Strategic finance for criminal justice organizations. (2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Daniel Adrian Doss, William H. Sumrall III, Don W. Jones.
• Other Names: Doss, Daniel Adrian; Sumrall, William H; Jones, Don W
• Contents: Introductory Concepts ; The Concept of Money; Formative US Transactions; Nineteenth-Century US Transactions; Contemporary US Transactions; Considerations of the Money Concept; Categorization of Decisions; Chronological and Risk Aspects of Decisions; An Integrative Perspective; Models and Simulations; Black Market Decisions; Legal Market Decisions; Integrative Observations; Capital Budgeting Concepts; Concepts of Decisions; Objective Decisions; Impeding Factors; Group Decisions: Cardinality and Groupthink; Bounded Rationality and Satisficing; Stress; Decision Style and Capacity; Risk; Countering Impediments; Group Dynamics; Brainstorming; Nominal Group Technique; Delphi Technique; Groupware; Systems Approach; Neural Networks; Scenario and Sensitivity Analysis; Integrative Perspective; Financial Management Decisions; The Attributes of Financial Relationships; Methods of Financing Organizations; Bond Debt; Stock Equity; Loans and Credit; Taxation; Grant Funding; Goodwill and Charitable Funds; Insurance Policies; Confiscation, Seizure, and Forfeiture of Assets; Value-Added Concepts; Contexts of Prisoner Labor; Contexts of Work-Release Programs; Contexts of Recidivism; Integrative Financial Management; Tools of the Trade: Making a Decision; The Time Value of Money; Concepts of Future Value and Present Value; Future Value; Present Value; Considerations of Rate; Determining the Rate Variable; Determining the Time Variable; Comments Regarding the Time Value of Money; Foundational Understanding; Capital Budgeting Methods; It Is Time for Payback: The Payback Time Method; Payback Time Method; Application of the Payback Time Method; Single Investment Initiative; Mutually Exclusive Investment Initiatives; Multiple Capital Investment Initiatives; Discounted Payback Method; A Present for the Present: The Net Present Value Method; Net Present Value (NPV) Method; Application of the NPV Method ; Multiple Capital Investment Initiatives; Accepting Multiple Initiatives; Advanced NPV Considerations; How Do We Rate? With the Internal Rate of Return; Internal Rate of Return (IRR) Method; Application of the IRR Method; Accepting Multiple Initiatives; Advanced IRR Considerations; Chapter Comments and Summary; Red or Black? The Profitability Index Method; Profitability Index (PI) Method; Application of the PI Method; Accepting Multiple Initiatives; Advanced PI Considerations; Putting It All Together! Let’s Make a Decision; Accepting Multiple Initiatives; Advanced Capital Budgeting Considerations; Chapter Comments and Summary; Day and Night Shifts: Integrating the Concepts; Benefit–Cost Ratio Concepts; Leasing versus Purchasing Concepts; Scenario Analysis Concepts; Sensitivity Analysis Concepts; Break-Even Analysis Concepts; Complements, Not Competitors; The Slammer: Concluding Remarks; Afterword; Appendices; Index;
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 364.0681; Criminal justice, Administration of; Finance -- Decision making
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781466559042; 1466559047
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