3: Book- Exploring Business
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- 58913
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The goal of this textbook is simple: introduce students to business in an exciting way. Exploring Business is adapted from a work produced and distributed under a Creative Commons license (CC BY-NC-SA) in 2010 by a publisher who has requested that they and the original author not receive attribution. This adapted edition is produced by the University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing through the eLearning Support Initiative.
- 3.1: The Foundations of Business
- 3.2: Business Ethics and Social Responsibility
- 3.3: Business in a Global Environment
- 3.4: Selecting a Form of Business Ownership
- 3.5: The Challenges of Starting a Business
- 3.6: Managing for Business Success
- 3.7: Recruiting, Motivating, and Keeping Quality Employees
- 3.8: Teamwork and Communications
- 3.9: Marketing- Providing Value to Customers
- 3.10: Product Design and Development
- 3.11: Operations Management in Manufacturing and Service Industries
- 3.12: The Role of Accounting in Business
- 3.13: Managing Financial Resources
- 3.14: Personal Finances
- 3.15: Managing Information and Technology
- 3.16: The Legal and Regulatory Environment of Business