Title: Literature
Course: Study PrepProg Introduction to Business & Business English, Part 1

This preparatory course is based on the book Fundamentals of Business, fourth edition (2023), which is an open education resource intended to serve as a no-cost, primary text for undergraduate introductory business courses.

During this first part of Introduction to Business and Business English, we will cover only Chapter 2 The foundations of business. However, in the second part of the course, part 2, we will be using the book more. The whole book covers the following business topics:

- teamwork
- economics
- ethics
- entrepreneurship
- business ownership
- management and leadership
- organizational structures and operations management
- human resources and motivating employees
- managing in labor union contexts
- marketing and pricing strategy
- hospitality and tourism
- accounting and finance
- personal finances, and
- technology in business

Additionally, information provided by Ministry of Education and Culture in Finland (www.okm.fi) as well as Opintopolku (www.opintopolku.fi or in English: www.studyinfo.fi) have been used for the course's study contents.