Business (6th Edition) [Hardcover]

Ricky W. Griffin (Author), Ronald J. Ebert (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0130904635 | ISBN-13: 978-0130904638 | Publication Date: March 19, 2001 | Edition: 6

This best-selling book provides readers with a comprehensive overview of every aspect of business and the environment in which business prospers. Business, Sixth Edition, has captured the flavor and excitement of the new economy in all of its rapidly evolving practices. The new edition continues the book's user-friendly tradition and its commitment to relevant material and hands-on learning. It also focuses on people in business and the decisions they make on a daily basis. The authors have taken this commitment to new levels in an effort to provide more personal—and, at the same time, more practical—access to people who do business by letting readers ask them questions about cutting-edge business issues and practices. Chapter topics include understanding the U.S. business system, understanding the global context of business, conducting business ethically and responsibly, managing and organizing the business enterprise, understanding entrepreneurship and small business, managing human resources, understanding labor & management relations, understanding principles of marketing, managing operations and information, and understanding financial issues. For anyone who wants to better understand the business environment and the people who populate it.

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From the Publisher

One of the most comprehensive -- yet readable -- surveys of all major facets of business operations and management, this best-selling text moves from broad, general perspectives to focused coverage of specific business functions. A carefully orchestrated variety of boxes, cases, vignettes, illustrations, quotes, a running "field trip," interactive questions, and an informal first-person narrative all work together to draw students dynamically into the real world of contemporary business -- further enriched by a host of supplements, including a multimedia CD-ROM. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

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This best-selling book provides readers with a comprehensive overview of every aspect of business and the environment in which business prospers. Business, Sixth Edition, has captured the flavor and excitement of the new economy in all of its rapidly evolving practices. The new edition continues the book's user-friendly tradition and its commitment to relevant material and hands-on learning. It also focuses on people in business and the decisions they make on a daily basis. The authors have taken this commitment to new levels in an effort to provide more personal—and, at the same time, more practical—access to people who do business by letting readers ask them questions about cutting-edge business issues and practices. Chapter topics include understanding the U.S. business system, understanding the global context of business, conducting business ethically and responsibly, managing and organizing the business enterprise, understanding entrepreneurship and small business, managing human resources, understanding labor & management relations, understanding principles of marketing, managing operations and information, and understanding financial issues. For anyone who wants to better understand the business environment and the people who populate it.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 720 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall; 6 edition (March 19, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0130904635
• ISBN-13: 978-0130904638
• Product Dimensions: 11.6 x 8.1 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,708,303 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Better than most textbooks out there!, May 24, 2007

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This review is from: Business (8th Edition) (Hardcover)

Business 8th Edition is more comprehensive than Business Essential by the same authors. This is the assigned text for our Intro. Business Class. Very readable and lots of illustrations and practical cases. A good textbook for beginning business major. Highly recommended.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book and great service!, October 7, 2011

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This review is from: Business, Seventh Edition (Hardcover)

The book was came fast and the book is in very good conditions, like they said.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great book, January 16, 2011

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This review is from: Business (6th Edition) (Hardcover)

Thanks for sending me this book so quickly and at a great price. Unfortunately it was the wrong book for the course I took, but it may come in handy some day.