Business Principles and Management

by Everard, Kenneth E.

• ISBN13: 9780538435901
• ISBN10: 0538435909
• Additional ISBN(s): 9780538697934, 9781305661813
• Edition: 11th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-01-31
• Publisher: SOUTH WESTERN EDUCATIONAL

Summary

Business Principles and Management presents the learner with the fundamental concepts, principles, and ideas needed to understand how businesses are operated and managed in a rapidly changing global environment. Students will learn to appreciate the dynamics of business that are represented by organizational change, workforce diversity, ethics, world competition, and the link between business and society. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Business and Its Environment	p. 1
Characteristics of Business	p. 2
Social and Ethical Environment of Business	p. 30
Economic Environment of Business	p. 56
International Environment of Business	p. 84
Forms of Business Ownership and the Law	p. 110
Proprietorships and Partnerships	p. 112
Corporate Forms of Business Ownership	p. 138
Legal Aspects of Business	p. 164
Information and Communication Systems	p. 192
Technology and Information Management	p. 194
E-Commerce	p. 218
Organizational Communications	p. 242
Management Responsibilities	p. 270
Management Functions and Decision Making	p. 272
The Manager as Leader	p. 296
Planning and Organizing	p. 322
Implementing and Controlling	p. 352
Financial Management	p. 380
Financial Records in a Business	p. 382
Financial Analysis of a Business	p. 408
Financing a Business	p. 430
Financial Services	p. 454
Credit and Insurance	p. 478
Production and Marketing Management	p. 514
Product Planning and Production Management	p. 516
Nature and Scope of Marketing	p. 544
Product Development and Distribution	p. 568
Pricing and Promotion	p. 594
Human Resources Management	p. 624
Human Resources Planning	p. 626
Employee and Organizational Development	p. 658
Glossary	p. 690
Index	p. 706
Photo Credits	p. 722
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