Business: The Key Concepts / Edition 1

by Mark Vernon

Overview

Here is a practical guide to the essentials of business. This book provides everything you need to know about the key concepts and terms, from accountability to zero-sum game. Everything from management, economics and finance to marketing, organizational behaviour and operations is covered in just the right amount of detail to make things clear and intelligible.

Business: The Key Concepts:

* is detailed yet approachable
* considers new developments in business, notably eBusiness and contemporary business ethics
* covers established subjects, taking an international and strategic perspective that balances theory and practice
* suggests specific further reading for many concepts and also includes an extensive bibliography.

Whether you're already in business and could do with a handy reference guide, or you're a student needing an introduction to the fundamentals, Business: The Key Concepts is the perfect companion.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415253239
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/04/2001
Series:	Routledge Key Guides
Pages:	262
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Preface Acknowledgements 1. Key Concepts Bibiliography Index

Editorial Reviews

Routledge's "Key Concepts" series aims to provide basic definitions to undergraduates and the informed public. In this entry, approximately 230 terms in management, economics, marketing, organizational behavior, and operations are each given a one-sentence definition followed by a longer, more detailed description, up to two pages in length, explaining the idea in context. Each entry ends with See also references and further reading suggestions tied to a long, up-to-date bibliography. One might quibble about some of the titles in the bibliography (e.g., only one book by Peter Drucker and none by Alfred Sloan), but it's excellent for a title of this size. Although Routledge is a British publisher and there are some British spellings, most examples feature U.S. companies. Ultimately, this book is suitable for any library that carries the "Key Concepts" series. But it is closer to "Cliffs Notes" or the old "College Outline" series than a true dictionary, and it may be better placed in circulation than in reference. The cloth edition is overpriced, and libraries with a moderately good collection of business dictionaries will have everything offered in this volume. Small libraries might find Jack Friedman's Dictionary of Business Terms (Barron's, 2000. 3d ed.) or P.H. Collin's Dictionary of Business (Peter Collin, 2001. 3d ed.) better values. Patrick J. Brunet, Western Wisconsin Technical Coll., LaCrosse Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.

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