Business Process

T. A. VENKATACHALAM (M.Tech. (Textiles), MBA) is Professor and Dean, MBA Department, Karpagam College of Engineering, Coimbatore. With more than 16 years of industrial experience and 26 years of teaching experience, he has published and presented various articles and research papers in journals of national repute. A recipient of Fellow of Textile Association and a member of Indian Society of Technical Education (ISTE), Professor Venkatachalam has also authored Management Dictionary.

C. M. SELLAPPAN (ME, MS (IT), PGDBA) was Professor and Head, IT Department, Mahindra Engineering College, Namakkal. He has about 36 years of teaching experience. He is a corporate member of the Institution of Engineers (India).
This textbook provides complete coverage of the subject. Starting with a detailed description of organisational structure, relationships and culture, the text proceeds to discuss the topics such as nature of power in organisation, leadership, organisational change and organisational environment. An elaborate account of business process reengineering with respect to methodology, planning, and its relationship with IT industry is given. Finally, the text describes e-business process and knowledge management in detail.

The text is profusely illustrated with numerous flow charts and diagrams. Review questions are included at the end of every chapter to help students check their understanding of the subject.

This textbook is primarily designed for the students of MCA for a course in business process. It will be also useful to the students of MBA and BCA.

ISBN: 9788120341920
Author: T. A. VENKATACHALAM & C. M. SELLAPPAN
Published by: PHI Learning
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Basics Of Atmospheric Science

A. CHANDRASEKAR, Ph.D., is Senior Professor and Head, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology Thiruvananthapuram. Earlier, he has been Professor of Physics and Meteorology and Head of Centre of Oceans, Rivers, Atmosphere and Land Sciences at Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, where he served for 21 years. Professor Chandrasekar has taught a variety of undergraduate and postgraduate courses during his long teaching and research career of nearly 22 years. He has to his credit about 40 peer reviewed journal publications. He is also a member of the Editorial Boards of the The Open Atmospheric Science Journal and Disaster Advances Journal, besides being a member of National Academy of Sciences, India and a life member of the Indian Meteorological Society and Indian Society for Theoretical and Applied Mechanics.

His fields of specialization are atmospheric modelling, mesoscale modelling and data assimilation.
"Intended primarily as an introductory textbook for the postgraduate students of atmospheric sciences, geophysics, and meteorology, this book would also be extremely useful to all those engaged in meteorological research. The book, comprising fifteen chapters, provides a detailed treatment of various aspects of atmospheric phenomena and their underlying physical principles. It offers a study of both physical and dynamical aspects of the atmosphere. After discussing the fundamental processes such as origin of the atmosphere, atmospheric thermodynamics, atmospheric radiation and cloud and precipitation formation, the book focuses on equipping students with a thorough understanding of weather and climate. The book also deals with large-scale systems such as waves and synoptic disturbances in lower and mid-altitudes. Global energy balance, general circulation, numerical modelling and chaos in the atmosphere are all well covered in great detail.

The book also provides eighty-four worked-out problems and four FORTRAN programs to solve the non-divergent vorticity equation, the shallow water equation as well as the numerical solution of the forced damped pendulum and that of the Lorenz system. Execution of these computer programs will enable the students to understand concepts such as convergence, stability and issues of choosing the necessary step size in space and time, respectively."

ISBN: 9788120340220
Author: A. CHANDRASEKAR
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Auditing and Assurance

VARSHA AINAPURE is Lecturer, Department of Accountancy, Nagindas Khandwala College of Commerce and Economics, Mumbai University. She has a teaching experience of more than 20 years and is also a fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI). She has co-authored more than 15 books on Book-keeping, Financial Accounting, Management Accounting, Cost Accounting, Direct and Indirect Taxes and Auditing.
Whether it is a balance sheet of a company, a cinema hall, or of a school; auditing evaluates all! This comprehensive book, now in its second edition, is a compendium of a textbook; a handbook of Auditing Standards; a question bank, and a compilation of model answers.

This text is organized in four parts. Part 1 (Principles) enunciates the standards and the concepts, which form the bases of auditing. Part 2(Process) provides a stepwise description of the auditing process, adopted by the auditors while performing audit engagements. Part 3 (Performance) deals with the auditing engagement and shows how the verification of financial elements such as receipts, payments, purchases, sales, assets and liabilities is conducted. Part 4 (Practice) demonstrates the practical aspects of audits of specific entities such as private limited companies, charitable trusts, hospitals and so on.

This book is primarily intended for the students of Chartered Accountancy (appearing for the CA-PCC examination), Cost Accounting, Company Secretary, and postgraduate students of Finance and Accounting. Apart from that, the book is also useful for the practising Chartered Accountants and Financial officers of companies, as a reference handbook.

ISBN: 9788120339910
Author: VARSHA AINAPURE
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An Introduction To Reactive Power Control And Voltage Stability In Power Transmission Systems

A. K. MUKHOPADHYAY, Ph.D., is former Vice Chancellor of Tripura University and former Professor of Electrical Engineering in the Department of Applied Physics of Calcutta University. Being recipient of several awards, Mukhopadhyay has published 120 research papers in national and international journals and also published books in various fields of electrical engineering.
D.P. KOTHARI, Ph.D., is Professor, Centre for Energy Studies, and Deputy Director (Administration), Indian Institute of Technology Delhi. He has also been the Head of the Centre for Energy Studies (1995-97), and Principal (1997-98) of Visvesvaraya Regional Engineering College, Nagpur. Earlier (1982-83 and 1989), he was a visiting fellow at RMIT, Melbourne, Australia.
ABHINANDAN DE, Ph.D., is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Electrical Engineering, Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur. Actively involved in research and consultancy work, he has published more than 30 research papers in peer reviewed international journals.
ABHIJIT CHAKRABARTI is Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur, Howrah. A Fellow of the Institution of Engineers (India), he has published/presented 85 research papers in international and national journals and conferences and authored/co-authored ten books on electrical engineering.
This text, intended for the students pursuing postgraduate programmes in Electrical Engineering, focuses special attention on the implications of reactive power in voltage stability of transmission systems. The basic concepts of power system stability and other operational aspects have been discussed. Both the advanced and the practical aspects have been highlighted. Modern concepts and applications, theoretical as well as simulated study, have been presented wherever necessary. In brief, the text presents a complete overview of the research and engineering aspects of the problem of stability, suitable both for academics and practising engineers, along with a brief historical review of the concerned topics.

In some instances the authors have included some of their own research results while maintaining the uniformity of overall treatment of the book. The text is replete with examples and is backed up by analytical derivations and physical interpretations, wherever considered necessary.

ISBN: 9788120340503
Author: A. K. MUKHOPADHYAY, D.P. KOTHARI, ABHINANDAN DE & ABHIJIT CHAKRABARTI
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An Introduction To Astrophysics

BAIDYANATH BASU, Ph.D. has been Professor and Head, Department of Applied Mathematics, Calcutta University. He did his postgraduation in astronomy at the University of California at Berkeley.

Dr. TANUKA CHATTOPADHYAY, Ph.D., is a faculty member in the Department of Applied Mathematics, Calcutta University. She is a Visiting Associate of Inter University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), Pune since 2002. She has published many research papers in national and international journals in the field of astrophysics.

SUDHINDRA NATH BISWAS has assisted Dr. Baidyanath Basu in writing the book entitled An Introduction to Astrophysics under the UGC fellowship scheme for the preparation of university level books by Indian authors. A teacher by profession, he holds a Master’s degree in science and a Bachelor’s degree in teaching. He retired as Headmaster of Sonamukhi B.J. High School, Bankura, West Bengal.
"This invaluable book, now in its second edition, covers a wide range of topics appropriate for both undergraduate and postgraduate courses in astrophysics. The book conveys a deep and coherent understanding of the stellar phenomena, and basic astrophysics of stars, galaxies, clusters of galaxies and other heavenly bodies of interest.

Since the first appearance of the book in 1997, significant progress has been made in different branches of Astronomy and Astrophysics. The second edition takes into account the developments of the subject which have taken place in the last decade. It discusses the latest introduction of L and T dwarfs in the Hertzsprung-Russel diagram (or H-R diagram). Other developments discussed pertain to standard solar model, solar neutrino puzzle, cosmic microwave background radiation, Drake equation, dwarf galaxies, ultra compact dwarf galaxies, compact groups and cluster of galaxies.

Problems at the end of each chapter motivate the students to go deeper into the topics. Suggested readings at the end of each chapter have been complemented."

ISBN: 9788120340718
Author: BAIDYANATH BASU, TANUKA CHATTOPADHYAY & Baidyanath Basu
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Advanced Accounting : Volume I

D. CHANDRA BOSE, PhD, is Principal, Sree Narayana College (University of Kerala), Chengannur, Kerala. He has more than three decades of academic experience. He has authored several books in the field of management and administration, including four books for PHI Learning. His research areas include marketing, public administration, and finance and accounting.
Designed primarily as a text for undergraduate and postgraduate students of commerce and postgraduate students of management, and for Chartered Accountancy (CA) and the Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India (ICWAI) courses, this well-organized book provides a thorough analysis of the different aspects of Accounting. The text not only gives a clear analysis of the accounting principles and techniques but also effectively combines the theoretical and practical aspects of advanced/financial accounting.

The book begins with an introduction to accounting and proceeds to discuss accounting principles and standards. It also explains the final accounts of sole traders and then moves on to dwell on topics such as rectification of errors, bills of exchange and consignment accounts. Besides, it deals in detail with joint venture accounts, accounts from incomplete records, accounts of non-profit organizations, and a host of other topics. The text then concludes by highlighting the new trends in human resources accounting and responsibility accounting.

ISBN: 9788120339194
Author: D. CHANDRA BOSE
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Accountancy : For Class XII

B. K. Banerjee is a faculty member of Durgapur Government College, Durgapur, West Bengal. He is also an Academic Guide and Visiting Faculty Member to ICFAI National College, Durgapur. A life member of the Indian Accounting Association, Mr. Banerjee has more than 24 years of teaching experience. He has also authored many books, including Financial Accounting: A Dynamic Approach, published by PHI Learning. He has presented several papers in national/international conferences and seminars.
Extensive coverage of the fundamental principles and applications of financial accounting including the following :

Accounting procedures for

Not-for-profit organizations

Partnership firms

Share Capital

Debentures

Reconstitution of partnership due to

Admission of a partner

Retirement or death of a partner

Dissolution of firm

Accounting statements and their analysis

Accounting ratios

Project work

ISBN: 9788120339477
Author: B. K. Banerjee
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Accountancy : For Class XI

B. K. Banerjee is a faculty member of Durgapur Government College, Durgapur, West Bengal. He is also an Academic Guide and Visiting Faculty Member to ICFAI National College, Durgapur. A life member of the Indian Accounting Association, Mr. Banerjee has more than 24 years of teaching experience. He has also authored many books, including Financial Accounting: A Dynamic Approach, published by PHI Learning. He has presented several papers in national/international conferences and seminars.

Extensive coverage of the fundamental principles and applications of financial accounting including the following :

Process of accounting

Methods of recording accounting transactions

Books of original entry as well as books of special purpose

Accounting statements

Errors and their rectification

Accounting procedures for depreciation, provisions and reserves, bills of exchange and incomplete records

Use of computers and database management in accounting

ISBN: 9788120339484
Author: B. K. Banerjee
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A Trinity Of National Summits

This book is a poetic tribute and homage paid by the author to three outstanding Indian personalities: Malviyana, the father-angel and architect of the pilgrims of knowledge to the temple-shrine called Banaras Hindu University, Dr. Radhakrishnan, and President Abdul Kalam.

ISBN: 8188588016
Author: Pandey, Jagdish
Published by: Dolphin Books
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Operations Research : Principles And Applications

G. SRINIVASAN (Ph.D.) is Professor of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Technology Madras. He obtained his doctorate in Industrial Engineering and Management from IIT Madras in the year 1990. He has about twenty years of teaching and research experience in the areas of operations management and operations research. Professor Srinivasan has contributed several research papers in reputed journals. He is also the author of Operations Research: Principles and Applications, published by PHI Learning.

His areas of interest include operations research, operations and supply chain management and manufacturing systems management.

This text, now in the Second Edition, continues to provide students with a clear, well-structured and comprehensive treatment of the theory and applications of operations research. The methodology used is to first expose the students to the fundamental concepts through a numerical illustration and then explain the underlying theory wherever required. The inclusion of a case study in each chapter of this second edition has made learning easier and more effective.

The book introduces the readers to various models of operations research, such as the transportation model, the assignment model, the inventory model, the queueing theory and the integer programming model. The various techniques to solve OR problems faced by managers are also discussed. Separate chapters are devoted to linear programming, dynamic programming and quadratic programming which greatly help in the decision-making process.

The text facilitates easy comprehension of topics by the students due to inclusion of :

Examples and situations from the Indian context.

Numerous exercise problems arranged in a graded manner.

A large number of illustrative examples.

The text is primarily intended for the postgraduate students of management, computer applications, commerce, mathematics and statistics. Besides, the undergraduate students of mechanical engineering and industrial engineering will find this book extremely useful. In addition, this text can also be used as a reference by OR analysts and operations managers.

ISBN: 9788120342088
Author: G. SRINIVASAN
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Power Electronics : Devices And Circuits

V. JAGANNATHAN, Ph.D., is Professor and Head, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Coimbatore. Earlier, he was Professor and Head, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Sri Ramakrishna Engineering College, Coimbatore. He has several years of experience of teaching power electronics to undergraduate and postgraduate students. His areas of interest include modelling and simulation of electrical machines and applications of power electronics to electrical drives.

This book is a new enlarged edition of Introduction to Power Electronics. It is designed for undergraduate students of electrical and electronics engineering and provides an accessible and practical treatment of semiconductor power switching devices and their use in several types of static power converters. The book emphasizes the fundamental principles and offers an easy-to-understand explanation of the operation of practical circuits.

Beginning with the study of the characteristics of power switching devices, the text offers a thorough treatment of ac–ac converters, ac–dc converters, dc–dc converters and inverters, helping students understand how switching converters can be made to generate almost any wave shape and frequency, how power converters are used in conjunction with electric drives, HVDC transmission systems, and so forth.

The topics included in the second edition are :

Ideal and real switches and drive circuits for gate commutation devices

Single phase series converters and twelve pulse converters

Switch mode power supply (SMPS) and switch mode dc–dc converters

Resonant converters and uninterrupted power supply (UPS)

ISBN: 9788120341968
Author: V. JAGANNATHAN
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Microsoft® Outlook® 2010 Inside Out

This in-depth reference packs hundreds of timesaving solutions, troubleshooting tips, and workarounds in a supremely organized format.

• Learn advanced techniques for managing e-mail and RSS features

• Connect with others in real time through voice, video, and instant messaging

• Organize and share your calendar, tasks, and notes for greater efficiency

• Use Business Contact Manager to keep track of client information

• Configure and customize Outlook 2010 with advanced set-up options

• Implement virus protection, encryption, spam filters, and other security features

• Set up a VPN, remote LAN, HTTP over RPC, and Outlook Web Access

ISBN: 9788120342026
Author: Boyce
Published by: PHI Learning
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Accountancy : For Class XI

B. K. Banerjee is a faculty member of Durgapur Government College, Durgapur, West Bengal. He is also an Academic Guide and Visiting Faculty Member to ICFAI National College, Durgapur. A life member of the Indian Accounting Association, Mr. Banerjee has more than 24 years of teaching experience. He has also authored many books, including Financial Accounting: A Dynamic Approach, published by PHI Learning. He has presented several papers in national/international conferences and seminars

Comprehensive text for Class XI as per the CBSE syllabus

Extensive coverage of the fundamental principles and applications of financial accounting including the following :

Process of accounting

Methods of recording accounting transactions

Books of original entry as well as books of special purpose

Accounting statements

Errors and their rectification

Accounting procedures for depreciation, provisions and reserves, bills of exchange and incomplete records

Use of computers and database management in accounting

ISBN: 9788120339484
Author: B. K. Banerjee
Published by: PHI Learning
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Microsoft® Powerpoint® 2010 Step by Step

Learn how to create dynamic presentations with PowerPoint 2010. Topics include creating great-looking slides using templates or your own designs; creating sophisticated charts and diagrams; using animation, sound, and other special effects; creating presentations simultaneously with others over the web; delivering presentations; and other core topics.

ISBN: 9788120341425
Author: COX & LAMBERT
Published by: PHI Learning
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Microsoft® Access® 2010 Step by Step

The smart way to learn the latest version of Access 2010-one step at a time! Learn how to build database solutions with Access 2010. With STEP BY STEP, set the pace-building and practice the skills needed. Topics include building an Access database from scratch or from templates; publishing the database to the web; exchanging data with other databases and Microsoft Office documents; creating data-entry forms; using filters and queries; designing reports; using conditional formatting; preventing data corruption and unauthorized access; and other core topics.

ISBN: 9788120342019
Author: COX & LAMBERT
Published by: PHI Learning
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Microsoft® Project 2010 Step by Step

Learn how to manage the projects with Project 2010. Topics include building a project plan and fine-tuning the details; scheduling tasks, assigning resources, and managing dependencies; monitoring progress and costs; keeping projects on track; communicating project data through Gantt charts and other views.

ISBN: 9788120341418
Author: CHATFIELD & JOHNSON
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Microsoft® outlook® 2010 Step by Step

Learn how to manage communications with Outlook 2010. Topics include managing e-mail messages; organizing inbox, contacts, and task lists; managing and sharing calendar; scheduling meetings and using collaboration features; working away from the office; customizing Outlook; and more.

ISBN: 9788120341401
Author: COX & LAMBERT
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