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Business Now

Authors: Shah, Amit
Division: Higher Education
ISBN-13: 978-0-07-337728-5
ISBN-10: 0073377287
©2011 | 1st Edition | 448 pages , Softcover
Status: Active, In Print
Price: US$ 74.69

Online Learning Centre: http://www.mhhe.com/businessnow

Description | Features | Contents |

Description:

Business Now focuses on business from a real-world perspective. With more practical application exercises, examples, and reinforced learning throughout, it allows students to continually exercise their critical thinking and problem solving skills with realistic business problems they will likely encounter in their professional lives. The chapters are carefully organized by learning objectives which correlate directly to all of the chapter materials and student and instructor ancillaries.

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New Features:

  • Student friendly design and layout?up-to-date and engaging, designed to be brief and high illustrated in a magazine format. Students will find the stunning images, charts, and photos throughout this innovative learning tool easy to digest and relate to.
  • Ethical Dilemma?ethical questions are posed to prompt students to reflect as they read through the chapter. A full related ethical case study later in the chapter helps students to connect moral challenges to the chapter content, as well as to their own experiences.
  • Thinking Critically?short, current business articles that encourage students to think about the chapter concepts in depth and give them a look into the real world of business. Students are asked to assess the material and answer critical thinking questions.
  • Career Perspectives?each chapter incorporates short, question-based overviews that tie business concepts to real-world career examples, and highlight how these business concepts impact a variety of professions.
  • Real World Apps?highlight situations students may face in their own business lives. Brief, real-world vignettes in each chapter putting students in a dilemma that the concepts in the chapter help them solve.
  • BUSConnections?three-questions strategically-placed in each chapter to confirm and reinforce the student's understanding of the learning outcomes.
  • Going Global?each chapter includes international articles featuring real issues from a global perspective on the topics covered within each chapter. Each article includes questions asking students to connect the challenges to the chapter content, as well as their own experiences.
  • Learning Outcomes?provide a plan for the chapter material ahead. Each learning outcome is tied directly to a main heading in the chapter, as well as to a chapter summary point, to help reiterate important topics throughout.
  • Chapter Opening Cases?instantly draw students into each chapter by showcasing inspiring business people who applied the fundamental concepts in Business Now and achieved success!
  • Study Alerts?highlight key concepts throughout each chapter at a glance.
  • As You Read?provides a quick summary of the overall questions students should consider as they study each chapter.

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Table of Contents:

Chapter 1 The World of Business and Its Environments

Chapter 2 How Economics Affects Business

Chapter 3 Entrepreneurship and Starting a Small Business

Chapter 4 The 4Ps of Marketing: Product, Price, Place, and Promotion

Chapter 5 Human Resources Management

Chapter 6 Production and Operations Management

Chapter 7 Information Technology in Business

Chapter 8 Finance and Accounting

Chapter 9 Management: Functions and Styles

Chapter 10 Leadership and Motivation

Chapter 11 Business in Global Markets

Chapter 12 Social Responsibility and Ethical Behavior in Business

Bonus Chapter: Managing Your Finances

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