Business (Available Titles CengageNOW) - Hardcover

Pride, William M.; Hughes, Robert J.; Kapoor, Jack R.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0324829558 ISBN 13: 9780324829556

Publisher: South-Western College/West, 2009

Synopsis

Usually Sophomore/Junior level. Both Community Colleges and Universities. Both business majors and non-majors. Purposes: attract students to business school, help business majors find their focus, give non-business majors a foundation in business principles. Usually a committee decision at cc, sometimes individual decision at university. Frequently taught by adjuncts. Full-time instructors usually teach other courses that are more focused on their expertise (accounting, marketing, etc.). What workflow issues do Intro Bus professors face? Time Management - many teach more than one course. Coordinating Adjuncts. Course Preparation Time. What do Instructors find most challenging? Keeping students engaged. Managing a large number of students. Keeping the course current. Finding quality supplements. Having enough time to cover all the material.

About this title

About the Author:

William Pride (Ph.D., Louisiana State University) is a professor of marketing in the Mays Business School, Texas A&M University. In addition to this text, he is co-author of a market-leading Principles of Marketing text. Dr. Pride's research interests include advertising, promotion, and distribution channels, and his research articles have appeared in major professional journals, such as the JOURNAL OF MARKETING, the JOURNAL OF MARKETING RESEARCH, the JOURNAL OF THE ACADEMY OF MARKETING SCIENCE, and the JOURNAL OF ADVERTISING. Dr. Pride is a member of the American Marketing Association, Academy of Marketing Science, Society for Marketing Advances, and the Marketing Management Association. He has received the Marketing Fellow Award from the Society of Marketing Advances and the Marketing Innovation Award from the Marketing Management Association. Both of these are lifetime achievement awards.

About this edition

• Publisher: South-Western College/West
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0324829558
• ISBN 13: 9780324829556
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 627