Personal Portfolio Management or Analyzing Costs Procedures Processes and Outcomes in Human Services

Personal Portfolio Management: Fundamentals and Strategies

Author: George Trivoli

Noted financial advisor, lecturer, and columnist George Trivoli leads readers from basic investment concepts through more advanced topics in this concise, easy-to-read guide—the same book offered to clients by key brokerage houses such as Merrill Lynch and A.G. Edwards. It covers all the information readers need to begin or advance as knowledgeable investors. Examines the ten most common investment mistakes, and provides ten common-sense rules for successful investing. Provides a wealth of practical investment suggestions throughout, complemented by figures, illustrations, and examples to simplify concepts. Presents topics in succinct, manageable sections to give readers a quick reference to desired information. Gives readers access to the "Guide to Personal Investing" Web site, containing monthly updates on new and related topics covered in the text. Discusses key issues such as risk/return and diversification, the strategies and pitfalls of investing in mutual funds, and stock options and commodity futures. The perfect handbook for brokers and financial advisors, and for anyone interested in learning more about successful investing.

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Analyzing Costs, Procedures, Processes, and Outcomes in Human Services: An Introduction, Vol. 42

Author: Brian T Yates

Introducing techniques for performing cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) and cost-benefits analysis (CBA) in mental health and other human services. Author Brian T. Yates shows CEA and CBA can be used for optimizing programs. Beginning with a description of a model for comprehensive assessment and improvement-oriented analysis of human service systems using CEA and CBA methods, Yates subsequently shows the reader how to analyze each of the links between the expenditure of resources and the achievement of long-term program objectives. Examples of each step in understanding and improving relationships among resources used, procedures, processes induced, and outcomes generated are drawn from Yates's research in residential and outpatient substance abuse programs, nonprofit mental health clinics, residential programs for dependent/neglected urban youth, suicide prevention, and self-management training. The examples are designed to encourage readers to explore the concepts and techniques by conducting their own quantitative and qualitative analyses of cost, procedure, process, and outcome paths in human services.

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Introduces techniques for performing cost-effective analysis (CEA) and cost-benefit analysis (CBA) in mental health and other human services. Describes a model for analysis of human service systems using CEA and CBA methods, then shows how to analyze each of the links between the expenditure of resources and the achievement of program objectives, using numerous examples from research in substance abuse programs, nonprofit mental health clinics, and other programs. For professionals in human services. Paper edition (unseen), $16.95. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Table of Contents:

	Preface
	Acknowledgments
1	The Scientist-Manager-Practitioner and Cost - Procedure - Process - Outcome Analysis	1
2	Cost Assessment: Measuring the Value of Resources Used	23
3	Monitoring Procedures, Processes, and Procedure - Process Relationships	59
4	Evaluating Outcomes: Effectiveness and Benefits	83
5	Describing and Improving Cost - Procedure - Process - Outcome Relationships	107
	Epilogue: Keeping Down the Cost of CPPOA	137
	References	138
	Index	148
	About the Author	161