Absolute Essentials of Business and Economics
About the Book Series
Textbooks are an extraordinarily useful tool for students and teachers, as is demonstrated by their continued use in the classroom and online. Successful textbooks run into multiple editions, and in endeavouring to keep up with developments in the field, it can be difficult to avoid increasing length and complexity.
This series of shortform textbooks offers a range of books which zero-in on the absolute essentials. In focusing on only the core elements of each sub-discipline, the books provide a useful alternative or supplement to traditional textbooks.
Absolute Essentials of International Business
1st Edition
By Alan Sitkin, Karine Mangion-Thornley
April 29, 2022
As challenges to the era of globalisation emerge, international business grows in importance and complexity as a field of study. This shortform textbook introduces learners to the frameworks within which international business occurs and to the range of actions that companies might undertake in ...
Absolute Essentials of Project Management
1st Edition
By Paul Roberts
April 29, 2022
Contemporary organisations proliferate with projects. Managing projects, working with project managers and delivering project excellence have become fundamental skills in the world of business, resulting in an array of approaches, tools and techniques that can bewilder. This shortform text homes in...
Absolute Essentials of Business Behavioural Ethics
1st Edition
By Nina Seppala
January 30, 2022
Behavioural ethics in business is an emerging field that has challenged some of the established wisdom about ethics and added some truly new insights into our understanding about decision-making and behaviour. Why do seemingly responsible employees and managers sometimes act in bad ways? This book...
Absolute Essentials of Operations Management
1st Edition
By Andrew Greasley
November 20, 2019
This short textbook consolidates all the key aspects of operations management into a concise and easily accessible reference tool. Comprising the management of creating goods and delivering services to customers, operations management plays an essential role in the success of ...