What You Need to Know About Business

What You Need to Know About Business--------------------------------------------------Business is big. Actually, it's often small and medium-sized too. Butthe point is that it matters - a lot. This book is designed to answerall those confusing questions that flit through your mind when youget to the business pages of the paper, and stop you being embarrassedin job interviews. It explains the things you really need to know aboutbusiness, and will tell you:* What the point of business is* How whathappens in the economy affects real businesses* What the law meansfor business* Finance, accounting, shares, bonds etc and other bignumbers* How companies grow and why the merge (even though most mergersfail)* What HR departments actually do all day* Time management, motivation,leadership, communication skills and all the other skills you'll needif you want to know what the view's like from the CEO's office Afterreading it, you'll smile knowingly whenever the advantages of outsourcing,balanced scorecards or Porter's 5 Ps come up in polite conversation.