Program Objectives.
Upon completion of this program, students will acquire professional in-demand skills and will be able to:

• Understand the basic business functions of design and fabrication of structures including ethical, legal, and diversity issues.
• Understand the importance of teamwork, leadership, and human behavior.
• Understand costing, budgeting, and finance as they relate to project management.
• Enhance decision-making and problem-solving skills. Individual and group skills are honed through case studies, in-class discussion presentations, and exercises.
• Examine the way businesses operate in the major functional areas of production & operations, sales & marketing, accounting & finance, personnel and information systems, and apply some of these basic practices to given situations.

Business Essentials
by Ronald J. Ebert, Ricky W. Griffin
Pearson
12th edition

About the authors
Ronald J. Ebert is a Professor in the Management Department at the University of Missouri–Columbia. Professor Ebert has more than thirty years of teaching experience. His consulting alliances have included such firms as Mobay Corporation, Kraft Foods, Oscar Mayer, Atlas Powder, and John Deere.
Ricky Griffin joined the faculty at Texas A&M University in 1981. During his career at Texas A&M, he has taught undergraduate and graduate courses in management, organizational behavior, human resource management, and international business. Professor Griffin has authored several leading textbooks that have been used at more than 500 colleges and universities. He has served in the Academy of Management as Chair of the Organizational Behavior Division. Professor Griffin has served as the Director of the Center for Human Resource Management and Head of the Department of Management at Texas A&M University.

About the Publisher
Pearson is the world's largest education company. Although Pearson generates approximately 60 percent of its sales in North America, it operates in more than 70 countries. In 2019 Pearson announced it would begin the process of phasing out the publishing of printed textbooks, in a plan to move into a more digital-first strategy. The company reportedly envisions students relying more on e-textbooks, which would be updated frequently.