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Book Title: DEV Understanding Business

Edited by Anela Tomac

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Book Description: Understanding Business is a comprehensive introduction to the dynamic world of business. Designed with first-year college and university students in mind—particularly those new to the subject—this textbook provides a solid starting point for learners aspiring to build a career in business. The book explores the core functions of business operations, demonstrating how various departments collaborate to drive sales, manage financial resources, innovate products and services, engage customers, and make strategic decisions. It also covers vital themes such as ethical business practices, corporate social responsibility, teamwork, risk management, and personal financial literacy. In addition, readers are introduced to the principles of entrepreneurship and the critical roles that managers and leaders play in organizational success. With a focus on Canadian economic and banking systems, the text offers localized insights while maintaining a global perspective through examples drawn from Canada, the U.S., and beyond.

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Book Source

This book is a cloned version of Fundamentals of Business: Canadian Edition by Business Faculty from Ontario Colleges and eCampusOntario Program Managers, published using Pressbooks by eCampusOntario under a CC BY-NC-SA (Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike) license. It may differ from the original.

Editor

Anela Tomac

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DEV Understanding Business Copyright © 2025 by Conestoga College is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

Subject

Business studies: general

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Title
DEV Understanding Business
Editor
Anela Tomac
License

Icon for the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License

DEV Understanding Business Copyright © 2025 by Conestoga College is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

Primary Subject
Business studies: general
Institution
Conestoga College
Publisher
Conestoga Open Learning
Publisher City
Kitchener
Publication Date
September 1, 2025
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.58067/d77e-5978