Fundamentals of Business

by Stephen Skripak et al.

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This book is intended to serve customizable primary text for one-semester undergraduate introductory business courses. It covers the following topics in business: Teamwork; economics; ethics; entrepreneurship; business ownership, management, and leadership; organizational structures and operations management; human resources and motivating employees; managing in labor union contexts; marketing and pricing strategy; hospitality and tourism, accounting and finance, and personal finances.

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Publisher
Virginia Tech
Subjects
Business
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA, as LibreTexts states it. Non-commercial use only.
Who can read
Tweens profiles and older, judged from its title and subjects

Contents

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  1. Front Matter
  2. 29: Welcome
  3. TitlePage
  4. 28: Using this Book
  5. InfoPage
  6. 27: Title Page
  7. Table of Contents
  8. 25: Preface
  9. Licensing
  10. 22: Copyright
  11. 1: About the Author
  12. 1: Acknowledgements
  13. About the Author
  14. Preface
  15. 1: Teamwork in Business
  16. 1.0: Prelude - The Team with the RAZR’s Edge
  17. 1.1: The Team and the Organization
  18. 1.2: Why Teamwork Works
  19. 1.3: The Team and Its Members
  20. 1.4: References
  21. 2: The Foundations of Business
  22. 2.0: Prelude - Why Is Apple Successful?
  23. 2.1: Introduction
  24. 2.2: Getting Down to Business
  25. 2.3: Getting Down to Business
  26. 2.4: Functional Areas of Business
  27. 2.5: External Forces that Influence Business Activities
  28. 2.6: End of Chapter Material
  29. 3: Economics and Business
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  31. 3.1: New Page
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  35. 3.5: New Page
  36. 3.6: New Page
  37. 4: Ethics and Social Responsibility
  38. 4.0: New Page
  39. 4.1: New Page
  40. 4.2: New Page
  41. 4.3: New Page
  42. 4.4: New Page
  43. 4.5: New Page
  44. 5: Business in a Global Environment
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  46. 5.1: New Page
  47. 5.2: New Page
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  50. 5.5: New Page
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  52. 6: Forms of Business Ownership
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  54. 6.1: New Page
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  59. 7: Entrepreneurship - Starting a Business
  60. 7.0: New Page
  61. 7.1: New Page
  62. 7.2: New Page
  63. 7.3: New Page
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  65. 8: Management and Leadership
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  67. 8.1: New Page
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  72. 9: Structuring Organizations
  73. 9.0: Prelude to Structuring Organizations
  74. 9.1: Organizational Structure - How Companies Get the Job Done
  75. 9.2: References
  76. 10: Operations Management
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  78. 10.1: New Page
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  83. 11: Motivating Employees
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  90. 12: Managing Human Resources
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  96. 13: Union
  97. 13.0: Chapter 13 Union/Management Issues
  98. 14: Marketing - Providing Value to Customers
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  100. 14.1: New Page
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  103. 15: Pricing Strategy
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  109. 16: Hospitality and Tourism
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  115. 17: Accounting and Financial Information
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  120. 18: Personal Finances
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  126. Back Matter
  127. Index
  128. Glossary
  129. Detailed Licensing