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Business: A Changing World, 5/e

O.C. Ferrell, Colorado State University
Geoffrey A. Hirt, DePaul University
Linda Ferrell, University of Wyoming

ISBN: 0072973587
Copyright year: 2006

Proven Features

Ferrell and Hirt integrate the seven perspectives that are changing the world of business are emphasized throughout the complete teaching package. These current business challenges are integrated into the text and in boxes in each chapter. NEW Responding to Business Challenges, Consider Ethics & Social Responsibility, Think Globally, Enhance Business Productivity, Strive for Quality, Embrace Technology, and NEW Growing a Business boxes highlight real, often familiar companies or businesses to help students gain practical experience about business and focus on issues of concern in business today.

Chapter-opening vignettes neatly encapsulate actual business issues students will encounter as they read the chapter. A section in the EOC material called "Revisit the World of Business" contains additional questions that bring the student back to issues in the Opening Vignette after they've read the chapter.

A Solve the Dilemma box in each chapter gives students an opportunity to think creatively in applying chapter concepts to hypothetical situations that could occur in the real world.

"Explore Your Career Options" box appear at the end of each chapter and provide students with information about career planning and specific business career opportunities.

Rich end-of-chapter material has been designed to help students apply chapter concepts. This includes: Review Your Understanding (Summary of Chapter Objectives); Learn the Terms; Check Your Progress; Revisit the World of Business; Get Involved; Build Your Skills (team activities); eXtreme Surfing (see new features above); and See it for Yourself Video Cases.

Role-playing exercises appear at the end of each of the text's six parts. These exercises were developed specifically for Business: A Changing World to provide an opportunity for the development of critical thinking through team decision making. The overview of each role-play exercise can be found at the end of each part, while the roles and instructions for using and evaluating the exercises are located in the Instructor's Manual and on the instructor's portion of the Ferrell/Hirt/Ferrell Web site.

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