The Future of Business With Infotrac,9780324272529

The Future of Business With Infotrac

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Edition: 5th
ISBN13: 9780324272529
ISBN10: 0324272529
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2004-01-05
Publisher(s): South-Western College Pub
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Summary

THE FUTURE OF BUSINESS, 5th Edition provides a personal roadmap for understanding and navigating the future of business. Emphasizing You Are the Future of Business,” this edition will teach you to navigate through the sometime stormy business environment by stressing two significant factors that should guide decision-making: customer satisfaction and quality. Other important business issues such as entrepreneurship, cultural and workplace diversity, ethics, global business, technology, teams, and e-commerce are emphasized in this new edition.

Table of Contents

Preface xi
Prologue Fast Forward to the Future: Strategies for Success in School and Business 1(1)
Your Future in Business: Begin With a College Degree
1(1)
Learning the Basics of Business
1(1)
Choosing a Career
1(1)
Success in Business: Improving Your Interpersonal Skills
2(3)
Make Your Future Happen: Learn to Plan
5(3)
What Is a Plan?
5(1)
The Planning Process
5(1)
An Example of Planning
6(1)
Planning for Your Life
6(1)
Dreams and Plans
7(1)
Directions for Your Life
7(1)
Going to College is an Opportunity of a Lifetime---Grab It and Don't Let Go
8(4)
Learn to Concentrate
8(1)
Learn to Manage Your Time
9(1)
Solve the Money Problem
9(1)
Study Smart
10(1)
Become a Master at Taking Tests
11(1)
Getting Your Career Off On the Right Track
12(10)
Think Positively
12(1)
Take a Good Look at Yourself
13(1)
Understand What Employers Want
14(1)
Finding My First Professional Job
14(2)
Using the Internet to Jump-Start Your Job Search
16(1)
Oh My Gosh---I've Got a Job Interview
17(1)
Interview Like a Pro
18(2)
Selecting the Right Job for You
20(1)
Starting Your New Job
20(1)
Movin' On Up
21(1)
Part 1 The Business Environment
Participating in the Dynamic Business Environment
22(2)
Principles of Business
24(1)
The Nature of Business
24(1)
Not-for-Profit Organizations
25(1)
Factors of Production: The Building Blocks of Business
25

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