Includes indexes. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Taking risks and making profits within the dynamic business environment -- Understanding how economics affects business -- Doing business in global markets -- Demanding ethical and socially responsible behavior -- How to form a business -- Entrepreneurship and starting a small business -- Management and leadership -- Adapting organizations to today's markets -- Production and operations management -- Motivating employees -- Human resource management: finding and keeping the best employees -- Dealing with employee-management issues and relationships -- Marketing: helping buyers buy -- Developing and pricing goods and services -- Distributing products -- Using effective promotions -- Understanding accounting and financial information -- Financial management -- Using securities markets for financing and investing opportunities -- Money, financial institutions, and the Federal Reserve -- Working within the legal environment -- Using technology to manage information -- Managing risk -- Managing your personal finances.
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