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    <title>Understanding business</title>
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    <namePart>Nickels, 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 hill</publisher>
    <dateIssued>2002</dateIssued>
    <edition>6th ed.</edition>
    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
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  <language>
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    <extent>xxxvii, 707 p. + [various pagings] : ill.; 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in)</extent>
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  <tableOfContents>Contents: 1. Business trends: cultivating a business in diverse, global environments: Meeting the challenge of today's dynamic business environment -- Economics: the creation and distribution of wealth -- Competing in global markets -- Demonstrating ethical behavior and social responsibility -- 2. Business ownership: starting a small business: Forms of business ownership -- Entrepreneurship and starting a small business -- 3. Business management: empowering employees to satisfy customers: Management, leadership and employee empowerment -- Managing the move toward customer-driven business organizations -- Operations management (production) -- 4. Management of human resources: motivating employees to produce quality goods and services: Motivating employees and building self-managed teams -- Human resource management: finding and keeping the best employees -- Dealing with employee -  management issues and relationships -- 5. Marketing: developing and implementing customer-oriented marketing plans: Marketing: customer and stakeholder relationship marketing -- Developing and pricing products and services -- Distributing products efficiently and competitively: supply chain management -- Promoting products using interactive and integrated marketing communication -- 6. Decision making: managing information: Using technology to mange information -- Understanding financial information and accounting -- 7. Managing financial resources: Financial management -- Securities markets: financing and investing opportunities -- Understanding money and financial institutions -- Managing personal finances: who wants to be a millionaire? -- </tableOfContents>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">William G. Nickels, James M. McHugh, Susan M. McHugh</note>
  <note>Includes index, glossary and references.</note>
  <note>With 1 CD-ROM (inside back cover)</note>
  <subject>
    <topic>Industrial management</topic>
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    <topic>Business</topic>
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  <subject>
    <topic>Business -- Vocational guidance</topic>
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  <classification authority="lcc">HD31.N48</classification>
  <identifier type="isbn">0072320540</identifier>
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