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    <namePart>Nickel,William G</namePart>
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  <name type="personal">
    <namePart>Mchugh,James M</namePart>
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  <name type="personal">
    <namePart>Mchugh,susan M</namePart>
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    <publisher>McGraw</publisher>
    <dateIssued>2008</dateIssued>
    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
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    <extent>xxvii652p.: ill.; 26cm.</extent>
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  <tableOfContents>Contents Managing within the dynamic business environment:talking risks and making profits -- How economics affects business:the creation and distribution of wealth -- Competing in global markets -- Demonstrating ethical behavior and social responsibility -- Choosing form of business ownership -- Entrepreneurship and starting a small business -- Management,leadership,and employee empowerment -- Adapting organizations to today's markets -- Producing world-class goods and service -- Motivating employees and building self-managed teams -- Human resource management:finding and keeping the best employees -- Dealing with employee-management issues and relationships -- Marketing:building customer relationships -- Development and pricing products and services -- Distributing products quickly and efficiently -- Using effecting promotional techniques -- Understanding financial information and accounting -- Financial management -- Securities markets:financing and investing opportunities -- Understanding money,financial institutions,and the federal reserve -- Working within the legal environment of business -- Using technology to manage information -- Managing risk -- Managing personal finances  </tableOfContents>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">William G.Nickel</note>
  <note>Includes index </note>
  <classification authority="lcc">HD31.N4897</classification>
  <identifier type="isbn">9780073105970</identifier>
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