Introduction to Business and Professional Responsibility

by Robert Rebman

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Benedictine University
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Business
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  1. Front Matter
  2. TitlePage
  3. 1.1: TitlePage
  4. InfoPage
  5. Table of Contents
  6. Licensing
  7. 1: Understanding Economic Systems and Business
  8. 1.1: Introduction
  9. 1.2: The Nature of Business
  10. 1.3: Understanding the Business Environment
  11. 1.4: How Business and Economics Work
  12. 1.5: Macroeconomics- The Big Picture
  13. 1.6: Achieving Macroeconomic Goals
  14. 1.7: Microeconomics- Zeroing in on Businesses and Consumers
  15. 1.8: Competing in a Free Market
  16. 1.9: Trends in the Business Environment and Competition
  17. 2: Making Ethical Decisions and Managing a Socially Responsible Business
  18. 2.1: Introduction
  19. 2.2: Understanding Business Ethics
  20. 2.3: How Organizations Influence Ethical Conduct
  21. 2.4: Managing a Socially Responsible Business
  22. 2.5: Responsibilities to Stakeholders
  23. 2.6: Trends in Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility
  24. 3: Competing in the Global Marketplace
  25. 3.1: Introduction
  26. 3.2: Global Trade in the United States
  27. 3.3: Why Nations Trade
  28. 3.4: Barriers to Trade
  29. 3.5: Fostering Global Trade
  30. 3.6: International Economic Communities
  31. 3.7: Participating in the Global Marketplace
  32. 3.8: Threats and Opportunities in the Global Marketplace
  33. 3.9: The Impact of Multinational Corporations
  34. 3.10: Trends in Global Competition
  35. 4: Forms of Business Ownership
  36. 4.1: Introduction
  37. 4.2: Going It Alone- Sole Proprietorships
  38. 4.3: Partnerships- Sharing the Load
  39. 4.4: Corporations - Limiting Your Liability
  40. 4.5: Specialized Forms of Business Organization
  41. 4.6: Franchising- A Popular Trend
  42. 4.7: Mergers and Acquisitions
  43. 4.8: Trends in Business Ownership
  44. 5: Entrepreneurship- Starting and Managing Your Own Business
  45. 5.1: Introduction
  46. 5.2: Entrepreneurship Today
  47. 5.3: Characteristics of Successful Entrepreneurs
  48. 5.4: Small Business- Driving America's Growth
  49. 5.5: Ready, Set, Start Your Own Business
  50. 5.6: Managing a Small Business
  51. 5.7: Small Business, Large Impact
  52. 5.8: The Small Business Administration
  53. 5.9: Trends in Entrepreneurship and Small-Business Ownership
  54. 6: Management and Leadership in Today's Organizations
  55. 6.1: Introduction
  56. 6.2: The Role of Management
  57. 6.3: Planning
  58. 6.4: Organizing
  59. 6.5: Leading, Guiding, and Motivating Others
  60. 6.6: Controlling
  61. 6.7: Managerial Roles
  62. 6.8: Managerial Skills
  63. 6.9: Trends in Management and Leadership
  64. 7: Designing Organizational Structures
  65. 7.1: Introduction
  66. 7.2: Building Organizational Structures
  67. 7.3: Contemporary Structures
  68. 7.4: Using Teams to Enhance Motivation and Performance
  69. 7.5: Authority—Establishing Organizational Relationships
  70. 7.6: Degree of Centralization
  71. 7.7: Organizational Design Considerations
  72. 7.8: The Informal Organization
  73. 7.9: Trends in Organizational Structure
  74. 8: Managing Human Resources and Labor Relations
  75. 8.1: Introduction
  76. 8.2: Achieving High Performance through Human Resources Management
  77. 8.3: Employee Recruitment
  78. 8.4: Employee Selection
  79. 8.5: Employee Training and Development
  80. 8.6: Performance Planning and Evaluation
  81. 8.7: Employee Compensation and Benefits
  82. 8.8: The Labor Relations Process
  83. 8.9: Managing Grievances and Conflicts
  84. 8.10: Legal Environment of Human Resources and Labor Relations
  85. 8.11: Trends in Human Resource Management and Labor Relations
  86. 9: Motivating Employees
  87. 9.1: Introduction
  88. 9.2: Early Theories of Motivation
  89. 9.3: The Hawthorne Studies
  90. 9.4: Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
  91. 9.5: McGregor's Theories X and Y
  92. 9.6: Herzberg's Motivator-Hygiene Theory
  93. 9.7: Contemporary Views on Motivation
  94. 9.8: From Motivation Theory to Application
  95. 9.9: Trends in Employee Motivation
  96. 10: Your Career in Business
  97. 10.1: Introduction
  98. 10.2: Learn the Basics of Business
  99. 10.3: Developing Interpersonal Skills is Key to Your Success
  100. 10.4: Make Your Future Happen - Learn to Plan
  101. 10.5: Going to College Is an Opportunity of a Lifetime—Never Drop Out
  102. 10.6: Get Your Career Off on the Right Track
  103. 10.7: Self-Test Scoring Guidelines
  104. 11: Achieving World-Class Operations Management
  105. 11.1: Introduction
  106. 11.2: Production and Operations Management—An Overview
  107. 11.3: The Production Process- How Do We Make It?
  108. 11.4: Location, Location, Location- Where Do We Make It?
  109. 11.5: Pulling It Together- Resource Planning
  110. 11.6: Production and Operations Control
  111. 11.7: Looking for a Better Way- Improving Production and Operations
  112. 11.8: Transforming the Factory Floor with Technology
  113. 11.9: Trends in Production and Operations Management
  114. 12: Creating Products and Pricing Strategies to Meet Customers' Needs
  115. 12.1: Introduction
  116. 12.2: The Marketing Concept
  117. 12.3: Creating a Marketing Strategy
  118. 12.4: Developing a Marketing Mix
  119. 12.5: Buyer Behavior
  120. 12.6: Market Segmentation
  121. 12.7: What Is a Product?
  122. 12.8: Creating Products That Deliver Value
  123. 12.9: The Product Life Cycle
  124. 12.10: Pricing Strategies and Future Trends
  125. 12.11: Trends in Developing Products and Pricing
  126. 13: Distributing and Promoting Products and Services
  127. 13.1: Introduction
  128. 13.2: The Nature and Functions of Distribution (Place)
  129. 13.3: Wholesaling
  130. 13.4: The Competitive World of Retailing
  131. 13.5: Using Supply Chain Management to Increase Efficiency and Customer Satisfaction
  132. 13.6: Promotion Strategy
  133. 13.7: The Huge Impact of Advertising
  134. 13.8: The Importance of Personal Selling
  135. 13.9: Sales Promotion
  136. 13.10: Public Relations Helps Build Goodwill
  137. 13.11: Trends in Social Media
  138. 13.12: Trends in E-Commerce
  139. 14: Using Technology to Manage Information
  140. 14.1: Introduction
  141. 14.2: Transforming Businesses through Information
  142. 14.3: Linking Up- Computer Networks
  143. 14.4: Management Information Systems
  144. 14.5: Technology Management and Planning
  145. 14.6: Protecting Computers and Information
  146. 14.7: Trends in Information Technology
  147. 15: Using Financial Information and Accounting
  148. 15.1: Introduction
  149. 15.2: Accounting- More than Numbers
  150. 15.3: The Accounting Profession
  151. 15.4: Basic Accounting Procedures
  152. 15.5: The Balance Sheet
  153. 15.6: The Income Statement
  154. 15.7: The Statement of Cash Flows
  155. 15.8: Analyzing Financial Statements
  156. 15.9: Trends in Accounting
  157. 16: Understanding Money and Financial Institutions
  158. 16.1: Introduction
  159. 16.2: Show Me the Money
  160. 16.3: The Federal Reserve System
  161. 16.4: U.S. Financial Institutions
  162. 16.5: Insuring Bank Deposits
  163. 16.6: International Banking
  164. 16.7: Trends in Financial Institutions
  165. 17: Appendix - Understanding the Legal and Tax Environment
  166. 18: Notes
  167. Back Matter
  168. Index
  169. Glossary
  170. Detailed Licensing
  171. Detailed Licensing