Digital library
Textbooks, references and open learning resources.
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Principles of Leadership
Loretta Smith · Arkansas Tech University
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Media Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Ferrier and Mays)
Michelle Ferrier and Elizabeth Mays · LibreTexts
This is the first edition of a modular open textbook designed for entrepreneurial journalism, media innovation, and related courses.
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Business Computers 365
Marcus Lacher · Minnesota State Community and Technical College
Intro to Computer Applications or Business Computers for Office 365
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Fundamentos de Computación y Aplicaciones de Microsoft 365
Hugo Sanchez and Marisabel Neuman-Gonzalez · East Los Angeles College
Fundamentos de Computación y Aplicaciones de Microsoft 365 es un libro de texto abierto en español desarrollado para CIS 101 LOTE, la versión en español del currículo de introducción a las computadoras. El libro integra fundamentos de computación, inteligencia artificial y aplicaciones de Microsoft 365, e incluye recursos visuales y multimedia diseñados para apoyar el aprendizaje y la alfabetización digital.
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Construction Contracting - Business and Legal Principles
Stuart H. Bartholomew · Virginia Polytechnic & State University
This introduction to construction contracting as it applies to typical, every-day situations explains “theoretical” ideas in terms of what really happens in practice. It emphasizes the more common case law holdings and industry customs that help avoid troublesome legal issues during the completion of a project.
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BMT1420: Organizational Management
Thomisha M Duru-Nnebue · Prince George's Community College
This text aligns to introductory courses in Organizational Behavior. The text presents the theory, concepts, and applications with particular emphasis on the impact that individuals and groups can have on organizational performance and culture. An array of recurring features engages students in entrepreneurial thinking, managing change, using tools/technology, and responsible management.
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Entrepreneurship
OpenStax · LibreTexts
This textbook is intended for use in introductory Entrepreneurship classes at the undergraduate level. Due to the wide range of audiences and course approaches, the book is designed to be as flexible as possible. Theoretical and practical aspects are presented in a balanced manner, and specific components such as the business plan are provided in multiple formats.
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Human Resources in the Food Service and Hospitality Industry
BC Cook Articulation Committee · BC Campus
Human Resources in the Food Services and Hospitality Industry is one of a series of Culinary Arts open textbooks developed to support the training of students and apprentices in British Columbia’s foodservice and hospitality industry. Although created with the Professional Cook, Baker and Meatcutter programs in mind, these have been designed as a modular series, and therefore can be used to support a wide variety of programs that offer training in foodservice skills.
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Human Relations and Organizational Behavior
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Mathematics for Business and Policy
Michael Hill and Andrew Jenkins · Indiana University
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Law of Commercial Transactions
Anonymous · LibreTexts
This textbook provides context and essential concepts across the entire range of legal issues with which managers and business executives must grapple. The text provides the vocabulary and legal acumen necessary for businesspeople to talk in an educated way to their customers, employees, suppliers, government officials—and to their own lawyers.
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Labor Relations and Negotiations
Andrew Paasch · Northeast Wisconsin Technical College
This text introduces students to the history of the labor movement and includes the legal collective bargaining processes while applying the learned skills with case studies, a mock negotiation of a realistic collective bargaining contract, and the simulation of a grievance arbitration.
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Bus 401: Business Communication
Janet Laurin · Cañada College
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Leadership in Early Care and Education
Tammy Marino, Maidie Rosengarden, Sally Gunyon, & Taya Noland · Southwestern Oregon Community College & Portland State University
Leaders in Early Childhood Education and K-12 Education exist at levels and take many different paths to leadership. Some receive formal education and while many find themselves in leadership roles because they have the most tenure. Most become leaders through a combination of education and experience – and all are woefully underprepared for what they experience.
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Strategies for Success in Nursing School From Start to Finish
Leslie Jennings, RaeAnna Jeffers, Laura Haygood, and Craig Keaton · University of Texas at Arlington
This textbook was created for nursing intended students to provide a single resource for the most fundamental tools for success. The chapters and activities provide keys for success both inside and outside of the classroom, starting with time management and moving through study and test taking strategies. Self-care is a focus to help students identify how to care for their best self, which will carry on through the nursing profession to avoid burn out.
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Mastering Business Communication
RaeAnn Ianniello · Chabot College
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Information Systems for Business 2e
Pham & Desai-Naik · Evergreen Valley College
This book is designed for a semester Information System introductory course for a general audience or CID-BUS140. Chapters 1 to 6 discuss what an information system (IS) is and its components; Chapters 7 to 10 discuss how people use IS for personal and professional development, how businesses use IS to create and sustain competitive advantages, and how IS is built; Chapters 11 to 13 discuss IS's role in globalization, the ethical and legal implications, and emerging trends of the future.
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Advanced Computer Organization Architecture
Harrison Njoroge · African Virtual University
This text introduces students to Advanced Computer Organization and Architecture. Where architecture is a term used to describe the attributes of a system as seen by the programmer. Its concerned with designs and operations of a computer. Computer organization is the way the system is structured so that all those cataloged tools can be used, and that in an efficient fashion. This text has its emphasis on system design and performance.
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BMT 2660: Conflict Management (2021)
Charles Perry · Prince George's Community College
This course provides powerful techniques for dealing effectively and confidently with difficult situations in the workplace. The course further examines strategies to strengthen organizational efficiency and productivity by developing, building and strengthening more cooperative and productive working relationships. Subtopics include defining the causes and types of conflict and its impact on productivity, costs and profits. Students are taught the elements of emotional intelligence and its role
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Digital Circuit Projects - An Overview of Digital Circuits Through Implementing Integrated Circuits
Charles W. Kann III · Gettysburg College
Digital circuits, often called Integrated Circuits or ICs, are the central building blocks of a Central Processing Unit (CPU). To understand how a computer works, it is essential to understand the digital circuits which make up the CPU. This text introduces the most important of these digital circuits; adders, decoders, multiplexers, D flip-flops, and simple state machines.