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You can browse or download additional books there. ii Table of Contents About the Author .................................................................................................................. 1 Acknowledgments................................................................................................................. 2 Dedication............................................................................................................................... 5 Preface..................................................................................................................................... 6 Chapter 1: The Foundations of Business ........................................................................ 11 Introduction ................................................................................................................................................. 14 Getting Down to Business............................................................................................................................ 16 What Is Economics? ..................................................................................................................................... 22 Perfect Competition and Supply and Demand.......................................................................................... 29 Monopolistic Competition, Oligopoly, and Monopoly ............................................................................. 35 Measuring the Health of the Economy ...................................................................................................... 38 Government’s Role in Managing the Economy ......................................................................................... 47 Cases and Problems...................................................................................................................................... 51 Chapter 2: Business Ethics and Social Responsibility ................................................. 56 Misgoverning Corporations: An Overview ................................................................................................ 59 The Individual Approach to Ethics............................................................................................................. 64 Identifying Ethical Issues ............................................................................................................................ 71 The Organizational Approach to Ethics..................................................................................................... 79 Corporate Social Responsibility.................................................................................................................. 84 Environmentalism ....................................................................................................................................... 96 Stages of Corporate Responsibility .......................................................................................................... 101 Cases and Problems.................................................................................................................................... 106 Chapter 3: Business in a Global Environment............................................................. 113 The Globalization of Business ................................................................................................................... 115 Opportunities in International Business ................................................................................................. 126 The Global Business Environment............................................................................................................ 136 Trade Controls............................................................................................................................................ 148 Reducing International Trade Barriers ................................................................................................... 153 Preparing for a Career in International Business................................................................................... 159 Cases and Problems.................................................................................................................................... 162 iii Chapter 4: Selecting a Form of Business Ownership ................................................. 168 Factors to Consider .................................................................................................................................... 170 Sole Proprietorship.................................................................................................................................... 173 Partnership ................................................................................................................................................. 176 Corporation ................................................................................................................................................ 181 Other Types of Business Ownership......................................................................................................... 187 Mergers and Acquisitions.......................................................................................................................... 195 Cases and Problems.................................................................................................................................... 199 Chapter 5: The Challenges of Starting a Business ..................................................... 205 What Is an Entrepreneur? ......................................................................................................................... 207 The Place of Small Business in the Business Landscape ........................................................................ 216 What Industries Are Small Businesses In? .............................................................................................. 222 Advantages and Disadvantages of Business Ownership......................................................................... 227 Starting a Business..................................................................................................................................... 232 The Business Plan....................................................................................................................................... 241 How to Succeed in Managing a Business ................................................................................................. 249 Cases and Problems.................................................................................................................................... 256 Chapter 6: Managing for Business Success.................................................................. 262 What Do Managers Do?.............................................................................................................................. 264 Planning ...................................................................................................................................................... 266 Organizing .................................................................................................................................................. 276 Directing ..................................................................................................................................................... 290 Controlling.................................................................................................................................................. 294 Managerial Skills........................................................................................................................................ 297 Cases and Problems.................................................................................................................................... 304 Chapter 7: Recruiting, Motivating, and Keeping Quality Employees .................... 313 Human Resource Management................................................................................................................. 316 Developing Employees............................................................................................................................... 325 Motivating Employees ............................................................................................................................... 331 What Makes a Great Place to Work? ........................................................................................................ 339 Performance Appraisal.............................................................................................................................. 351 Labor Unions .............................................................................................................................................. 360 Cases and Problems.................................................................................................................................... 368 iv Chapter 8: Teamwork and Communications ............................................................... 374 The Team and the Organization ............................................................................................................... 377 Why Teamwork Works .............................................................................................................................. 385 The Team and Its Members....................................................................................................................... 391 The Business of Communication .............................................................................................................. 402 Communication Channels ......................................................................................................................... 408 Forms of Communication.......................................................................................................................... 421 Cases and Problems.................................................................................................................................... 431 Chapter 9: Marketing: Providing Value to Customers.............................................. 438 What Is Marketing?.................................................................................................................................... 439 The Marketing Mix .................................................................................................................................... 448 Pricing a Product........................................................................................................................................ 457 Placing a Product ....................................................................................................................................... 462 Promoting a Product.................................................................................................................................. 474 The Product Life Cycle............................................................................................................................... 482 The Marketing Environment .................................................................................................................... 486 Careers in Marketing ................................................................................................................................. 498 Cases and Problems.................................................................................................................................... 501 Chapter 10: Product Design and Development ........................................................... 506 What Is a Product? ..................................................................................................................................... 507 Where Do Product Ideas Come From? ..................................................................................................... 513 Identifying Business Opportunities ......................................................................................................... 517 Understand Your Industry ........................................................................................................................ 521 Forecasting Demand .................................................................................................................................. 525 Breakeven Analysis .................................................................................................................................... 530 Product Development ................................................................................................................................ 534 Protecting Your Idea.................................................................................................................................. 540 Cases and Problems.................................................................................................................................... 543 Chapter 11: Operations Management in Manufacturing and Service Industries 549 Operations Management in Manufacturing............................................................................................ 550 Facility Layouts .......................................................................................................................................... 558 Managing the Production Process in a Manufacturing Company ........................................................ 562 Graphical Tools: PERT and Gantt Charts ................................................................................................. 567 The Technology of Goods Production...................................................................................................... 571 Operations Management for Service Providers...................................................................................... 574 Producing for Quality ................................................................................................................................ 583 Cases and Problems.................................................................................................................................... 590 v Chapter 12: The Role of Accounting in Business........................................................ 595 The Role of Accounting ............................................................................................................................. 596 Understanding Financial Statements ...................................................................................................... 600 Accrual Accounting.................................................................................................................................... 612 Financial Statement Analysis.................................................................................................................... 623 Challenges Facing the Accounting Profession ........................................................................................ 638 Cases and Problems.................................................................................................................................... 644 Chapter 13: Managing Financial Resources ................................................................ 653 The Functions of Money ............................................................................................................................ 654 Financial Institutions................................................................................................................................. 659 The Federal Reserve System ..................................................................................................................... 669 The Role of the Financial Manager .......................................................................................................... 676 Understanding Securities Markets .......................................................................................................... 688 Financing the Going Concern ................................................................................................................... 697 Careers in Finance...................................................................................................................................... 702 Cases and Problems.................................................................................................................................... 705 Chapter 14: Personal Finances ....................................................................................... 714 Financial Planning ..................................................................................................................................... 725 Time Is Money ............................................................................................................................................ 740 The Financial Planning Process................................................................................................................ 746 A House Is Not a Piggy Bank: A Few Lessons from the Subprime Crisis............................................... 760 Cases and Problems.................................................................................................................................... 771 Chapter 15: Managing Information and Technology ................................................ 773 Data versus Information............................................................................................................................ 774 Managing Data............................................................................................................................................ 782 Types of Information Systems .................................................................................................................. 787 Computer Networks................................................................................................................................... 795 Data Communications Networks .............................................................................................................. 798 Security Issues in Electronic Communication ........................................................................................ 806 Careers in Information Management ........................................................................ ... 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