This special and abridged version of Business Management has been requested by academics in order to accommodate the needs of accounting students. As accounting students at a number of higher institutions only do a seven-week module in business management, we have selected the chapters which cover the basics of business management as well as the primary functions of the value chain.

Chapter 1: Introduction to business management: a value chain perspective

Chapter 2: Environmental analysis

Chapter 3: The entrepreneurial process

Chapter 4: Establishing a business

Chapter 5: General management and leadership

Chapter 6: Purchasing and inbound logistics

Chapter 7: Production/Operations management and outbound logistics

Chapter 8: Human resources management

Chapter 9: Managing diversity

Chapter 10: Corporate governance

Chapter 11: Black economic empowerment