Prelim Version: Spreadsheet Modeling for Business Decisions

"Spreadsheet Modeling for Business Decisions" focuses on fundamental topics of business decision modeling including spreadsheet modeling, data management and modeling, simulation and linear regression modeling, and decision making under uncertainty. The book emphasizes the importance of effectively communicating results to the appropriate business decision maker. "Spreadsheet Modeling for Business Decisions" strives to educate future managers in the process of becoming more effective and efficient problem solvers by introducing them to the most important and useful topics associated with widely-used business decision models and preparing them to apply those topics to real-world problems. Students are instructed in how to integrate the use of common software packages into their analysis and solutions, and to prepare written and verbal conclusions from that analysis.