An Introduction to Business and Management

This new essential management textbook is a one-stop shop for students undertaking a Business and Management degree, equipping you with the knowledge, skills, and inspiration to build a career that has the potential to make a meaningful difference.

Key features include:

• The development of key skills for a changing world, including problem-solving, critical thinking and adaptability, as well as academic skills
• A commitment to equality, diversity and inclusivity by featuring diverse case studies, international research and diverse perspectives throughout
• A strong reflective element, encouraging you to consider how this new knowledge changes your perspectives and how it will inform your future managerial choices
• A ‘Students like you change the world’ feature showing how business and management graduates are contributing to a more sustainable and just world
• The promotion of practices and behaviours aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals
• A focus on technology, with a chapter on AI, Technology and Digital Transformation.

This essential textbook can be used for a wide range of courses from introduction to management modules to across a whole business and management degree or degree apprenticeship.

The book is complemented by PowerPoint slides, a Teaching Guide, and a Testbank of Multiple Choice Questions for lecturers.

Rossana Guttilla is a Senior Lecturer in HRM and Induction and Transition coordinator for the business school at the University of Exeter.

Christine Parkin Hughes is an Associate Professor in OB and HRM and Director of Education and Student Experience for the Department of Management at the University of Exeter.

All royalties from the sale of this book are donated to the Student Hardship Fund at the University of Exeter.

Rossana is a Senior Lecturer in HRM and OB at the University of Exeter Business School, with over 20 years’ experience in UK higher education. She has directed Business Management programmes at both the University of Exeter and the University of Plymouth, leading large, diverse cohorts and delivering high-impact modules in IHRM, general management, and graduate skills. Her academic interests include IHRM, curriculum design and skills development. She co-developed the University of Exeter’s Skills to Thrive and currently serves as Induction and Transition Coordinator and Wellbeing Champion for the school. Rossana was the recipient of the 2023 Course of the Year award and a 2022 nomination for Academic of the Year. A Senior Fellow of the HEA, active member of BAM and book reviewer for Sage, CIPD and OU, she is committed to nurturing academic, personal, and professional growth through innovative and reflective learning ― the core focus of this foundational text.

Chris is a Professor at the University of Exeter Business School and a Trustee and Member of the People and Nominations Committee for The Royal College Occupational Therapists.She is a Senator at the University, the Director of Education and Student Experience for the Management department, and the Educational Director of the Exeter Centre for Leadership (ExCL). She also leads the OBHR group. Her research centres around Sustainability in the workplace. 

Having begun her teaching career in Key Stages 1 & 2, she is an award-winning educator and Qualified Teacher (QTS), Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA), and a Certified Management and Business Educator (CMBE). Externally, Chris is an Examiner, Moderator and Validator (Levels 1 - 7).