
External
Leadership for Business
This text is designed to develop essential management skills and covers internal/external business environments, management functions, human resources, marketing, and accounting principles. As of early 2024, updated course outcome summaries for this specific class were under development.
- Author
- Jamie Hammond
- Publisher
- Western Technical College
- Source
- LibreTexts
- License
- CC BY
- Language
- EN
- Category
- Business Administration
Contents· 84 sections
- 01: Forecasting
- 1.01: Overview and Guiding Questions
- 1.02: What is Forecasting
- 1.03: Forecasting
- 1.3.01: Introduction to Forecasting
- 1.3.02: Qualitative Forecasting
- 1.3.03: Quantitative Forecasting
- 1.3.04: Causal (Econometric) Forecasting Methods (Degree)
- 1.3.05: Forecasting Assumptions and Demand Patterns
- 1.3.06: Time Series Methods
- 1.3.07: Forecast Accuracy Measures
- 1.3.08: End of Chapter Problems
- 1.3.09: References
- 1.04: Excel Tutorials
- 02: Inventory Management
- 2.01: Overview and Guiding Questions
- 2.02: Introduction to Inventory Management
- 2.03: Types of Inventory
- 2.04: Reasons for Maintaining Inventory
- 2.05: Relevant Costs
- 2.06: Inventory Models for Certain Demand- Economic Order Quanitity (EOQ) Model
- 2.07: Inventory Models for Certain Demand- Economic Production Quantity (EPQ)
- 2.08: Inventory Models for Uncertain Demand
- 03: The Impact of Facility on Competitiveness
- 3.01: Overview and Guiding Questions
- 3.02: Competitiveness
- 3.03: Facility Location
- 3.3.01: Key Factors in Facility Location Decision-Making
- 3.3.02: Methods for Finding the Best Facility Location
- 3.3.03: Center of Gravity Method
- 3.04: Strategic Capacity Planning
- 3.4.01: Introduction to Strategic Capacity Planning
- 3.4.02: Capacity Planning for Products and Services
- 3.4.03: Defining and Measuring Capacity
- 3.4.04: Determinants of Effective Capacity
- 3.4.05: The Sequential Processes and the Bottleneck
- 3.4.06: Evaluating Capacity Alternatives
- 3.05: Observation Application Activity
- 04: Decision-Making
- 4.01: Overview and Guiding Questions
- 4.02: Lessons on Decision-Making
- 4.03: Managerial Decision-Making
- 4.3.01: Introduction to Managerial Decision Making
- 4.3.02: Overview of Managerial Decision-Making
- 4.3.03: How the Brain Processes Information to Make Decisions - Reflective and Reactive Systems
- 4.3.04: Programmed and Nonprogrammed Decisions
- 4.3.05: Barriers to Effective Decision-Making
- 4.3.06: Improving the Quality of Decision-Making
- 4.3.07: Group Decision-Making
- 4.3.08: Summary
- 4.04: Thinking Critically and Creatively
- 4.05: Common Decision-Making Tools
- 4.06: How Miscommunication Happens
- 4.07: Effective Business Communication
- 4.7.01: Why Is It Important to Communicate Well
- 4.7.02: What Is Communication
- 4.7.03: Communication in Context
- 4.7.04: Your Responsibilities as a Communicator
- 4.7.05: Additional Resources
- 05: Ethics
- 5.01: Overview and Guiding Questions
- 5.02: The Importance of Business Ethics
- 5.03: Ethics Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability
- 5.3.01: Introduction
- 5.3.02: Ethics and Business Ethics Defined
- 5.3.03: Dimensions of Ethics- The Individual Level
- 5.3.04: Ethical Principles and Responsible Decision-Making
- 5.3.05: Leadership- Ethics at the Organizational Level
- 5.3.06: Ethics Corporate Culture and Compliance
- 5.3.07: Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
- 5.3.08: Ethics around the Globe
- 5.3.09: Emerging Trends in Ethics CSR and Compliance
- 5.3.10: Summary
- 5.04: Triple Bottom Line
- 5.05: Being Ethical Even When No One Is Watching
- 5.06: Ethics Simulation
- 06: Growth Mindset
- 6.01: Overview and Guiding Questions
- 6.02: Think Analytically about Cultivating a Growth Mindset
- 6.03: Using Feedback
- 6.04: Goal Setting
- 6.05: Time Management
- 6.06: Community Involvement
- 6.07: Persistence During Stressful Times