Business Basics: A Guide to Who Does What in Today’s Organizations - Softcover

Moyer, Mike; Fuller, Jerry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0615845274 ISBN 13: 9780615845272

Publisher: Associated Colleges of Illinois, 2013

Synopsis

Every year students leave college to work in corporate jobs all over the world. Very few of them have been exposed to businesses and how they work. Business Basics provides a primer on the mechanics of how a business works to help students hit the ground running in their first job or internship. This book provides valuable insight into the structure and internal operations of for-profit and nonprofit businesses. It can help students get started on the right foot by understanding the basics, such as: * Organizational structure – from the Board of Directors to the entry-level employee. * Key business functions and how they work together. * Primary responsibilities and roles of different departments. * Business growth and evolution – from tiny startups to fortune 500 companies. This book is designed to complement the ACI’s Business Basics Internship program and online course.

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About the Author

Mike Moyer is a professional entrepreneur who has started companies from scratch, joined start-up companies, helped others start companies, raised millions of dollars of start-up capital, and helped sell start-up companies. He has worked in a variety of industries ranging from vacuum cleaners, to motor home chassis, to fine wine. Mike has a MS in Integrated Marketing Communication from Northwestern University and an MBA from the University of Chicago. He teaches Entrepreneurship at both universities. Mike is also the author of Slicing Pie, How to Make Colleges Want You, and Trade Show Samurai. Jerry Fuller provides strategic leadership to the Associated Colleges of Illinois (ACI), a network of four year, non-profit, private colleges and universities. Working with the business community, he designs and implements innovative and collaborative programs to increase both the effectiveness and efficiency of colleges. Jerry has also created and implemented programs that help students prepare for and succeed in college as well as develop the professional skills college students need to launch their careers. Under Jerry’s leadership, the ACI has become one of the most successful higher education associations in the nation, winning an unprecedented four Distinguished Performance Awards from the Foundation for Independent Higher Education, the George W. Foreman Innovation Award, and Awards of Excellence from the Workforce Board of Metropolitan Chicago and the National College Access Network. Jerry is a graduate of Northwestern University and received his MBA from The University of Chicago. In addition, Jerry completed the Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit Management Program at the Harvard Business School.

Edition details

• Publisher: Associated Colleges of Illinois
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0615845274
• ISBN 13: 9780615845272
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 172