Quantitative techniques for managerial decisions / U K Srivastava, G V Shenoy, & S C Sharma;

Part I: Statistics for managerial decisions
Part II : operations research for managerial decisions
Part III: Supplementary readings in Mathematics

This book is designed as a textbook primarily for MBA students. It is also useful for Accountancy (Chartered and Cost Accountancy), Commerce and Economics students. The book covers concepts, illustrations and problems in Statistics, Operations Research and Mathematics. Part I deals with statistical techniques for decision making; Part II studies various operations research techniques for managerial decisions and Part III provides supplementary readings in mathematics. The book contains illustrations and problems drawn from various functional areas of management viz., Production, Finance, Marketing and HR and are designed to understand many managerial decision-making situations. In order to make the book self-contained, all relevant mathematical concepts and their applications have been included. To enchance the understanding of the subject matter by the students belonging to different disciplines, the approach adopted in this book is conceptual rather than excessively mathematical.