04 Mar 10 Media Ethics: Issues and Cases
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By combining real-life and hypothetical cases with a succinct introduction to ethical theory, this text helps students prepare for the ethical situations they will encounter in the media professions. It is an ideal choice as the main text in a media ethics course or as a supplemental text in any course in journalism. The new edition reflects changes in the world post 9/11, including the war in Iraq, the Enron and WorldCom scandals, and a new look at media and democracy in light of FCC-approved media consolidation.
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04 Mar 10 Developing the Leader Within You Workbook
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In the Developing the Leader Within You Workbook, John Maxwell examines the differences between leadership styles, outlines specific ways each reader can apply principles for inspiring, motivating, and influencing others. These principles can be used in any organization to foster integrity and self-discipline and bring a positive change. Developing the Leader Within You Workbook also allows readers to discover how to be effective in the highest calling of leadership by understanding the five characteristics that set leader managers apart from run-of-the-mill managers. In this companion to the bestseller, John Maxwell shows readers how to develop the vision, value, influence, and motivation required of successful leaders.
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04 Mar 10 Economics: Private & Public Choice
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Focusing on economics, this volume covers topics such as economic fluctuations, unemployment, macroeconomics, monetary policy, and budget deficits and the national debt.
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About the Author
James D. Gwartney holds the Gus A. Stavros Eminent Scholar Chair at Florida State University, where he directs the Stavros Center for the Advancement of Free Enterprise and Economic Education. He served as Chief Economist of the Joint Economic Committee of the U.S. Congress during 1999-2000. His most recent publication, Common Sense Economics: What Everyone Should Know About Wealth and Prosperity (St. Martin’s Press, 2005) is a primer on economics and personal finance designed for the interested lay person. His publications have appeared in both professional journals and popular media such as the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times. His Ph.D. in economics is from the University of Washington. His current research focuses on the measurement and determination of factors that influence cross-country differences in income levels and growth rates. In this regard, he is the senior researcher responsible for the preparation of the annual report, Economic Freedom of the World, which provides information on the institutions and policies of 130 countries. This data set, published by a worldwide network of institutes in 70 countries, is widely used by scholars investigating topics ranging from economic growth to peaceful relations among nations. Gwartney was invited by the incoming Putin Administration in March 2000 to make presentations and have discussions with leading Russian economists concerning the future of the Russian economy. In 2004 he was the recipient of the Adam Smith Award of the Association of Private Enterprise Education for his contribution to the advancement of free market ideals. He is the President-elect of the Southern Economic Association.
Richard L. Stroup is Professor of Economics Emeritus at Montana State University, as well as a Senior Fellow at the Property and Environment Research Center (PERC) and a Visiting Professor in Economics at North Carolina State University. For the three years before his retirement from Montana State University, he served as head of its Department of Agricultural Economics & Economics. Professor Stroup, who has a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Washington, was one of the originators of the “New Resource Economics,” the academic approach popularly known as free market environmentalism. He also served as director of the Office of Policy Analysis in the U.S. Department of the Interior and has been published widely in professional journals and popular publications. He is author or contributing editor of numerous books on the economics of resources and the environment and the author of Eco-nomics: What Everyone Should Know About Economics and the Environment (Cato Institute). Most recently he co-authored Common Sense Economics: What Everyone Should Know About Wealth and Prosperity (St. Martin’s Press, 2005) with James Gwartney and Dwight Lee. Stroup has lectured throughout the United States and abroad to professional and general audiences. He held the Hayek Chair in Economics at the University of Graz in Austria, in the fall of 2005. He is a member of the Mont Pelerin Society and an adjunct scholar with the Cato Institute.
Russell S. Sobel is Professor of Economics and holder of the James Clark Coffman Distinguished Chair in Entrepreneurial Studies at West Virginia University. He received his Ph.D. in economics from Florida State University in 1994. He has published over 75 books and articles, and has received national recognition for his work on FEMA reform. Sobel was the founding Director of the West Virginia University Entrepreneurship Center, and he serves on the advisory boards of five major professional and academic organizations. He has received numerous awards for both his teaching and research. He regularly teaches courses in both principles of economics and public economics, and gives lectures at economic education outreach programs.
David A. Macpherson is the director of the Pepper Institute on Aging and Public Policy and the Rod and Hope Brim Eminent Scholar of Economics at Florida State University, where he has received two university-wide awards for teaching excellence. Professor Macpherson is the author of many articles in leading labor economics and industrial relations journals, including the Journal of Labor Economics, Journal of Human Resources, and Industrial and Labor Relations Review. He is also coauthor of Contemporary Labor Economics, 8th, as well as the annual Union Membership and Earnings Data Book: Compilations from the Current Population Survey. His specialty is applied labor economics. His current research interests include pensions, discrimination, labor unions, and the minimum wage. He received his undergraduate degree and Ph.D. from the Pennsylvania State University.
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04 Mar 10 Economics: Private and public choice
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Focusing on economics, this volume covers topics such as economic fluctuations, unemployment, macroeconomics, monetary policy, and budget deficits and the national debt.
This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
About the Author
James D. Gwartney holds the Gus A. Stavros Eminent Scholar Chair at Florida State University, where he directs the Stavros Center for the Advancement of Free Enterprise and Economic Education. He served as Chief Economist of the Joint Economic Committee of the U.S. Congress during 1999-2000. His most recent publication, Common Sense Economics: What Everyone Should Know About Wealth and Prosperity (St. Martin’s Press, 2005) is a primer on economics and personal finance designed for the interested lay person. His publications have appeared in both professional journals and popular media such as the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times. His Ph.D. in economics is from the University of Washington. His current research focuses on the measurement and determination of factors that influence cross-country differences in income levels and growth rates. In this regard, he is the senior researcher responsible for the preparation of the annual report, Economic Freedom of the World, which provides information on the institutions and policies of 130 countries. This data set, published by a worldwide network of institutes in 70 countries, is widely used by scholars investigating topics ranging from economic growth to peaceful relations among nations. Gwartney was invited by the incoming Putin Administration in March 2000 to make presentations and have discussions with leading Russian economists concerning the future of the Russian economy. In 2004 he was the recipient of the Adam Smith Award of the Association of Private Enterprise Education for his contribution to the advancement of free market ideals. He is the President-elect of the Southern Economic Association.
Richard L. Stroup is Professor of Economics Emeritus at Montana State University, as well as a Senior Fellow at the Property and Environment Research Center (PERC) and a Visiting Professor in Economics at North Carolina State University. For the three years before his retirement from Montana State University, he served as head of its Department of Agricultural Economics & Economics. Professor Stroup, who has a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Washington, was one of the originators of the “New Resource Economics,” the academic approach popularly known as free market environmentalism. He also served as director of the Office of Policy Analysis in the U.S. Department of the Interior and has been published widely in professional journals and popular publications. He is author or contributing editor of numerous books on the economics of resources and the environment and the author of Eco-nomics: What Everyone Should Know About Economics and the Environment (Cato Institute). Most recently he co-authored Common Sense Economics: What Everyone Should Know About Wealth and Prosperity (St. Martin’s Press, 2005) with James Gwartney and Dwight Lee. Stroup has lectured throughout the United States and abroad to professional and general audiences. He held the Hayek Chair in Economics at the University of Graz in Austria, in the fall of 2005. He is a member of the Mont Pelerin Society and an adjunct scholar with the Cato Institute.
Russell S. Sobel is Professor of Economics and holder of the James Clark Coffman Distinguished Chair in Entrepreneurial Studies at West Virginia University. He received his Ph.D. in economics from Florida State University in 1994. He has published over 75 books and articles, and has received national recognition for his work on FEMA reform. Sobel was the founding Director of the West Virginia University Entrepreneurship Center, and he serves on the advisory boards of five major professional and academic organizations. He has received numerous awards for both his teaching and research. He regularly teaches courses in both principles of economics and public economics, and gives lectures at economic education outreach programs.
David A. Macpherson is the director of the Pepper Institute on Aging and Public Policy and the Rod and Hope Brim Eminent Scholar of Economics at Florida State University, where he has received two university-wide awards for teaching excellence. Professor Macpherson is the author of many articles in leading labor economics and industrial relations journals, including the Journal of Labor Economics, Journal of Human Resources, and Industrial and Labor Relations Review. He is also coauthor of Contemporary Labor Economics, 8th, as well as the annual Union Membership and Earnings Data Book: Compilations from the Current Population Survey. His specialty is applied labor economics. His current research interests include pensions, discrimination, labor unions, and the minimum wage. He received his undergraduate degree and Ph.D. from the Pennsylvania State University.
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04 Mar 10 Economics: Private & Public Choice, 11th Edition
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Authors James D. Gwartney, Richard L. Stroup, Russell S. Sobel, and David Macpherson, believe that a course on principles of economics should focus on the power and relevance of the economic way of thinking. It is this belief and corresponding writing approach that has made ECONOMICS: PRIVATE AND PUBLIC CHOICE one of South-Western’s most solid and enduring texts. Throughout this text, the authors integrate applications and real-world data in an effort to make the basic concepts of economics come alive for the reader.
About the Author
James D. Gwartney holds the Gus A. Stavros Eminent Scholar Chair at Florida State University, where he directs the Stavros Center for the Advancement of Free Enterprise and Economic Education. His writings have been widely published in both professional journals and popular media. He is the co-author of Common Sense Economics: What Everyone Should Know About Wealth and Prosperity (St. Martin’s Press, 2005), a primer on economics and personal finance. His current research focuses on the measurement and determination of factors that influence cross-country differences in income levels and growth rates. In this regard he is the coauthor (with Robert Lawson) of the annual report, Economic Freedom of the World, which provides information on the institutions and policies of 141 countries. This data set, published by a worldwide network of institutes in 79 countries, is widely used by scholars investigating topics ranging from economic growth to peaceful relations among nations. He served as Chief Economist of the Joint Economic Committee of the U.S. Congress during 1999-2000. Gwartney was invited by the incoming Putin Administration in March 2000 to make presentations and have discussions with leading Russian economists concerning the future of the Russian economy. In 2004 he was the recipient of the Adam Smith Award of the Association of Private Enterprise Education for his contribution to the advancement of free market ideals. He is a past President of the Southern Economic Association and the Association for Private Enterprise Education. His Ph.D. in economics is from the University of Washington.
Richard L. Stroup is Professor of Economics Emeritus at Montana State University, as well as a Senior Fellow at the Property and Environment Research Center (PERC) and a Visiting Professor in Economics at North Carolina State University. For the three years before his retirement from Montana State University, he served as head of its Department of Agricultural Economics & Economics. Professor Stroup, who has a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Washington, was one of the originators of the New Resource Economics, the academic approach popularly known as free market environmentalism. He also served as director of the Office of Policy Analysis in the U.S. Department of the Interior and has been published widely in professional journals and popular publications. He is author or contributing editor of numerous books on the economics of resources and the environment and the author of Eco-nomics: What Everyone Should Know About Economics and the Environment (Cato Institute). Most recently he co-authored Common Sense Economics: What Everyone Should Know About Wealth and Prosperity (St. Martin’s Press, 2005) with James Gwartney and Dwight Lee. Stroup has lectured throughout the United States and abroad to professional and general audiences. He also is an adjunct scholar with the Cato Institute.
Russell S. Sobel is Professor of Economics and holder of the James Clark Coffman Distinguished Chair in Entrepreneurial Studies at West Virginia University. He received his Ph.D. in economics from Florida State University in 1994. He has published over 150 books and articles, and has received national recognition for his works on Entrepreneurship and FEMA reform. Sobel was the founding Director of the West Virginia University Entrepreneurship Center, and he serves on the advisory boards of four major professional and academic organizations. He has received numerous awards for both his teaching and research. He regularly teaches courses in both principles of economics and public economics, and gives lectures at economic education outreach programs.
David A. Macpherson is the E.M. Stevens Distinguished Professor of Economics at Trinity University. Previously, he was Director of the Pepper Institute on Aging and Public Policy and the Rod and Hope Brim Eminent Scholar of Economics at Florida State University, where he has received two university-wide awards for teaching excellence. Professor Macpherson is the author of many articles in leading labor economics and industrial relations journals, including the Journal of Labor Economics, Journal of Human Resources, and Industrial and Labor Relations Review. He is also coauthor of Contemporary Labor Economics, 9th, as well as the annual Union Membership and Earnings Data Book: Compilations from the Current Population Survey. His specialty is applied labor economics. His current research interests include pensions, discrimination, labor unions, and the minimum wage. He received his undergraduate degree and Ph.D. from the Pennsylvania State University.
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04 Mar 10 Economics: Private and Public Choice
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ECONOMICS: PRIVATE AND PUBLIC CHOICE includes many more engaging elements—such as scenes from popular movies and applications of economic theory to real-world issues—to help you see how these theories apply to the world around you. Each chapter has been updated to reflect today’s market, including analysis and explanation of measures of current economic activity. You’ll also find highlights of the lives of notable economists and how they contributed to the thinking that shapes our markets today. Common economic myths are dispelled, and the “invisible hand” metaphor is applied to economic theory, demonstrating how it’s working even today to stimulate the economy. This 12th edition includes new technology features such as a robust set of online multimedia learning tools, including video clips and free quizzes designed to support your classroom work; a completely updated Aplia interactive learning system with practice problems, interactive tutorials, online experiences, and more.
About the Author
James D. Gwartney holds the Gus A. Stavros Eminent Scholar Chair at Florida State University, where he directs the Stavros Center for the Advancement of Free Enterprise and Economic Education. His writings have been widely published in both professional journals and popular media. He is the co-author of Common Sense Economics: What Everyone Should Know About Wealth and Prosperity (St. Martin’s Press, 2005), a primer on economics and personal finance. His current research focuses on the measurement and determination of factors that influence cross-country differences in income levels and growth rates. In this regard he is the coauthor (with Robert Lawson) of the annual report, Economic Freedom of the World, which provides information on the institutions and policies of 141 countries. This data set, published by a worldwide network of institutes in 79 countries, is widely used by scholars investigating topics ranging from economic growth to peaceful relations among nations. He served as Chief Economist of the Joint Economic Committee of the U.S. Congress during 1999-2000. Gwartney was invited by the incoming Putin Administration in March 2000 to make presentations and have discussions with leading Russian economists concerning the future of the Russian economy. In 2004 he was the recipient of the Adam Smith Award of the Association of Private Enterprise Education for his contribution to the advancement of free market ideals. He is a past President of the Southern Economic Association and the Association for Private Enterprise Education. His Ph.D. in economics is from the University of Washington.
Richard L. Stroup is Professor of Economics Emeritus at Montana State University, as well as a Senior Fellow at the Property and Environment Research Center (PERC) and a Visiting Professor in Economics at North Carolina State University. For the three years before his retirement from Montana State University, he served as head of its Department of Agricultural Economics & Economics. Professor Stroup, who has a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Washington, was one of the originators of the New Resource Economics, the academic approach popularly known as free market environmentalism. He also served as director of the Office of Policy Analysis in the U.S. Department of the Interior and has been published widely in professional journals and popular publications. He is author or contributing editor of numerous books on the economics of resources and the environment and the author of Eco-nomics: What Everyone Should Know About Economics and the Environment (Cato Institute). Most recently he co-authored Common Sense Economics: What Everyone Should Know About Wealth and Prosperity (St. Martin’s Press, 2005) with James Gwartney and Dwight Lee. Stroup has lectured throughout the United States and abroad to professional and general audiences. He also is an adjunct scholar with the Cato Institute.
Russell S. Sobel is Professor of Economics and holder of the James Clark Coffman Distinguished Chair in Entrepreneurial Studies at West Virginia University. He received his Ph.D. in economics from Florida State University in 1994. He has published over 150 books and articles, and has received national recognition for his works on Entrepreneurship and FEMA reform. Sobel was the founding Director of the West Virginia University Entrepreneurship Center, and he serves on the advisory boards of four major professional and academic organizations. He has received numerous awards for both his teaching and research. He regularly teaches courses in both principles of economics and public economics, and gives lectures at economic education outreach programs.
David A. Macpherson is the E.M. Stevens Distinguished Professor of Economics at Trinity University. Previously, he was Director of the Pepper Institute on Aging and Public Policy and the Rod and Hope Brim Eminent Scholar of Economics at Florida State University, where he has received two university-wide awards for teaching excellence. Professor Macpherson is the author of many articles in leading labor economics and industrial relations journals, including the Journal of Labor Economics, Journal of Human Resources, and Industrial and Labor Relations Review. He is also coauthor of Contemporary Labor Economics, 9th, as well as the annual Union Membership and Earnings Data Book: Compilations from the Current Population Survey. His specialty is applied labor economics. His current research interests include pensions, discrimination, labor unions, and the minimum wage. He received his undergraduate degree and Ph.D. from the Pennsylvania State University.
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04 Mar 10 Basic Statistics for Business and Economics with Student CD
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Lind/Marchal/Wathen: Basic Statistics for Business and Economics, Sixth edition is a derivative of the best-selling Statistical Techniques in Business and Economics, offering the essential topics of statistical tools and methods delivered in a student friendly, step-by-step format. The text is non-threatening and presents concepts clearly and succinctly with a conversational writing style. All statistical concepts are illustrated with solved applied examples immediately upon introduction. Modern computing tools and applications are introduced, but the text maintains a focus on presenting statistics content as opposed to technology or programming methods, and the sixth edition continues as a “students” text with increased emphasis on interpretation of data and results.
About the Author
Douglas A. Lind is now an adjunct professor at Coastal Carolina University. He earned his Ph.D. and an MBA from The University of Toledo and a Bachelor of Science in Business from Bowling Green State University. Dr. Lind is the co-author with the late Robert D. Mason and William G. Marchal of Statistical Techniques in Business and Economics and Basic Statistics for Business and Economics published by Irwin/McGraw-Hill and Statistics: An Introduction published by Duxbury. In addition he has written Study Guides to be used with these texts. Dr. Lind has more than 25 years of college teaching experience. This includes teaching statistics at the introductory, intermediate, and advanced undergraduate level, as well as graduate courses in statistics and research methods. He is a past recipient of the Tony DeJute Outstanding Teacher award. This award is given annually by the College of Business to the outstanding teacher in the College. He is active in both consulting and community service in Northwest Ohio. He has consulted with such national firms as Ford Motor Company, Key Bank, National City Bank, and the former Sheller Globe. Regional consulting includes work with The Toledo Hospital, St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center, and the Toledo Community Oncology Program. He has served the community of Perrysburg, Ohio as a member of volunteer committees for the city and the school system. This includes his most avid avocation, coaching high school baseball, having served as a volunteer coach for more than 12 years. His professional memberships include The American Statistical Association, Decision Sciences, and The Textbook Author’s Association.
William G. Marchal is Professor of Information Systems and Operations Management at The University of Toledo College of Business Administration. He received his B.S. degree in Mathematics from The University of Dayton, an M.A. in Mathematics from The Catholic University of America, and his D. Sc. in Operations Research from The George Washington University. Dr. Marchal has held visiting appointments at The University of Michigan and George Mason University. He has also worked at the Executive Office of the District of Columbia government, the George Washington University Institute for Management Science, and the U.S. Army Chemical Research & Development Center. Dr. Marchal is co-author with the late Robert D. Mason and Douglas A. Lind of three textbooks: Statistics: An Introduction; Statistical Techniques in Business & Economics; and Basic Statistics for Business & Economics. His research on stochastic models focuses on applications to waiting line models. Dr. Marchal has made paper presentations at meetings of professional societies, referred papers for journals and served as an associate editor of Naval Research Logistics. Published articles appear in the journals: Communications in Statistics, INFORMS, Journal on Computing, IIE Transactions, Interfaces, Operations Research, The Annals of Operations Research, AIIE Transactions and The Journal of Applied Probability.
Samuel Wathen is a Professor in the E. Craig Wall Sr. College of Business Administration at Coastal Carolina University. He earned his Ph.D. in Business Administration from the University of Minnesota, a M.B.A. from Oklahoma State University, a M.S. in Forest Biometrics from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, and a B.S. in Forestry from the University of Illinois. Dr. Wathen’s research interests include applied statistics, teaching methods, and manufacturing and service process design. He has published articles in the International Journal of Operations and Production Management, National Productivity Review, International Journal of Service Industry Management, and the Journal of Workplace Learning: Employee Counseling Today. Dr. Wathen has 14 years of teaching experience. This includes introductory statistics, decision analysis, operations management, materials management, and service operations management. His experience spans both graduate and undergraduate programs. He attended a Master Teaching seminar held at Georgia State University that offered concepts and techniques to improve course design, course delivery, exam construction, student involvement, and many other aspects of teaching.
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04 Mar 10 Computer Accounting with Peachtree Complete 2009, Release 16.0 with CD-ROM
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Carol Yacht’s Peachtree textbook is the market leader because her pedagogy is unmatched—she incorporates real-world businesses; step-by step-directions; numerous screen illustrations; challenging exercises and projects; and a website with additional resources. The 13th edition teaches you how to use Peachtree Complete Accounting 2009 software including how to set up service, merchandising, nonprofit, and manufacturing businesses. The primary goal is for the student to have a working familiarity with the software after completing the course with this text. Peachtree is widely used by individuals, businesses, and accountants. For more than 30 years, Peachtree by Sage has produced award-winning accounting software. More than 5.7 million small and medium-sized businesses use Sage Software products worldwide (http://sage.com/ourbusiness/aboutus). More than 14,000 employees work for Sage Software. In the United States and Canada, Peachtree is used by more than 2.8 million customers. Industries that use Peachtree include manufacturing; distribution; nonprofit organizations; construction; retail businesses; public utilities; legal, medical, and accounting firms.
About the Author
Carol Yacht is a textbook author and accounting educator. Carol contributes regularly to professional journals and is the Accounting Section Editor for Business Education Forum, a publication of the National Business Education Association. She is the author of Dynamics-GP (Great Plains), Peachtree, Microsoft Office Accounting, QuickBooks, and Excel textbooks; and the accounting textbook supplement, Carol Yacht’s General Ledger and Peachtree CD-ROMs (www.mhhe.com/yacht). Carol taught on the faculties of California State University, Los Angeles; West Los Angeles College; Yavapai College; and Beverly Hills High School. Since 1978, Carol has included software in her classes to help students master accounting. Carol Yacht is an officer of the American Accounting Association’s Two-Year College section and recipient of its Lifetime Achievement Award. She is a member of the Microsoft Dynamics Academic Alliance Advisory Council; served on NBEA’s Computer Education Task Force; worked for IBM Corporation as an education instruction specialist; and is a frequent speaker at state, regional, and national conventions. Carol earned her MA degree from California State University, Los Angeles; BS degree from the University of New Mexico, and AS degree from Temple University.
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