Type:
Solution Manual
Resource:
Business Essentials
Edition:
10th Edition
Author(s):
Ronald J. Ebert Ricky W. Griffin George Dracopoulos Frederick A. Starke
INSTRUCTOR’S MANUAL George Dracopoulos
Vanier College and McGill University
Business Essentials
Tenth Canadian Edition Ronald J. Ebert
Professor Emeritus, University of Missouri-Columbia
Ricky W. Griffin
Texas A&M University
George Dracopoulos
Vanier College and McGill University
Frederick A. Starke
Professor Emeritus, University of Manitoba
Table of Contents Introduction to The Instructor’s Manual ............................................................................ iii CHAPTER 1
Understanding the Canadian Business System ........................................1
CHAPTER 2
The Environment of Business ................................................................22
CHAPTER 3
Conducting Business Ethically and Responsibly ...................................47
CHAPTER 4
Entrepreneurship, Small Business, and New Venture Creation ............75
CHAPTER 5
The Global Context of Business ..........................................................107
CHAPTER 6
Managing the Business Enterprise .......................................................171
CHAPTER 7
Organizing the Business Enterprise .....................................................205
CHAPTER 8
Managing Human Resources and Labour Relations ............................235
CHAPTER 9
Motivating, Satisfying, and Leading Employees .................................272
CHAPTER 10 Operations Management, Productivity, and Quality............................308 CHAPTER 11 Understanding Accounting ..................................................................342 CHAPTER 12 Understanding Marketing Principles and Developing Products ..........372 CHAPTER 13 Pricing, Promoting, and Distributing Products ....................................405 CHAPTER 14 Money and Banking .............................................................................438 CHAPTER 15 Financial Decisions and Risk Management .........................................460
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INTRODUCTION TO THE INSTRUCTOR’S MANUAL This Instructor’s Manual is intended for use with Business Essentials, 10th Canadian edition. Each chapter's manual contains the following features: 1. Chapter Synopsis—The key topics that are discussed in the text chapter are concisely summarized here. 2. Chapter Outline—A detailed chapter outline of topic coverage in the chapter is provided. This gives instructors a clear organization scheme for the chapter and helps with planning lectures. 3. Quick Questions—These questions focus on the major topics that are presented in the chapter, and are designed to test whether students understand fundamental issues. 4. In-Class Exercises—Several structured in-class exercises are described and specific directions given for conducting the exercises. The topics covered in these exercises relate to topics that are presented in the text chapter; they will increase student interest and engagement in the topics. 5. Teaching Tips—Numerous teaching tips are presented that help the instructor make topic coverage more interesting. These teaching tips include examples that will clarify concepts for students, interesting scenarios that get students thinking about important issues, and clarifications of topics to increase student understanding. 6. Using the Boxed Inserts—Each chapter in the text contains an opening case and several boxed inserts which are designed to increase student interest. Questions for Discussion or Critical Thinking Questions are provided for students to consider. Answers to these questions are provided for instructors, as well as ideas for in-class discussions and debates on interesting and controversial topics that may relate to the issues raised in the insert. 7. Questions and Exercises—At the end of each chapter in the text, several Questions for Analysis and Application Exercises are presented. Answers to the questions and exercises are provided for instructors. 8. Team Exercises—Three team exercises are found at the end of each chapter in the text: Building a Business: Continuing Exercise, Building Your Business Skills, and Exercising Your Ethics. Answers to the questions raised in these exercises are provided. Suggestions for in-class activities related to these exercises are also provided. 9. Case Analysis—A case study is presented at the end of each chapter in the text. Included at the end of the case study are Questions for Discussion which ask students to use concepts presented in the chapter to analyze the case. Answers to these questions are provided for the instructor.
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10. Crafting a Business Plan—The business plan feature is found at the end of each major section of the text (i.e., at the end of Chapters 5, 9, 11, 13, and 15). Further information for instructors is provided here.
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