ALL BOOKS MBL1

A. PRESCRIBED BOOKS MBL911K HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

AND EMPLOYEE RELATIONS
1. Cascio, WF & Aguinis, H. 2011/2014. Applied psychology in human resource
management. 7th ed. Upper Saddle Road, NJ: Pearson.
2. Grogan, J. 2009. Workplace law. 10th ed. Cape Town: Juta.
B. PRESCRIBED MBL912L OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
1. Heizer, J. & Render, B. 2011. Operations management. 11th edition.
Prentice Hall.
2. Various ISO standards (available as read-only on library site or alternatively
obtain a student CD of standards from the South African Bureau of Standards
[SABS].)
RECOMMENDED BOOKS MBL912L OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
1 Kruger, D., Ramphal, R.R. & Maritz, M. 2013. Operations management: an approach
to production and service industries. 3rd edition. South Africa: Oxford University
Press.
3. Meridith, J.R. & Mantel, S.J. 2006. Project management: a managerial
approach. 7th edition. New York: Wiley & Sons.
4. Slack, N., Chambers, S. & Johnston, R. 2010. Operations management. 6th
edition. Prentice Hall. ISBN: 0273731602 or ISBN: 9780273731603.
5. Cameron, S. 2005. The MBA handbook: skills for mastering management. 6th
edition. Pearson.
6. Goldratt, E.M. and Cox, J. 2004. The goal: a process of ongoing mprovement.
3rd edition. North River Press.
C. PRESCRIBED BOOKS MBL913M
1. Grewal, D. & Levy, M. 2016. Marketing. 5th ed. McGraw-Hill. (Only chapters 1, 2,
4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 13,14, 15, 17 and 18.)
RECOMMENDED BOOKS MBL913M
1. Nigel, Piercy. 2009. Market-led strategic change: transforming the process of
going to market. 4th ed. Butterworth-Heinemann/Routledge.
2. Doyle, P. 2000. Value based marketing: marketing strategies for corporate
growth and shareholder value. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons.
3. Belz, F. M. & Peattie, K. 2009. Sustainability marketing. Glasgow: John Wiley &
Sons.

4. Kotler, P. & Armstrong, G. 2010. Principles of marketing. 13

Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education.

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ed. Upper

D. PRESCRIBED BOOKS MBL 914N FINANCIAL AND MANAGEMENT

ACCOUNTING
1.

2.

Rich, J.S., Jones, J.P., Mowen, M.M. & Hansen, D.R. Cornerstones of
rd
financial accounting, an international edition. 3
edition. South-Western,
Cengage Learning.
Mowen, M.M., Hansen, D.R. & Heitger, D.L. 2012. Cornerstones of
Managerial accounting. South African Edition. South Weston, Cengage
Learning.

E. PRESCRIBED BOOKS MBL915P STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT

1.

Thompson, A.A., Peteraf, M.A., Gamble, J.E. & Strickland, A.J. 2014. Crafting
and executing strategy: the quest for competitive advantage: concepts and
cases. 19th edition. Boston: McGraw-Hill Irwin.
RECOMMENDED BOOKS MBL915P

1.

Louw, L. & Venter, P. 2013. Strategic management: developing sustainability

in Southern Africa. 3rd edition. Cape Town: Oxford University Press.

F. PRESCRIBED BOOKS MBL916Q - ECONOMICS

1.
Case, K.E., Fair, R.C. & Oster, S.M. 2012. Principles of economics. 10th
edition. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall Pearson International.
RECOMMENDED BOOKS MBL916Q - ECONOMICS
1. Mohr, P. & Fourie, L. 2007. Economics for South African students. 4th edition.
Pretoria: Van Schaik.
2. Black, P., Calitz, E. & Steenekamp, T. 2008. Public economics. 4th or latest
edition. Cape Town: Oxford University Press.

Operations Management presents a broad introduction to the field of operations in a

realistic and practical manner, while offering the largest and most diverse collection of
problems on the market. The problems found in this text also contain ample support
found in the books solved-problems, worked examples, and myomlab, Pearsons new
online homework and tutorial systemto help students complete and understand
assignments even when theyre not in class.

Note: This is the standalone book, if you want the book/access card order the
ISBN below:

0133130762 / 9780133130768 Operations Management Plus NEW MyOmLab

with Pearson eText -- Access Card Package
Package consists of:
013292062X / 9780132920629 NEW MyOMLab with Pearson eText -- Access
Card -- for Operations Management
0132921146 / 9780132921145 Operations Management

Table of Contents
Part I. Introduction to Operations Management
1. Operations and Productivity

Y 7-10

2. Operations Strategy in a Global Environment

Y (Check global Env) 11-13

3. Project Management

Y 53-55

4. Forecasting

N?


Part II. Designing Operations
5. Design of Goods and Services

Y 14

S5. Sustainability in the Supply Chain

Y 26-29

6. Managing Quality

Y 24-26(Excluded)

S6. Statistical Process Control

Y 24-26(excluded)

7. Process Strategy

S7Capacity and Constraint Management

Y 34

8. Location Strategies

Y 38

9. Layout Strategies

Y 38

10. Human Resources, Job Design, and Work Measurement

Part III. Managing Operations

11. Supply-Chain Management

Y 26

S11. Supply-Chain Analytics

Y 27-29

12. Inventory Management

Y 59

13. Aggregate Planning and S&OP

(Excl)

14. Material Requirements Planning (MRP) and ERP

(Excl)

15. Short-Term Scheduling

(Excl)

16. Just-in-Time, TPS, and Lean Operations

(Excl)

Y 44

17. Maintenance and Reliability

(Excl)

Part IV. Business Analytic Modules

A. Decision-Making Tools
B. Linear Programming
C. Transportation Models
D. Waiting-Line Models
E. Learning Curves
F. Simulation

Online Tutorials
1. Statistical Tools for Managers
2. Acceptance Sampling
3. The Simplex Method of Linear Programming
4. The MODI and VAM Methods of Solving Transportation Problems
5. Vehicle Routing and Scheduling