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Gain a clear understanding of the fundamental concepts and
applications behind operations and supply chain management with the
reader-friendly approach in Collier/Evans' popular OPERATIONS AND
SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT, 2E. The authors present detailed, solved
problems throughout this edition to illustrate key formulas and
computations as you learn to complete both manual and digital
calculations using Excel spreadsheet templates and other Excel
models for optimization and simulation. Even more review questions,
cases, experiential activities, problems and exercises as well as
feature boxes teach you how to work with the latest operations
management (OM) and supply chain management (SCM) concepts and
tools. New content examines process analysis and resource
utilization, analytics in OM, capacity measurement, applications of
linear optimization and other critical OM and SCM topics. You can
further your understanding with interactive digital resources and
new algorithmic exercises within MindTap's complete learning
applications.
Master the fundamental concepts and today's applications of operations (OM) and supply chain management (SCM) with OPERATIONS AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT, 3rd Edition by award-winning authors Collier and Evans.
This edition provides balanced coverage of both manufacturing and service businesses with updates, recent developments and new concepts that highlight the latest changes in OM and SCM. This edition clearly explains concepts while using contemporary practical examples ideal for business students, updated boxed features and new and updated case studies. Discussions highlight new concepts and new Excel techniques and digital tools, while solved problems illustrate key formulas and computations.
MindTap online learning platform is also available to support both manual calculations and the use of Excel spreadsheet templates and models. MindTap's algorithmic homework and interactive learning tools encourage students to apply qualitative and quantitative reasoning to today's OM and SCM concepts.
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Measures of Success Oboe Book 1
Deborah A Sheldon, Brian Balmages, Timothy Loest, Robert Sheldon, David Collier
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Careful work with concepts is a cornerstone of good social science
methodology. Concepts and Method in Social Science demonstrates the
crucial role of concepts, providing a timely contribution that
draws both on the classic work of Giovanni Sartori and the writing
of a younger generation of scholars. In this volume, major writings
of Sartori are juxtaposed with other work that exemplifies
important approaches to concept analysis. The book is organized
into three key sections: Part I : Sartori on Concepts and Methods -
including an examination of the necessary logical steps in moving
from conceptualization to measurement and the relationships among
meanings, terms and observations. Part II: Extending the Sartori
Tradition - eminent scholars analyse five key ideas in concept
analysis: revolution, culture, democracy, peasants and
institutionalization within the context of the Sartori tradition.
Part III: In the Academy and Beyond - both an engaging
autobiographical essay written by Giovanni Sartori and reflections
from former students provide a unique context in which to situate
this varied and rigorous discussion of concept analysis and
qualitative methods. Concepts and Method in Social Science is an
accessible text that is well suited to advanced undergraduates and
graduate students, providing a distinct and coherent introduction
to comparative political analysis.
Careful work with concepts is a cornerstone of good social science
methodology. Concepts and Method in Social Science demonstrates the
crucial role of concepts, providing a timely contribution that
draws both on the classic work of Giovanni Sartori and the writing
of a younger generation of scholars. In this volume, major writings
of Sartori are juxtaposed with other work that exemplifies
important approaches to concept analysis. The book is organized
into three key sections: Part I : Sartori on Concepts and Methods -
including an examination of the necessary logical steps in moving
from conceptualization to measurement and the relationships among
meanings, terms and observations. Part II: Extending the Sartori
Tradition - eminent scholars analyse five key ideas in concept
analysis: revolution, culture, democracy, peasants and
institutionalization within the context of the Sartori tradition.
Part III: In the Academy and Beyond - both an engaging
autobiographical essay written by Giovanni Sartori and reflections
from former students provide a unique context in which to situate
this varied and rigorous discussion of concept analysis and
qualitative methods. Concepts and Method in Social Science is an
accessible text that is well suited to advanced undergraduates and
graduate students, providing a distinct and coherent introduction
to comparative political analysis.
David A. Freedman presents here a definitive synthesis of his
approach to causal inference in the social sciences. He explores
the foundations and limitations of statistical modeling,
illustrating basic arguments with examples from political science,
public policy, law, and epidemiology. Freedman maintains that many
new technical approaches to statistical modeling constitute not
progress, but regress. Instead, he advocates a 'shoe leather'
methodology, which exploits natural variation to mitigate
confounding and relies on intimate knowledge of the subject matter
to develop meticulous research designs and eliminate rival
explanations. When Freedman first enunciated this position, he was
met with scepticism, in part because it was hard to believe that a
mathematical statistician of his stature would favor 'low-tech'
approaches. But the tide is turning. Many social scientists now
agree that statistical technique cannot substitute for good
research design and subject matter knowledge. This book offers an
integrated presentation of Freedman's views.
David A. Freedman presents here a definitive synthesis of his
approach to causal inference in the social sciences. He explores
the foundations and limitations of statistical modeling,
illustrating basic arguments with examples from political science,
public policy, law, and epidemiology. Freedman maintains that many
new technical approaches to statistical modeling constitute not
progress, but regress. Instead, he advocates a 'shoe leather'
methodology, which exploits natural variation to mitigate
confounding and relies on intimate knowledge of the subject matter
to develop meticulous research designs and eliminate rival
explanations. When Freedman first enunciated this position, he was
met with scepticism, in part because it was hard to believe that a
mathematical statistician of his stature would favor 'low-tech'
approaches. But the tide is turning. Many social scientists now
agree that statistical technique cannot substitute for good
research design and subject matter knowledge. This book offers an
integrated presentation of Freedman's views.
While one of the most important attempts to explain the rise of
authoritarian regimes and their relationship to problems of
economic development has been the "bureaucratic-authoritarian
model," there has been growing dissatisfaction with various
elements of this model. In light of this dissatisfaction, a group
of leading economists, political scientists, and sociologists was
brought together to assess the adequacy; of the model and suggest
directions for its reformulation. This volume is the product of
their discussions over a period of three years and represents an
important advance in the critique and refinement of ideas about
political development.
Part One provides an overview of the issues of social science
analysis raised by the recent emergence of authoritarianism in
Latin America and contains chapters by David Collier and Fernando
Henrique Cardoso. The chapters in Part Two address the problem of
explaining the rise of bureaucratic authoritarianism and are
written by Albert Hirschman, Jose Serra, Robert Kaufman, and Julio
Coder. In Part Three Guillermo O'Donnell, James Kurth, and David
Collier discuss the likely future patterns of change in
bureaucratic authoritarianism, opportunities for extending the
analysis to Europe, and priorities for future research. The book
includes a glossary and an extensive bibliography.
Cult cartoonist David Collier has fans such as Chris Ware, R. Crumb
and Joe Sacco patiently waiting for his next comic. This new 192
page Collier trade paperback will deliver all expectations and
beyond with a quirky collection of stories about his family, living
life in the army and the search for information on a local artist
he discovers, Frank Ritza. Along with the story, Collier provides
over 100 sketch book pages from London, Los Angeles and
Saskatchewan. This book is a natural companion to the entire D+Q
line (especially Seth's" It's a Good Life" and Joe Sacco's "Notes
From a Defeatist.)"
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Chimo (Paperback)
David Collier
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Since publishing his first story in R. Crumb's Weirdo magazine,
David Collier has been known for his thoughtful comic essays, often
biographies of endearing eccentrics like himself. With his strong
feeling for rustic scenery, Collier has carved a niche drawing
homely images of grain elevators and abandoned cabins for
publications like The Globe and Mail, the National Post, Saturday
Night and Geist magazine. Chimo is an autobiographical account of
Collier's decision to re-enlist in the Canadian army and go through
basic training again at age 40, leaving his new family behind. His
goal is to get to Afghanistan and follow in the footsteps of
artists (such as Alex Colville) who produced a body of work while
serving in the Canadian War Artists Program. It is a poignant
account of aging and mortality but, in true Collier fashion,
digresses into scenes of jumping rope, kayaking in Hamilton
harbour, and the story of his childhood hero, skier "Jackrabbit"
Johannsen.
An 80 page softback album showcasing the achievements of this
popular preserved line, by well known photographers and KWVR
volunteers Dave and Ben Collier.
Created through a "student-tested, faculty-approved" review process
with input from more than 150 students and faculty, Collier/Evans'
OM5 provides a streamlined introduction to the core concepts,
techniques, and applications of contemporary operations management.
This concise, engaging, and accessible text includes a full suite
of integrated learning tools--including flashcards, cases,
datasets, games, and quizzes--in a convenient and affordable
package perfect for today's diverse learners. OM5 provides the
latest examples featuring companies students will recognize from
the news as well as videos for every chapter, case studies and
end-of-chapter problems with exciting new material online. Five
additional chapters online enable readers to delve further into the
quantitative aspects of operations management.
This book collects Canadian cartoonist David Collier's work
published over the last 30 years in various publications such as:
The National Post, The Nerve, The Globe and Mail, The Saskatoon
Star Phoenix, Geist magazine, The Comics Journal, and many more.
With new introductions by the artist himself and plenty of added
ephemera, this is the volume that Collier completists have been
waiting for. Introduction by Jeet Heer: "In the single panel
strips, notably the Saskatoon Sketches and the 24 Simcoe Street
strip Collier did for the National Post, the drawings are deployed
in the service of anecdotes. Each individual strip might seem
slight but as you read them they add up to a quirky autobiography.
It's a mistake to read these single panels in the spirit of The
Family Circus or Marmaduke, expecting a big laugh. Rather you have
to look at each one as a snapshot of a day's event, a diary entry
in cartoon form."
Political methodology has changed dramatically over the past thirty
years, and many new methods and techniques have been developed.
Both the Political Methodology Society and the
Qualitative/Multi-Methods Section of the American Political Science
Association have engaged in ongoing research and training programs
that have advanced quantitative and qualitative methodology. The
Oxford Handbook of Political Methodology presents and synthesizes
these developments.
The Handbook provides comprehensive overviews of diverse
methodological approaches, with an emphasis on three major themes.
First, specific methodological tools should be at the service of
improved conceptualization, comprehension of meaning, measurement,
and data collection. They should increase analysts' leverage in
reasoning about causal relationships and evaluating them
empirically by contributing to powerful research designs. Second,
the authors explore the many different ways of addressing these
tasks: through case-studies and large-n designs, with both
quantitative and qualitative data, and via techniques ranging from
statistical modelling to process tracing. Finally, techniques can
cut across traditional methodological boundaries and can be useful
for many different kinds of researchers. Many of the authors thus
explore how their methods can inform, and be used by, scholars
engaged in diverse branches of methodology.
This book is a disciplined, paired comparison of the eight Latin
American countries with the longest history of urban commercial and
industrial development - Brazil and Chile, Mexico and Venezuela,
Uruguay and Colombia, Argentina and Peru. The authors show how and
why state party responses to the emergence of an organized working
class have been crucial in shaping political coalitions, party
systems, patterns of stability or conflict and the broad contours
of regimes and their changes. The argument is complex yet clear,
the analysis systematic yet nuanced. The focus is on autonomous
political variables within particular socioeconomic contexts, the
treatment of which is lengthy but rewarding.... Overall, a
path-breaking volume. - Foreign Affairs Excellent
comparative-historical analysis of eight countries (Argentina,
Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela)
focuses on emergence of different forms of control and mobilization
of the labor movement. By concentrating on alternative strategies
of the State in shaping the labor movement, authors are able to
explain different trajectories of national political change in
countries with longest history of urban, commerc
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