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Business Fundamentals
This remixed textbook is for use with Business 300 Introduction to Business (California Community College C-ID BUS 110). It was remixed by Cornelius Brown and is licensed CC BY 4.0 unless otherwise noted.
- Author
- Cornelius Brown and Hannah Wong
- Publisher
- Cosumnes River College
- Source
- LibreTexts
- License
- CC BY
- Language
- EN
- Category
- Business Administration
Contents· 87 sections
- 01: Systems and Business Dynamics
- 1.01: Understanding the External Factors that Influence Business
- 1.02: Prelude - Why Is Apple Successful
- 1.03: Introduction to This Course
- 1.04: Getting Down to Business
- 1.05: Functional Areas of Business
- 1.06: External Forces that Influence Business Activities
- 1.07: Goals of Business
- 1.08: End of Chapter Material
- 02: Entrepreneurs and Business
- 2.01: What Is an Entrepreneur
- 2.02: Entrepreneurial Mindset
- 2.03: Characteristics of an Entrepreneur
- 03: Business and the Economy
- 3.01: Economic Systems and Business
- 3.02: The Nature of Business
- 3.03: Trends and Competition
- 04: Forms of Business Ownership
- 4.01: Types of Business Ownership
- 05: Marketing
- 5.01: Why It Matters - Marketing Mix
- 5.02: Product
- 5.03: Promotion
- 5.04: Place
- 5.05: Price
- 5.06: Putting It Together- Marketing Mix
- 06: Accounting and Finance
- 6.01: Why It Matters- Accounting and Finance
- 6.02: Accounting in Business
- 6.03: Key Financial Statements
- 6.04: The Break-Even Point
- 6.05: Financial Ratios
- 6.06: Ethical Practices in Accounting
- 07: Operations
- 7.01: Operations Management in Manufacturing
- 7.02: Operations Management in Service Industry
- 7.03: Quality and Operations Management
- 08: Human Resources
- 8.01: Human Resources and Law
- 8.02: Human Resource Management
- 8.03: Recruitment and Hiring
- 09: Management
- 9.01: Principles of Management
- 9.02: Organizational Culture
- 9.03: Employee Motivation
- 10: Electronic Commerce
- 10.01: Electronic Commerce Technology
- 11: Business and Sustainability
- 11.01: Energy and Materials- New Challenges in the First Decade of the Twenty-first Century and Limits to the Conventional Growth Model
- 11.02: Defining Sustainability Innovation
- 12: Business and the Law
- 12.01: Contracts
- 12.02: Documentation and Records
- 12.03: Contract Components
- 13: Business Ethics
- 13.01: Corporations and their Social Responsibility
- 14: International Business
- 14.01: Overview
- 14.02: Readings
- 14.03: Reading- Dunkin Brands Dunkin Donuts and Baskin-Robbins Making Local Global
- 14.04: Discussion Assignment- Dunkin Brands Dunkin Donuts and Baskin-Robbins Making Local Global
- 15: Business Communication
- 15.01: Guidelines for Ethical Communication
- 15.02: Being Ethical Online
- 15.03: Introduction to Staying Connected
- 15.04: Staying Connected
- 15.05: Putting It Together- Communicating in Business
- 15.06: Assignment- Communicating in Business
- 15.07: Assignment- Seven Pillars of Communication
- 15.08: Why It Matters- Communicating in Business
- 15.09: Introduction to Effective Communication in Business
- 15.10: Becoming a Better Employee
- 15.11: The Business Audience
- 15.12: Writing in Business
- 15.13: Introduction to Methods of Communication
- 15.14: Listening
- 15.15: Verbal and Nonverbal Communication
- 15.16: Introduction to Ethics in Business Communication
- 16: Business and Technology
- 16.01: Data versus Information
- 16.02: Managing Data
- 16.03: Types of Information Systems
- 16.04: Computer Networks and Cloud Computing
- 16.05: Data Communications Networks
- 16.06: Security Issues in Electronic Communication
- 16.07: Careers in Information Management
- 16.08: Cases and Problems