Managing Your Personal Finances or Practical Management Science

Managing Your Personal Finances

Author: Joan S Ryan

While focusing on the student's role as a citizen, student, family member, consumer, and active participant in the business world, MANAGING YOUR PERSONAL FINANCES informs students of their various financial responsibilities, and provides opportunities for self-awareness, expression, and satisfaction in a highly technical and competitive society. Students discover new ways to maximize their earning potential, develop strategies for managing their resources, explore skills for the wise use of credit, and gain insight into the different ways of investing money. Written specifically for high school students, special sections in each chapter hold student interest by focusing on current trends and issues consumers face in the marketplace.

Table of Contents:

Chapter 1 Choosing Your Career, Chapter 2 Planning Your Career, Chapter 3 Getting the Job, Chapter 4 Adapting to Your Job, Chapter 5 Keeping Your Job, Chapter 6 Pay, Benefits, and Working Conditions, Chapter 7 Federal Income Tax, Chapter 8 Budgets and Financial Records, Chapter 9 Checking Accounts and Other Banking Services, Chapter 10 Saving for the Future, Chapter 11 Investing for Your Future, Chapter 12 Investing in Stocks, Chapter 13 Investing in Bonds, Chapter 14 Investing in Mutual Funds, Real Estate, and Other Alternatives, Chapter 15 Retirement and Estate Planning, Chapter 16 Credit in America, Chapter 17 Credit Procedures and Laws, Chapter 18 Cost of Credit, Chapter 19 Problems with Credit, Chapter 20 Personal Decision Making, Chapter 21 Housing, Chapter 22 Real Estate Principles, Chapter 23 The Automobile, Chapter 24 Family Decisions, Chapter 25 Personal Risks and Insurance, Chapter 26 Porperty and Liability Insurance, Chapter 27 Health and Life Insurance, Chapter 28 Role of the Consumer in the Marketplace, Chapter 29 Consumer Protection, Chapter 30 Legal Protection

See also: Essentials of Real Estate Investment or Event Management

Practical Management Science (with CD-ROM, Decision Tools and Stat Tools Suite, and Microsoft Project 2003 120 Day Version) with CDROM

Author: Wayne L Winston

This text takes an active-learning approach, providing numerous examples and problems so students can practice extensively with a concept before moving on. Four types of problems -- skill-building, skill-extending, modeling, and cases are graded within sections and chapters to help instructors assign homework. Another important feature is the way that the text integrates modeling into all functional areas of business: finance, marketing, operations management using real examples and real data. The text emphasizes modeling over algebraic formulations and memorization of particular models. Shell files are also provided so that instructors can give students as much or as little information as they need.