tag:open.umn.edu,2005:/opentextbooks/subjects/business?page=7Open Textbook Library - Business Textbooks2019-01-26T19:22:40Zhttps://open.umn.edu/assets/common/favicon/favicon-1594c2156c95ca22b1a0d803d547e5892bb0e351f682be842d64927ecda092e7.icohttps://open.umn.edu/assets/library/otl_logo-f9161d5c999f5852b38260727d49b4e7d7142fc707ec9596a5256a778f957ffc.png6582019-01-26T19:22:40Z2024-01-22T14:52:13ZFundamentals of Business - Canadian Edition<img alt="Read more about Fundamentals of Business - Canadian Edition" title="Fundamentals of Business - Canadian Edition cover image" class="cover " width="350" height="456" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6NTk4LCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--397613d99135a4bf980cd08d50209a431e5b3898/0000FunBusCan.jpg" />An introductory textbook in business that covers a variety of topics: The Foundations of Business, Economics and Business, Ethics and Social Responsibility, Business in a Global Environment, Forms of Business Ownership, Entrepreneurship: Starting a Business, Management and Leadership, Structuring Organizations, Operations Management, Motivating Employees, Managing Human Resources, Union/Management Issues, Marketing: Providing Value, Accounting and Financial Information, and Personal Finances.6402018-11-16T23:07:32Z2024-01-22T14:52:02ZPrinciples of Financial Accounting<img alt="Read more about Principles of Financial Accounting" title="Principles of Financial Accounting cover image" class="cover " width="450" height="675" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6NTc1LCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--8fca2fbc3067e96a912ff9a6d4c9d153b2e4de27/9781940771151.jpg" />The University of North Georgia Press and Affordable Learning Georgia bring you Accounting I. Well-written and straightforward, Principles of Financial Accounting is a needed contribution to open source pedagogy in the business education world. Written in order to directly meet the needs of her students, this textbook developed from Dr. Christine Jonick’s years of teaching and commitment to effective pedagogy. Features: Peer reviewed by academic professionals and tested by students Over 100 charts and graphs Instructional exercises appearing both in-text and for Excel Resources for student professional development This textbook is an Open Education Resource. It can be reused, remixed, and reedited freely without seeking permission.6322018-11-02T19:02:53Z2024-01-22T14:52:21ZTechnical Project Management in Living and Geometric Order - Third Edition<img alt="Read more about Technical Project Management in Living and Geometric Order - Third Edition" title="Technical Project Management in Living and Geometric Order - Third Edition cover image" class="cover " width="683" height="1024" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTk1MiwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--1718b7355c7a0ca4ee3753e7649790024419cf80/TPM-cover-third-edition-683x1024.png" />The Technical Project Management class is designed to help students build on their past experiences and develop effective strategies for managing complex technical projects, with an emphasis on applying project management concepts to real-world problems. In the weekly web conferences, the class comes together in community to discuss the lesson topics, considering the practical applications of the concepts in each subject area.6172018-09-29T21:53:04Z2024-03-18T13:08:59ZBusiness Ethics<img alt="Read more about Business Ethics" title="Business Ethics cover image" class="cover " width="656" height="846" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6NTQ4LCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--9618a65cd25c30be9718ab8ef49aa8f83d4b3642/9781947172579.PNG" />Business Ethics is designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of the single-semester business ethics course. This title includes innovative features designed to enhance student learning, including case studies, application scenarios, and links to video interviews with executives, all of which help instill in students a sense of ethical awareness and responsibility.6162018-09-22T19:31:56Z2024-03-11T13:09:21ZIntroduction to Business<img alt="Read more about Introduction to Business" title="Introduction to Business cover image" class="cover " width="629" height="814" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6NTQ0LCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--987d0341b6271f2ac42ebf15b4afc04b83d817d8/9781947172555.PNG" />Introduction to Business covers the scope and sequence of most introductory business courses. The book provides detailed explanations in the context of core themes such as customer satisfaction, ethics, entrepreneurship, global business, and managing change. Introduction to Business includes hundreds of current business examples from a range of industries and geographic locations, which feature a variety of individuals. The outcome is a balanced approach to the theory and application of business concepts, with attention to the knowledge and skills necessary for student success in this course and beyond.5892018-09-07T17:22:12Z2023-08-31T14:10:09ZCorporate Governance<img alt="Read more about Corporate Governance" title="Corporate Governance cover image" class="cover " width="629" height="811" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6NTEyLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--4008b1591c14a60a3db15f259a44fd9dd111dc41/0000CorGovern.png" />This course takes an interdisciplinary approach to ethics in business and provides modules in Ethical Leadership, Ethical Decision-Making, Social Responsibility, and Corporate Governance. Students will actively study ethical theory by carrying out exercises to help them build theory-based tools for encountering ethical problems in business practice. They will also work with cases in business ethics designed to give them practice in developing skills of ethical leadership, ethical decision-making, and carrying out socio-technical analyses to respond to issues of social responsibility. This course will culminate in an Ethics Bowl competition in which students will practice ethics advocacy in a variety of organizational contexts in business.5282018-09-07T17:22:08Z2024-01-22T14:51:57ZFundamentals of Infrastructure Management<img alt="Read more about Fundamentals of Infrastructure Management" title="Fundamentals of Infrastructure Management cover image" class="cover " width="1026" height="1332" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6NDUzLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--6f8d5b96c592ff3736c7a8adaf49f63fea2ef15d/0000FunInfMan.png" />The authors believe this free of charge book, Fundamentals of Infrastructure Management, will expand the impact of the material and help improve the practice of infrastructure management. By ‘free of charge,' we mean that the material can be freely obtained, but readers should devote time and effort to mastering the material. We have provided problem assignments for various chapters, and we strongly urge readers to undertake the problems as a learning experience. This book grew out of a decade of co-teaching a course entitled ‘Infrastructure Management' at Carnegie Mellon University. Our teaching philosophy was to prepare students for work in the field of infrastructure management. We believe that infrastructure management is a professional endeavor and an attractive professional career. The book is co-authored by two accomplished engineers - each representing professional practice, academic research and theoretical evaluation. Their collective strengths are presented throughout the text and serve to support both the practice of infrastructure management and a role for infrastructure management inquiry and search. Importantly, both co-authors have academic research interests (and a number of research publications) on various topics of infrastructure management. That said, the primary audience for this book is expected to be professionals intending to practice infrastructure management, and only secondarily individuals who intend to pursue a career of research in the area. The text draws examples and discusses a wide variety of infrastructure systems, including roadways, telecommunications, power generation, buildings and systems of infrastructure. We have found that some common fundamentals of asset management, analysis tools and informed decision-making are useful for a variety of such systems. Certainly, many infrastructure managers encounter a variety of infrastructure types during their professional careers. Moreover, due to the functional inter-dependencies of different infrastructure systems, it is certainly advantageous for managers of one infrastructure type to understand other types of infrastructure. For example, roadway managers rely upon the power grid for traffic signal operation.5392018-09-07T17:22:08Z2024-01-22T14:51:57ZAn Introduction to Cooperation and Mutualism<img alt="Read more about An Introduction to Cooperation and Mutualism" title="An Introduction to Cooperation and Mutualism cover image" class="cover " width="1098" height="1456" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6NDY0LCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--10c4481ee1c1a07269c90baa003ac0b1d7ea3b11/9781946135384.png" />This textbook introduces readers to the idea of cooperation and mutualism. Cooperatives and mutuals are participatory organizations in which members participate in control and governance, receive economic benefits through patronage refunds or net income, and become owners through equity. These mutual-benefit organizations exist alongside non-profit organizations and investor-benefit organizations through the global economy.5092018-09-07T17:22:07Z2024-01-22T14:52:01ZIntroductory Business Statistics<img alt="Read more about Introductory Business Statistics" title="Introductory Business Statistics cover image" class="cover " width="496" height="496" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6NDM2LCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--4e5040f49870b1a40bb5cec6c2f9449058a4db17/9781947172470.png" />Introductory Business Statistics is designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of the one-semester statistics course for business, economics, and related majors. Core statistical concepts and skills have been augmented with practical business examples, scenarios, and exercises. The result is a meaningful understanding of the discipline, which will serve students in their business careers and real-world experiences.4962018-09-07T17:22:06Z2024-01-22T14:52:21ZFinancial Strategy for Public Managers<img alt="Read more about Financial Strategy for Public Managers" title="Financial Strategy for Public Managers cover image" class="cover " width="692" height="1048" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6NDI0LCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--e0cab1e8567639160ad757239c285f527fd8613c/0000FinStrPub.png" />Financial Strategy for Public Managers is a new generation textbook for financial management in the public sector. It offers a thorough, applied, and concise introduction to the essential financial concepts and analytical tools that today's effective public servants need to know. It starts “at the beginning” and assumes no prior knowledge or experience in financial management. Throughout the text, Kioko and Marlowe emphasize how financial information can and should inform every aspect of public sector strategy, from routine procurement decisions to budget preparation to program design to major new policy initiatives. They draw upon dozens of real-world examples, cases, and applied problems to bring that relationship between information and strategy to life. Unlike other public financial management texts, the authors also integrate foundational principles across the government, non-profit, and “hybrid/for-benefit” sectors. Coverage includes basic principles of accounting and financial reporting, preparing and analyzing financial statements, cost analysis, and the process and politics of budget preparation. The text also includes several large case studies appropriate for class discussion and/or graded assignments.
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