How to thing like a manager: the art of managing for the long run -- Managing people: the R factor -- Quantitative tools: numbers as the fundamental language of business -- Managerial economics: guidelines for choices and decisions -- Accounting and management decision making -- Financial management: optimizing the value of the firm -- Marketing management: becoming a market-driven company -- Human resource management: competitive advantage through people -- The strategic use of information technology -- Operations management: productivity and quality performance -- Strategic management -- The role of business in a democratic society