN COMMERCIAL PAPER DUTIES OF DRAWEE BANKS FRAUD PREVENTION IN NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS FORGERY AND ALTERATION IN CHECKS TECHNOLOGY AND BANKING SYSTEMS DISHONOR OF A CHECK AND LEGAL EFFECTS COMPARATIVE LAW: INTERNATIONAL RULES ON NEGOTIABILITY GENERAL PROVISIONS AND INTERPRETATION RULES IMPACT OF DIGITAL BANKING ON INSTRUMENTS LAW PART VII: DOCUMENTS OF TITLE AND WAREHOUSE RECEIPTS LAW CENTRAL BANK RULES AND CIRCULARS INTRODUCTION TO DOCUMENTS OF TITLE CASE STUDIES ON COMMERCIAL DISPUTES LEGAL FRAMEWORK AND SOURCES OF LAW LEGAL REFORMS AND LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS CIVIL CODE PROVISIONS ON DOCUMENTS OF TITLE FUTURE DIRECTIONS IN NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS AND COMMERCIAL WAREHOUSE RECEIPTS: FORM AND ISSUANCE LAW OBLIGATION OF WAREHOUSEMEN TRANSFER AND NEGOTIATION OF RECEIPTS LAW ON SALES, AGENCY, AND CREDIT TRANSACTIONS ENDORSEMENT AND DELIVERY REQUIREMENTS CRIMINAL OFFENSES UNDER THE WAREHOUSE RECEIPTS LAW TITLE OF THE BOOK: PHILIPPINE LAW ON SALES, AGENCY, AND CREDIT CIVIL REMEDIES AND LIABILITIES TRANSACTIONS INTERPRETATION AND JURISPRUDENCE PART I: PRINCIPLES AND FOUNDATIONS OF SALES PART VIII: ALLIED LAWS IN COMMERCIAL TRANSACTIONS INTRODUCTION TO THE LAW ON SALES INTRODUCTION TO ALLIED SPECIAL LAWS NATURE AND FORM OF THE CONTRACT OF SALE OVERVIEW OF THE CODE OF COMMERCE CAPACITY TO BUY OR SELL UNDER PHILIPPINE LAW COMMERCIAL LAW PRINCIPLES ON MERCHANTS LEGAL EFFECTS WHEN THE THING SOLD IS LOST REGISTRATION AND DUTIES OF MERCHANTS OBLIGATIONS OF THE VENDOR: DELIVERY AND WARRANTY BOOKS AND BOOKKEEPING IN COMMERCE OBLIGATIONS OF THE VENDEE: PAYMENT AND ACCEPTANCE COMMERCIAL CONTRACTS: ESSENTIALS AND FORM BREACH OF CONTRACT AND LEGAL REMEDIES IN SALES OVERLAND TRANSPORTATION CONTRACTS EXTINGUISHMENT OF THE CONTRACT OF SALE LETTERS OF CREDIT: NATURE AND FUNCTION ASSIGNMENT OF CREDITS AND OTHER INCORPOREAL RIGHTS LEGAL ISSUES IN CREDIT TRANSACTIONS GENERAL PROVISIONS ON THE LAW ON SALES MARITIME COMMERCE: INTRODUCTION AND BASICS PART II: SPECIAL APPLICATIONS OF THE LAW ON SALES PART IX: SPECIAL COMMERCIAL CONTRACTS AND OBLIGATIONS THE BULK SALES LAW: PURPOSE AND APPLICATION MARITIME COMMERCE: CONTRACTS AND LIABILITIES SALES INVOLVING MOVABLE AND IMMOVABLE PROPERTY RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF SHIPOWNERS AND SHIPPERS SALES BY DESCRIPTION AND SAMPLE CARRIAGE OF GOODS BY SEA SALE WITH A RIGHT OF REPURCHASE (PACTO DE RETRO) CHARTER PARTIES AND BILLS OF LADING DOUBLE SALE AND RULES OF OWNERSHIP INSURANCE AND MARITIME LIABILITIES SALES THROUGH PUBLIC INSTRUMENT AND NOTARIAL ACTS GENERAL BONDED WAREHOUSE ACT: SCOPE AND APPLICATION LEGAL DOCTRINES ON GOOD FAITH PURCHASERS BONDED WAREHOUSES: OPERATION AND SUPERVISION CONDITIONAL AND ABSOLUTE SALES LEGAL OBLIGATIONS OF BONDED WAREHOUSE OPERATORS HIDDEN DEFECTS AND WARRANTY AGAINST EVICTION JURISPRUDENCE ON COMMERCIAL SALES ISSUE OF WAREHOUSE RECEIPTS AND FORM PART III: LEGAL FRAMEWORK OF AGENCY LEGAL OBLIGATIONS OF WAREHOUSEMEN NATURE, FORM, AND KINDS OF AGENCY RIGHTS OF HOLDERS OF WAREHOUSE RECEIPTS AUTHORITY OF THE AGENT: EXPRESS AND IMPLIED NEGOTIATION AND TRANSFER OF RECEIPTS LIMITATIONS AND SCOPE OF AGENCY CRIMINAL OFFENSES UNDER THE WAREHOUSE RECEIPTS LAW OBLIGATIONS OF THE AGENT TO THE PRINCIPAL PART VII: GUARANTY AND SURETYSHIP OBLIGATIONS OF THE PRINCIPAL TO THE AGENT NATURE AND EXTENT OF GUARANTY FIDUCIARY DUTY AND CONFLICTS OF INTEREST OBLIGATIONS AND RIGHTS OF THE GUARANTOR REVOCATION AND RENUNCIATION OF AGENCY EFFECTS OF GUARANTY ON PRINCIPAL AND CREDITOR AGENCY COUPLED WITH INTEREST EXTINGUISHMENT OF GUARANTY MODES OF EXTINGUISHMENT OF AGENCY LEGAL AND JUDICIAL BONDS: DEFINITIONS AND APPLICATIONS JUDICIAL DECISIONS ON AGENCY RELATIONS SURETYSHIP: LEGAL DISTINCTION FROM GUARANTY PART IV: INTRODUCTION TO CREDIT TRANSACTIONS CO-SURETIES AND SUBROGATION RIGHTS PRINCIPLES AND PURPOSE OF CREDIT TRANSACTIONS DEFENSES AVAILABLE TO GUARANTORS LEGAL FORMS OF CREDIT IN THE PHILIPPINES JURISPRUDENCE ON GUARANTY CONTRACTS CLASSIFICATION OF CREDIT ARRANGEMENTS DRAFTING AND ENFORCEMENT OF SURETY AGREEMENTS ROLE OF CREDIT TRANSACTIONS IN COMMERCIAL LAW PART VIII: PLEDGE AND MORTGAGE RISK, DEFAULT, AND SECURITY IN CREDIT TRANSACTIONS OVERVIEW OF PLEDGE AND MORTGAGE GOVERNMENT AND LEGAL REGULATION OF CREDIT COMMON PROVISIONS AND LEGAL FOUNDATIONS LEGAL DOCTRINES SHAPING CREDIT ENFORCEMENT DISTINCTIVE FEATURES OF PLEDGE RIGHTS OF CREDITORS AND DEBTORS DELIVERY REQUIREMENT IN PLEDGE JUDICIAL PROCESS IN CREDIT ENFORCEMENT REAL MORTGAGE: REGISTRATION AND VALIDITY ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN CREDIT TRANSACTIONS FORECLOSURE AND REDEMPTION RIGHTS PART V: LOAN CONTRACTS AND THEIR VARIETIES ANTICHRESIS: DEFINITION AND LEGAL ELEMENTS INTRODUCTION TO THE LAW ON LOANS CHATTEL MORTGAGE: REGISTRATION AND FORECLOSURE COMMODATUM: NATURE AND LEGAL EFFECTS FORECLOSURE SALES AND DISTRIBUTION OF PROCEEDS OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES IN COMMODATUM COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF REAL AND CHATTEL MORTGAGE SIMPLE LOAN OR MUTUUM: LEGAL NATURE PART IX: CONCURRENCE AND PREFERENCE OF CREDITS DIFFERENCES BETWEEN COMMODATUM AND MUTUUM INTRODUCTION TO PREFERENCE OF CREDITS LEGAL CONSEQUENCES OF NON-PAYMENT GENERAL PROVISIONS OF THE CIVIL CODE LOAN AGREEMENTS: FORM AND VALIDITY CLASSIFICATION OF CREDITS UNDER THE LAW USURY LAWS AND INTEREST RATE LIMITATIONS PREFERRED CREDITS WITH SPECIFIC MOVABLES REPAYMENT AND REMISSION IN LOANS PREFERRED CREDITS WITH SPECIFIC IMMOVABLES CASE STUDIES IN LOAN TRANSACTIONS ORDINARY PREFERRED CREDITS PART VI: DEPOSIT AND THE WAREHOUSE RECEIPTS LAW COMMON CREDITS AND EQUAL RIGHT OF PREFERENCE INTRODUCTION TO DEPOSIT CONTRACTS ORDER OF PREFERENCE OF CREDITS VOLUNTARY DEPOSIT: RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS INSOLVENCY PROCEEDINGS AND DISTRIBUTION NECESSARY DEPOSIT: LEGAL REQUISITES RELEVANT CASE LAW ON CREDIT PREFERENCES JUDICIAL DEPOSIT OR SEQUESTRATION PART X: CONTEMPORARY APPLICATIONS AND LEGAL REFORMS INTRODUCTION TO THE WAREHOUSE RECEIPTS LAW ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS AND E-SALES ONLINE AGENCY AND DIGITAL REPRESENTATION STL AND CLASSICAL DECOMPOSITION METHODS CREDIT TRANSACTIONS IN DIGITAL BANKING INTERPRETING DECOMPOSED COMPONENTS FINTECH AND CREDIT REGULATION APPLICATIONS OF DECOMPOSITION IN FORECASTING INTERNATIONAL SALES CONTRACTS: PHILIPPINE IMPLICATIONS USING DECOMPOSITION FOR FEATURE ENGINEERING LEGAL REMEDIES IN INTERNATIONAL CREDIT TRANSACTIONS SOFTWARE AND TOOLS FOR DECOMPOSITION COMPARATIVE LAW: SALES AND AGENCY WORLDWIDE VISUALIZING DECOMPOSED COMPONENTS EMERGING LEGAL ISSUES IN CREDIT TRANSACTIONS COMMON CHALLENGES IN TIME SERIES DECOMPOSITION LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS AND FUTURE TRENDS PART IV: EXTRACTING TIME SERIES FEATURES SUMMARY AND INTEGRATION OF SALES, AGENCY, AND CREDIT LAWS IDENTIFYING KEY FEATURES OF TIME SERIES FREQUENCY AND SEASONALITY DETECTION FORECASTING METHODS STATIONARITY AND DIFFERENCING FEATURE-BASED CLUSTERING AND CLASSIFICATION TITLE OF THE BOOK: MASTERING FORECASTING METHODS: TOOLS, FEATURE EXTRACTION FOR FORECAST MODEL SELECTION TECHNIQUES, AND APPLICATIONS TRANSFORMATIONS AND NORMALIZATION PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF FORECASTING DETECTING ANOMALIES IN TIME SERIES FEATURES INTRODUCTION TO FORECASTING AND ITS IMPORTANCE FORECAST ACCURACY METRICS AND ERROR ANALYSIS GETTING STARTED WITH FORECASTING PROJECTS TOOLS FOR FEATURE EXTRACTION UNDERSTANDING DIFFERENT TYPES OF FORECASTING PROBLEMS CASE STUDIES USING FEATURE ANALYSIS DATA REQUIREMENTS AND PRE-FORECASTING PREPARATION PART V: THE FORECASTER’S TOOLBOX COMMON MISTAKES AND PITFALLS IN FORECASTING OVERVIEW OF FORECASTING MODELS AND TECHNIQUES CHOOSING THE RIGHT FORECASTING APPROACH NAÏVE FORECASTS AND BASELINE MODELS BASIC CONCEPTS IN TIME SERIES DATA MOVING AVERAGE AND SIMPLE FORECASTING TECHNIQUES IDENTIFYING PATTERNS AND TRENDS IN DATA SEASONAL NAÏVE AND SEASONAL AVERAGES EXPLORING HISTORICAL EXAMPLES OF FORECASTING APPLICATIONS EVALUATING FORECAST ACCURACY THE FUTURE OF FORECASTING IN THE DIGITAL AGE USING CROSS-VALIDATION IN FORECASTING PART II: VISUALIZING TIME SERIES FORECASTING WITH LIMITED DATA TIME SERIES GRAPHICS AND VISUALIZATION TECHNIQUES COMBINING FORECASTS FROM MULTIPLE MODELS PLOTTING SINGLE AND MULTIPLE TIME SERIES FORECASTING SOFTWARE COMPARISON SMOOTHING TECHNIQUES IN VISUALIZATION BUILDING A PERSONALIZED FORECASTING TOOLBOX HIGHLIGHTING SEASONALITY AND TRENDS VISUALLY PART VI: INCORPORATING JUDGMENT IN FORECASTS USING GRAPHS FOR COMMUNICATION AND ANALYSIS UNDERSTANDING JUDGMENTAL FORECASTS VISUALIZATION TOOLS AND SOFTWARE WHEN AND WHY TO USE HUMAN JUDGMENT INTERACTIVE VISUALIZATION FOR FORECASTING COGNITIVE BIASES IN FORECASTING VISUALIZATION PITFALLS AND HOW TO AVOID THEM DELPHI METHOD AND EXPERT PANELS REAL-WORLD EXAMPLES IN TIME SERIES VISUALIZATION SCENARIO-BASED FORECASTING INTEGRATING VISUALIZATION INTO FORECASTING WORKFLOWS COMBINING JUDGMENTAL AND STATISTICAL METHODS PART III: TIME SERIES DECOMPOSITION MEASURING ACCURACY OF JUDGMENTAL FORECASTS PRINCIPLES OF TIME SERIES DECOMPOSITION REAL-WORLD APPLICATIONS OF HUMAN FORECASTING TREND-CYCLE AND SEASONAL COMPONENTS JUDGMENTAL FORECASTING IN BUSINESS CONTEXTS ADDITIVE VS. MULTIPLICATIVE DECOMPOSITION IMPROVING JUDGMENTAL FORECAST SKILLS PART VII: REGRESSION MODELS FOR TIME SERIES FORECASTING FOR STARTUPS AND SMALL BUSINESSES BASICS OF TIME SERIES REGRESSION EMERGING TRENDS IN FORECASTING TECHNOLOGY LINEAR REGRESSION WITH TIME VARIABLES TEACHING AND LEARNING FORECASTING EFFECTIVELY LAGGED VARIABLES AND AUTOCORRELATION FINAL THOUGHTS AND BUILDING A FORECASTING CULTURE SEASONAL DUMMY VARIABLES MODEL DIAGNOSTICS AND RESIDUAL ANALYSIS DATA ANALYSIS TRANSFORMING DATA FOR BETTER MODEL FIT REGRESSION WITH EXOGENOUS INPUTS (ARX MODELS) TITLE OF THE BOOK: THE ART AND SCIENCE OF DATA ANALYSIS: METHODS, NON-LINEAR REGRESSION APPROACHES MODELS, AND MEANING SOFTWARE TOOLS FOR REGRESSION FORECASTING PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF DATA ANALYSIS REAL-WORLD FORECASTING WITH REGRESSION MODELS INTRODUCTION: COMMON THREADS OF TECHNIQUES IN DATA ANALYSIS PART VIII: ADVANCED TIME SERIES MODELS THE ROLE OF DATA IN SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY INTRODUCTION TO EXPONENTIAL SMOOTHING METHODS TYPES OF DATA AND LEVELS OF MEASUREMENT SIMPLE, DOUBLE, AND TRIPLE EXPONENTIAL SMOOTHING RESEARCH DESIGN AND THE ANALYTICAL PROCESS CHOOSING THE RIGHT SMOOTHING MODEL DATA COLLECTION METHODS AND QUALITY ASSURANCE EXPONENTIAL SMOOTHING IN PRACTICE ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN DATA ANALYSIS UNDERSTANDING ARIMA MODELS PREPARING AND CLEANING DATA FOR ANALYSIS BUILDING AND DIAGNOSING ARIMA MODELS INTRODUCTION TO DATA MANAGEMENT TOOLS SEASONALITY AND ARIMA EXTENSIONS (SARIMA) UNDERSTANDING VARIABLES AND THEIR RELATIONSHIPS COMPARING ARIMA WITH EXPONENTIAL SMOOTHING OVERVIEW OF ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORKS AND APPROACHES DYNAMIC REGRESSION AND ARIMAX MODELS PART II: DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS AND VARIABLE CONSTRUCTION COMBINING ARIMA WITH OTHER TECHNIQUES CONSTRUCTING VARIABLES: CONCEPTS AND TECHNIQUES PART IX: COMPLEX AND GROUPED FORECASTING RECODING AND TRANSFORMING VARIABLES INTRODUCTION TO HIERARCHICAL TIME SERIES SCALE CONSTRUCTION AND INDEX CREATION GROUPED AND AGGREGATED FORECASTING TECHNIQUES SUMMARIZING DISTRIBUTIONS: CENTRAL TENDENCY AND DISPERSION FORECAST RECONCILIATION METHODS VISUALIZING DISTRIBUTIONS WITH GRAPHS AND CHARTS TOP-DOWN AND BOTTOM-UP FORECASTING APPROACHES SKEWNESS, KURTOSIS, AND DATA SHAPE CROSS-SECTIONAL FORECASTING CHALLENGES FREQUENCY TABLES AND CROSS-TABULATIONS USING MACHINE LEARNING IN GROUPED FORECASTS DESCRIPTIVE ANALYTICS USING SOFTWARE TOOLS AUTOMATION IN HIERARCHICAL FORECASTING USING DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS IN REPORTING SOFTWARE TOOLS FOR COMPLEX FORECAST STRUCTURES COMMON PITFALLS IN DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS FORECASTING IN RETAIL AND SUPPLY CHAIN APPLICATIONS PART III: INFERENTIAL THINKING AND STATISTICAL REASONING CASE STUDIES IN HIERARCHICAL FORECASTING INFERENCE: CONCEPTS, LOGIC, AND APPLICATION PART X: PRACTICAL AND FUTURE FORECASTING ISSUES PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS AND SAMPLING PRACTICAL ISSUES IN FORECASTING IMPLEMENTATION CONFIDENCE INTERVALS AND MARGIN OF ERROR COMMUNICATING FORECAST RESULTS TO STAKEHOLDERS HYPOTHESIS TESTING FUNDAMENTALS FORECASTING IN A BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE CONTEXT COMPARING MEANS: T-TESTS AND ANOVA INTEGRATING FORECASTING INTO BUSINESS STRATEGY NON-PARAMETRIC TESTING METHODS ETHICAL ISSUES IN FORECASTING POWER ANALYSIS AND SAMPLE SIZE ESTIMATION FORECASTING DURING CRISIS OR UNCERTAINTY PRACTICAL EXAMPLES OF INFERENTIAL STATISTICS INTERPRETING STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE PATH DIAGRAMS AND CAUSAL PATHS COMMUNICATING INFERENCE RESULTS MODEL IDENTIFICATION AND ESTIMATION PART IV: ADDRESSING COMPLEXITY IN DATA CONFIRMATORY VS. EXPLORATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS STRATEGIES FOR ANALYSIS OF INCOMPLETE DATA INTRODUCTION TO MULTILEVEL MODELING DATA IMPUTATION TECHNIQUES CROSS-CLASSIFIED AND HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURES ANALYZING MISSING DATA MECHANISMS APPLICATIONS IN EDUCATIONAL AND HEALTH DATA WORKING WITH COMPLEX SURVEY DESIGNS PART VIII: CAUSALITY AND NETWORKS WEIGHTING AND POST-STRATIFICATION FOUNDATIONS OF CAUSAL INFERENCE FEMINIST ISSUES IN DATA ANALYSIS COUNTERFACTUAL REASONING IN CAUSAL RESEARCH ETHICAL CHALLENGES IN SENSITIVE DATA ANALYSIS QUASI-EXPERIMENTAL DESIGNS HISTORICAL ANALYSIS IN QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH PROPENSITY SCORE MATCHING ARCHIVAL DATA: SOURCES AND LIMITATIONS INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLE APPROACHES SOCIOPOLITICAL CONTEXTS OF DATA INTERPRETATION INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS PART V: REGRESSION AND CAUSAL MODELS MEASURING CENTRALITY AND NETWORK POSITIONS INTRODUCTION TO MULTIPLE REGRESSION ANALYSIS EGO NETWORKS AND COMMUNITY DETECTION ASSUMPTIONS OF LINEAR REGRESSION VISUALIZING AND INTERPRETING NETWORKS INCORPORATING CATEGORICAL INFORMATION: DUMMY VARIABLES NETWORK DYNAMICS AND LONGITUDINAL NETWORKS INTERPRETING REGRESSION COEFFICIENTS PART IX: QUALITATIVE DATA TECHNIQUES ANALYZING CONTINGENT EFFECTS IN REGRESSION MODELS TOOLS FOR QUALITATIVE DATA ANALYSIS INTERACTION TERMS AND MODERATION ANALYSIS CODING AND CATEGORIZATION IN QUALITATIVE RESEARCH REGRESSION MODELS FOR CATEGORICAL OUTCOMES FRAMEWORK ANALYSIS AND MATRIX DISPLAY LOGISTIC AND MULTINOMIAL REGRESSION MODELS CONTENT ANALYSIS: TECHNIQUES AND INTERPRETATION MODEL FIT AND DIAGNOSTICS ANALYZING OPEN-ENDED SURVEY RESPONSES APPLICATIONS IN POLICY AND SOCIAL SCIENCE SEMIOTICS AND DATA ANALYSIS PART VI: ADVANCED STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES CONVERSATION ANALYSIS IN INTERACTIONAL DATA LOG-LINEAR ANALYSIS: CONCEPTS AND USE DISCOURSE ANALYSIS: LANGUAGE AND POWER MODELING CHANGE OVER TIME GROUNDED THEORY METHODOLOGY TIME SERIES AND TREND ANALYSIS SOFTWARE TOOLS FOR QUALITATIVE DATA ANALYZING PANEL DATA: FIXED- AND RANDOM-EFFECTS MODELS PART X: NARRATIVE, INTERPRETATION, AND POSTMODERN APPROACHES CROSS-LAGGED PANEL DESIGNS THE USES OF NARRATIVE IN SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH LONGITUDINAL ANALYSIS FOR CONTINUOUS OUTCOMES NARRATIVE STRUCTURES AND THEMATIC ANALYSIS LATENT TRAJECTORY MODELS BIOGRAPHICAL AND LIFE HISTORY METHODS EVENT HISTORY ANALYSIS: TIME TO EVENT MODELS REFLEXIVITY IN QUALITATIVE RESEARCH SURVIVAL MODELS AND HAZARD FUNCTIONS CROSS-CULTURAL INTERPRETATION OF DATA COMPARING GROWTH MODELS POST-STRUCTURALISM IN DATA INTERPRETATION PART VII: DATA STRUCTURE AND MODEL COMPLEXITY POSTMODERN TURN IN QUALITATIVE RESEARCH SEQUENCE ANALYSIS IN SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH MIXED METHODS AND INTEGRATIVE APPROACHES OPTIMAL MATCHING TECHNIQUES PRESENTING QUALITATIVE DATA EFFECTIVELY SAMPLE SELECTION BIAS MODELS FINAL REFLECTIONS ON THE PHILOSOPHY OF DATA ANALYSIS INTRODUCTION TO STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING QUANTITATIVE METHODS MEASURES OF DISPERSION DISTRIBUTION SHAPES AND SKEWNESS TITLE OF THE BOOK: MASTERING QUANTITATIVE METHODS: TOOLS FOR CORRELATION AND COVARIANCE DATA-DRIVEN DECISION MAKING SAMPLING AND ESTIMATION PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF QUANTITATIVE THINKING INFERENTIAL STATISTICS OVERVIEW INTRODUCTION TO QUANTITATIVE METHODS HYPOTHESIS TESTING THE ROLE OF QUANTITATIVE METHODS IN BUSINESS Z-TESTS AND T-TESTS THE EVOLUTION OF QUANTITATIVE TECHNIQUES USING STATISTICS IN BUSINESS CONTEXTS UNDERSTANDING NUMBERS AND DATA PART V: PROBABILITY AND DECISION MAKING TYPES OF QUANTITATIVE MODELS FUNDAMENTALS OF PROBABILITY DATA COLLECTION TECHNIQUES TYPES OF PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS COMMON PITFALLS IN QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS DISCRETE AND CONTINUOUS DISTRIBUTIONS REAL-WORLD APPLICATIONS OF QUANTITATIVE METHODS THE NORMAL DISTRIBUTION ETHICS IN QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH THE BINOMIAL AND POISSON DISTRIBUTIONS TRENDS IN QUANTITATIVE ANALYTICS APPLICATIONS OF PROBABILITY IN BUSINESS PART II: TOOLS OF THE TRADE DECISION MAKING UNDER UNCERTAINTY INTRODUCTION TO QUANTITATIVE TOOLS DECISION TREES AND EXPECTED VALUES CALCULATORS AND SPREADSHEETS IN ANALYSIS RISK ANALYSIS AND PROBABILITY MODELS STATISTICAL SOFTWARE AND DATA TOOLS PROBABILISTIC THINKING IN STRATEGY DATA ENTRY AND VALIDATION TECHNIQUES PART VI: MARKET RESEARCH AND QUALITY MANAGEMENT USING EXCEL FOR QUANTITATIVE MODELING INTRODUCTION TO MARKET RESEARCH DATA CLEANING AND PREPARATION DESIGNING A MARKET RESEARCH STUDY BASIC ALGEBRA AND FUNCTIONS REVIEW SURVEYS AND SAMPLING METHODS GRAPHICAL TOOLS IN DATA PRESENTATION DATA COLLECTION FOR MARKET INSIGHTS INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGY INTO QUANTITATIVE WORK STATISTICAL INFERENCE IN RESEARCH ADVANCED TOOLS FOR BUSINESS ANALYTICS CONFIDENCE INTERVALS AND MARGINS OF ERROR PART III: PRESENTING MANAGEMENT INFORMATION INTRODUCTION TO QUALITY CONTROL PRINCIPLES OF DATA PRESENTATION CONTROL CHARTS AND THEIR USES TABLES, CHARTS, AND GRAPHS TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES CHOOSING THE RIGHT VISUALIZATION METHOD STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL DASHBOARDS AND REPORTS PART VII: FORECASTING TECHNIQUES REPORTING FOR DECISION MAKERS FORECASTING I: BASIC CONCEPTS CLARITY AND SIMPLICITY IN DATA DISPLAYS TIME SERIES COMPONENTS AVOIDING MISLEADING VISUALS MOVING AVERAGES IN FORECASTING PRESENTING TRENDS AND COMPARISONS WEIGHTED MOVING AVERAGES DATA STORYTELLING TECHNIQUES EXPONENTIAL SMOOTHING EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION OF INSIGHTS FORECASTING II: REGRESSION BASICS PART IV: MANAGEMENT STATISTICS LINEAR REGRESSION APPLICATIONS INTRODUCTION TO DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS MULTIPLE REGRESSION MODELS MEASURES OF CENTRAL TENDENCY MODEL FIT AND ACCURACY INTERPRETING FORECASTING RESULTS INTRODUCTION TO SIMULATION MODELING PART VIII: OPTIMIZATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT THE ROLE OF SIMULATION IN SYSTEM ANALYSIS INTRODUCTION TO LINEAR PROGRAMMING ADVANTAGES AND LIMITATIONS OF SIMULATION FORMULATING LINEAR PROGRAMS APPLICATIONS OF SIMULATION IN VARIOUS INDUSTRIES GRAPHICAL SOLUTION METHOD COMPONENTS OF A SIMULATION MODEL SIMPLEX METHOD BASICS TYPES OF SIMULATION MODELS APPLICATIONS OF LINEAR PROGRAMMING SYSTEM BEHAVIORS AND SIMULATION OBJECTIVES INVENTORY AND STOCK CONTROL CONCEPTS INTRODUCTION TO MODELING TERMINOLOGY ECONOMIC ORDER QUANTITY (EOQ) MODELS STEPS IN A SIMULATION STUDY JUST-IN-TIME INVENTORY MANAGEMENT COMMON PITFALLS IN SIMULATION MODELING REORDER POINT AND SAFETY STOCK PART II: MODELING COMPLEX SYSTEMS REAL-WORLD INVENTORY SCENARIOS INTRODUCTION TO COMPLEX SYSTEMS PART IX: PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND SIMULATION SYSTEM DYNAMICS AND BEHAVIOR INTRODUCTION TO PROJECT MANAGEMENT LEVELS OF ABSTRACTION IN MODELING WORK BREAKDOWN STRUCTURES REPRESENTING INTERACTIONS AMONG SYSTEM COMPONENTS GANTT CHARTS AND SCHEDULING FEEDBACK LOOPS AND DELAYS IN SYSTEMS CRITICAL PATH METHOD (CPM) HIERARCHICAL MODELING APPROACHES PROGRAM EVALUATION REVIEW TECHNIQUE (PERT) CASE STUDY: HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS RESOURCE ALLOCATION IN PROJECTS CASE STUDY: TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS INTRODUCTION TO SIMULATION CASE STUDY: SERVICE AND CALL CENTERS MONTE CARLO SIMULATION LESSONS IN MODELING COMPLEX ENVIRONMENTS APPLICATIONS OF SIMULATION IN BUSINESS PART III: SIMULATION SOFTWARE SIMULATING RISK AND UNCERTAINTY INTRODUCTION TO SIMULATION SOFTWARE TOOLS PART X: FINANCIAL APPLICATIONS IN QUANTITATIVE METHODS FEATURES OF LEADING SIMULATION PACKAGES INTRODUCTION TO FINANCIAL DECISION MAKING GRAPHICAL VS. PROGRAMMING-BASED SOFTWARE TIME VALUE OF MONEY CHOOSING THE RIGHT TOOL FOR THE JOB NET PRESENT VALUE AND INTERNAL RATE OF RETURN MODELING WITH ARENA COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS MODELING WITH SIMUL8 CAPITAL BUDGETING TECHNIQUES MODELING WITH ANYLOGIC BREAK-EVEN ANALYSIS SIMULATION WITH PYTHON AND SIMPY RATIO AND TREND ANALYSIS INTEGRATING SIMULATION SOFTWARE WITH DATABASES RISK AND RETURN MODELS PRACTICAL TIPS FOR SOFTWARE EFFICIENCY QUANTITATIVE INVESTMENT DECISION TOOLS PART IV: REVIEW OF BASIC PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS FINAL THOUGHTS: THE FUTURE OF QUANTITATIVE DECISION MAKING FUNDAMENTALS OF PROBABILITY PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS IN SIMULATION SIMULATION MODELING MEASURES OF CENTRAL TENDENCY AND DISPERSION SAMPLING AND ESTIMATION CONCEPTS TITLE OF THE BOOK: SIMULATION MODELING: PRINCIPLES, PRACTICES, AND INTRODUCTION TO HYPOTHESIS TESTING APPLICATIONS CONFIDENCE INTERVALS IN SIMULATION PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF SIMULATION MODELING HISTOGRAMS AND FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS CORRELATION AND REGRESSION BASICS DEALING WITH INITIAL TRANSIENTS STATISTICAL PITFALLS IN SIMULATION STUDIES CHOOSING THE LENGTH OF A SIMULATION RUN APPLYING STATISTICS IN MODEL VALIDATION STEADY-STATE VS. TERMINATING SYSTEMS PART V: BUILDING VALID AND CREDIBLE SIMULATION MODELS REPLICATION-BASED ANALYSIS UNDERSTANDING MODEL VALIDITY STATISTICAL COMPARISON OF RESULTS VERIFICATION VS. VALIDATION VISUALIZING OUTPUT DATA APPROACHES TO MODEL VERIFICATION CASE STUDY: OUTPUT ANALYSIS FOR SERVICE QUEUES TECHNIQUES FOR MODEL VALIDATION PART IX: OPTIMIZATION AND EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN FACE VALIDITY AND SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS INTRODUCTION TO EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN USING REAL-WORLD DATA IN MODEL VALIDATION FULL FACTORIAL AND FRACTIONAL DESIGNS DOCUMENTATION AND TRANSPARENCY RESPONSE SURFACE METHODOLOGY MODEL REVIEW AND EXPERT FEEDBACK METAHEURISTICS IN SIMULATION REPORTING SIMULATION RESULTS SIMULATION-BASED OPTIMIZATION IMPROVING CREDIBILITY THROUGH ITERATION MULTI-OBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION IN SIMULATION PART VI: SELECTING INPUT PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION COMPARING SYSTEM ALTERNATIVES IDENTIFYING INPUT VARIABLES USING DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS IN PRACTICE COLLECTING AND PREPARING INPUT DATA CASE STUDY: SIMULATION OPTIMIZATION IN LOGISTICS DISTRIBUTION FITTING AND SELECTION BEST PRACTICES IN EXPERIMENTAL PLANNING COMMON PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS USED PART X: APPLICATIONS OF SIMULATION IN INDUSTRY USING STATISTICAL SOFTWARE FOR FITTING INTRODUCTION TO MANUFACTURING SYSTEM SIMULATION GOODNESS-OF-FIT TESTING MODELING PRODUCTION LINES TRANSFORMING DATA FOR FIT INVENTORY MANAGEMENT SIMULATIONS VISUAL TOOLS FOR DISTRIBUTION ASSESSMENT SIMULATION IN SUPPLY CHAIN DESIGN CASE EXAMPLE: INPUT SELECTION FOR INVENTORY SYSTEMS HEALTHCARE SIMULATION APPLICATIONS ADVANCED INPUT MODELING TECHNIQUES CALL CENTER AND CUSTOMER SERVICE SIMULATIONS PART VII: RANDOM-NUMBER AND VARIATE GENERATION SIMULATION IN TRANSPORTATION AND LOGISTICS INTRODUCTION TO RANDOM-NUMBER GENERATION MILITARY AND DEFENSE SIMULATION MODELING PROPERTIES OF GOOD RANDOM-NUMBER GENERATORS EMERGING TRENDS IN SIMULATION APPLICATIONS LINEAR CONGRUENTIAL GENERATORS THE FUTURE OF SIMULATION MODELING IN INDUSTRY TESTING RANDOM NUMBER GENERATORS RANDOM VARIATE GENERATION BASICS PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS INVERSE TRANSFORM METHOD ACCEPTANCE-REJECTION TECHNIQUE TITLE OF THE BOOK: PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS: FOUNDATIONS, TECHNIQUES, COMPOSITION AND CONVOLUTION METHODS AND ENTERPRISE APPLICATIONS GENERATING MULTIVARIATE DISTRIBUTIONS PART I: INTRODUCTION TO PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS PRACTICAL ISSUES IN RANDOM VARIATE GENERATION ENTERING THE ARENA OF PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS PART VIII: OUTPUT DATA ANALYSIS FOR SIMULATION UNDERSTANDING PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS IN THE WILD UNDERSTANDING OUTPUT DATA TYPES HISTORY AND EVOLUTION OF PREDICTIVE TECHNIQUES POINT ESTIMATION FOR PERFORMANCE MEASURES KEY CONCEPTS AND TERMINOLOGIES CONFIDENCE INTERVALS FOR OUTPUT ANALYSIS DIFFERENCES BETWEEN PREDICTIVE AND DESCRIPTIVE ANALYTICS ROLE OF PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS IN BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE CLUSTERING AND SEGMENTATION APPROACHES COMMON USE CASES ACROSS INDUSTRIES SIMILARITY METRICS AND DISTANCE MEASURES BENEFITS AND CHALLENGES OF PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS PREDICTING THE FUTURE USING DATA CLASSIFICATION PREDICTIVE VS. PRESCRIPTIVE ANALYTICS BINARY AND MULTICLASS CLASSIFICATION PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS IN TODAY’S DIGITAL ECONOMY EVALUATING CLASSIFICATION MODELS PART II: DATA TYPES AND EXPLORATION ROC CURVES AND CONFUSION MATRICES EXPLORING YOUR DATA TYPES AND ASSOCIATED TECHNIQUES USE OF CLASSIFICATION IN BUSINESS USE CASES STRUCTURED, UNSTRUCTURED, AND SEMI-STRUCTURED DATA FEATURE SELECTION FOR BETTER CLASSIFICATION CATEGORICAL VS. NUMERICAL DATA LIMITATIONS AND PITFALLS IN CLASSIFICATION MODELS TEXT, IMAGE, AND TIME-SERIES DATA PART VI: ORGANIZATIONAL ADOPTION AND COMMUNICATION DATA SOURCES FOR PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS CONVINCING YOUR MANAGEMENT TO ADOPT PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS TECHNIQUES FOR DATA PROFILING FRAMING ANALYTICS AS A STRATEGIC INVESTMENT DATA UNDERSTANDING AND INITIAL EXPLORATION ALIGNING PREDICTIVE PROJECTS WITH BUSINESS GOALS METADATA AND DATA DICTIONARIES BUILDING THE BUSINESS CASE FOR PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS KEY METRICS AND STATISTICAL SUMMARIES COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES FOR NON-TECHNICAL STAKEHOLDERS DATA EXPLORATION TOOLS AND PLATFORMS MANAGING CHANGE THROUGH ANALYTICS ADOPTION PART III: COMPLEXITY AND PREPARATION OF DATA DEFINING SUCCESS METRICS FOR ADOPTION COMPLEXITIES OF DATA IN PREDICTIVE MODELS TRAINING AND UPSKILLING TEAMS FOR ANALYTICS COMMON DATA ISSUES AND SOLUTIONS DEMONSTRATING ROI OF PREDICTIVE INITIATIVES CLEANING INCONSISTENT AND MISSING DATA REAL-WORLD EXAMPLES OF ORGANIZATIONAL BUY-IN FEATURE ENGINEERING BASICS PART VII: TOOLS, PLATFORMS, AND VISUALIZATION NORMALIZATION AND STANDARDIZATION TECHNIQUES BUILDING A PREDICTIVE MODEL USING MODERN TOOLS ENCODING CATEGORICAL DATA VISUALIZATION OF ANALYTICAL RESULTS HANDLING OUTLIERS AND NOISY DATA DASHBOARDS AND REPORTING TECHNIQUES DATA INTEGRATION FROM MULTIPLE SOURCES CHOOSING THE RIGHT VISUALIZATION FOR YOUR DATA AUTOMATING DATA PREPARATION PIPELINES CREATING BASIC PREDICTION EXAMPLES PREPARING DATA FOR MODELING IN REAL-WORLD PROJECTS CREATING BASIC EXAMPLES OF UNSUPERVISED PREDICTIONS PART IV: PREDICTIVE MODELING ESSENTIALS HANDS-ON PREDICTIVE MODELING WITH R APPLYING MODELS IN PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS INTEGRATING R WITH DATA PLATFORMS INTRODUCTION TO MACHINE LEARNING ALGORITHMS OPEN SOURCE VS. COMMERCIAL PREDICTIVE TOOLS SUPERVISED VS. UNSUPERVISED MODELS COLLABORATIVE TOOLS AND ENVIRONMENTS FOR TEAMS MODEL SELECTION STRATEGIES PART VIII: BEST PRACTICES AND PITFALLS TO AVOID LINEAR AND LOGISTIC REGRESSION TECHNIQUES AVOIDING ANALYSIS TRAPS IN PREDICTIVE MODELING DECISION TREES AND ENSEMBLE METHODS DEALING WITH BIAS AND VARIANCE SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINES AND K-NEAREST NEIGHBORS ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS NEURAL NETWORKS AND DEEP LEARNING ENSURING DATA PRIVACY AND COMPLIANCE MODEL TRAINING AND TESTING WORKFLOWS PREVENTING OVERFITTING AND UNDERFITTING INTERPRETING PREDICTIVE MODEL RESULTS REGULARIZATION TECHNIQUES PART V: CLASSIFICATION AND SIMILARITY ANALYSIS MODEL UPDATING AND MONITORING IDENTIFYING SIMILARITIES IN DATA VALIDATING ASSUMPTIONS AND HYPOTHESES CASE STUDIES OF PREDICTIVE FAILURES PART II: PRINCIPLES OF DECISION MAKING LESSONS LEARNED FROM REAL PROJECTS FUNDAMENTALS OF DECISION MAKING PART IX: BIG DATA AND ADVANCED APPLICATIONS STRUCTURED, SEMI-STRUCTURED, AND UNSTRUCTURED DECISIONS TARGETING BIG DATA WITH PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS DECISION MAKING UNDER CERTAINTY AND UNCERTAINTY INTEGRATING PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS WITH BIG DATA PLATFORMS BEHAVIORAL MODELS OF DECISION MAKING USE OF HADOOP AND SPARK IN PREDICTIVE PROJECTS COGNITIVE ASPECTS OF DECISION PROCESSES REAL-TIME PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS THE DECISION-MAKING CYCLE PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS IN IOT AND SENSOR DATA TOOLS FOR RATIONAL DECISION MAKING SCALABLE MODEL DEPLOYMENT TECHNIQUES ROLE OF DATA AND INFORMATION IN DECISION MAKING STREAMING DATA AND PREDICTION DECISION TREES AND FLOW DIAGRAMS CASE STUDIES IN LARGE-SCALE PREDICTIVE SYSTEMS INFLUENCE OF ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT ON DECISIONS ADVANCED TOOLS AND TECHNOLOGIES FOR BIG DATA PART III: THE DATA COMPONENT OF DSS OVERCOMING BIG DATA CHALLENGES IN PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS DATA COMPONENT OVERVIEW PART X: IMPLEMENTATION AND ENTERPRISE STRATEGY CHARACTERISTICS OF USEFUL DECISION DATA GETTING READY FOR ENTERPRISE ANALYTICS DATA SOURCES: INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL BUILDING AN ANALYTICS-DRIVEN CULTURE DATA COLLECTION AND INTEGRATION TECHNIQUES DESIGNING AN ENTERPRISE ANALYTICS ROADMAP DATA WAREHOUSING FOR DECISION SUPPORT TEN REASONS TO IMPLEMENT PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS TEN STEPS TO BUILD A PREDICTIVE ANALYTIC MODEL DATA CLEANING AND PREPARATION INTEGRATING ANALYTICS INTO BUSINESS PROCESSES METADATA IN DSS GOVERNANCE AND QUALITY ASSURANCE FOR PREDICTIVE MODELS REAL-TIME VS. BATCH DATA FOR DSS CREATING AN ANALYTICS CENTER OF EXCELLENCE BIG DATA AND ITS ROLE IN DECISION SUPPORT METRICS AND KPIS FOR PREDICTIVE SUCCESS PART IV: THE MODEL COMPONENT OF DSS THE FUTURE OF PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS IN BUSINESS MODEL COMPONENT OVERVIEW TYPES OF ANALYTICAL MODELS DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS OPTIMIZATION MODELS SIMULATION MODELS TITLE OF THE BOOK: FOUNDATIONS AND INNOVATIONS IN DECISION FORECASTING MODELS SUPPORT SYSTEMS STATISTICAL MODELS FOR DSS PART I: UNDERSTANDING DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS INCORPORATING BUSINESS RULES INTO MODELS INTRODUCTION TO DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS MODEL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS THE ROLE OF DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS IN MODERN ORGANIZATIONS MODEL BUILDING AND VALIDATION HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF DSS INTEGRATION OF MODELS INTO DSS PLATFORMS KEY CONCEPTS AND COMPONENTS PART V: INTELLIGENCE AND DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS TYPES OF DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN DSS DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS VS. OTHER INFORMATION SYSTEMS MACHINE LEARNING APPLICATIONS IN DSS ADVANTAGES AND LIMITATIONS OF DSS KNOWLEDGE-BASED DECISION SYSTEMS COMMON APPLICATIONS ACROSS INDUSTRIES EXPERT SYSTEMS FOR DECISION SUPPORT TECHNOLOGICAL TRENDS IN DSS DECISION TREES AND RULE-BASED SYSTEMS CASE STUDIES OF FOUNDATIONAL DSS APPLICATIONS INTELLIGENT AGENTS AND AUTOMATION COGNITIVE COMPUTING IN DSS CLASSES, OBJECTS, AND INHERITANCE IN DSS NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING IN DSS INTERFACES REUSABILITY AND MODULARITY IN DSS CASE-BASED REASONING MIDDLEWARE AND INTEROPERABILITY COMBINING AI WITH TRADITIONAL DSS FRAMEWORKS IMPLEMENTING DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS PART VI: THE USER INTERFACE TESTING AND DEBUGGING DSS ROLE OF USER INTERFACE IN DSS EVALUATION AND PERFORMANCE METRICS PRINCIPLES OF EFFECTIVE INTERFACE DESIGN CHANGE MANAGEMENT IN DSS IMPLEMENTATION VISUAL DESIGN AND LAYOUT FOR DSS POST-IMPLEMENTATION SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE USER EXPERIENCE AND USABILITY PART X: SPECIALIZED DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS INTERACTIVE FEATURES IN DECISION SUPPORT INTERFACES EXECUTIVE INFORMATION AND DASHBOARDS ADAPTIVE USER INTERFACES KEY FEATURES OF EXECUTIVE SUPPORT SYSTEMS INTERFACE PERSONALIZATION VISUALIZATION IN EXECUTIVE DASHBOARDS MOBILE ACCESS AND RESPONSIVE DESIGN REAL-TIME MONITORING FOR EXECUTIVES VOICE AND GESTURE INTERFACES IN DSS GROUP DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS ACCESSIBILITY AND INCLUSIVE DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS COMPONENTS OF GDSS PART VII: GLOBAL AND INTERNATIONAL DSS FACILITATING COLLABORATIVE DECISION MAKING UNDERSTANDING INTERNATIONAL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS GROUPWARE TOOLS AND TECHNOLOGIES CULTURAL FACTORS IN GLOBAL DSS USE VIRTUAL TEAMS AND DSS LOCALIZATION OF DSS TOOLS AND INTERFACES THE FUTURE OF DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION CHALLENGES CROSS-BORDER DATA INTEGRATION DECISION TREES REGULATORY COMPLIANCE IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES GLOBALIZATION OF BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE TOOLS TITLE OF THE BOOK: FOUNDATIONS AND ADVANCES IN DECISION TREES DISTRIBUTED DSS ACROSS GEOGRAPHIES PART I: INTRODUCTION TO DECISION TREES CASE STUDIES OF INTERNATIONAL DSS UNDERSTANDING THE BASICS OF DECISION TREES BUILDING GLOBALLY SCALABLE DSS PLATFORMS HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT AND EVOLUTION PART VIII: DESIGNING A DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM APPLICATIONS ACROSS DOMAINS PRINCIPLES OF DSS DESIGN STRUCTURE AND TERMINOLOGY IN DECISION TREES DSS DEVELOPMENT LIFECYCLE ADVANTAGES AND LIMITATIONS REQUIREMENTS ANALYSIS FOR DSS TYPES OF DECISION TREES SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE CHOICES DECISION TREE VS. OTHER CLASSIFICATION METHODS DESIGN METHODOLOGIES: WATERFALL VS. AGILE CASE STUDIES OF EARLY DECISION TREE USE PROTOTYPING IN DSS DESIGN VISUALIZING DECISION TREES INTEGRATION WITH EXISTING SYSTEMS REAL-WORLD PROBLEMS SOLVED BY DECISION TREES SELECTING TOOLS AND TECHNOLOGIES PART II: MAIN NOTIONS AND THEORETICAL CONCEPTS DESIGN CHALLENGES AND TRADE-OFFS DEFINITIONS AND CORE PRINCIPLES DOCUMENTATION AND SPECIFICATION BEST PRACTICES ENTROPY AND INFORMATION GAIN PART IX: ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES AND IMPLEMENTATION GINI IMPURITY AND OTHER CRITERIA OBJECT-ORIENTED TECHNOLOGIES AND DSS DESIGN OVERFITTING AND PRUNING TECHNIQUES ADVANTAGES OF OBJECT-ORIENTED DSS ARCHITECTURE BIAS-VARIANCE TRADE-OFF IN DECISION TREES DECISION BOUNDARIES IN FEATURE SPACE CONSTRUCTION OF HYPOTHESIS TREES HANDLING CONTINUOUS AND CATEGORICAL VARIABLES APPLICATIONS IN BOOLEAN FUNCTION RECOGNITION MULTI-WAY SPLITS VS. BINARY SPLITS MONOTONE BOOLEAN FUNCTIONS EXPLAINED HANDLING MISSING VALUES IN DECISION TREES DECISION TREES FOR SORTING PROBLEMS FEATURE SELECTION IN DECISION TREE MODELS SPECIALIZED TREES FOR LOGICAL FUNCTIONS PART III: OPTIMIZATION AND COMPLEXITY MINIMIZATION LIMITATIONS OF HYPOTHESIS-BASED TREES INTRODUCTION TO TREE COMPLEXITY USE OF DOMAIN KNOWLEDGE IN HYPOTHESIS TREES PRINCIPLES OF DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING IN TREE BUILDING RULE SIMPLIFICATION IN HYPOTHESIS TREES COST FUNCTIONS AND THEIR IMPACT BENCHMARK DATASETS FOR BOOLEAN FUNCTION TREES REDUCING TREE SIZE WITHOUT SACRIFICING ACCURACY PART VII: INFINITE BINARY INFORMATION SYSTEMS - PART 1 MINIMIZING TREE DEPTH AND WIDTH NATURE OF INFINITE BINARY SYSTEMS COMPUTATIONAL LIMITS IN TREE OPTIMIZATION DECISION TREE TYPE 1 EXPLAINED TRADE-OFFS BETWEEN ACCURACY AND COMPLEXITY DECISION TREE TYPE 2 EXPLAINED ALGORITHM EFFICIENCY IN TREE MINIMIZATION DECISION TREE TYPE 3 EXPLAINED SCALABILITY OF DECISION TREES IN LARGE DATASETS PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS OF INFINITE STRUCTURES REAL-TIME APPLICATIONS AND COMPLEXITY CONSTRAINTS DECISION TREE DEPTH IN INFINITE SETS PART IV: CONSTRUCTING OPTIMAL DECISION TREES HANDLING BINARY SEQUENCES OF INFINITE LENGTH DEFINING OPTIMALITY IN DECISION TREES COMPUTATIONAL STRATEGIES FOR INFINITE TREES STRATEGIES FOR FINDING OPTIMAL STRUCTURES ROLE OF BINARY LOGIC IN TREE CONSTRUCTION EXACT ALGORITHMS FOR TREE CONSTRUCTION THEORETICAL MODELS SUPPORTING INFINITE TREES DECISION RULE DERIVATION FROM TREES PART VIII: INFINITE BINARY INFORMATION SYSTEMS - PART 2 INTERPRETING DECISION RULES IN PRACTICAL CONTEXTS DECISION TREE TYPE 4 EXPLAINED CHALLENGES IN OPTIMAL TREE CONSTRUCTION DECISION TREE TYPE 5 EXPLAINED PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF OPTIMAL TREES ADVANCED STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS BALANCING INTERPRETABILITY AND OPTIMALITY MANAGING INFINITE INPUTS AND CONSTRAINTS CASE-BASED EXAMPLES OF OPTIMAL TREES INFINITE TREES IN AI AND THEORETICAL CS OPTIMIZATION TOOLS FOR TREE CONSTRUCTION DERIVING RULES FROM INFINITE BINARY TREES PART V: GREEDY ALGORITHMS AND HEURISTICS MODELING INFINITE STATES IN SIMULATIONS UNDERSTANDING GREEDY TREE ALGORITHMS PATTERN RECOGNITION IN INFINITE SYSTEMS ID3 AND ITS VARIANTS DATA ENCODING AND STORAGE CHALLENGES CART (CLASSIFICATION AND REGRESSION TREES) FUTURE RESEARCH ON INFINITE BINARY SYSTEMS C4.5 AND C5.0 ALGORITHMS PART IX: INFINITE FAMILIES OF CONCEPTS HEURISTIC RULE SELECTION DEFINITION OF INFINITE CONCEPT FAMILIES ERROR-BASED PRUNING IN GREEDY MODELS PROPERTIES AND MATHEMATICAL BACKGROUND BALANCING SPEED AND ACCURACY CLASSIFICATION IN INFINITE CONCEPT SPACES USE CASES IN REAL-TIME SYSTEMS DECISION TREE ADAPTATIONS FOR INFINITE CONCEPTS ALGORITHM COMPARISON AND PERFORMANCE METRICS INFINITE DIMENSIONS IN TREE MODELING GREEDY APPROACHES IN HIGH-DIMENSIONAL DATA OPTIMIZATION ACROSS INFINITE CONCEPT FAMILIES PART VI: DECISION TREES WITH HYPOTHESES MAPPING AND VISUALIZING CONCEPT FAMILIES CONCEPT OF HYPOTHESES IN TREE MODELS APPLICATIONS IN AI AND THEORETICAL ANALYSIS COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF TREE MODELS PART III: DECISION FRAMING AND COGNITIVE STRUCTURES LIMITS OF DECISION TREES IN INFINITE DOMAINS THE FRAMING OF DECISIONS AND THE PSYCHOLOGY OF CHOICE PART X: ADVANCED TOPICS AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS MENTAL ACCOUNTING AND COGNITIVE BIASES ENSEMBLE LEARNING AND DECISION TREES ROLE OF PRIMING AND ANCHORING EFFECTS RANDOM FORESTS AND BOOSTING TECHNIQUES CONTEXTUAL INFLUENCE ON PREFERENCES INTERPRETABILITY IN ADVANCED TREE MODELS CONSTRUCTION OF PREFERENCES IN UNCERTAIN ENVIRONMENTS HYBRID MODELS COMBINING TREES WITH OTHER METHODS COMPARATIVE JUDGMENTS AND REFERENCE POINTS TREES IN DEEP LEARNING FRAMEWORKS DECISIONAL VARIANCE AND INCONSISTENCIES RECENT RESEARCH AND INNOVATIONS DECISION-MAKING FATIGUE AND INFORMATION OVERLOAD DECISION TREES IN REAL-TIME ANALYTICS SATISFICING VS. MAXIMIZING STRATEGIES ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN DECISION TREE USE MEMORY AND ITS INFLUENCE ON DECISION RECALL EMERGING APPLICATIONS IN BIG DATA AND AI PART IV: COGNITIVE AND SOCIAL DIMENSIONS OF DECISION MAKING THE FUTURE OF DECISION TREES IN DATA SCIENCE COGNITIVE APPROACHES TO DECISION MAKING PROBLEM SOLVING AND MENTAL SIMULATION BEHAVIORAL DECISION MAKING THE ROLE OF INTUITION AND ANALYTICAL THINKING SOCIAL INTERDEPENDENCE AND DECISION MAKING TITLE OF THE BOOK: BEHAVIORAL DECISION MAKING: PSYCHOLOGICAL, TRUST, COOPERATION, AND SOCIAL NORMS CULTURAL, AND ORGANIZATIONAL PERSPECTIVES INFLUENCE OF GROUP IDENTITY ON DECISIONS PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF BEHAVIORAL DECISION MAKING GROUP POLARIZATION AND RISKY SHIFT INTRODUCTION TO BEHAVIORAL DECISION THEORIES GROUPTHINK AND COLLECTIVE DECISION ERRORS THE NATURE OF HUMAN CHOICE AND RATIONALITY COMBINING INDIVIDUAL JUDGMENTS KEY FIGURES AND MILESTONES IN DECISION SCIENCE WISDOM OF CROWDS: WHEN AND WHY IT WORKS THE ROLE OF EMOTIONS IN DECISION MAKING PART V: CROSS-CULTURAL AND SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES HEURISTICS AND BIASES IN JUDGMENT ORGANIZATIONAL, GROUP, AND INDIVIDUAL DECISION MAKING IN CROSS- DECISION-MAKING STYLES AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE LEARNING AND FEEDBACK IN REPEATED DECISIONS CULTURAL DIMENSIONS IN DECISION STYLES MORAL AND ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN CHOICES VALUES AND NORMS IN DIVERSE SOCIETIES DUAL-PROCESS THEORY IN HUMAN DECISIONS CONTEXTED DECISION MAKING RELEVANCE OF BEHAVIORAL DECISION MAKING IN MODERN SOCIETY DECISION MAKING IN COLLECTIVIST VS. INDIVIDUALIST CULTURES PART II: PSYCHOLOGY OF RISK AND UNCERTAINTY DECISION ROLES IN TRADITIONAL SOCIETIES PSYCHOLOGY OF RISKY DECISIONS COMMUNICATION PATTERNS AND DECISION PROCESSES PERCEPTION OF RISK VERSUS STATISTICAL REALITY GENDER ROLES AND DECISION AUTHORITY AMBIGUITY AVERSION AND UNCERTAINTY AVOIDANCE SOCIOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO POWER AND DECISIONS THE ROLE OF AFFECT IN RISK PERCEPTION CONFLICT RESOLUTION AND POWER DYNAMICS PROSPECT THEORY AND LOSS AVERSION PART VI: ORGANIZATIONAL AND INSTITUTIONAL DECISION MAKING TIME DISCOUNTING AND INTERTEMPORAL CHOICES DECISION MAKING IN ORGANIZATIONS THE ENDOWMENT EFFECT AND OWNERSHIP BIAS ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES AND DECISION AUTHORITY THE ALLAIS AND ELLSBERG PARADOXES REVISITED BUREAUCRATIC INFLUENCE ON CHOICES RISK COMMUNICATION AND PUBLIC PERCEPTION THE ROLE OF INCENTIVES AND PENALTIES PSYCHOLOGICAL INTERVENTIONS FOR RISKY BEHAVIOR STAKEHOLDER ANALYSIS AND STRATEGIC DECISION MAKING ETHICAL DILEMMAS IN BUSINESS DECISIONS EDUCATION AND DECISION THEORY: A PERSONAL VIEW LEADERSHIP AND DECISION RESPONSIBILITY TEACHING CRITICAL THINKING AND JUDGMENT SKILLS NEGOTIATION AND DECISION DYNAMICS LIFELONG LEARNING AND DECISION ADAPTABILITY CHANGE MANAGEMENT AND ADAPTATION CHOICE DECISION AND THE ANTICIPATION OF EVENTS CASE STUDIES IN ORGANIZATIONAL DECISIONS BEHAVIORAL DECISION MAKING IN CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT PART VII: DECISION-AIDING SYSTEMS AND TOOLS NUDGING AND BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTIONS DESIGN OF DECISION-AIDING SYSTEM ETHICAL USE OF BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE DECISION SUPPORT TECHNOLOGIES EMERGING FIELDS IN DECISION SCIENCES ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN DECISION PROCESSES DIGITAL DISRUPTION AND HUMAN DECISION BEHAVIOR ALGORITHMS AND PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS THE FUTURE OF BEHAVIORAL DECISION MAKING DATA VISUALIZATION AND INSIGHT GENERATION DECISION TREES AND PROBABILISTIC MODELS STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT COGNITIVE LOAD IN INTERFACE DESIGN USER EXPERIENCE IN DECISION SYSTEMS TITLE OF THE BOOK: STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT: CONCEPTS, CONTEXTS, SCENARIO PLANNING AND SIMULATION TOOLS AND COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE CHALLENGES IN HUMAN-MACHINE DECISION COLLABORATION PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT PART VIII: DEALING WITH UNCERTAINTY AND DESIGN DECISIONS INTRODUCTION TO STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT AND STRATEGIC HANDLING UNCERTAINTY COMPETITIVENESS PROBABILISTIC REASONING IN UNCERTAIN ENVIRONMENTS EVOLUTION AND THEORIES OF STRATEGY MENTAL MODELS OF UNCERTAINTY STRATEGIC INTENT, VISION, AND MISSION AMBIGUITY TOLERANCE AND STRESS IN UNCERTAIN CHOICES STAKEHOLDERS AND STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES DECISIONS IN DESIGN STRATEGY AS PRACTICE: PROCESS AND PERSPECTIVE RISK AND CREATIVITY IN DESIGN THINKING STRATEGIC DECISION-MAKING MODELS STAKEHOLDER INVOLVEMENT IN DESIGN DECISIONS THE ROLE OF MANAGERS IN STRATEGY FORMULATION USER-CENTERED DESIGN EVALUATION STRATEGIC PLANNING AND STRATEGIC THINKING INNOVATION UNDER UNCERTAINTY LEVELS OF STRATEGY IN ORGANIZATIONS BALANCING FUNCTIONALITY AND FEASIBILITY STRATEGIC FIT AND ALIGNMENT PART IX: FORECASTING AND CAUSAL THINKING PART II: ANALYZING THE EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT PREDICTION, DIAGNOSIS, AND CAUSAL THINKING IN FORECASTING THE EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT: OPPORTUNITIES AND THREATS FORECASTING HEURISTICS AND BIASES GENERAL ENVIRONMENT AND INDUSTRY ANALYSIS JUDGMENTAL VS. STATISTICAL FORECASTS PESTEL AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCANNING TOOLS FEEDBACK LOOPS IN PREDICTIVE ACCURACY PORTER'S FIVE FORCES FRAMEWORK FORECASTING IN NATURAL DISASTERS AND CRISES COMPETITOR ANALYSIS AND STRATEGIC GROUP MAPPING THE PSYCHOLOGY OF EXPECTATIONS MARKET TRENDS AND INDUSTRY LIFE CYCLE INTUITION IN PREDICTIVE THINKING IDENTIFYING KEY SUCCESS FACTORS A COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF OBJECTIVE AND SUBJECTIVE WEATHER GLOBAL ECONOMIC FORCES AND STRATEGIC IMPACT FORECASTS IN THE PHILIPPINES TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE AND DISRUPTION BUILDING RELIABLE FORECASTING MODELS ASSESSING STRATEGIC RISKS IN THE EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT FORECAST COMMUNICATION AND STAKEHOLDER BUY-IN PART III: UNDERSTANDING THE INTERNAL ORGANIZATION PART X: PERSONAL, EDUCATIONAL, AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS THE INTERNAL ORGANIZATION: RESOURCES AND CAPABILITIES TANGIBLE AND INTANGIBLE RESOURCE EVALUATION EVALUATING CORPORATE-LEVEL STRATEGY PERFORMANCE CORE COMPETENCIES AND COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE CORPORATE STRATEGY AND VALUE CREATION THE RESOURCE-BASED VIEW OF THE FIRM PART VII: ACQUISITION AND RESTRUCTURING STRATEGIES VRIO FRAMEWORK AND INTERNAL ANALYSIS STRATEGIC MOTIVES FOR MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS VALUE CHAIN ANALYSIS AND ACTIVITY MAPPING ACQUISITION PROCESSES AND DUE DILIGENCE INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL AND KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT EVALUATING SYNERGIES AND RISKS ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE AND STRATEGIC FIT POST-ACQUISITION INTEGRATION STRATEGIES LEVERAGING INTERNAL STRENGTHS TYPES OF RESTRUCTURING STRATEGIES INTERNAL WEAKNESSES AND STRATEGIC IMPROVEMENT DOWNSIZING, DOWNSCOPING, AND LEVERAGED BUYOUTS PART IV: BUSINESS-LEVEL STRATEGY TURNAROUND STRATEGIES AND CRISIS MANAGEMENT DEFINING BUSINESS-LEVEL STRATEGY THE ROLE OF PRIVATE EQUITY IN RESTRUCTURING COST LEADERSHIP STRATEGY FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF RESTRUCTURING DIFFERENTIATION STRATEGY MEASURING ACQUISITION AND RESTRUCTURING SUCCESS FOCUS STRATEGY AND NICHE MARKETS PART VIII: INTERNATIONAL STRATEGY INTEGRATED COST AND DIFFERENTIATION STRATEGY THE NEED FOR INTERNATIONAL STRATEGY EVALUATING CUSTOMER NEEDS AND VALUE CREATION GLOBALIZATION AND STRATEGIC OPPORTUNITIES BUILDING SUSTAINABLE COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE INTERNATIONAL MARKET ENTRY MODES COMPETITIVE POSITIONING AND INDUSTRY DYNAMICS EXPORTING, LICENSING, AND STRATEGIC ALLIANCES STRATEGY EXECUTION AT THE BUSINESS UNIT LEVEL ACQUISITIONS AND GREENFIELD INVESTMENTS ABROAD ADAPTING TO MARKET CHANGES AND CUSTOMER FEEDBACK INTERNATIONAL CORPORATE STRATEGY PART V: COMPETITIVE DYNAMICS MULTIDOMESTIC, GLOBAL, AND TRANSNATIONAL STRATEGIES COMPETITIVE DYNAMICS AND RIVALRY MANAGING INTERNATIONAL RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES STRATEGIC MOVES: ATTACKS AND RESPONSES CROSS-CULTURAL MANAGEMENT AND GLOBAL INTEGRATION MARKET COMMONALITY AND RESOURCE SIMILARITY STRATEGIC CONTROL IN INTERNATIONAL MARKETS FIRST-MOVER AND LATE-MOVER ADVANTAGES PART IX: COOPERATIVE STRATEGY AND GOVERNANCE SPEED OF STRATEGIC ACTIONS COOPERATIVE STRATEGY AND STRATEGIC ALLIANCES INNOVATION AND COMPETITIVE DISRUPTION JOINT VENTURES AND PARTNERSHIP STRUCTURES HYPERCOMPETITION AND STRATEGIC AGILITY STRATEGIC NETWORKS AND ECOSYSTEMS SCENARIO PLANNING FOR COMPETITIVE STRATEGY SUCCESS FACTORS FOR STRATEGIC COOPERATION INDUSTRY SHOCKS AND STRATEGIC ADAPTATION STRATEGIC ALLIANCE MANAGEMENT AND TRUST MEASURING COMPETITIVE OUTCOMES MANAGING CONFLICT IN STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS PART VI: CORPORATE-LEVEL STRATEGY CORPORATE GOVERNANCE: PURPOSE AND IMPORTANCE DEFINING CORPORATE-LEVEL STRATEGY GOVERNANCE STRUCTURES AND ROLES DIVERSIFICATION: RELATED AND UNRELATED EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION AND INCENTIVES PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT AND STRATEGIC BUSINESS UNITS ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND CORPORATE CITIZENSHIP RESOURCE ALLOCATION AND SYNERGIES PART X: LEADERSHIP, INNOVATION, AND STRATEGIC CHANGE VERTICAL INTEGRATION AND OUTSOURCING ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE AND STRATEGIC CONTROL SYSTEMS RESTRUCTURING AND STRATEGIC RENEWAL MATCHING STRUCTURE TO STRATEGY STRATEGIC ALLIANCES ACROSS BUSINESS UNITS STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP AND DECISION-MAKING EXIT STRATEGIES AND DIVESTITURES BUILDING AND MANAGING STRATEGIC TEAMS THE ROLE OF THE CEO AND TOP MANAGEMENT TEAM DEVELOPING A UNIQUE VALUE PROPOSITION INNOVATION AND STRATEGIC ENTREPRENEURSHIP CRAFTING A COMPETITIVE POSITIONING STRATEGY ENTREPRENEURIAL ORIENTATION AND NEW VENTURE STRATEGY POSITIONING MAPS AND PERCEPTUAL ANALYSIS DRIVING CHANGE AND OVERCOMING RESISTANCE REPOSITIONING AND BRAND DIFFERENTIATION MANAGING STRATEGIC RENEWAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING PART IV: PRODUCT AND BRAND MANAGEMENT THE FUTURE OF STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT AND GLOBAL TRENDS CLASSIFYING PRODUCTS AND SERVICES PRODUCT LEVELS AND HIERARCHIES MARKETING MANAGEMENT PRODUCT LINE AND PRODUCT MIX STRATEGIES MANAGING SERVICES AND SERVICE QUALITY TITLE OF THE BOOK: MARKETING MANAGEMENT: STRATEGIES, INSIGHTS, THE ROLE OF BRANDS IN MARKETING STRATEGY AND CUSTOMER-CENTRIC SOLUTIONS BUILDING BRAND EQUITY PART I: UNDERSTANDING MARKETING MANAGEMENT BRAND IDENTITY, IMAGE, AND PERSONALITY THE IMPORTANCE OF MARKETING IN BUSINESS AND SOCIETY BRAND ARCHITECTURE AND PORTFOLIO STRATEGY CORE CONCEPTS AND FUNCTIONS OF MARKETING MANAGEMENT MANAGING GLOBAL BRANDS THE EVOLUTION AND FUTURE OF MARKETING BRAND REJUVENATION AND REBRANDING MARKETING AND ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE PART V: INNOVATION AND NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT THE ROLE OF MARKETING IN VALUE CREATION THE INNOVATION IMPERATIVE IN MARKETING ETHICAL ISSUES IN MARKETING PRACTICES MANAGING THE NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS THE GLOBALIZATION OF MARKETING IDEA GENERATION AND CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION AND ITS IMPACT ON MARKETING PRODUCT DESIGN AND PROTOTYPING ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY IN MARKETING MARKET TESTING AND PRODUCT LAUNCH THE CHANGING ROLE OF THE MODERN MARKETER THE PRODUCT LIFE CYCLE STRATEGY PART II: ANALYZING THE CUSTOMER AND THE MARKET DIFFUSION OF INNOVATIONS FUNDAMENTALS OF CONSUMER BEHAVIOR MANAGING FAILURE IN PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT CULTURAL, SOCIAL, AND PERSONAL FACTORS INFLUENCING BUYERS INNOVATION IN SERVICES THE BUYER DECISION PROCESS OPEN INNOVATION AND CO-CREATION BUSINESS BUYING BEHAVIOR AND MARKETS PART VI: PRICING STRATEGIES CUSTOMER JOURNEY MAPPING THE ROLE OF PRICE IN THE MARKETING MIX CUSTOMER LIFETIME VALUE AND RETENTION UNDERSTANDING COSTS AND CUSTOMER PERCEPTIONS UNDERSTANDING MARKET NEEDS AND WANTS PRICING OBJECTIVES AND STRATEGIES MARKET DEMAND MEASUREMENT AND FORECASTING VALUE-BASED AND COST-BASED PRICING MARKET ENVIRONMENT AND COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS PSYCHOLOGICAL PRICING AND BEHAVIORAL CONSIDERATIONS ENVIRONMENTAL SCANNING AND SWOT IN MARKETING COMPETITIVE AND DYNAMIC PRICING PART III: SEGMENTATION, TARGETING, AND POSITIONING PRICING FOR NEW PRODUCTS PRINCIPLES OF MARKET SEGMENTATION PRICE ADAPTATION AND GEOGRAPHICAL PRICING BASES FOR SEGMENTING CONSUMER MARKETS LEGAL AND ETHICAL ISSUES IN PRICING SEGMENTING BUSINESS MARKETS MANAGING DISCOUNTS, ALLOWANCES, AND PROMOTIONS EVALUATING MARKET SEGMENTS PART VII: DISTRIBUTION AND CHANNEL MANAGEMENT MARKET TARGETING STRATEGIES DESIGNING EFFECTIVE MARKETING CHANNELS SELECTING AND ATTRACTING TARGET MARKETS CHANNEL FUNCTIONS AND FLOWS TYPES OF DISTRIBUTION STRATEGIES EVALUATING AND CONTROLLING MARKETING PERFORMANCE CHANNEL CONFLICT AND COOPERATION RETAILING STRATEGIES AND TRENDS BUSINESS RESEARCH AND THESIS WHOLESALING AND LOGISTICS E-COMMERCE AND OMNICHANNEL RETAILING TITLE OF THE BOOK: BUSINESS RESEARCH AND THESIS: FOUNDATIONS, SUPPLY CHAIN INTEGRATION IN MARKETING METHODS, AND PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS MANAGING CHANNEL PARTNER RELATIONSHIPS PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF BUSINESS RESEARCH EVALUATING CHANNEL PERFORMANCE UNDERSTANDING THE ROLE OF BUSINESS RESEARCH PART VIII: MARKETING COMMUNICATION AND PROMOTION INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT FOR DESIGNING ADVERTISING AND COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES RESEARCHERS CRAFTING EFFECTIVE ADVERTISING MESSAGES BUILDING THEORIES IN BUSINESS CONTEXTS MEDIA PLANNING AND BUDGETING THE BUSINESS RESEARCH PROCESS EXPLAINED INTEGRATED MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS FRAMEWORK ETHICAL ISSUES IN ORGANIZATIONAL RESEARCH SALES PROMOTION AND PUBLIC RELATIONS THE HUMAN SIDE OF BUSINESS INQUIRY PERSONAL SELLING AND DIRECT MARKETING RESEARCH IN A CHANGING BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT EVENT MARKETING AND SPONSORSHIPS PHILOSOPHICAL ASSUMPTIONS IN BUSINESS RESEARCH INFLUENCER AND VIRAL MARKETING TYPES OF RESEARCH DESIGNS IN BUSINESS MEASURING COMMUNICATION EFFECTIVENESS LINKING RESEARCH TO MANAGERIAL DECISION MAKING LEGAL AND SOCIAL ISSUES IN PROMOTION PART II: PROBLEM FORMULATION AND RESEARCH DESIGN PART IX: DIGITAL MARKETING AND SOCIAL MEDIA DEFINING RESEARCH PROBLEMS EFFECTIVELY INTRODUCTION TO DIGITAL MARKETING CHANNELS IDENTIFYING RESEARCH OBJECTIVES AND QUESTIONS CONTENT MARKETING STRATEGY HYPOTHESIS DEVELOPMENT AND THEORETICAL FRAMEWORKS SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS AND CONSUMER ENGAGEMENT THE ROLE OF LITERATURE REVIEWS IN RESEARCH INFLUENCER STRATEGY AND ONLINE COMMUNITIES SCOPING AND DELIMITING A RESEARCH PROJECT MOBILE MARKETING AND LOCATION-BASED STRATEGIES UNDERSTANDING ORGANIZATIONAL ISSUES IN PROBLEM FORMULATION EMAIL MARKETING AND AUTOMATION TOOLS ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN RESEARCH DESIGN DIGITAL ADVERTISING AND SEO STAKEHOLDER INVOLVEMENT IN PROBLEM DEFINITION METRICS AND ANALYTICS IN DIGITAL CAMPAIGNS DESIGNING RESEARCH FOR IMPACT AND UTILITY ONLINE REPUTATION AND CRISIS MANAGEMENT ALIGNING RESEARCH QUESTIONS WITH METHODS PRIVACY, DATA ETHICS, AND DIGITAL COMPLIANCE PART III: QUALITATIVE AND SECONDARY RESEARCH TOOLS PART X: STRATEGIC MARKETING AND RESEARCH INTRODUCTION TO QUALITATIVE RESEARCH APPROACHES MARKETING STRATEGY FORMULATION CONDUCTING IN-DEPTH INTERVIEWS ALIGNING MARKETING WITH BUSINESS STRATEGY FOCUS GROUPS AND GROUP DISCUSSIONS CUSTOMER-CENTRIC STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT CASE STUDY METHODS IN BUSINESS RESEARCH STRATEGIC MARKET POSITIONING ETHNOGRAPHY AND OBSERVATIONAL TECHNIQUES COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS AND STRATEGIC RESPONSE DOCUMENT AND CONTENT ANALYSIS TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES IN MARKETING RESEARCH USING SECONDARY DATA IN A DIGITAL AGE DESIGNING SURVEYS AND FOCUS GROUPS GOVERNMENT AND INDUSTRY REPORTS FOR BUSINESS RESEARCH INTERPRETING AND PRESENTING RESEARCH DATA ETHICAL USE OF SECONDARY AND ARCHIVAL DATA DEVELOPING AND EXECUTING MARKETING PLANS TRIANGULATING QUALITATIVE AND SECONDARY DATA PART IV: SURVEY AND OBSERVATIONAL METHODS AVOIDING COMMON SURVEY DESIGN PITFALLS FUNDAMENTALS OF SURVEY RESEARCH CREATING USER-FRIENDLY LAYOUTS MODES OF SURVEY ADMINISTRATION ETHICAL CONCERNS IN QUESTIONNAIRE DISTRIBUTION CONSTRUCTING EFFECTIVE SURVEY QUESTIONS ENHANCING RESPONSE RATES THROUGH DESIGN SAMPLING STRATEGIES IN SURVEYS PART VIII: SAMPLING AND FIELDWORK ETHICAL ISSUES IN SURVEY RESEARCH OVERVIEW OF SAMPLING TECHNIQUES MANAGING NON-RESPONSE AND BIAS IN SURVEYS PROBABILITY VS. NON-PROBABILITY SAMPLING OVERVIEW OF OBSERVATION TECHNIQUES DETERMINING THE RIGHT SAMPLE SIZE STRUCTURED VS. UNSTRUCTURED OBSERVATION USING STATISTICAL THEORIES IN SAMPLING DECISIONS RECORDING AND CODING OBSERVATIONAL DATA SAMPLING IN QUALITATIVE RESEARCH USING TECHNOLOGY IN OBSERVATIONAL RESEARCH FIELDWORK PREPARATION AND MANAGEMENT PART V: EXPERIMENTAL AND CAUSAL RESEARCH DESIGNS RECRUITING RESPONDENTS FOR STUDIES INTRODUCTION TO EXPERIMENTAL METHODS FIELDWORKER TRAINING AND SUPERVISION DESIGNING FIELD AND LAB EXPERIMENTS MANAGING FIELD CHALLENGES AND RISKS CONTROL GROUPS AND RANDOMIZATION QUALITY CONTROL IN FIELDWORK EXECUTION VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY IN EXPERIMENTS PART IX: DATA PROCESSING AND ANALYSIS CAUSAL INFERENCE AND RESEARCH VALIDITY EDITING AND CODING RAW DATA QUASI-EXPERIMENTAL DESIGNS IN BUSINESS CREATING A DATA MATRIX ADVANCED EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES INTRODUCTION TO DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS IMPLEMENTING A/B TESTING FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS AND GRAPHICAL METHODS ANALYZING RESULTS FROM EXPERIMENTS MEASURES OF CENTRAL TENDENCY AND DISPERSION REPORTING EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS FOR DECISION MAKING PART VI: MEASUREMENT AND SCALING IN RESEARCH TESTING DIFFERENCES BETWEEN TWO VARIABLES BASICS OF MEASUREMENT IN RESEARCH CORRELATION AND ASSOCIATION TECHNIQUES UNDERSTANDING CONSTRUCTS AND VARIABLES INTRODUCTION TO MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY OF MEASURES ADVANCED MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL MODELS TYPES OF SCALES AND THEIR USES PART X: COMMUNICATING AND PRESENTING RESEARCH ATTITUDE MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES WRITING A BUSINESS RESEARCH REPORT LIKERT AND SEMANTIC DIFFERENTIAL SCALES STRUCTURING THE REPORT FOR CLARITY AND IMPACT DEVELOPING SCALES FOR ORGANIZATIONAL RESEARCH DATA VISUALIZATION AND INTERPRETATION MEASURING PERCEPTIONS AND SATISFACTION PREPARING GRAPHS AND TABLES EFFECTIVELY CHALLENGES IN MEASUREMENT AND SCALING DESIGNING ORAL PRESENTATIONS FOR RESEARCH CROSS-CULTURAL MEASUREMENT ISSUES PRESENTING TO BUSINESS AND ACADEMIC AUDIENCES PART VII: DESIGNING EFFECTIVE QUESTIONNAIRES USING STORYTELLING IN RESEARCH COMMUNICATION PRINCIPLES OF QUESTIONNAIRE DESIGN HANDLING QUESTIONS AND FEEDBACK STRUCTURING THE QUESTIONNAIRE FLOW FOLLOW-UP STRATEGIES AFTER PRESENTATION WORDING AND LANGUAGE CONSIDERATIONS TRANSLATING RESEARCH INTO ACTIONABLE RECOMMENDATIONS PRETESTING AND PILOT TESTING QUESTIONNAIRES ONLINE VS. PAPER QUESTIONNAIRE DESIGN TRANSFER AND BUSINESS TAXATION DESIGNING FOR CLARITY AND PRECISION TITLE OF THE BOOK: PHILIPPINE TRANSFER AND BUSINESS TAXATION: TAX CLASSIFICATIONS OF BUSINESSES PRINCIPLES, PRACTICES, AND APPLICATIONS BUSINESS TAX VS. INCOME TAX PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF PHILIPPINE TAXATION TIMING AND METHOD OF BUSINESS TAX FILING UNDERSTANDING PHILIPPINE TAXATION FRAMEWORK COMMON MISTAKES IN BUSINESS TAX RETURNS HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF TAX LAWS IN THE PHILIPPINES LEGAL REMEDIES IN BUSINESS TAX DISPUTES THE ROLE OF THE BUREAU OF INTERNAL REVENUE (BIR) UNDERSTANDING BUSINESS REGISTRATION WITH BIR TAXPAYER RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS PART V: VALUE-ADDED TAX (VAT) SOURCES OF PHILIPPINE TAX LAWS NATURE AND PRINCIPLES OF VAT CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS ON TAXATION VAT TAXPAYERS AND REGISTRATION PRINCIPLES OF A SOUND TAX SYSTEM SALE OF GOODS AND PROPERTIES SUBJECT TO VAT TYPES OF TAXES IN THE PHILIPPINES SALE OF SERVICES AND LEASE OF PROPERTIES OVERVIEW OF TRANSFER AND BUSINESS TAXES IMPORTATION AND VAT INTRODUCTION TO COMPLIANCE AND LEGAL PROCEDURES ZERO-RATED AND EXEMPT TRANSACTIONS PART II: ESTATE TAX IN THE PHILIPPINES INPUT TAX AND OUTPUT TAX NATURE AND SCOPE OF ESTATE TAX VAT RETURNS AND FILING REQUIREMENTS DETERMINING GROSS ESTATE INVOICING AND RECORD-KEEPING FOR VAT VALUATION OF PROPERTIES FOR ESTATE TAX PURPOSES COMMON VAT ISSUES AND BIR RULINGS ALLOWABLE DEDUCTIONS FROM GROSS ESTATE PART VI: OTHER PERCENTAGE TAXES NET ESTATE AND TAX RATE COMPUTATION NATURE AND COVERAGE OF PERCENTAGE TAXES FILING OF ESTATE TAX RETURN NON-VAT REGISTERED PERSONS AND BUSINESSES PAYMENT AND INSTALLMENT OF ESTATE TAX TAX ON DOMESTIC CARRIERS AND TRANSPORT CONTRACTORS EXEMPTIONS AND SPECIAL CASES IN ESTATE TAX TAX ON INTERNATIONAL CARRIERS ESTATE TAX AMNESTY AND UPDATES TAX ON FRANCHISE HOLDERS ESTATE PLANNING AND TAX AVOIDANCE TAX ON OVERSEAS DISPATCH, MESSAGE, AND CONVERSATION PART III: DONOR’S TAX IN THE PHILIPPINES TAX ON BANKS AND NON-BANK FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES NATURE AND SCOPE OF DONOR’S TAX FILING AND PAYMENT FOR PERCENTAGE TAXES CLASSIFICATIONS OF DONATIONS WITHHOLDING REQUIREMENTS AND PENALTIES GROSS GIFTS AND NET GIFTS COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS: VAT VS. PERCENTAGE TAX EXEMPTIONS FROM DONOR’S TAX PART VII: EXCISE TAXES ON CERTAIN GOODS VALUATION OF GIFTS AND DONATIONS DEFINITION AND NATURE OF EXCISE TAXES COMPUTATION OF DONOR’S TAX EXCISE TAXES ON ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES FILING AND PAYMENT PROCEDURES EXCISE TAXES ON TOBACCO PRODUCTS CROSS-BORDER AND FOREIGN DONATIONS EXCISE TAXES ON PETROLEUM PRODUCTS COMMON ERRORS AND ISSUES IN DONOR’S TAX EXCISE TAXES ON AUTOMOBILES AND MINERALS PLANNING GIFTS FOR TAX EFFICIENCY EXCISE TAX ON SWEETENED BEVERAGES PART IV: FUNDAMENTALS OF BUSINESS TAXATION EXCISE TAX FILING AND PAYMENT BUSINESS TAXATION OVERVIEW MONITORING AND COMPLIANCE PROCEDURES NATURE AND KINDS OF BUSINESS TAXES IMPORTATION AND EXCISE TAXES BASIS OF BUSINESS TAXATION PENALTIES FOR EXCISE TAX VIOLATIONS TAXABLE PERSONS AND ENTITIES PART VIII: DOCUMENTARY STAMP TAX (DST) NATURE AND SCOPE OF DOCUMENTARY STAMP TAX THE ROLE OF PREFERENCES AND PRIORITIES IN DECISION MAKING LEGAL DOCUMENTS SUBJECT TO DST HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF MCDM TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING REAL PROPERTY KEY CONCEPTS IN MULTI-CRITERIA EVALUATION SHARE CERTIFICATES AND DEBT INSTRUMENTS THE IMPORTANCE OF TRADE-OFFS AND VALUE JUDGMENTS LEASING, MORTGAGES, AND BONDS BASIC TERMINOLOGY AND MATHEMATICAL NOTATION DST ON BANK TRANSACTIONS STRUCTURE AND TYPES OF DECISION PROBLEMS COMPUTATION AND APPLICATION OF DST RATIONALITY AND DECISION QUALITY FILING AND PAYMENT PROCEDURES THE ROLE OF MCDM IN MODERN DECISION SCIENCE DST EXEMPTIONS AND SPECIAL RULES REAL-LIFE EXAMPLES OF MULTI-CRITERIA PROBLEMS BIR AUDITS AND ISSUES ON DST PART II: MCDM IN MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS RESEARCH PART IX: PENALTIES, OFFENSES, AND COMPLIANCE APPLICATIONS IN STRATEGIC AND OPERATIONAL DECISION MAKING STATUTORY OFFENSES IN BUSINESS TAXATION INTEGRATING MCDM INTO MANAGEMENT SCIENCES TAX EVASION AND AVOIDANCE: KEY DIFFERENCES ROLE OF MCDM IN POLICY AND PLANNING CIVIL AND CRIMINAL PENALTIES DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS USING MCDM COMPROMISE PENALTIES AND SETTLEMENT USE OF MCDM IN INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING FALSE RETURNS AND FAILURE TO FILE SUPPLY CHAIN DECISIONS INVOLVING MULTIPLE CRITERIA FAILURE TO WITHHOLD AND REMIT CASE STUDIES IN MCDM AND OPERATIONS RESEARCH PENALTIES ON NON-ISSUANCE OF RECEIPTS MULTI-CRITERIA APPROACHES IN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT BIR ASSESSMENT AND AUDIT PROCEDURES EVALUATION OF ALTERNATIVE BUSINESS STRATEGIES LEGAL REMEDIES AND PROTEST MECHANISMS LESSONS FROM PRACTICAL IMPLEMENTATION IN BUSINESS TAXPAYER COMPLIANCE PROGRAMS PART III: THE DECISION PROCESS AND STAGES OF ANALYSIS PART X: LOCAL TAXATION AND FINAL NOTES UNDERSTANDING THE DECISION PROCESS FLOW LOCAL TAXATION: PRINCIPLES AND LEGAL BASIS IDENTIFYING STAKEHOLDERS AND OBJECTIVES LOCAL BUSINESS TAXES IMPOSED BY LGUS STRUCTURING THE DECISION HIERARCHY COMMUNITY TAX AND MAYOR’S PERMIT IDENTIFYING CONSTRAINTS AND GOALS REAL PROPERTY TAXES AND SPECIAL LEVIES DATA COLLECTION AND CRITERIA DEFINITION BARANGAY TAXES AND FEES EXPLORING THE DECISION ENVIRONMENT COORDINATION BETWEEN BIR AND LGUS IDENTIFYING RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES LOCAL INCENTIVES AND EXEMPTIONS EVALUATING ALTERNATIVES STEP-BY-STEP DISPUTES AND APPEALS IN LOCAL TAXATION MAKING THE FINAL DECISION INTEGRATING NATIONAL AND LOCAL COMPLIANCE POST-DECISION ASSESSMENT AND LEARNING FINAL REFLECTIONS ON PHILIPPINE TAX PRACTICE PART IV: ALTERNATIVES AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION GENERATING AND SCREENING ALTERNATIVES MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION MAKING INNOVATIVE THINKING IN ALTERNATIVE GENERATION MODELING CONFLICT IN DECISION PROBLEMS TITLE OF THE BOOK: MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION MAKING: CONCEPTS, NEGOTIATION AND MEDIATION IN MCDM METHODS, AND HUMAN PERSPECTIVES STAKEHOLDER ANALYSIS IN CONFLICT SETTINGS PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION MAKING COLLABORATIVE DECISION MAKING UNDERSTANDING MULTIPLE OBJECTIVES IN HUMAN AND ORGANIZATIONAL RESOLVING TRADE-OFFS AMONG CONFLICTING GOALS CONTEXTS WIN-WIN SOLUTIONS IN MULTI-PARTY DECISIONS ETHICS AND FAIRNESS IN CONFLICT RESOLUTION WEIGHTED, LEXICOGRAPHIC, AND MINIMAX GOAL PROGRAMMING DECISION PROCESSES IN PUBLIC AND SOCIAL SECTORS CASE STUDIES USING GOAL PROGRAMMING PART V: THEORY OF THE DISPLACED IDEAL COMPROMISE PROGRAMMING AND ITS CORE PRINCIPLES INTRODUCTION TO THE DISPLACED IDEAL CONCEPT LP-METRIC AND TRADE-OFF ANALYSIS MATHEMATICAL FOUNDATION OF DISPLACED IDEAL VISUALIZING COMPROMISE SOLUTIONS COMPARISON WITH IDEAL AND ANTI-IDEAL SOLUTIONS SOFTWARE TOOLS FOR MULTIOBJECTIVE PROGRAMMING BENEFITS OF THE DISPLACED IDEAL IN COMPLEX PROBLEMS PART IX: HUMAN-CENTERED APPROACHES IN DECISION MAKING VISUALIZATION TECHNIQUES FOR IDEAL DISPLACEMENT RISK PERCEPTION AND DECISION CONTEXT CRITERIA WEIGHTING IN DISPLACED IDEAL MODELS MULTIDIMENSIONAL MEASURES OF RISK IDEAL DISTANCE METRICS AND INTERPRETATION MEASURING AND AGGREGATING UNCERTAINTY CASE STUDY: DISPLACED IDEAL IN ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY MULTIATTRIBUTE UTILITY THEORY INTEGRATING DISPLACED IDEAL WITH OTHER MCDM MODELS BUILDING UTILITY FUNCTIONS FOR COMPLEX PREFERENCES CRITIQUES AND LIMITATIONS OF THE DISPLACED IDEAL THEORY COMPARING ALTERNATIVES UNDER UNCERTAINTY PART VI: OPERATIONALIZING THE DISPLACED IDEAL REGRESSION ANALYSIS OF HUMAN JUDGMENT OPERATIONAL MODEL OF DISPLACED IDEAL EXPLAINED MODELING HUMAN INTUITION IN DECISIONS MATHEMATICAL IMPLEMENTATION AND ALGORITHMS ROLE OF EMOTIONS AND BIASES IN DECISION MAKING NORMALIZATION TECHNIQUES FOR DIVERSE CRITERIA BEHAVIORAL DECISION THEORY AND MCDM DISTANCE-BASED APPROACHES TO RANKING ALTERNATIVES PART X: REFLECTING ON MCDM AS A HUMAN ENTERPRISE SOFTWARE TOOLS FOR MODELING DISPLACED IDEAL DECISION MAKING IS A VERY HUMAN BUSINESS SOLVING MULTI-CRITERIA TRANSPORTATION PROBLEMS ETHICAL DECISION MAKING IN MCDM DISPLACED IDEAL IN HEALTH AND SAFETY DECISIONS CROSS-CULTURAL CONSIDERATIONS IN DECISION MODELS PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS IN URBAN PLANNING INDIVIDUAL VS. GROUP DECISION APPROACHES HYBRID MODELS USING THE DISPLACED IDEAL FRAMEWORK STORYTELLING AND NARRATIVE IN MULTI-CRITERIA EVALUATION FUTURE DIRECTIONS IN DISPLACED IDEAL RESEARCH FUTURE TRENDS IN HUMAN-CENTRIC MCDM PART VII: ATTRIBUTE MEASUREMENT AND IMPORTANCE EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN MCDM TOOLS MEASURING ATTRIBUTE IMPORTANCE: CONCEPTS AND METHODS DEVELOPING USER-FRIENDLY MCDM INTERFACES DIRECT RATING AND SWING WEIGHTING INTEGRATING MCDM IN ORGANIZATIONAL STRATEGY PAIRWISE COMPARISON TECHNIQUES FINAL THOUGHTS: THE ART AND SCIENCE OF DECISION MAKING RANK ORDER CENTROID METHOD USE OF EXPERT JUDGMENTS IN WEIGHT DERIVATION STOCHASTIC PROCESSES SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS ON ATTRIBUTE WEIGHTS IMPACT OF WEIGHTING ON DECISION OUTCOMES TITLE OF THE BOOK: STOCHASTIC PROCESSES: THEORY, APPLICATIONS, AND ATTRIBUTE SCALING AND UTILITY NORMALIZATION PROBABILISTIC DYNAMICS COMMON ERRORS IN WEIGHT ASSIGNMENT PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF STOCHASTIC PROCESSES ADVANCED TECHNIQUES IN ATTRIBUTE PRIORITIZATION INTRODUCTION TO PROBABILITY AND RANDOMNESS PART VIII: ADVANCED MCDM MODELS ESSENTIAL SET THEORY AND FUNCTIONS LINEAR MULTIOBJECTIVE PROGRAMMING FUNDAMENTALS PROBABILITY SPACES AND Σ-ALGEBRAS FORMULATING AND SOLVING LP WITH MULTIPLE GOALS RANDOM VARIABLES AND EXPECTATION APPLICATIONS OF LINEAR PROGRAMMING IN MCDM CONDITIONAL PROBABILITY AND INDEPENDENCE INTRODUCTION TO GOAL PROGRAMMING TECHNIQUES CONVERGENCE OF RANDOM VARIABLES BASIC LIMIT THEOREMS KOLMOGOROV FORWARD AND BACKWARD EQUATIONS DISCRETE AND CONTINUOUS DISTRIBUTIONS BIRTH-DEATH PROCESSES INTRODUCTION TO STOCHASTIC PROCESSES TIME HOMOGENEITY AND EMBEDDED CHAINS APPLICATIONS OF BASIC PROBABILITY IN STOCHASTIC CONTEXTS STEADY-STATE BEHAVIOR IN CTMCS PART II: THE POISSON PROCESS AND ITS VARIANTS QUEUEING MODELS WITH CTMCS DEFINITION AND PROPERTIES OF POISSON PROCESSES APPLICATIONS IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS INTERARRIVAL TIMES AND THE EXPONENTIAL DISTRIBUTION MODELING POPULATION DYNAMICS HOMOGENEOUS VS NON-HOMOGENEOUS POISSON PROCESSES SIMULATION OF CTMCS IN SOFTWARE SUPERPOSITION AND DECOMPOSITION PART VI: MARTINGALES AND THEIR PROPERTIES COMPOUND POISSON PROCESSES DEFINITION AND EXAMPLES OF MARTINGALES SPATIAL POISSON PROCESSES MARTINGALE TRANSFORMS THINNING OF POISSON PROCESSES SUBMARTINGALES AND SUPERMARTINGALES APPLICATIONS IN QUEUEING THEORY MARTINGALE CONVERGENCE THEOREMS APPLICATIONS IN RELIABILITY AND INVENTORY MODELS OPTIONAL STOPPING THEOREM SIMULATION TECHNIQUES FOR POISSON PROCESSES APPLICATIONS IN GAMBLING AND FAIR GAMES PART III: RENEWAL THEORY AND ITS EXTENSIONS MARTINGALES IN FINANCE AND OPTION PRICING INTRODUCTION TO RENEWAL PROCESSES PREDICTABLE PROCESSES AND FILTRATIONS RENEWAL FUNCTION AND EQUATION QUADRATIC VARIATION AND DOOB’S DECOMPOSITION KEY RENEWAL THEOREM ADVANCED TOPICS IN MARTINGALE THEORY ELEMENTARY RENEWAL THEOREM PART VII: RANDOM WALKS AND APPLICATIONS DELAYED AND EQUILIBRIUM RENEWAL PROCESSES SIMPLE SYMMETRIC RANDOM WALK AGE AND EXCESS LIFE PROCESSES RECURRENCE AND TRANSIENCE IN RANDOM WALKS APPLICATIONS TO REPLACEMENT POLICIES LAW OF LARGE NUMBERS FOR RANDOM WALKS RENEWAL REWARD PROCESSES RANDOM WALKS IN HIGHER DIMENSIONS LIMIT THEOREMS IN RENEWAL THEORY GAMBLER’S RUIN PROBLEM RENEWAL THEORY IN REAL-WORLD ENGINEERING SYSTEMS ABSORPTION PROBABILITIES PART IV: DISCRETE-TIME MARKOV CHAINS REFLECTING AND ABSORBING BARRIERS DEFINITIONS AND TRANSITION PROBABILITIES RANDOM WALKS WITH DRIFT CLASSIFICATION OF STATES ELECTRICAL NETWORK ANALOGY FIRST PASSAGE TIMES RANDOM WALKS IN ALGORITHMIC APPLICATIONS PERIODICITY AND RECURRENCE PART VIII: BROWNIAN MOTION AND MARKOV PROCESSES STATIONARY DISTRIBUTIONS DEFINING STANDARD BROWNIAN MOTION LIMITING BEHAVIOR OF MARKOV CHAINS PROPERTIES OF BROWNIAN MOTION TIME REVERSIBILITY IN MARKOV CHAINS CONTINUITY AND NOWHERE DIFFERENTIABILITY ABSORBING CHAINS AND FUNDAMENTAL MATRIX MARTINGALE PROPERTIES OF BROWNIAN MOTION APPLICATIONS IN BIOLOGY AND ECONOMICS BROWNIAN MOTION AS A LIMIT OF RANDOM WALKS COMPUTER SIMULATIONS OF MARKOV CHAINS BROWNIAN MOTION WITH DRIFT AND SCALING PART V: CONTINUOUS-TIME MARKOV CHAINS MARKOV PROPERTIES AND STRONG MARKOV PROPERTY CONTINUOUS-TIME MARKOV CHAIN (CTMC) FUNDAMENTALS DIFFUSION PROCESSES AND STOCHASTIC CALCULUS BASICS TRANSITION RATE MATRIX (Q-MATRIX) STOCHASTIC DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS APPLICATIONS IN PHYSICS AND FINANCE DEFINING THE SIMPLE LINEAR REGRESSION EQUATION PART IX: STOCHASTIC ORDER RELATIONS ESTIMATING PARAMETERS USING ORDINARY LEAST SQUARES INTRODUCTION TO STOCHASTIC ORDERING ASSUMPTIONS OF THE CLASSICAL LINEAR MODEL USUAL STOCHASTIC ORDER PROPERTIES OF OLS ESTIMATORS LIKELIHOOD RATIO AND HAZARD RATE ORDERS HYPOTHESIS TESTING IN SIMPLE REGRESSION CONVEX AND SUPERMODULAR ORDERS CONFIDENCE INTERVALS AND PREDICTION APPLICATIONS IN RELIABILITY AND RISK ANALYSIS MODEL FIT AND R-SQUARED STOCHASTIC DOMINANCE IN ECONOMICS VIOLATIONS OF OLS ASSUMPTIONS IN SIMPLE REGRESSION ORDERING OF QUEUES AND SERVICE SYSTEMS APPLICATION OF SIMPLE REGRESSION TO ECONOMIC QUESTIONS TECHNIQUES FOR ESTABLISHING STOCHASTIC ORDER REAL-WORLD CASE STUDIES WITH SIMPLE REGRESSION COUPLING AND COMPARATIVE METHODS PART III: MULTIPLE REGRESSION ANALYSIS – ESTIMATION AND INFERENCE REAL-LIFE DECISION-MAKING USING STOCHASTIC ORDER THE MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION MODEL PART X: POISSON APPROXIMATIONS AND ADVANCED TOPICS ESTIMATING COEFFICIENTS IN MULTIPLE REGRESSION INTRODUCTION TO POISSON APPROXIMATION THEORY INTERPRETATION OF MULTIPLE REGRESSION COEFFICIENTS LAW OF SMALL NUMBERS ASSUMPTIONS IN THE MULTIPLE REGRESSION CONTEXT STEIN’S METHOD FOR POISSON APPROXIMATION MULTICOLLINEARITY: DETECTION AND CONSEQUENCES APPLICATIONS IN RARE EVENT MODELING HYPOTHESIS TESTING IN MULTIPLE REGRESSION TOTAL VARIATION AND DISTRIBUTIONAL BOUNDS JOINT HYPOTHESIS TESTS AND F-STATISTICS APPROXIMATION OF BINOMIAL BY POISSON ADJUSTED R-SQUARED AND MODEL COMPARISON APPLICATIONS IN NETWORK TRAFFIC EVALUATING MODEL SPECIFICATION REAL-WORLD DATA AND POISSON FITTING PRACTICAL EXAMPLES WITH MULTIPLE REGRESSION MIXED POISSON PROCESSES PART IV: ASYMPTOTICS, EXTENSIONS, AND QUALITATIVE DATA FUTURE DIRECTIONS IN STOCHASTIC PROCESS RESEARCH UNDERSTANDING OLS IN LARGE SAMPLES CONSISTENCY AND ASYMPTOTIC NORMALITY ECONOMETRICS LIMITATIONS OF SMALL SAMPLE RESULTS USING DUMMY VARIABLES FOR CATEGORICAL DATA TITLE OF THE BOOK: ECONOMETRICS: METHODS, MODELS, AND INTERACTION TERMS IN REGRESSION MODELS APPLICATIONS IN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS REGRESSION WITH BINARY OUTCOMES PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF ECONOMETRICS AND ECONOMIC DATA USING REGRESSION FOR POLICY EVALUATION UNDERSTANDING THE ROLE OF ECONOMETRICS IN ECONOMIC RESEARCH NONLINEAR FUNCTIONAL FORMS IN REGRESSION TYPES AND SOURCES OF ECONOMIC DATA APPLICATIONS OF QUALITATIVE DATA MODELS KEY CONCEPTS: VARIABLES, PARAMETERS, AND ERRORS CASE STUDIES INVOLVING DUMMY VARIABLE ANALYSIS CROSS-SECTIONAL, TIME SERIES, AND PANEL DATA OVERVIEW PART V: ADDRESSING ECONOMETRIC PROBLEMS STATISTICAL FOUNDATIONS FOR ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS DETECTING AND ADDRESSING HETEROSKEDASTICITY THE IMPORTANCE OF DATA CLEANING AND PREPROCESSING WHITE'S TEST AND ROBUST STANDARD ERRORS INTRODUCTION TO CAUSAL INFERENCE IN ECONOMICS MODEL MISSPECIFICATION: TYPES AND DETECTION COMMON DATA PITFALLS AND MISINTERPRETATIONS OMITTED VARIABLE BIAS AND IRRELEVANT VARIABLES MEASUREMENT ERROR AND DATA QUALITY CONCERNS FUNCTIONAL FORM MIS-SPECIFICATION INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMIC MODELING WITH DATA MEASUREMENT ERRORS IN INDEPENDENT VARIABLES PART II: THE SIMPLE LINEAR REGRESSION MODEL ERRORS-IN-VARIABLES MODELS STRATEGIES FOR HANDLING SPECIFICATION PROBLEMS SAMPLE SELECTION BIAS AND HECKMAN CORRECTION TESTING FOR MODEL STABILITY COUNT DATA MODELS: POISSON AND NEGATIVE BINOMIAL CASE STUDIES ON MODEL SPECIFICATION DURATION MODELS FOR TIME-TO-EVENT DATA PART VI: TIME SERIES ECONOMETRICS NONLINEAR LEAST SQUARES ESTIMATION INTRODUCTION TO TIME SERIES DATA DISCRETE CHOICE EXPERIMENTS IN ECONOMICS THE CLASSICAL LINEAR MODEL WITH TIME SERIES DATA COMBINING MACHINE LEARNING WITH ECONOMETRIC MODELS AUTOCORRELATION AND STATIONARITY PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS OF LIMITED DEPENDENT VARIABLE MODELS TRENDS AND SEASONALITY IN ECONOMIC DATA PART X: CONDUCTING AND PRESENTING EMPIRICAL RESEARCH USING OLS WITH TIME SERIES: VALIDITY AND CAUTIONS PLANNING A RESEARCH PROJECT IN ECONOMETRICS TESTING FOR SERIAL CORRELATION CHOOSING A RESEARCH TOPIC AND HYPOTHESIS NEWEY-WEST STANDARD ERRORS DATA COLLECTION AND ETHICS IN RESEARCH MODELING DYNAMIC ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIPS LITERATURE REVIEW AND MODEL JUSTIFICATION DISTRIBUTED LAG MODELS AND FORECASTING CHOOSING THE RIGHT ECONOMETRIC METHOD REAL-WORLD APPLICATIONS OF TIME SERIES MODELS ESTIMATING, INTERPRETING, AND VALIDATING RESULTS PART VII: ADVANCED TIME SERIES AND PANEL DATA METHODS WRITING THE RESEARCH REPORT UNIT ROOT TESTS AND STATIONARITY CHECKS PRESENTING ECONOMETRIC FINDINGS CLEARLY COINTEGRATION AND ERROR CORRECTION MODELS PEER REVIEW AND RESPONDING TO FEEDBACK VECTOR AUTOREGRESSIONS (VAR) PUBLISHING AND CONTINUING RESEARCH IN ECONOMETRICS GRANGER CAUSALITY TESTING SIMPLE PANEL DATA MODELS DATA MINING FIXED EFFECTS AND RANDOM EFFECTS MODELS TESTING FOR INDIVIDUAL EFFECTS TITLE OF THE BOOK: DATA MINING: CONCEPTS, TECHNIQUES, AND ADVANCED DYNAMIC PANEL TECHNIQUES PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS PANEL UNIT ROOT AND COINTEGRATION TESTS PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF DATA MINING CASE STUDIES IN PANEL DATA ECONOMETRICS THE EVOLUTION OF DATA MINING PART VIII: ENDOGENEITY AND SIMULTANEOUS EQUATIONS KEY CONCEPTS AND TERMINOLOGIES IN DATA MINING THE PROBLEM OF ENDOGENEITY IN REGRESSION IMPORTANCE AND RELEVANCE OF DATA MINING TODAY INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLES: DEFINITION AND EXAMPLES DIFFERENCES BETWEEN DATA MINING AND RELATED FIELDS PROPERTIES OF IV ESTIMATORS ETHICAL ISSUES IN DATA MINING IDENTIFYING VALID INSTRUMENTS DATA MINING AND DECISION-MAKING SUPPORT TWO-STAGE LEAST SQUARES (2SLS) PROCEDURE OVERVIEW OF DATA MINING APPLICATIONS TESTS FOR ENDOGENEITY THE KNOWLEDGE DISCOVERY PROCESS SIMULTANEOUS EQUATIONS BIAS DATA MINING LIFE CYCLE ESTIMATION TECHNIQUES FOR SIMULTANEOUS EQUATIONS TOOLS AND SOFTWARE IN DATA MINING IDENTIFYING STRUCTURAL AND REDUCED FORM MODELS PART II: PRINCIPLES AND METHODOLOGIES CASE STUDIES IN IV AND 2SLS APPLICATIONS CORE PRINCIPLES OF DATA MINING PART IX: LIMITED DEPENDENT VARIABLES AND SPECIAL MODELS SUPERVISED VS. UNSUPERVISED LEARNING BINARY RESPONSE MODELS: PROBIT AND LOGIT UNDERSTANDING PATTERNS AND MODELS MULTINOMIAL AND ORDERED CHOICE MODELS EVALUATION MEASURES AND METRICS TOBIT MODELS FOR CENSORED DATA GENERALIZATION AND OVERFITTING ACCURACY, PRECISION, RECALL, AND F1 SCORE DECISION TREE STRUCTURES AND TERMINOLOGY CONFUSION MATRIX AND ROC CURVE ANALYSIS ID3 ALGORITHM BIAS-VARIANCE TRADEOFF C4.5 AND C5.0 DECISION TREES FEATURE ENGINEERING PRINCIPLES CART (CLASSIFICATION AND REGRESSION TREES) MODEL SELECTION AND VALIDATION TECHNIQUES PRUNING AND TREE OPTIMIZATION PART III: DATA PREPARATION AND EXPLORATION SPLITTING CRITERIA: GINI AND ENTROPY UNDERSTANDING DATA TYPES AND FORMATS OVERFITTING IN DECISION TREES HANDLING MISSING DATA VISUALIZING AND INTERPRETING TREES DATA CLEANING AND TRANSFORMATION TECHNIQUES REAL-WORLD USES OF DECISION TREES FEATURE SELECTION AND DIMENSIONALITY REDUCTION PART VII: OTHER CLASSIFICATION TECHNIQUES OUTLIER DETECTION METHODS NAÏVE BAYES CLASSIFICATION NORMALIZATION AND STANDARDIZATION K-NEAREST NEIGHBORS (KNN) DATA INTEGRATION AND AGGREGATION SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINES (SVM) VISUALIZATION TECHNIQUES FOR DATA EXPLORATION NEURAL NETWORKS FOR CLASSIFICATION EXPLORATORY DATA ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES LOGISTIC REGRESSION FOR CLASSIFICATION TASKS PRACTICAL TOOLS FOR DATA PREPROCESSING ENSEMBLE METHODS: BAGGING AND BOOSTING PART IV: FUNDAMENTALS OF CLUSTERING RANDOM FORESTS AND GRADIENT BOOSTING INTRODUCTION TO CLUSTERING MODEL EVALUATION AND COMPARISON TYPES OF CLUSTERING ALGORITHMS MULTI-CLASS AND MULTI-LABEL CLASSIFICATION K-MEANS CLUSTERING METHOD DEEP LEARNING APPROACHES TO CLASSIFICATION HIERARCHICAL CLUSTERING METHOD PART VIII: BOOLEAN ASSOCIATION RULE DISCOVERY DENSITY-BASED CLUSTERING BASICS BASICS OF ASSOCIATION RULE MINING EVALUATION OF CLUSTERING RESULTS MARKET BASKET ANALYSIS CHOOSING THE RIGHT NUMBER OF CLUSTERS APRIORI ALGORITHM DISTANCE MEASURES IN CLUSTERING FP-GROWTH ALGORITHM LIMITATIONS OF BASIC CLUSTERING TECHNIQUES RULE GENERATION AND CONFIDENCE MEASURES CASE STUDIES IN BASIC CLUSTERING INTERESTINGNESS OF RULES PART V: ADVANCED CLUSTERING TECHNIQUES CONSTRAINTS AND PRUNING TECHNIQUES MODEL-BASED CLUSTERING APPLICATIONS IN RETAIL AND E-COMMERCE DBSCAN AND OPTICS ALGORITHMS PERFORMANCE ISSUES IN RULE MINING SPECTRAL CLUSTERING TECHNIQUES CASE STUDIES OF BOOLEAN RULE DISCOVERY FUZZY CLUSTERING AND SOFT ASSIGNMENTS PART IX: ADVANCED ASSOCIATION RULE TECHNIQUES SUBSPACE AND BICLUSTERING MINING QUANTITATIVE ASSOCIATION RULES HIGH-DIMENSIONAL CLUSTERING CHALLENGES SEQUENTIAL PATTERN MINING CLUSTERING CATEGORICAL DATA MULTI-LEVEL ASSOCIATION RULES INCREMENTAL CLUSTERING TECHNIQUES MULTI-DIMENSIONAL ASSOCIATION RULES APPLICATIONS OF ADVANCED CLUSTERING TEMPORAL ASSOCIATION RULES COMPARISON AND BENCHMARKING OF CLUSTERING ALGORITHMS STATISTICAL MEASURES FOR RULE EVALUATION PART VI: DECISION TREE TECHNIQUES FOR CLASSIFICATION REDUNDANCY AND RULE FILTERING INTRODUCTION TO CLASSIFICATION SCALABLE ALGORITHMS FOR RULE MINING TEXT AND WEB MINING WITH ASSOCIATION RULES PART III: THE SIMPLEX METHOD ADVANCED APPLICATIONS IN BIOINFORMATICS AND HEALTHCARE INTRODUCTION TO THE SIMPLEX ALGORITHM PART X: PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS ALGEBRAIC FORM OF THE SIMPLEX DATA MINING IN BUSINESS AND MARKETING PIVOTS AND TABLEAUS DATA MINING IN HEALTHCARE ANALYTICS BASIC AND NON-BASIC VARIABLES APPLICATIONS IN FINANCE AND FRAUD DETECTION FEASIBLE DIRECTIONS AND OBJECTIVE FUNCTION DATA MINING FOR CYBERSECURITY PIVOT RULES AND DECISION CRITERIA DATA MINING IN SOCIAL MEDIA AND WEB ANALYTICS DEGENERACY AND CYCLING BIG DATA AND CLOUD-BASED DATA MINING IMPLEMENTATION ISSUES IN SIMPLEX OPEN SOURCE TOOLS AND PLATFORMS INTERPRETING SIMPLEX RESULTS DATA MINING PROJECTS AND BEST PRACTICES VISUALIZING THE SIMPLEX PATH TRENDS AND INNOVATIONS IN DATA MINING PART IV: INITIALIZATION AND CONVERGENCE FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS AND CHALLENGES IN DATA MINING FINDING AN INITIAL BASIC FEASIBLE SOLUTION ARTIFICIAL VARIABLE TECHNIQUES LINEAR PROGRAMMING THE TWO-PHASE METHOD THE BIG M METHOD TITLE OF THE BOOK: LINEAR PROGRAMMING: THEORY, METHODS, AND CONVERGENCE PROPERTIES OF SIMPLEX APPLICATIONS BLAND’S RULE AND ANTI-CYCLING MEASURES PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF LINEAR PROGRAMMING BASIS UPDATES AND MATRIX INVERSIONS UNDERSTANDING THE ROLE OF LINEAR PROGRAMMING IN OPTIMIZATION ITERATION LIMITS AND ALGORITHM TERMINATION HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT AND REAL-WORLD APPLICATIONS RESTART STRATEGIES AND PERFORMANCE FORMULATION OF LINEAR PROGRAMMING MODELS INITIALIZATION METHODS IN REAL PROBLEMS ASSUMPTIONS UNDERLYING LINEAR PROGRAMMING PART V: SPECIALIZED SIMPLEX TECHNIQUES STRUCTURE OF LINEAR PROGRAMMING PROBLEMS REVISED SIMPLEX METHOD MATHEMATICAL NOTATION AND STANDARD FORMS DUAL SIMPLEX METHOD GRAPHICAL METHOD FOR TWO-VARIABLE PROBLEMS BOUNDED VARIABLE SIMPLEX FEASIBILITY, BOUNDEDNESS, AND OPTIMALITY CONCEPTS CRASHING AND ACCELERATION TECHNIQUES PROBLEM CLASSIFICATION AND TYPES PRIMAL-DUAL ALGORITHMS IMPORTANCE OF LINEAR PROGRAMMING IN DECISION-MAKING MAINTAINING FEASIBILITY AND OPTIMALITY PART II: MATHEMATICAL BACKGROUND AND POLYHEDRAL GEOMETRY OPTIMALITY CONDITIONS AND ECONOMIC INTERPRETATION ESSENTIALS OF LINEAR ALGEBRA MULTIPLE SOLUTIONS AND ALTERNATIVE OPTIMA MATRIX REPRESENTATION IN OPTIMIZATION UNBOUNDEDNESS AND INFEASIBILITY HANDLING VECTORS, BASES, AND LINEAR INDEPENDENCE SPECIAL IMPLEMENTATIONS FOR SPARSE PROBLEMS CONVEX SETS AND THEIR PROPERTIES PART VI: DUALITY AND SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS POLYHEDRA AND CONVEX COMBINATIONS CONCEPT OF DUAL PROBLEMS AFFINE COMBINATIONS AND HYPERPLANES ECONOMIC INTERPRETATION OF DUAL VARIABLES CONVEX HULLS AND FACES OF POLYHEDRA WEAK AND STRONG DUALITY THEOREMS EXTREME POINTS AND BASIC FEASIBLE SOLUTIONS COMPLEMENTARY SLACKNESS CONDITIONS THE GEOMETRY OF LINEAR CONSTRAINTS FORMULATION OF DUALS FOR GENERAL LPS POLYHEDRAL THEORY IN LINEAR PROGRAMMING SOLVING DUAL PROBLEMS USING SIMPLEX SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS FOR OBJECTIVE COEFFICIENTS MODI AND STEPPING-STONE METHODS RANGE ANALYSIS OF RIGHT-HAND SIDE CHANGES THE ASSIGNMENT PROBLEM AND HUNGARIAN ALGORITHM PARAMETRIC LINEAR PROGRAMMING OUT-OF-KILTER ALGORITHM FOR NETWORK FLOWS POST-OPTIMALITY ANALYSIS IN DECISION SUPPORT MAXIMUM FLOW ALGORITHMS AND FORD-FULKERSON PART VII: DECOMPOSITION METHODS SHORTEST PATH ALGORITHMS: DIJKSTRA AND BELLMAN-FORD DECOMPOSITION IN LARGE-SCALE LINEAR PROGRAMMING MULTICOMMODITY FLOW FORMULATIONS DANTZIG-WOLFE DECOMPOSITION NETWORK SYNTHESIS AND DESIGN PROBLEMS BENDERS DECOMPOSITION INTEGRATION OF NETWORK MODELS WITH LP TOOLS COORDINATION OF SUBPROBLEMS AND MASTER PROBLEMS APPLICATIONS IN RESOURCE ALLOCATION COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS PARALLEL COMPUTATION IN DECOMPOSITION STOCHASTIC DECOMPOSITION TECHNIQUES TITLE OF THE BOOK: COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS: THEORY, TOOLS, AND COLUMN GENERATION METHODS APPLICATIONS FOR ECONOMIC DECISION-MAKING DUAL PRICING AND CUTS PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS CASE STUDIES USING DECOMPOSITION APPROACHES THE SCOPE AND PURPOSE OF COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS PART VIII: ALGORITHMIC COMPLEXITY AND POLYNOMIAL-TIME SOLUTIONS HISTORICAL BACKGROUND AND EVOLUTION OF THE DISCIPLINE EFFICIENCY AND COMPLEXITY OF SIMPLEX KEY CONCEPTS AND DEFINITIONS IN COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS WORST-CASE BEHAVIOR OF SIMPLEX PRINCIPLES OF WELFARE ECONOMICS IN CBA ELLIPSOID METHOD FOR LP MARKET FAILURES AND GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION POLYNOMIAL-TIME ALGORITHMS OVERVIEW THE ROLE OF EFFICIENCY IN ECONOMIC EVALUATION KHACHIYAN’S ALGORITHM AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CBA AND POLICY-MAKING INTERIOR POINT METHODS AND KARMARKAR’S ALGORITHM ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS AND SOCIAL JUSTICE IN CBA CENTRAL PATH AND BARRIER FUNCTIONS STAKEHOLDER ANALYSIS AND INCLUSIVITY IN EVALUATION COMPARING INTERIOR POINT WITH SIMPLEX THE POLICY CYCLE AND INTEGRATION OF CBA PRACTICAL IMPLEMENTATION OF INTERIOR ALGORITHMS PART II: EVALUATING SOCIAL BENEFITS FUTURE DIRECTIONS IN LP ALGORITHM RESEARCH IDENTIFYING AND MEASURING SOCIAL BENEFITS PART IX: NETWORK FLOW MODELS IN LINEAR PROGRAMMING DIRECT VS. INDIRECT SOCIAL BENEFITS STRUCTURE OF NETWORK FLOW PROBLEMS TANGIBLE AND INTANGIBLE SOCIAL OUTCOMES MINIMUM-COST FLOW PROBLEM FORMULATION THE ECONOMIC VALUATION OF PUBLIC GOODS NETWORK REPRESENTATION OF LP PROBLEMS IMPACTS ON HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND SAFETY NODE-BALANCE AND FLOW CONSTRAINTS ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECOLOGICAL BENEFIT ASSESSMENTS NETWORK SIMPLEX METHOD LONG-TERM AND INTERGENERATIONAL BENEFITS CYCLE-CANCELING ALGORITHMS ESTIMATING WILLINGNESS TO PAY FOR SOCIAL PROJECTS CAPACITY CONSTRAINTS AND DUAL NETWORKS THE USE OF CONTINGENT VALUATION TECHNIQUES NETWORK FLOW DECOMPOSITION TECHNIQUES BENEFIT TRANSFER METHODS AND APPLICATIONS SPECIALIZED IMPLEMENTATIONS FOR LARGE NETWORKS PART III: UNDERSTANDING INDIRECT EFFECTS APPLICATIONS IN TRANSPORTATION AND LOGISTICS MULTIPLIER EFFECTS IN COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS PART X: SPECIALIZED NETWORK AND FLOW PROBLEMS EXTERNALITIES: POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE THE CLASSICAL TRANSPORTATION PROBLEM MEASURING SPILLOVER EFFECTS IN PROJECTS LEAST-COST INITIAL SOLUTIONS FOR TRANSPORTATION MACROECONOMIC AND REGIONAL IMPACTS INDIRECT EMPLOYMENT AND INCOME GENERATION THE CONCEPT OF TIME VALUE IN ECONOMICS CHANGES IN CONSUMER AND PRODUCER SURPLUS PRESENT VALUE AND FUTURE VALUE CALCULATIONS INDIRECT INFRASTRUCTURE AND ACCESSIBILITY GAINS DISCOUNT RATE DETERMINATION METHODS GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM AND DYNAMIC EFFECTS SOCIAL DISCOUNT RATE AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS SOCIAL CAPITAL AND NETWORK EFFECTS CHOOSING APPROPRIATE TIME HORIZONS EVALUATING SECONDARY MARKETS COST-EFFECTIVENESS VS. COST-BENEFIT CRITERIA PART IV: PRICES, COSTS, AND VALUATION TECHNIQUES NET PRESENT VALUE AS A DECISION TOOL OPPORTUNITY COST AND RESOURCE ALLOCATION BENEFIT-COST RATIO INTERPRETATION MARKET PRICES VS. SHADOW PRICES INTERNAL RATE OF RETURN APPLICATIONS ADJUSTING FOR MARKET DISTORTIONS SENSITIVITY TO TIME PREFERENCES IN DECISION-MAKING VALUING LABOR AND CAPITAL INPUTS PART VIII: DISCOUNTING AND DECISION CRITERIA II PRICING NON-TRADED GOODS AND SERVICES ISSUES WITH CONSTANT DISCOUNT RATES CONVERSION FACTORS IN PRICING DECLINING DISCOUNT RATES AND SUSTAINABILITY CALCULATING BORDER PRICES AND EXCHANGE RATES INTERGENERATIONAL EQUITY AND TIME DISCOUNTING SHADOW PRICING FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES DISCOUNTING ENVIRONMENTAL AND LONG-TERM PROJECTS INCOME DISTRIBUTION AND SHADOW WAGES COMPARING MULTIPLE PROJECTS USING DECISION CRITERIA INTEGRATING PRICE ANALYSIS INTO CBA MODELS MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION ANALYSIS IN CBA PART V: VALUATION OF NON-MARKET GOODS I USING PAYBACK PERIOD IN INVESTMENT EVALUATION REVEALED PREFERENCE TECHNIQUES SHADOW DISCOUNTING FOR PUBLIC PROJECTS HEDONIC PRICING AND PROPERTY VALUE ANALYSIS THRESHOLD ANALYSIS AND MARGINAL BENEFIT TRAVEL COST METHOD FOR RECREATIONAL VALUATION CHOOSING BETWEEN MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE PROJECTS AVOIDED COST AND DEFENSIVE EXPENDITURE APPROACHES PART IX: RISK AND UNCERTAINTY IN COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS VALUE OF STATISTICAL LIFE IN RISK ASSESSMENTS TYPES AND SOURCES OF UNCERTAINTY IN CBA MEASURING HEALTH OUTCOMES AND QALYS DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN RISK AND AMBIGUITY CULTURAL AND HERITAGE ASSET VALUATION SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS FOR KEY VARIABLES ECOSYSTEM SERVICES AND NATURAL CAPITAL SCENARIO ANALYSIS AND DECISION TREES URBAN AMENITIES AND QUALITY OF LIFE MEASURES MONTE CARLO SIMULATION IN CBA THEORETICAL UNDERPINNINGS OF NON-MARKET VALUATION EXPECTED VALUE AND RISK-ADJUSTED DISCOUNTING PART VI: VALUATION OF NON-MARKET GOODS II REAL OPTIONS AND FLEXIBILITY IN PROJECTS STATED PREFERENCE METHODS AND SURVEY DESIGN ACCOUNTING FOR CATASTROPHIC RISKS CHOICE MODELING TECHNIQUES VALUING INSURANCE AND RISK REDUCTION CHALLENGES IN SURVEY-BASED VALUATION RISK MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES IN PROJECT DESIGN STRATEGIC BIASES AND HYPOTHETICAL SCENARIOS PART X: PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS AND MICROECONOMIC FOUNDATIONS DOUBLE-BOUNDED AND DICHOTOMOUS CHOICE METHODS APPLYING CBA IN TRANSPORT AND INFRASTRUCTURE VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY OF STATED PREFERENCES EVALUATING ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY WITH CBA PARTICIPATORY VALUATION APPROACHES HEALTH AND EDUCATION PROJECT ASSESSMENT CROSS-CULTURAL CONSIDERATIONS IN VALUATION URBAN AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT INTERVENTIONS TIME PREFERENCE IN NON-MARKET VALUATION INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND AID EVALUATION COMBINING MULTIPLE VALUATION METHODS INTEGRATING MICROECONOMIC THEORY INTO CBA PART VII: DISCOUNTING AND DECISION CRITERIA I CONSUMER CHOICE AND WELFARE MEASUREMENT PRODUCER BEHAVIOR AND COST STRUCTURES FORECAST EVALUATION AND MODEL UPDATING MARKET STRUCTURES AND PROJECT IMPACT MULTI-STEP AND REAL-TIME FORECASTING APPROACHES COMMUNICATING CBA RESULTS TO POLICYMAKERS PART IV: SEASONAL AND ADVANCED UNIVARIATE MODELS SEASONALITY AND PERIODIC PATTERNS TIME SERIES ANALYSIS SEASONAL ARIMA (SARIMA) MODELS MULTIPLICATIVE VS ADDITIVE SEASONAL MODELS TITLE OF THE BOOK: TIME SERIES ANALYSIS: FOUNDATIONS, FORECASTING, MODELING HOLIDAYS AND CALENDAR EFFECTS AND ADVANCED MODELING TECHNIQUES TRANSFORMATIONS TO STABILIZE VARIANCE PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF TIME SERIES ANALYSIS HANDLING SEASONALITY IN NONSTATIONARY SERIES INTRODUCTION TO TIME SERIES AND APPLICATIONS SARIMA MODEL BUILDING AND FORECASTING DEFINITIONS AND CLASSIFICATIONS OF TIME SERIES DATA DESEASONALIZING TIME SERIES BASIC COMPONENTS: TREND, SEASONALITY, AND NOISE OUT-OF-SAMPLE SEASONAL FORECASTING TIME SERIES IN ECONOMICS, ENGINEERING, AND ENVIRONMENTAL REAL-WORLD APPLICATIONS OF SEASONAL MODELS SCIENCE PART V: STATISTICAL TESTS AND OUTLIER ANALYSIS TIME DOMAIN AND FREQUENCY DOMAIN APPROACHES OVERVIEW OF UNIT ROOT TESTING OVERVIEW OF DESCRIPTIVE AND INFERENTIAL METHODS AUGMENTED DICKEY-FULLER (ADF) TEST COMMON PITFALLS IN TIME SERIES ANALYSIS PHILLIPS-PERRON AND KPSS TESTS PRACTICAL SOFTWARE TOOLS FOR TIME SERIES WORK STRUCTURAL BREAKS IN UNIT ROOT TESTING INTRODUCTION TO DATA VISUALIZATION IN TIME SERIES DETECTING AND MODELING OUTLIERS ETHICAL USE AND INTERPRETATION OF TIME SERIES DATA ADDITIVE AND INNOVATIVE OUTLIERS PART II: STATIONARY AND NONSTATIONARY MODELS OUTLIER ADJUSTMENT IN MODEL FITTING DEFINITION AND IMPORTANCE OF STATIONARITY INTERVENTION ANALYSIS METHODOLOGY WHITE NOISE AND RANDOM WALKS APPLICATION OF TRANSFER FUNCTIONS IN INTERVENTIONS AUTOREGRESSIVE (AR) MODELS PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS OF UNIT ROOT AND OUTLIER DETECTION MOVING AVERAGE (MA) MODELS PART VI: FREQUENCY DOMAIN AND SPECTRAL METHODS AUTOREGRESSIVE MOVING AVERAGE (ARMA) MODELS BASICS OF FOURIER ANALYSIS UNIT ROOTS AND DIFFERENCE STATIONARITY PERIODOGRAMS AND SMOOTHING INTEGRATED MODELS AND ARIMA SPECTRAL DENSITY FUNCTIONS STRUCTURAL BREAKS AND TIME-VARYING PARAMETERS ESTIMATION OF THE SPECTRUM PRACTICAL STATIONARITY TESTING METHODS FREQUENCY COMPONENTS IN STATIONARY PROCESSES COMPARING STATIONARY VS NONSTATIONARY MODEL APPLICATIONS FILTERING AND SIGNAL EXTRACTION PART III: FORECASTING AND MODEL BUILDING TIME-FREQUENCY ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES FORECASTING CONCEPTS AND ACCURACY METRICS HARMONIC REGRESSION AND CYCLICAL BEHAVIOR EXPONENTIAL SMOOTHING METHODS COHERENCE AND CROSS-SPECTRAL ANALYSIS BOX-JENKINS METHODOLOGY FREQUENCY-BASED FORECASTING APPLICATIONS MODEL IDENTIFICATION: ACF AND PACF TECHNIQUES PART VII: REGRESSION, GARCH, AND HYBRID MODELS OVERFITTING AND UNDERFITTING RISKS LINEAR REGRESSION WITH TIME SERIES ERRORS PARAMETER ESTIMATION TECHNIQUES AUTOCORRELATED ERRORS AND CORRECTIONS DIAGNOSTIC CHECKING USING RESIDUALS DISTRIBUTED LAG MODELS MODEL SELECTION CRITERIA: AIC, BIC, HQ ARCH AND GARCH MODELS EXTENSIONS OF GARCH: EGARCH, TGARCH INVENTORY MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL VOLATILITY FORECASTING IN FINANCE TIME SERIES WITH EXOGENOUS VARIABLES (ARIMAX) TITLE OF THE BOOK: INVENTORY MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL: REGRESSION-BASED FORECASTING FRAMEWORKS STRATEGIES, SYSTEMS, AND SOLUTIONS FOR DYNAMIC SUPPLY CHAINS COMBINING REGRESSION AND TIME SERIES TECHNIQUES PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF INVENTORY MANAGEMENT EVALUATION OF FORECAST ACCURACY IN HYBRID MODELS OVERVIEW OF INVENTORY MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES PART VIII: MULTIVARIATE TIME SERIES MODELS HISTORICAL EVOLUTION AND SIGNIFICANCE OF INVENTORY CONTROL INTRODUCTION TO VECTOR AUTOREGRESSIVE (VAR) MODELS KEY CONCEPTS: STOCK, LEAD TIME, REORDER POINTS ESTIMATION AND INTERPRETATION OF VAR ROLE OF INVENTORY IN SUPPLY CHAIN EFFICIENCY IMPULSE RESPONSE FUNCTIONS TYPES OF INVENTORY AND THEIR FUNCTIONS VARIANCE DECOMPOSITION INVENTORY CONTROL VERSUS INVENTORY MANAGEMENT VECTOR ERROR CORRECTION MODELS (VECM) COMMON INVENTORY CHALLENGES IN MODERN ENTERPRISES STATIONARITY IN MULTIVARIATE SETTINGS CLASSIFICATIONS: RAW MATERIALS, WORK-IN-PROCESS, FINISHED GOODS COINTEGRATION AND LONG-TERM RELATIONSHIPS INTRODUCTION TO INVENTORY COST STRUCTURES GRANGER CAUSALITY TESTING PERFORMANCE METRICS IN INVENTORY SYSTEMS APPLICATIONS OF VAR IN MACROECONOMICS PART II: SYSTEMS AND MODELING APPROACHES MULTIVARIATE FORECASTING STRATEGIES DETERMINISTIC VS STOCHASTIC INVENTORY MODELS PART IX: STATE SPACE AND NONLINEAR MODELS PUSH VS PULL INVENTORY SYSTEMS INTRODUCTION TO STATE SPACE REPRESENTATIONS CONTINUOUS AND PERIODIC REVIEW MODELS THE KALMAN FILTER FOR LINEAR STATE SPACE MODELS INVENTORY MODELING ASSUMPTIONS AND LIMITATIONS SMOOTHING AND FILTERING TECHNIQUES INFORMATION SYSTEMS FOR INVENTORY MANAGEMENT ESTIMATING HIDDEN STATES IN TIME SERIES INVENTORY AND ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING NONLINEAR TIME SERIES MODELING CONCEPTS VENDOR-MANAGED INVENTORY SYSTEMS THRESHOLD AUTOREGRESSIVE (TAR) MODELS CENTRALIZED VS DECENTRALIZED INVENTORY SYSTEMS SMOOTH TRANSITION MODELS DATA ANALYTICS IN INVENTORY OPTIMIZATION CHAOS THEORY AND NONLINEAR DYNAMICS ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY AND AUTOMATION IN INVENTORY CONTROL REGIME-SWITCHING AND MARKOV MODELS PART III: ONE ITEM WITH A CONSTANT DEMAND RATE REAL-WORLD USE CASES OF NONLINEAR TIME SERIES ECONOMIC ORDER QUANTITY (EOQ) FUNDAMENTALS PART X: SPECIAL TOPICS AND APPLICATIONS DERIVATION AND ASSUMPTIONS OF THE EOQ MODEL LONG MEMORY AND FRACTIONALLY INTEGRATED MODELS INVENTORY HOLDING AND ORDERING COSTS AGGREGATION IN TIME SERIES DATA EOQ WITH QUANTITY DISCOUNTS TEMPORAL SAMPLING AND ITS IMPACTS INVENTORY REPLENISHMENT TIMING AND FREQUENCY HIGH-FREQUENCY AND IRREGULAR TIME SERIES INVENTORY TURNOVER RATIOS REAL-TIME DATA PROCESSING AND FORECASTING INVENTORY VISIBILITY AND REAL-TIME TRACKING TIME SERIES ANALYSIS IN MACHINE LEARNING INTEGRATION WITH PROCUREMENT STRATEGIES BAYESIAN TIME SERIES METHODS SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS IN EOQ MODELS BIG DATA AND CLOUD-BASED TIME SERIES APPLICATIONS OF EOQ IN RETAIL AND MANUFACTURING COMMUNICATING TIME SERIES RESULTS TO STAKEHOLDERS PART IV: TIME-VARYING DEMANDS BUILDING END-TO-END TIME SERIES PROJECTS DETERMINISTIC MODELS FOR DYNAMIC DEMAND DEMAND FORECASTING TECHNIQUES SEASONALITY AND CYCLICAL TRENDS IN INVENTORY PLANNING SUPPLIER RELIABILITY AND INVENTORY PLANNING INVENTORY POLICIES FOR PERISHABLE GOODS PART VIII: MULTI-ITEM AND JOINT INVENTORY DECISIONS ROLLING HORIZON AND DYNAMIC LOT SIZING JOINT REPLENISHMENT PROBLEM (JRP) MODELS JUST-IN-TIME (JIT) INVENTORY PRINCIPLES COORDINATED ORDERING AND INVENTORY GROUPING TIME-BASED COMPETITION AND INVENTORY IMPACTS SUBSTITUTE AND COMPLEMENTARY PRODUCT INVENTORIES INVENTORY OPTIMIZATION UNDER DEMAND FLUCTUATION CONSTRAINTS IN MULTI-ITEM INVENTORY SYSTEMS MULTI-PERIOD INVENTORY PLANNING INVENTORY CATEGORIZATION: ABC AND XYZ ANALYSIS CASE STUDIES IN MANAGING TIME-VARYING DEMAND USE OF SIMULATION IN COMPLEX INVENTORY SYSTEMS PART V: MULTIPLE PRODUCTS AND LOCATIONS SERVICE PARTS AND SPARE INVENTORY MANAGEMENT INVENTORY COORDINATION ACROSS MULTIPLE SKUS PRODUCT LIFE CYCLE AND INVENTORY IMPLICATIONS INVENTORY AGGREGATION BENEFITS AND COSTS INTEGRATED PRODUCT AND INVENTORY PLANNING MULTI-ECHELON INVENTORY SYSTEMS PERFORMANCE EVALUATION IN MULTI-ITEM ENVIRONMENTS DISTRIBUTION REQUIREMENTS PLANNING (DRP) PART IX: DYNAMIC, STOCHASTIC DEMAND AND POLICY OPTIMIZATION STRATEGIC INVENTORY ALLOCATION AND REPLENISHMENT OVERVIEW OF DYNAMIC INVENTORY POLICIES LOCATION-BASED INVENTORY PLANNING INVENTORY CONTROL UNDER MARKOV DECISION PROCESSES INVENTORY CONTROL IN GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAINS APPROXIMATE DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING TECHNIQUES MULTI-WAREHOUSE OPTIMIZATION MODELS REAL-TIME INVENTORY DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS NETWORK DESIGN AND INVENTORY PLACEMENT ADAPTIVE INVENTORY POLICIES ADVANCED INVENTORY PLANNING SOFTWARE TOOLS BAYESIAN FORECASTING IN INVENTORY DECISIONS PART VI: STOCHASTIC DEMAND WITH CONSTANT LEADTIMES POLICY EVALUATION USING SIMULATION INTRODUCTION TO UNCERTAINTY IN DEMAND TRADE-OFFS BETWEEN FLEXIBILITY AND COST NEWSVENDOR MODEL BASICS CASE STUDIES IN STOCHASTIC POLICY OPTIMIZATION SAFETY STOCK CALCULATIONS INVENTORY AS A STRATEGIC ASSET REORDER POINT SYSTEMS UNDER DEMAND UNCERTAINTY PART X: ADVANCED TOPICS AND PRACTICAL IMPLEMENTATION SERVICE LEVELS AND STOCKOUT RISKS INVENTORY MANAGEMENT IN E-COMMERCE PROBABILISTIC MODELS AND NORMAL DISTRIBUTION USE SUSTAINABLE AND GREEN INVENTORY PRACTICES SINGLE-PERIOD VS MULTI-PERIOD DECISION MAKING REVERSE LOGISTICS AND INVENTORY RECOVERY TRADE-OFFS BETWEEN INVENTORY COSTS AND SERVICE LEVELS BLOCKCHAIN FOR INVENTORY TRANSPARENCY REAL-WORLD APPLICATIONS OF STOCHASTIC MODELS INVENTORY AND RISK MANAGEMENT INTEGRATION RISK POOLING IN INVENTORY SYSTEMS INDUSTRY 4.0 AND SMART INVENTORY SYSTEMS PART VII: STOCHASTIC LEADTIMES AND SUPPLY SYSTEMS MANAGING INVENTORY IN TIMES OF CRISIS SOURCES AND IMPACTS OF LEAD TIME VARIABILITY INVENTORY AUDITS AND ACCURACY IMPROVEMENT MODELING LEAD TIME UNCERTAINTY TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT FOR INVENTORY PROFESSIONALS INVENTORY BUFFERS AND SAFETY LEAD TIME FUTURE TRENDS IN INVENTORY MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL INTEGRATION WITH SUPPLIER PERFORMANCE METRICS COORDINATING PRODUCTION AND INVENTORY DECISIONS SUPPLY CHAIN OPTIMIZATION QUEUING THEORY IN SUPPLY SYSTEMS RESPONSIVE VS EFFICIENT SUPPLY CHAINS TITLE OF THE BOOK: SUPPLY CHAIN OPTIMIZATION: MODELS, METHODS, LEAD TIME REDUCTION STRATEGIES AND INTELLIGENT APPLICATIONS MANAGING INVENTORY IN MAKE-TO-ORDER SYSTEMS PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF SUPPLY CHAIN OPTIMIZATION INTRODUCTION TO SUPPLY CHAIN OPTIMIZATION PRINCIPLES STRATEGIC DECISIONS WITH PRICING INTEGRATION INFORMATION-CENTRIC INVENTORY OPTIMIZATION CONCEPTS OPTIMIZATION UNDER UNCERTAINTY IN INVESTMENT DECISIONS CAPACITATED SUPPLY CHAINS: FRAMEWORK AND STRUCTURE IMPACT OF DEMAND FORECASTING ON INVESTMENT ILLUSTRATIVE CASE 1: MULTI-TIER INVENTORY COORDINATION CASE STUDIES IN CAPITAL ALLOCATION ILLUSTRATIVE CASE 2: CAPACITY CONSTRAINTS AND EFFICIENCY PART V: E-COMMERCE AND MULTI-CHANNEL DESIGN ILLUSTRATIVE CASE 3: INFORMATION SHARING AND SYSTEM-WIDE CHARACTERISTICS OF B2C E-COMMERCE SUPPLY CHAINS OPTIMIZATION MULTI-CHANNEL DISTRIBUTION DESIGN PRINCIPLES METRICS AND OBJECTIVES IN SUPPLY CHAIN OPTIMIZATION CUSTOMER FULFILLMENT STRATEGIES IN E-COMMERCE KEY TOOLS AND TECHNOLOGIES IN OPTIMIZATION FACILITY LOCATION FOR E-COMMERCE OPERATIONS INTERDEPENDENCY OF INVENTORY, CAPACITY, AND INFORMATION INTEGRATING PHYSICAL AND DIGITAL CHANNELS INTRODUCTION TO OPTIMIZATION MODELING PLATFORMS DEMAND AGGREGATION IN E-COMMERCE NETWORKS PART II: COMPETITIVE RETAIL STRATEGIES AND DISCOUNT PROGRAMS RETURNS MANAGEMENT IN ONLINE SUPPLY CHAINS RETAIL SUPPLY CHAIN DYNAMICS WAREHOUSE AUTOMATION IN MULTI-CHANNEL SUPPLY CHAINS ADVANCE BOOKING DISCOUNT PROGRAMS EXPLAINED LAST-MILE DELIVERY OPTIMIZATION PRICE-SENSITIVE CONSUMER BEHAVIOR MODELING FUTURE TRENDS IN E-COMMERCE SUPPLY CHAIN STRUCTURES RETAILER COMPETITION AND PRICING GAME THEORY PART VI: COOPERATIVE GAME THEORY IN SUPPLY CHAINS STRATEGIC BOOKING WINDOWS AND INVENTORY IMPACT INTRODUCTION TO COOPERATIVE GAMES AND SUPPLY CHAINS OPTIMIZATION OF CUSTOMER ACQUISITION STRATEGIES SHAPLEY VALUE AND ITS APPLICATIONS QUANTIFYING REVENUE TRADE-OFFS IN BOOKING PROGRAMS FAIR ALLOCATION OF SUPPLY CHAIN SAVINGS MULTI-RETAILER SUPPLY CHAIN NETWORK IMPACT COLLABORATIVE OPTIMIZATION MODELS DEMAND UNCERTAINTY AND BOOKING DISCOUNT DESIGN COALITION FORMATION IN SUPPLY CHAINS LONG-TERM CUSTOMER LOYALTY AND DISCOUNTING POLICIES REVENUE SHARING AND COST ALLOCATION MECHANISMS PART III: LOGISTICS AND DISTRIBUTION PLANNING CASE STUDY: SHAPLEY VALUE IN TRANSPORTATION OPTIMIZATION THIRD-PARTY LOGISTICS OVERVIEW AND FRAMEWORK OPTIMIZATION MODELS FOR FAIR DISTRIBUTION LOGISTICS ROUTING PROBLEM DEFINITIONS RISK AND REWARD SHARING IN ALLIANCES INVENTORY COST OPTIMIZATION IN 3PL ENVIRONMENTS STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS FOR PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENT INTEGRATING DISTRIBUTION AND INVENTORY COSTS PART VII: FACILITY LOCATION, DESIGN, AND PRICING VEHICLE ROUTING PROBLEM WITH INVENTORY CONSTRAINTS INTRODUCTION TO SERVICE FACILITY OPTIMIZATION TACTICAL AND STRATEGIC PLANNING FOR 3PL LOCATION MODELS WITH SERVICE CONSIDERATIONS REAL-TIME ROUTING ADJUSTMENTS AND OPTIMIZATION FACILITY LAYOUT AND QUEUEING THEORY APPLICATIONS TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT FOR LOGISTICS OPTIMIZATION PRICING STRATEGY AND FACILITY DEMAND MANAGEMENT REVERSE LOGISTICS AND RETURN FLOW PLANNING WAITING TIME OPTIMIZATION MODELS ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS IN LOGISTICS DECISIONS MULTI-OBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION IN FACILITY DESIGN PART IV: FLEXIBLE RESOURCES AND INVESTMENT DECISIONS URBAN VERSUS RURAL SERVICE FACILITY CHALLENGES FLEXIBLE RESOURCE PLANNING IN SUPPLY CHAINS CUSTOMER SATISFACTION VS OPERATIONAL COST OPTIMAL INVESTMENT FRAMEWORKS FOR SUPPLY CHAIN ASSETS PRICING ELASTICITY AND SERVICE TIME TRADE-OFFS PRICING MODELS AND RESOURCE ALLOCATION INTEGRATED PLANNING MODELS FOR SERVICE NETWORKS COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS FOR INVESTMENT FLEXIBILITY PART VIII: UNCERTAINTY AND ROBUST SUPPLY CHAIN DESIGN SCENARIO PLANNING FOR CAPITAL BUDGETING UNDERSTANDING DEMAND UNCERTAINTY IN SUPPLY CHAINS REAL OPTIONS ANALYSIS IN SUPPLY CHAINS PRINCIPLES OF ROBUST SUPPLY CHAIN DESIGN BUILDING FLEXIBILITY INTO THE SUPPLY CHAIN NETWORK STRUCTURES IN LOGISTICS, TRANSPORTATION, AND IT SCENARIO-BASED PLANNING TECHNIQUES INTERCONNECTED SYSTEMS AND THEIR REPRESENTATIONS DECISION-MAKING UNDER UNCERTAINTY BASIC COMPONENTS OF A NETWORK MODEL MULTI-ECHELON INVENTORY OPTIMIZATION UNDER UNCERTAINTY TYPES OF NETWORKS: DIRECTED AND UNDIRECTED ROBUSTNESS VS OPTIMALITY TRADE-OFFS NETWORK VISUALIZATION AND MAPPING TOOLS SIMULATION MODELS FOR UNCERTAIN DEMAND APPLICATION DOMAINS OF NETFORMS IN MODERN ENTERPRISES QUANTIFYING SUPPLY CHAIN RESILIENCE PART II: CORE CONCEPTS IN PURE NETWORK MODELS REAL-WORLD ROBUST DESIGN APPLICATIONS FUNDAMENTAL MODELS FOR PURE NETWORKS OVERVIEW PART IX: NETWORK DESIGN AND MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING NODE-LINK RELATIONSHIPS AND FLOW REPRESENTATION INTRODUCTION TO PRODUCTION-DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS SHORTEST PATH PROBLEM AND ITS VARIANTS FORMULATING NETWORK DESIGN PROBLEMS MAX FLOW-MIN CUT THEOREM MULTI-PERIOD AND MULTI-STAGE OPTIMIZATION MODELS MINIMAL SPANNING TREE TECHNIQUES CAPACITY PLANNING IN NETWORK DESIGN NETWORK EQUILIBRIUM MODELS COST MINIMIZATION STRATEGIES CAPACITY CONSTRAINTS AND FLOW LIMITATIONS DEMAND AGGREGATION AND FULFILLMENT APPLICATION OF NETWORK MODELS IN TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION IN NETWORK PLANNING SOLVING PURE NETWORK PROBLEMS USING LINEAR PROGRAMMING MODELING LARGE-SCALE NETWORKS ALGORITHMIC APPROACHES TO PURE NETWORK MODELS MODEL VALIDATION AND SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS PART III: ADVANCED TECHNIQUES IN PURE NETWORK FORMULATIONS IMPLEMENTATION CHALLENGES IN SUPPLY CHAIN NETWORKS ADDITIONAL PURE NETWORK FORMULATION TECHNIQUES PART X: ADVANCED OPTIMIZATION AND INTELLIGENT APPLICATIONS MULTI-COMMODITY FLOW MODELS STOCHASTIC PROGRAMMING FUNDAMENTALS NETWORK DESIGN WITH COST OPTIMIZATION USING XPRESS-SP IN SUPPLY CHAIN MODELS DUALITY AND SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS IN NETWORKS HYBRID OPTIMIZATION METHODS: MIP AND CP INTEGRATION ROUTING ALGORITHMS IN LARGE-SCALE NETWORKS REAL-WORLD APPLICATION: CONTAINER TERMINAL SCHEDULING CAPACITY EXPANSION MODELING IN NETFORMS AUTOMATED GUIDED VEHICLE DISPATCH MODELS CASE STUDIES OF NETWORK APPLICATIONS IN SUPPLY CHAINS MULTI-MACHINE ASSIGNMENT MODELS PROJECT PLANNING THROUGH NETWORK DIAGRAMS SCHEDULING IN COMPLEX PRODUCTION SYSTEMS APPLICATIONS IN COMMUNICATION AND ENERGY GRIDS COMBINING AI AND OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES SOFTWARE TOOLS FOR MODELING AND SOLVING NETWORK PROBLEMS INTELLIGENT SUPPLY CHAIN SYSTEMS PART IV: DYNAMIC BEHAVIOR IN NETWORK MODELS FUTURE DIRECTIONS IN SUPPLY CHAIN OPTIMIZATION RESEARCH INTRODUCTION TO DYNAMIC NETWORK MODELS TIME-DEPENDENT FLOW PROBLEMS NETWORK MODELS DYNAMIC SHORTEST PATH MODELS EVOLUTION OF NETWORKS OVER TIME TITLE OF THE BOOK: NETWORK MODELS: PRINCIPLES, STRUCTURES, AND FLOW OVER TIME MODELS AND APPLICATIONS OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES REAL-TIME DECISION-MAKING IN NETWORK SYSTEMS PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF NETWORK MODELING DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING AND NETWORKS INTRODUCTION TO NETFORM ORIGINS AND USES APPLICATIONS IN TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS WHY NETWORK MODELS ARE CRITICAL IN DECISION-MAKING ADAPTIVE AND LEARNING-BASED NETWORKS EVOLUTION OF NETFORM THINKING IN SYSTEMS ANALYSIS INTEGRATION OF TEMPORAL DATA IN NETWORK OPTIMIZATION THE ROLE OF GRAPH THEORY IN NETWORK MODELS PART V: GENERALIZED NETWORK MODEL CONCEPTS WHAT ARE GENERALIZED NETWORKS? CYBERSECURITY AND RISK NETWORKS GENERALIZED NETWORK FLOW FORMULATIONS SOCIAL NETWORKS AND INFLUENCE MODELING COST TRANSFORMATION IN GENERALIZED NETWORKS AI-ENHANCED NETWORKS AND DECISION SYSTEMS MULTI-STAGE AND MULTI-LEVEL GENERALIZED MODELS PART IX: ALGORITHMS AND SOFTWARE FOR NETWORK OPTIMIZATION PARAMETRIC AND NONLINEAR FLOW MODELS OVERVIEW OF NETWORK OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHMS PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS OF GENERALIZED NETWORKS LINEAR AND INTEGER PROGRAMMING SOLVERS ENERGY AND UTILITY NETWORK APPLICATIONS SPECIALIZED NETWORK SOLVERS MIXED NETWORK MODELS WITH GENERALIZED ARCS NETWORKX AND GRAPH LIBRARIES IN PYTHON OPTIMIZATION IN GENERALIZED NETWORK SETTINGS HEURISTICS AND METAHEURISTICS FOR NETWORKS SOFTWARE IMPLEMENTATION AND CHALLENGES CONSTRAINT PROGRAMMING FOR NETWORK STRUCTURES PART VI: NETFORMS WITH DISCRETE REQUIREMENTS GENETIC ALGORITHMS IN NETWORK OPTIMIZATION DISCRETE DECISION VARIABLES IN NETFORMS AI AND MACHINE LEARNING IN NETWORK MODELING INTEGER NETWORK PROGRAMMING MODELS CLOUD-BASED OPTIMIZATION TOOLS DISCRETE RESOURCE ALLOCATION IN NETWORKS VISUALIZATION AND DASHBOARD DEVELOPMENT FOR NETWORKS VEHICLE ROUTING AND SCHEDULING AS DISCRETE NETFORMS PART X: EMERGING TRENDS AND RESEARCH IN NETWORK MODELS FACILITY LOCATION USING DISCRETE NETWORK MODELS HYBRID NETWORK MODELS AND FRAMEWORKS MODELING DEMAND POINTS AND DISCRETE SUPPLY NODES INTERDISCIPLINARY APPLICATIONS OF NETWORK SCIENCE ASSIGNMENT AND MATCHING PROBLEMS IN NETWORKS SUSTAINABILITY IN NETWORK DESIGN BOUNDED INTEGER FLOW PROBLEMS DECENTRALIZED AND BLOCKCHAIN NETWORKS DISCRETE OPTIMIZATION IN PRODUCTION NETWORKS RESILIENCE AND RECOVERY IN DISRUPTED NETWORKS CASE EXAMPLES OF DISCRETE NETWORK APPLICATIONS NETWORK MODELS IN IOT AND SMART CITIES PART VII: INTEGRATING UNCERTAINTY AND ROBUSTNESS QUANTUM-INSPIRED OPTIMIZATION FOR NETWORKS STOCHASTIC NETWORK MODELS ETHICS AND FAIRNESS IN NETWORK OPTIMIZATION HANDLING UNCERTAINTY IN NODE AND ARC CAPACITIES ACADEMIC AND INDUSTRY COLLABORATIONS PROBABILISTIC ROUTING TECHNIQUES FUTURE DIRECTIONS IN NETWORK MODELING RESEARCH RISK-AVERSE NETWORK OPTIMIZATION SCENARIO-BASED PLANNING IN NETWORKS PROJECT SCHEDULING ROBUST OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES FOR NETWORKS SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS UNDER UNCERTAINTY TITLE OF THE BOOK: MASTERING PROJECT SCHEDULING: LEGAL RELIABILITY ANALYSIS IN NETWORK DESIGN FOUNDATIONS, PLANNING, AND EXECUTION BAYESIAN NETWORK APPLICATIONS PART I: LEGAL AND CONTRACTUAL FOUNDATIONS SIMULATION OF UNCERTAIN NETWORK ENVIRONMENTS OVERVIEW OF CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT LAW PART VIII: APPLICATIONS IN MODERN INDUSTRIES LEGAL FRAMEWORKS AFFECTING PROJECT SCHEDULING TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORK TRAFFIC MODELING ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES IN CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS TRANSPORTATION NETWORKS AND URBAN PLANNING TYPES OF CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS SUPPLY CHAIN AND DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS CONTRACT PROVISIONS RELATED TO TIME AND SCHEDULING NETWORK-BASED PROJECT SCHEDULING CLAIMS AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION IN PROJECT DELAYS POWER GRIDS AND SMART NETWORKS CHANGE ORDERS AND THEIR IMPACT ON SCHEDULING HEALTH SYSTEMS AND MEDICAL RESOURCE NETWORKS TERMINATION AND SUSPENSION IN CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS NETWORK MODELS IN ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING CONTRACT LAW CASE STUDIES IN PROJECT SCHEDULING LEGAL COMPLIANCE AND DOCUMENTATION DELAY ANALYSIS AND IMPACT IN NETWORKS PART II: PRECONSTRUCTION STRATEGY AND PLANNING LEVELING RESOURCES IN NETWORK SCHEDULING INTRODUCTION TO PRECONSTRUCTION PLANNING COST-LOADED NETWORK SCHEDULES PROJECT SCOPE AND STAKEHOLDER ANALYSIS MULTI-PROJECT NETWORK SCHEDULING SETTING PROJECT OBJECTIVES AND MILESTONES CASE STUDIES IN NETWORK SCHEDULING BUDGETING AND COST ESTIMATION PART VI: NETWORK DIAGRAMMING TECHNIQUES SITE EVALUATION AND FEASIBILITY STUDIES BASICS OF NETWORK DIAGRAMMING DESIGN AND ENGINEERING CONSIDERATIONS DIAGRAMMING SOFTWARE TOOLS PROCUREMENT AND MATERIAL PLANNING CONSTRUCTING ACTIVITY NETWORKS WORKFORCE PLANNING AND RESOURCE ALLOCATION IDENTIFYING BOTTLENECKS IN DIAGRAMS RISK IDENTIFICATION IN THE PLANNING STAGE LEAD AND LAG IN NETWORK DIAGRAMS SCHEDULING READINESS ASSESSMENT DIAGRAMMING FOR STAKEHOLDER COMMUNICATION PART III: PROJECT SCHEDULING SYSTEMS COMMON ERRORS IN NETWORK DIAGRAMS INTRODUCTION TO PROJECT SCHEDULING SYSTEMS DIAGRAM VALIDATION AND VERIFICATION TYPES OF SCHEDULING SYSTEMS VISUAL AIDS AND REPORTING MANUAL VS. AUTOMATED SCHEDULING HANDS-ON PRACTICE IN NETWORK DIAGRAMMING ROLE OF SCHEDULING SYSTEMS IN PROJECT CONTROL PART VII: OPERATIONS AND EXECUTION MANAGEMENT CUSTOMIZING SCHEDULING TOOLS FOR PROJECT TYPES INTRODUCTION TO PROJECT OPERATIONS INTEGRATION WITH COST AND RESOURCE SYSTEMS MOBILIZATION AND SITE SETUP REAL-TIME SCHEDULING UPDATES SEQUENCING OF PROJECT ACTIVITIES SCHEDULING SYSTEM COMPLIANCE STANDARDS DAILY AND WEEKLY WORK SCHEDULING SCHEDULING SYSTEM DATA MANAGEMENT RESOURCE ALLOCATION AND TRACKING EVALUATING SCHEDULING SOFTWARE OPTIONS SUBCONTRACTOR COORDINATION PART IV: CRITICAL PATH METHOD (CPM) ESSENTIALS MONITORING PROGRESS IN OPERATIONS FUNDAMENTALS OF CPM ADJUSTING SCHEDULES IN REAL TIME CPM TERMINOLOGY AND COMPONENTS QUALITY CONTROL AND SCHEDULING IMPACT FORWARD AND BACKWARD PASS CALCULATIONS CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT IN OPERATIONS IDENTIFYING CRITICAL PATHS PART VIII: HEALTH, SAFETY, AND COMPLIANCE FLOAT AND SLACK TIME ANALYSIS INTRODUCTION TO OSHA PROJECT INSPECTIONS CPM FOR DELAY ANALYSIS OSHA STANDARDS RELEVANT TO SCHEDULING UPDATING AND REVISING THE CPM SCHEDULE PRE-INSPECTION PLANNING CPM IN FAST-TRACKED PROJECTS SITE SAFETY REQUIREMENTS AND SCHEDULING ADVANTAGES AND LIMITATIONS OF CPM DOCUMENTATION FOR SAFETY COMPLIANCE CPM IN REAL-WORLD CASE STUDIES RESPONSE TO OSHA FINDINGS PART V: ADVANCED NETWORK SCHEDULING CONCEPTS SCHEDULING SAFETY TRAINING INTRODUCTION TO NETWORK SCHEDULING INTEGRATING SAFETY AUDITS INTO THE SCHEDULE LOGIC DIAGRAMS AND PRECEDENCE RELATIONSHIPS LEGAL IMPLICATIONS OF NON-COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY-ON-ARROW VS. ACTIVITY-ON-NODE BEST PRACTICES FOR SAFETY-SENSITIVE SCHEDULING DEPENDENCY TYPES IN NETWORK SCHEDULING PART IX: RISK MANAGEMENT AND SCHEDULE RESILIENCE SCHEDULE COMPRESSION TECHNIQUES IDENTIFYING SCHEDULING RISKS RISK PRIORITIZATION AND MATRIX CREATION STRUCTURING COMPLEX DECISION PROBLEMS MITIGATION STRATEGIES FOR SCHEDULE RISKS PROBLEM TREES AND HIERARCHIES CONTINGENCY PLANNING TECHNIQUES SCENARIO PLANNING IN DECISION STRUCTURING BUFFER TIME AND SCHEDULE FLEXIBILITY ROLES OF EXPERTS AND FACILITATORS RISK-BASED FORECASTING MODELS COMMON PITFALLS IN STRUCTURING MONITORING AND UPDATING RISK PROFILES FRAMEWORKS FOR PROBLEM CLARITY CASE STUDIES IN RISK-DRIVEN RESCHEDULING CASE STUDIES IN PROBLEM STRUCTURING COMMUNICATION OF RISK TO STAKEHOLDERS PART III: UNDERSTANDING HUMAN JUDGMENT AND BIASES BUILDING RESILIENT PROJECT SCHEDULES DECISION-MAKING BIASES PART X: SOFTWARE TOOLS AND DIGITAL SOLUTIONS COGNITIVE HEURISTICS AND ERRORS INTRODUCTION TO PROJECT SCHEDULING SOFTWARE OVERCONFIDENCE AND ANCHORING BIAS OVERVIEW OF POPULAR SCHEDULING PLATFORMS CONFIRMATION AND AVAILABILITY BIASES MS PROJECT FOR CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULES FRAMING EFFECTS AND LOSS AVERSION PRIMAVERA P6: ADVANCED FEATURES STRATEGIES TO MITIGATE BIASES CLOUD-BASED SCHEDULING SOLUTIONS BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS IN DECISION ANALYSIS INTEGRATION WITH BIM AND ERP SYSTEMS ROLE OF EMOTIONS AND INTUITION DATA ANALYTICS IN SCHEDULING SOFTWARE BIAS AWARENESS TRAINING AUTOMATING UPDATES AND NOTIFICATIONS BIASES IN GROUP SETTINGS CUSTOM REPORTING AND VISUALIZATION PART IV: FUNDAMENTALS OF QUANTITATIVE DECISION MAKING FUTURE TRENDS IN SCHEDULING TECHNOLOGY EXPECTED VALUE AND UTILITY UTILITY FUNCTIONS AND PREFERENCES DECISION ANALYSIS SOFTWARE CERTAINTY EQUIVALENTS AND RISK PREMIUMS RISK-AVERSE VS. RISK-SEEKING BEHAVIOR TITLE OF THE BOOK: DECISION ANALYSIS SOFTWARE: TOOLS, TECHNIQUES, CONSTRUCTING UTILITY FUNCTIONS AND APPLICATIONS IN COMPLEX DECISION-MAKING EXPECTED UTILITY THEORY IN PRACTICE PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF DECISION ANALYSIS UTILITY-BASED DECISION CRITERIA WHAT IS DECISION ANALYSIS? PARADOXES IN UTILITY THEORY HISTORY AND EVOLUTION OF DECISION ANALYSIS USE OF PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS TYPES OF DECISIONS IN BUSINESS AND POLICY CASE EXAMPLES IN UTILITY MODELING ELEMENTS OF A DECISION PROBLEM PART V: GRAPHICAL DECISION MODELS DECISION CONTEXT AND STAKEHOLDERS DECISION TREES FRAMING AND SCOPING A DECISION PROBLEM BUILDING A DECISION TREE NORMATIVE VS. DESCRIPTIVE DECISION MAKING ROLLING BACK THE TREE APPLICATIONS IN INDUSTRY AND GOVERNMENT INTERPRETING TREE RESULTS LIMITATIONS AND MISCONCEPTIONS ADVANTAGES AND LIMITATIONS OF DECISION TREES FUTURE TRENDS IN DECISION ANALYSIS INFLUENCE DIAGRAMS PART II: PROBLEM STRUCTURING AND DEFINITION ELEMENTS OF AN INFLUENCE DIAGRAM PROBLEM DEFINITION AND STRUCTURING INFLUENCE DIAGRAMS VS. DECISION TREES IDENTIFYING OBJECTIVES AND CONSTRAINTS SOFTWARE TOOLS FOR DIAGRAMS CREATING ALTERNATIVES AND OPTIONS EXAMPLES OF GRAPHICAL MODELS PART VI: MULTI-ATTRIBUTE AND MULTI-CRITERIA ANALYSIS PROBABILISTIC GRAPHICAL MODELS MULTI-ATTRIBUTE UTILITY THEORY GROUP DECISION-MAKING DETERMINING ATTRIBUTE WEIGHTS TECHNIQUES FOR CONSENSUS BUILDING ADDITIVE AND MULTIPLICATIVE MODELS DELIBERATIVE DECISION-MAKING TECHNIQUES TRADE-OFF TECHNIQUES PART X: RISK, INTEGRATION, AND GROUP PROCESSES ELICITATION METHODS FOR STAKEHOLDERS RISK ANALYSIS AND MANAGEMENT VALUE-FOCUSED THINKING TYPES OF RISK IN DECISION CONTEXTS COMPARING ALTERNATIVES WITH MAUT RISK MODELING AND ASSESSMENT COMMON ERRORS IN MAUT MONTE CARLO SIMULATION REAL-WORLD APPLICATIONS DECISION ANALYSIS IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE TOOLS FOR MULTI-CRITERIA DECISIONS INTEGRATING DA WITH STRATEGIC PLANNING PART VII: ADVANCED ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES TEACHING AND COMMUNICATING DECISION MODELS VALUE OF INFORMATION (VOI) ETHICS IN DECISION ANALYSIS PERFECT VS. IMPERFECT INFORMATION REAL-WORLD CASE STUDIES CALCULATING EVPI AND EVPPI BUILDING A CULTURE OF DECISION QUALITY INTERPRETING VOI IN PRACTICE SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS STRATEGIC DECISION MAKING ONE-WAY AND MULTI-WAY SENSITIVITIES TORNADO DIAGRAMS AND SPIDER CHARTS TITLE OF THE BOOK: STRATEGIC DECISION MAKING: FRAMEWORKS, MODES, IMPORTANCE OF SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS IN RISK AND TRANSFORMATIVE THINKING IN A CHANGING WORLD THRESHOLD ANALYSIS PART I: UNDERSTANDING CHANGE AND THE STRATEGIC LANDSCAPE INTEGRATING VOI WITH DECISION MODELS THE WORLD IS CHANGING, BUT WE DON’T ALWAYS SEE IT PART VIII: SOFTWARE TOOLS FOR DECISION MODELING PERCEIVING SHIFTS IN THE EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT INTRODUCTION TO DECISION ANALYSIS SOFTWARE STRATEGIC BLINDNESS AND COGNITIVE BIAS OVERVIEW OF LEADING SOFTWARE TOOLS DETECTING WEAK SIGNALS IN THE MARKETPLACE CRITERIA FOR SOFTWARE SELECTION DRIVERS OF GLOBAL TRANSFORMATION SPREADSHEET-BASED DECISION MODELING THE ROLE OF STRATEGIC FORESIGHT BUILDING MODELS IN EXCEL THE FUTURE OF COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE EXCEL ADD-INS FOR DECISION ANALYSIS CHANGE ACCELERATION AND TECHNOLOGICAL DISRUPTION BUILDING AND INTERPRETING MODELS UNDERSTANDING STRATEGIC INFLECTION POINTS LINKING MODELS WITH DATA SOURCES ADAPTING TO UNCERTAINTY AND COMPLEXITY DEBUGGING AND MODEL VALIDATION PART II: OVERCOMING INERTIA AND ENABLING ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE CASE APPLICATIONS USING SOFTWARE ORGANIZATIONAL INERTIA: WHY ENTERPRISES FIND IT DIFFICULT TO PART IX: TUTORIALS AND SPECIAL TOPICS CHANGE SOFTWARE-SPECIFIC TUTORIALS THE COMFORT ZONE OF LEGACY SUCCESS DECISION TOOLS SUITE WALKTHROUGH INTERNAL RESISTANCE TO STRATEGIC RENEWAL ANALYTICA AND TREEAGE PRO CULTURAL BARRIERS TO STRATEGIC FLEXIBILITY PRECISIONTREE AND @RISK APPLICATIONS STRUCTURAL RIGIDITY IN MATURE ORGANIZATIONS BAYESIAN DECISION ANALYSIS MANAGING CHANGE FATIGUE CONSTRUCTING BAYESIAN MODELS ALIGNING INCENTIVES WITH INNOVATION LEADERSHIP MINDSETS THAT ENABLE CHANGE IDENTIFYING STAKEHOLDERS AND INTERESTS SYSTEMS THINKING FOR ORGANIZATIONAL SHIFT GENERATING STRATEGIC HYPOTHESES CASE STUDIES IN BREAKING INERTIA SELECTING STRATEGIC LENSES PART III: TOP-DOWN STRATEGIC DECISION MAKING FRAMING AS A LEADERSHIP ACT TOP-DOWN DECISIONS THE POWER OF PERSPECTIVE IN STRATEGY VISION-DRIVEN STRATEGY FROM THE EXECUTIVE LEVEL STRATEGY AS NARRATIVE AND FRAMING HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURES AND COMMAND DECISIONS TOOLS FOR STRATEGIC FRAMING STRATEGIC PLANNING MODELS AND FRAMEWORKS PART VII: MODE II – STRATEGIC EXPERIMENTATION EXECUTIVE COMMITTEES AND STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT MODE II - EXPERIMENTING COMMUNICATION OF STRATEGIC INTENT THE CASE FOR EXPERIMENTATION IN STRATEGY PITFALLS OF OVER-CENTRALIZED DECISION MAKING DESIGNING STRATEGIC EXPERIMENTS CASE STUDIES IN TOP-DOWN STRATEGY PROTOTYPING STRATEGIC OPTIONS BALANCING VISION WITH AGILITY LEARNING FROM SMALL BETS STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP IN VOLATILE CONTEXTS METRICS AND STRATEGIC INSIGHTS PART IV: EMPOWERING THE MIDDLE-OUT APPROACH ADAPTIVE STRATEGY THROUGH FEEDBACK MIDDLE-OUT DECISIONS INNOVATION THROUGH EXPERIMENTATION THE ROLE OF MIDDLE MANAGEMENT IN STRATEGY FAILURE AS STRATEGIC LEARNING TRANSLATING STRATEGY INTO ACTION SCALING EXPERIMENTATION PRACTICES STRATEGIC INFLUENCE FROM THE CENTER PART VIII: MODE III – STRATEGIC SCALING COLLABORATIVE STRATEGY DESIGN MODE III - SCALING ENCOURAGING INITIATIVE FROM WITHIN FROM IDEA TO SCALED STRATEGY INNOVATION THROUGH OPERATIONAL INSIGHT SELECTING WHAT TO SCALE LEADERSHIP FROM THE MIDDLE STRATEGIC RESOURCE ALLOCATION BUILDING STRATEGIC COALITIONS STRUCTURING FOR GROWTH AND IMPACT EXAMPLES OF MIDDLE-OUT SUCCESS MANAGING GROWTH COMPLEXITIES PART V: DISCOVERY-LED STRATEGIC THINKING INSTITUTIONALIZING STRATEGIC LEARNING DISCOVERY-LED DECISION MAKING DYNAMIC CAPABILITIES IN SCALING THE ROLE OF CURIOSITY IN STRATEGY SUSTAINING STRATEGIC MOMENTUM EMBRACING UNCERTAINTY IN EXPLORATION STRATEGIC RENEWAL AND REITERATION HYPOTHESIS-DRIVEN STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT PART IX: ORGANIZATIONAL IMPLICATIONS AND SYSTEMIC IMPACT STRATEGY AS AN ITERATIVE PROCESS IMPLICATIONS FOR ORGANIZATIONS STRATEGIC LEARNING LOOPS EMBEDDING STRATEGIC THINKING ORGANIZATION-WIDE PROBING THE FUTURE THROUGH STRATEGIC EXPERIMENTS DEVELOPING STRATEGIC CAPABILITIES FROM EXPLORATION TO EXPLOITATION LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT FOR STRATEGY STRATEGIC SERENDIPITY AND AGILE THINKING CREATING A LEARNING ORGANIZATION EMBEDDING DISCOVERY IN THE CULTURE ALIGNING STRUCTURES WITH STRATEGIC INTENT PART VI: MODE I – STRATEGIC FRAMING STRATEGIC PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT MODE I - FRAMING BUILDING RESILIENCE INTO STRATEGY CLARIFYING STRATEGIC QUESTIONS STRATEGY AND ORGANIZATIONAL IDENTITY UNDERSTANDING CONTEXT AND CONSTRAINTS FUTURE-PROOFING THE ORGANIZATION PART X: THE PERSONAL SIDE OF STRATEGIC DECISION MAKING BUILDING A PRO FORMA MODEL: THE CASE OF MERCK THE FORCE THAT IS YOU INCOME STATEMENT FORECASTING PERSONAL LEADERSHIP IN STRATEGY BALANCE SHEET FORECASTING STRATEGIC SELF-AWARENESS CASH FLOW STATEMENT FORECASTING VALUES-DRIVEN STRATEGIC DECISION MAKING DEBT SCHEDULES IN FINANCIAL MODELS COURAGE IN STRATEGIC CHOICES MODELING WORKING CAPITAL DEVELOPING A STRATEGIC MINDSET FINANCIAL RATIOS AND KPIS IN MODELS PERSONAL LEARNING FROM STRATEGIC FAILURE INTEGRATING WACC INTO THE PRO FORMA BEING A STRATEGIC CHANGE AGENT ERROR CHECKING AND MODEL INTEGRITY EMPOWERING OTHERS TO THINK STRATEGICALLY CREATING EXECUTIVE SUMMARY DASHBOARDS LEAVING A LEGACY THROUGH STRATEGY PART IV: FIXED INCOME AND LEASING ANALYSIS FINANCIAL ANALYSIS OF LEASING FINANCIAL MODELING MODELING LEASE VS. BUY DECISIONS NET ADVANTAGE TO LEASING (NAL) ANALYSIS TITLE OF THE BOOK: MASTERING FINANCIAL MODELING: TECHNIQUES, BOND PRICING FUNDAMENTALS TOOLS, AND APPLICATIONS FOR MODERN FINANCE BOND’S DURATION PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF FINANCIAL ANALYSIS AND VALUATION MODIFIED DURATION AND CONVEXITY BASIC FINANCIAL ANALYSIS YIELD TO MATURITY AND TERM STRUCTURE BASICS CORPORATE VALUATION OVERVIEW MODELING THE TERM STRUCTURE UNDERSTANDING TIME VALUE OF MONEY IN VALUATION SPOT AND FORWARD RATES IN EXCEL INTRODUCTION TO FORECASTING IN FINANCIAL MODELS CALCULATING DEFAULT-ADJUSTED EXPECTED BOND RETURNS FINANCIAL STATEMENT LINKAGES PART V: INVESTMENT AND PORTFOLIO MODELING KEY DRIVERS OF CORPORATE VALUE PORTFOLIO MODELS—INTRODUCTION UNDERSTANDING FREE CASH FLOW CONCEPTS UNDERSTANDING PORTFOLIO THEORY RISK AND RETURN FUNDAMENTALS EFFICIENT PORTFOLIOS AND THE EFFICIENT FRONTIER CAPITAL STRUCTURE IMPLICATIONS CALCULATING THE VARIANCE-COVARIANCE MATRIX OVERVIEW OF VALUATION METHODOLOGIES ESTIMATING BETAS AND THE SECURITY MARKET LINE PART II: COST OF CAPITAL AND DISCOUNTED CASH FLOW VALUATION PORTFOLIO DIVERSIFICATION TECHNIQUES CALCULATING THE WEIGHTED AVERAGE COST OF CAPITAL (WACC) SHARPE RATIO AND PERFORMANCE METRICS WACC IN DIFFERENT CAPITAL STRUCTURES MONTE CARLO SIMULATIONS IN PORTFOLIO ANALYSIS LEVERAGED AND UNLEVERAGED BETA ESTIMATIONS EVENT STUDIES MARKET RISK PREMIUM AND RISK-FREE RATE ANALYSIS THE BLACK-LITTERMAN APPROACH TO PORTFOLIO OPTIMIZATION PRO FORMA ANALYSIS AND VALUATION BASED ON THE DISCOUNTED CASH PART VI: OPTION PRICING AND DERIVATIVES MODELING FLOW APPROACH INTRODUCTION TO OPTIONS CREATING FORECAST ASSUMPTIONS CALL AND PUT PAYOFF DIAGRAMS TERMINAL VALUE ESTIMATION METHODS OPTION STRATEGIES AND COMBINATIONS SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS IN DCF MODELS THE BINOMIAL OPTION PRICING MODEL PRESENT VALUE AND DISCOUNT RATE APPLICATIONS CONSTRUCTING BINOMIAL TREES IN EXCEL CASE APPLICATIONS IN DCF MODELING UNDERSTANDING RISK-NEUTRAL VALUATION PART III: APPLIED CORPORATE FINANCIAL MODELING THE BLACK-SCHOLES MODEL APPLYING BLACK-SCHOLES IN EXCEL TIME SERIES ANALYSIS IN R OPTION GREEKS REGRESSION ANALYSIS IN R REAL OPTIONS IN CORPORATE FINANCE VISUALIZING FINANCIAL DATA WITH GGPLOT2 PART VII: SIMULATION TECHNIQUES IN FINANCIAL MODELING MONTE CARLO SIMULATIONS IN R GENERATING AND USING RANDOM NUMBERS PORTFOLIO OPTIMIZATION IN R AN INTRODUCTION TO MONTE CARLO METHODS BUILDING CUSTOM FINANCIAL FUNCTIONS IN R PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS IN FINANCIAL SIMULATIONS INTEGRATING R WITH EXCEL FOR ADVANCED MODELING SIMULATING STOCK PRICES BROWNIAN MOTION AND GEOMETRIC BROWNIAN MOTION MARKOV DECISION PROCESSES MONTE CARLO SIMULATIONS FOR INVESTMENTS MONTE CARLO FOR REAL OPTIONS TITLE OF THE BOOK: PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATIONS OF MARKOV DECISION VALUE AT RISK (VAR) PROCESSES STRESS TESTING AND SCENARIO ANALYSIS PART I: FUNDAMENTALS OF MARKOV DECISION PROCESSES USING MONTE CARLO METHODS FOR OPTION PRICING INTRODUCTION TO MARKOV DECISION PROCESSES PART VIII: EXCEL TOOLS AND ADVANCED MODELING FUNCTIONS HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT AND IMPORTANCE OF MDPS DATA TABLES CORE CONCEPTS AND DEFINITIONS IN MDPS USING EXCEL FOR SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS ELEMENTS OF DECISION MAKING UNDER UNCERTAINTY SCENARIO MANAGER AND WHAT-IF ANALYSIS STATES, ACTIONS, AND TRANSITION PROBABILITIES SOLVER AND GOAL SEEK REWARDS AND OBJECTIVES IN MDPS MATRICES TYPES OF POLICIES AND POLICY EVALUATION MATRIX ALGEBRA FOR FINANCE THE ROLE OF THE DECISION MAKER IN STOCHASTIC ENVIRONMENTS EXCEL FUNCTIONS COMPARING MDPS TO OTHER DECISION MODELS LOOKUP AND REFERENCE FUNCTIONS REAL-WORLD MOTIVATIONS FOR STUDYING MDPS ARRAY FUNCTIONS PART II: MODEL FORMULATION AND MATHEMATICAL STRUCTURE USING DATA VALIDATION AND CONDITIONAL FORMATTING MODEL FORMULATION OF MARKOV DECISION PROCESSES PART IX: EXCEL TIPS AND BEST PRACTICES FOR FINANCIAL MODELS FORMAL NOTATION AND ASSUMPTIONS SOME EXCEL HINTS STATE AND ACTION SPACES CREATING DYNAMIC MODELS WITH NAMED RANGES TRANSITION KERNELS AND PROBABILITY MODELS USING ANCHORS AND ABSOLUTE REFERENCES REWARD FUNCTION STRUCTURES MODEL STRUCTURING FOR TRANSPARENCY BELLMAN EQUATIONS OVERVIEW AUDITING AND ERROR CHECKING TOOLS DETERMINISTIC AND STOCHASTIC POLICIES CREATING DROP-DOWN MENUS AND FORMS FINITE VS INFINITE STATE MODELS USING VBA FOR AUTOMATION DISCRETE VS CONTINUOUS DECISION EPOCHS BUILDING A CUSTOM EXCEL ADD-IN MODELING CHALLENGES AND CONSIDERATIONS CHARTING FOR FINANCIAL PRESENTATION PART III: APPLIED EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDIES PROTECTING AND SECURING FINANCIAL MODELS EXAMPLES OF INVENTORY CONTROL PART X: R PROGRAMMING AND INTEGRATION WITH FINANCIAL MODELING MACHINE MAINTENANCE PROBLEMS ESSENTIALS OF R PROGRAMMING ASSET REPLACEMENT MODELS INSTALLING R AND RSTUDIO QUEUING SYSTEMS AND SERVICE OPERATIONS DATA IMPORT AND MANIPULATION IN R RESOURCE ALLOCATION AND SCHEDULING NAVIGATION AND PATH PLANNING DEFINITION AND PROPERTIES HEALTHCARE AND MEDICAL DECISION PROCESSES RELATION TO DISCOUNTED REWARDS ECONOMICS AND INVESTMENT DECISIONS EXISTENCE AND UNIQUENESS OF SOLUTIONS ENERGY GRID MANAGEMENT APPLICATIONS VALUE AND POLICY ITERATION METHODS SIMULATION OF MDP-BASED SYSTEMS MATHEMATICAL CONDITIONS FOR CONVERGENCE PART IV: FINITE-HORIZON MARKOV DECISION PROCESSES POLICY EVALUATION UNDER TOTAL REWARD CONCEPTS OF FINITE-HORIZON DECISION PROBLEMS COMPUTATIONAL ASPECTS AND ALGORITHMS BACKWARD INDUCTION TECHNIQUE TOTAL REWARD IN REGENERATIVE MODELS FINITE-HORIZON VALUE ITERATION APPLICATION DOMAINS WITH TOTAL-REWARD FOCUS CONVERGENCE OF VALUE FUNCTIONS PART VIII: AVERAGE REWARD MODELS POLICY CONSTRUCTION FOR FINITE HORIZONS AVERAGE REWARD AND RELATED CRITERIA PERFORMANCE BOUNDS AND COMPARISONS AVERAGE REWARD PER TIME STEP NUMERICAL METHODS FOR FINITE MDPS BIAS AND GAIN FUNCTIONS APPLICATIONS IN PROJECT PLANNING BELLMAN EQUATION FOR AVERAGE REWARDS ADAPTIVE AND RECEDING HORIZON MODELS POLICY IMPROVEMENT ALGORITHMS EXTENSIONS TO PARTIALLY OBSERVABLE SETTINGS ERGODICITY AND COMMUNICATING CLASSES PART V: INFINITE-HORIZON MODELS AND FOUNDATIONS BLACKWELL OPTIMALITY AND LIMIT RESULTS INFINITE-HORIZON MARKOV DECISION PROCESSES REGENERATIVE TECHNIQUES IN AVERAGE MODELS OPTIMALITY CRITERIA IN INFINITE HORIZONS PERFORMANCE METRICS IN LONG-TERM AVERAGE MODELS STATIONARY AND NON-STATIONARY POLICIES MODELING LONG-TERM EFFICIENCY FIXED POINT THEOREMS AND CONTRACTION MAPPING PART IX: MULTICHAIN AND COMMUNICATING MODELS BELLMAN OPERATORS IN INFINITE HORIZONS THE AVERAGE REWARD CRITERION IN MULTICHAIN MODELS CONVERGENCE OF VALUE ITERATION COMMUNICATING VS NON-COMMUNICATING MODELS POLICY ITERATION FOR INFINITE MODELS UNICHAIN ASSUMPTIONS AND THEIR ROLE CONDITIONS FOR EXISTENCE OF OPTIMAL POLICIES CANONICAL DECOMPOSITION OF MARKOV CHAINS PROOF TECHNIQUES IN INFINITE-HORIZON MODELS INVARIANT DISTRIBUTIONS AND OCCUPATION MEASURES CHALLENGES IN LONG-TERM DECISION MODELING COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY IN MULTICHAIN MODELS PART VI: DISCOUNTED REWARD PROBLEMS CONVERGENCE OF POLICIES ACROSS CHAINS DISCOUNTED MARKOV DECISION PROBLEMS DUALITY IN MULTICHAIN DECISION MODELS ROLE OF DISCOUNT FACTOR IN MDPS OPTIMALITY IN GENERAL STATE SPACES BELLMAN EQUATIONS FOR DISCOUNTED MODELS NUMERICAL SOLUTIONS IN MULTICHAIN ENVIRONMENTS INFINITE-HORIZON VALUE ITERATION WITH DISCOUNTING PART X: ADVANCED TOPICS AND CONTINUOUS-TIME MODELS OPTIMAL POLICIES AND THEIR PROPERTIES SENSITIVE DISCOUNT OPTIMALITY CONVERGENCE CRITERIA WITH DISCOUNTING SENSITIVITY OF OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS TO MODEL PARAMETERS STRUCTURAL RESULTS FOR DISCOUNTED PROBLEMS ROBUST MDPS AND UNCERTAINTY QUANTIFICATION ECONOMIC INTERPRETATION OF DISCOUNTED REWARDS ADVANCED ALGORITHMIC APPROACHES PRACTICAL SCENARIOS WITH DISCOUNTED CRITERIA PARTIALLY OBSERVABLE MARKOV DECISION PROCESSES (POMDPS) SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS OF THE DISCOUNT FACTOR CONTINUOUS-TIME MODELS PART VII: EXPECTED TOTAL-REWARD CRITERION TRANSITION RATE MATRICES AND INFINITESIMAL GENERATORS THE EXPECTED TOTAL-REWARD CRITERION APPLICATIONS OF CONTINUOUS-TIME MDPS EXTENSIONS TO HYBRID AND MULTI-AGENT SETTINGS VALIDATING AND INTERPRETING SIMULATION RESULTS FUTURE TRENDS AND RESEARCH DIRECTIONS IN MARKOV DECISION PART IV: MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION-MAKING PROCESSES UNDERSTANDING MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION PROBLEMS STRUCTURING DECISION CRITERIA PRESCRIPTIVE ANALYTICS SCORING AND WEIGHTING METHODS ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS (AHP) TITLE OF THE BOOK: MASTERING PRESCRIPTIVE ANALYTICS: MODELS, TECHNIQUE FOR ORDER PREFERENCE BY SIMILARITY (TOPSIS) METHODS, AND STRATEGIC DECISION-MAKING DECISION MATRIX METHODS PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF PRESCRIPTIVE ANALYTICS TRADE-OFF ANALYSIS IN STRATEGIC DECISIONS INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS ANALYTICS AND DECISION-MAKING MULTI-CRITERIA PORTFOLIO ANALYSIS THE EVOLUTION FROM DESCRIPTIVE TO PRESCRIPTIVE ANALYTICS GROUP DECISION-MAKING WITH MULTIPLE CRITERIA CORE COMPONENTS OF ANALYTICS SYSTEMS CASE STUDIES IN MULTI-CRITERIA APPLICATIONS THE ROLE OF DATA IN PRESCRIPTIVE DECISION-MAKING PART V: ADVANCED DECISIONING SYSTEMS MODELING THE DECISION ENVIRONMENT INTRODUCTION TO DECISIONING SYSTEMS DECISION PROBLEMS AND TYPES OF PRESCRIPTIVE MODELS AUTOMATION IN DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS ANALYTICAL VS HEURISTIC APPROACHES PRESCRIPTIVE ANALYTICS IN REAL-TIME SYSTEMS PRACTICAL EXAMPLES OF PRESCRIPTIVE ANALYTICS RULE-BASED DECISION ENGINES BUSINESS VALUE OF PRESCRIPTIVE SOLUTIONS AI-POWERED DECISIONING PLATFORMS CHALLENGES IN IMPLEMENTING PRESCRIPTIVE ANALYTICS INTEGRATION OF DECISION MODELS IN BUSINESS APPLICATIONS PART II: OPTIMIZATION AND OPTIMAL DECISION-MAKING DECISIONING IN MARKETING AND CRM PRINCIPLES OF OPTIMIZATION IN ANALYTICS FINANCIAL SERVICES AND CREDIT DECISIONING LINEAR PROGRAMMING FUNDAMENTALS HEALTHCARE DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS INTEGER AND MIXED-INTEGER PROGRAMMING LOGISTICS AND OPERATIONS DECISION ENGINES NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING CONCEPTS PART VI: DATA-DRIVEN DECISION-MAKING IN PRACTICE CONSTRAINT PROGRAMMING OVERVIEW DATA REQUIREMENTS FOR PRESCRIPTIVE MODELS OPTIMIZATION IN RESOURCE ALLOCATION DATA QUALITY AND GOVERNANCE DECISION MODELS FOR PRODUCTION PLANNING FEATURE ENGINEERING FOR OPTIMIZATION NETWORK OPTIMIZATION APPLICATIONS REAL-TIME DATA IN PRESCRIPTIVE SYSTEMS SUPPLY CHAIN OPTIMIZATION CASES DATA PRIVACY IN DECISION MODELS TOOLS AND SOFTWARE FOR OPTIMIZATION PREDICTIVE MODELS FEEDING PRESCRIPTIVE DECISIONS PART III: SIMULATION MODELING FOR DECISION-MAKING SCENARIO-BASED DECISION SUPPORT INTRODUCTION TO SIMULATION MODELING CROSS-FUNCTIONAL DATA-DRIVEN DECISION EXAMPLES TYPES OF SIMULATION IN ANALYTICS INTEGRATING DATA ANALYTICS WITH BUSINESS PROCESSES DISCRETE-EVENT SIMULATION FUNDAMENTALS DECISION DASHBOARDS AND INTERFACES SYSTEM DYNAMICS AND BUSINESS MODELING PART VII: PRESCRIPTIVE ANALYTICS IN STRATEGIC DOMAINS MONTE CARLO SIMULATION IN DECISION-MAKING SUPPLY CHAIN AND INVENTORY OPTIMIZATION RISK MODELING THROUGH SIMULATION HUMAN RESOURCE PLANNING AND SCHEDULING DESIGNING EFFECTIVE SIMULATION MODELS MARKETING CAMPAIGN OPTIMIZATION COMBINING SIMULATION AND OPTIMIZATION FINANCIAL RISK AND PORTFOLIO OPTIMIZATION SIMULATION SOFTWARE AND PLATFORMS PRICING AND REVENUE MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS AND MANUFACTURING PLANNING PUBLIC POLICY AND URBAN PLANNING DECISIONS TITLE OF THE BOOK: BAYESIAN DECISION THEORY: FOUNDATIONS, TRANSPORTATION AND ROUTE OPTIMIZATION INFERENCE, AND INTELLIGENT DECISION-MAKING PROJECT PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT PART I: INTRODUCTION TO BAYESIAN DECISION THEORY ENERGY AND UTILITIES OPTIMIZATION INTRODUCTION TO BAYESIAN THOUGHT PART VIII: PRESCRIPTIVE ANALYTICS AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES HISTORICAL EVOLUTION OF BAYESIAN DECISION THEORY ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN PRESCRIPTIVE ANALYTICS PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS OF DECISION-MAKING MACHINE LEARNING FOR ENHANCED OPTIMIZATION DETERMINISTIC VS. PROBABILISTIC MODELS PRESCRIPTIVE ANALYTICS AND INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT) OVERVIEW OF BAYESIAN CONCEPTS BLOCKCHAIN AND SMART DECISION CONTRACTS THE ROLE OF BELIEFS IN DECISION THEORY CLOUD PLATFORMS FOR SCALABLE PRESCRIPTIVE MODELS THE DECISION-MAKING ENVIRONMENT EDGE COMPUTING AND REAL-TIME OPTIMIZATION IMPORTANCE OF PRIOR INFORMATION NATURAL LANGUAGE INTERFACES IN DECISION SYSTEMS CASE STUDIES IN EARLY BAYESIAN APPLICATIONS AUGMENTED REALITY AND DECISION VISUALIZATION THE FUTURE OF BAYESIAN DECISION THEORY HUMAN-AI COLLABORATION IN DECISION-MAKING PART II: EXPLANATIONS OF PROCESSES AND TREES ETHICS AND BIAS IN PRESCRIPTIVE ANALYTICS DEFINING DECISION PROCESSES PART IX: DESIGNING AND DEPLOYING PRESCRIPTIVE SOLUTIONS DECISION TREES IN PROBABILISTIC MODELING PRESCRIPTIVE ANALYTICS PROJECT LIFECYCLE STRUCTURE OF SEQUENTIAL DECISIONS REQUIREMENTS GATHERING AND SCOPING SOLVING TREES WITH PROBABILITIES AND UTILITIES MODEL DESIGN AND PROTOTYPING INFORMATION SETS AND DECISION PATHS CHOOSING THE RIGHT TOOLS AND PLATFORMS UTILITY-BASED EVALUATION OF TREES IMPLEMENTATION BEST PRACTICES COMPARATIVE DECISION TREE MODELS TESTING AND VALIDATION TECHNIQUES DECISION TREES IN COMPLEX SYSTEMS USER TRAINING AND CHANGE MANAGEMENT RECONSTRUCTING HISTORICAL DECISIONS WITH TREES INTEGRATION WITH ENTERPRISE SYSTEMS TREES AND PROCESSES IN UNCERTAIN ENVIRONMENTS SCALING AND PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATION PART III: UTILITIES AND REWARDS MEASURING BUSINESS IMPACT AND ROI THE CONCEPT OF UTILITY IN DECISION THEORY PART X: THE FUTURE OF BUSINESS ANALYTICS MEASURING PREFERENCES AND TRADE-OFFS THE FUTURE OF BUSINESS ANALYTICS REWARD STRUCTURES IN RISK MODELS TRENDS IN AUTOMATED DECISION SYSTEMS DESIGNING REWARD SYSTEMS THE ROLE OF EXPLAINABLE AI IN PRESCRIPTIVE MODELS UTILITY FUNCTIONS FOR RISK-NEUTRAL AGENTS DEMOCRATIZATION OF ADVANCED ANALYTICS UTILITY FUNCTIONS FOR RISK-AVERSE AGENTS INDUSTRY 4.0 AND PRESCRIPTIVE TECHNOLOGIES MONETARY VS. NON-MONETARY UTILITIES PERSONALIZATION OF DECISION SYSTEMS COMBINING MULTIPLE REWARDS NEXT-GEN USER INTERFACES FOR ANALYTICS REAL-WORLD UTILITY ASSESSMENTS CROSS-INDUSTRY APPLICATIONS OF PRESCRIPTIVE ANALYTICS LONG-TERM REWARD OPTIMIZATION GLOBAL CHALLENGES AND STRATEGIC DECISIONS PART IV: SUBJECTIVE PROBABILITY AND ITS ELICITATION BUILDING AN ANALYTICS-DRIVEN ORGANIZATION DEFINING SUBJECTIVE PROBABILITY DIFFERENCES BETWEEN OBJECTIVE AND SUBJECTIVE BELIEFS BAYESIAN DECISION THEORY METHODS OF ELICITING SUBJECTIVE PROBABILITY SCORING RULES FOR PROBABILITY ASSESSMENT PART VIII: GRAPHS, DECISIONS, AND CAUSALITY EXPERT JUDGMENT AND BAYESIAN BELIEF CAUSAL INFERENCE IN BAYESIAN MODELS BIASES IN PROBABILITY ESTIMATION STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING STRUCTURED ELICITATION FRAMEWORKS DIRECTED ACYCLIC GRAPHS AND DECISION STRUCTURES APPLICATIONS IN HEALTHCARE AND ENGINEERING MODELING CAUSE AND EFFECT UPDATING SUBJECTIVE BELIEFS DO-CALCULUS AND INTERVENTIONS AGGREGATING BELIEFS FROM MULTIPLE SOURCES PROBABILISTIC CAUSAL MODELS PART V: BAYESIAN INFERENCE FOR DECISION ANALYSIS GRAPHICAL DECISION MODELS IN ACTION FOUNDATIONS OF BAYESIAN INFERENCE IDENTIFIABILITY IN CAUSAL INFERENCE BAYES’ THEOREM AND POSTERIOR PROBABILITY POLICY SIMULATION USING CAUSAL GRAPHS CONJUGATE PRIORS AND THEIR APPLICATION CASE STUDIES IN CAUSAL DECISION-MAKING LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS IN DECISION CONTEXTS PART IX: MULTIDIMENSIONAL LEARNING BAYESIAN ESTIMATION IN PRACTICE BAYESIAN LEARNING PRINCIPLES DECISION-MAKING WITH POSTERIOR DISTRIBUTIONS ONLINE UPDATING OF BELIEFS PRIOR SENSITIVITY AND ROBUSTNESS SEQUENTIAL LEARNING WITH DECISION TREES EMPIRICAL BAYESIAN APPROACHES LEARNING IN REINFORCEMENT CONTEXTS COMPUTATIONAL TECHNIQUES FOR INFERENCE NONPARAMETRIC BAYESIAN MODELS REAL-WORLD BAYESIAN INFERENCE CASE STUDIES HIGH-DIMENSIONAL BAYESIAN DECISION MODELS PART VI: MULTIATTRIBUTE UTILITY THEORY ADAPTIVE DECISION-MAKING UNDER UNCERTAINTY INTRODUCTION TO MULTIATTRIBUTE UTILITY THEORY LEARNING UTILITY FUNCTIONS FROM DATA DECOMPOSING COMPLEX DECISIONS ACTIVE LEARNING AND EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN INDEPENDENCE ASSUMPTIONS IN ATTRIBUTES MULTIDIMENSIONAL BAYESIAN APPLICATIONS IN AI ADDITIVE VS. MULTIPLICATIVE UTILITY MODELS PART X: ADVANCED TOPICS AND CONCLUSIONS TRADE-OFF TECHNIQUES IN MULTIATTRIBUTE SYSTEMS RECAP OF BAYESIAN DECISION PRINCIPLES BUILDING MULTIATTRIBUTE UTILITY FUNCTIONS INTEGRATING BAYESIAN THEORY WITH AI APPLICATIONS IN POLICY AND STRATEGIC PLANNING BAYESIAN MODELS IN REAL-TIME DECISION SYSTEMS PREFERENCE ELICITATION IN COMPLEX MODELS SCALABILITY CHALLENGES IN BAYESIAN DECISION-MAKING MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION UNDER UNCERTAINTY HUMAN DECISION-MAKING AND BAYESIAN RATIONALITY DECISION SUPPORT WITH MULTIPLE OBJECTIVES ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN PROBABILISTIC DECISIONS PART VII: BAYESIAN NETWORKS BAYESIAN TOOLS AND SOFTWARE WHAT ARE BAYESIAN NETWORKS? TEACHING BAYESIAN DECISION THEORY STRUCTURE AND COMPONENTS OF NETWORKS TRENDS IN BAYESIAN RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF BELIEFS FINAL REFLECTIONS AND EMERGING OPPORTUNITIES CONDITIONAL INDEPENDENCE AND NODES CONSTRUCTING BAYESIAN NETWORKS ON-THE-JOB TRAINING INFERENCE WITH BAYESIAN NETWORKS PROBABILISTIC REASONING IN NETWORKS TITLE OF THE BOOK: DECISION SCIENCE ON-THE-JOB TRAINING: A DIAGNOSTIC AND PROGNOSTIC MODELING PRACTICAL FRAMEWORK FOR PERFORMANCE AND GROWTH REAL-TIME APPLICATIONS OF BAYESIAN NETWORKS PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF ON-THE-JOB TRAINING BAYESIAN NETWORKS FOR STRATEGIC DECISIONS THE BENEFITS OF EFFECTIVE ON-THE-JOB TRAINING THE EVOLUTION OF OJT IN DECISION SCIENCE EMPOWERING PEER-TO-PEER TRAINING THE LINK BETWEEN OJT AND ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE CONTINUOUS DEVELOPMENT FOR OJT TRAINERS UNDERSTANDING ADULT LEARNING IN THE WORKPLACE BUILDING A CULTURE OF MENTORSHIP THE STRATEGIC VALUE OF EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING PART V: DISCOVERING TRAINING NEEDS KEY PRINCIPLES OF JOB-BASED KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER DISCOVERING NEEDS: HOW TO DETERMINE WHEN OJT IS APPROPRIATE BRIDGING THEORY AND PRACTICE THROUGH OJT CONDUCTING A PERFORMANCE GAP ANALYSIS ORGANIZATIONAL READINESS FOR OJT IDENTIFYING TRAINING VS. NON-TRAINING ISSUES IDENTIFYING CORE COMPETENCIES FOR OJT SUCCESS MAPPING ORGANIZATIONAL CAPABILITIES MEASURING READINESS AND COMMITMENT GATHERING FEEDBACK FROM MANAGERS AND TEAMS PART II: GOAL SETTING AND ACTION PLANNING LINKING NEEDS TO BUSINESS GOALS BUILDING THE RIGHT FOUNDATION: FROM IDENTIFYING GOALS TO BENCHMARKING BEST PRACTICES ESTABLISHING AN ACTION PLAN ALIGNING OJT WITH WORKFORCE PLANNING ALIGNING TRAINING GOALS WITH BUSINESS OBJECTIVES CREATING A NEEDS-BASED JUSTIFICATION DEFINING MEASURABLE LEARNING OUTCOMES DOCUMENTING THE BUSINESS CASE FOR OJT STAKEHOLDER INVOLVEMENT IN GOAL SETTING PART VI: ANALYZING WORK, WORKER, AND WORKPLACE PRIORITIZING TASKS FOR MAXIMUM IMPACT ANALYZING WORK, WORKER, AND WORKPLACE: HOW TO FIT THE TRAINING DEVELOPING SMART OBJECTIVES IN OJT TO THE JOB MAPPING THE TRAINING JOURNEY JOB TASK ANALYSIS FOR OJT INTEGRATING OJT INTO WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PLANS WORKER CAPABILITY ASSESSMENT ESTABLISHING MILESTONES AND PROGRESS TRACKING WORKPLACE ENVIRONMENT AND LEARNING CONDITIONS REINFORCING ACCOUNTABILITY THROUGH ACTION PLANNING TOOLS FOR ROLE-BASED TASK MAPPING PART III: ENSURING SOUND MANAGEMENT AND CONSISTENT RESULTS IDENTIFYING CRITICAL PERFORMANCE BEHAVIORS ENSURING SOUND MANAGEMENT AND CONSISTENT RESULTS SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS IN OJT DESIGN CREATING A SYSTEMATIC OJT STRUCTURE MATCHING TRAINING TO JOB COMPLEXITY MANAGEMENT’S ROLE IN OJT OVERSIGHT ADAPTING OJT TO VIRTUAL AND HYBRID WORK DEVELOPING CONSISTENCY THROUGH STANDARDIZATION ALIGNING WORK DESIGN WITH TRAINING DESIGN BALANCING FLEXIBILITY AND STRUCTURE PART VII: DESIGNING THE TRAINING PLAN MONITORING PROGRESS AND ADJUSTING PROCESSES PREPARING THE TRAINING PLAN: HOW TO DEVELOP THE RIGHT SEQUENCE ENHANCING SUPERVISOR INVOLVEMENT OF ACTIVITIES RISK MANAGEMENT IN OJT IMPLEMENTATION STRUCTURING LEARNING INTO PROGRESSIVE MODULES SETTING EXPECTATIONS AND ENFORCING STANDARDS USING BEHAVIORAL OBJECTIVES IN SEQUENCING CASE STUDIES IN OJT MANAGEMENT EXCELLENCE INTEGRATING REAL-WORLD SCENARIOS PART IV: PREPARING TRAINERS AND LEARNERS BLENDING OJT WITH MICROLEARNING ELEMENTS PREPARING TRAINERS AND LEARNERS DESIGNING FEEDBACK LOOPS SELECTING AND CERTIFYING OJT TRAINERS CREATING INSTRUCTIONAL TOOLS AND GUIDES DESIGNING TRAIN-THE-TRAINER PROGRAMS CUSTOMIZING PLANS FOR INDIVIDUAL LEARNERS CREATING LEARNER READINESS ASSESSMENTS CREATING TIMELINE TEMPLATES AND CHECKLISTS FOSTERING MOTIVATION AND ENGAGEMENT TESTING AND REVISING THE TRAINING PLAN MANAGING DIVERSE LEARNING STYLES PART VIII: CONDUCTING THE OJT SESSION BUILDING COMMUNICATION AND FEEDBACK SKILLS PRESENTING THE TRAINING: HOW TO CONDUCT THE OJT SESSION PREPARING THE ENVIRONMENT FOR EFFECTIVE TRAINING EXPLAINING, DEMONSTRATING, AND PRACTICING FACILITATING HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE PROVIDING FEEDBACK DURING PERFORMANCE COACHING THROUGH MISTAKES USING PERFORMANCE SUPPORT TOOLS CAPTURING INFORMAL LEARNING MOMENTS DOCUMENTING LEARNING EVENTS TRANSITIONING FROM TRAINING TO AUTONOMY PART IX: EVALUATING TRAINING OUTCOMES EVALUATING RESULTS: HOW TO ASSESS POST-TRAINING JOB PERFORMANCE DESIGNING EVALUATION CRITERIA AND METRICS IMPLEMENTING POST-TRAINING ASSESSMENTS OBSERVATIONAL METHODS IN OJT EVALUATION GATHERING FEEDBACK FROM SUPERVISORS MEASURING ROI OF ON-THE-JOB TRAINING CORRECTIVE ACTIONS BASED ON EVALUATION FOLLOW-UP AND PERFORMANCE TRACKING BUILDING LONG-TERM EVALUATION FRAMEWORKS CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT THROUGH REFLECTION PART X: SUPPORTING AND SUSTAINING OJT SUCCESS REVIEWING AIDS AND ALTERNATIVES TO OJT: HOW TO ENSURE THE RIGHT MIX OF PERFORMANCE INTERVENTIONS DIGITAL TOOLS TO COMPLEMENT OJT INTEGRATING COACHING AND MENTORSHIP LEVERAGING SOCIAL LEARNING PLATFORMS ENCOURAGING SELF-DIRECTED LEARNING PERFORMANCE SUPPORT SYSTEMS IN THE WORKPLACE CULTURE AND LEADERSHIP SUPPORT FOR OJT SCALING OJT ACROSS DEPARTMENTS SIX IMPORTANT SUCCESS FACTORS FOR COMPREHENSIVE OJT PROGRAMS THE FUTURE OF DECISION SCIENCE ON-THE-JOB TRAINING