Business Communication for Success

Adopted by many universities, this textbook provides a comprehensive and integrated approach to the study and application of written and oral business communication.

Includes: introductory exercises and in-chapter exercises.

May suit: COMM 205.

Business Ethics

This OpenStax textbook covers concepts of introductory business ethics courses and has a particular focus on student learning.

Includes: case studies, applications, student resources, instructor resources, exercises, solutions, examples.

May suit: COMM 315.

Business Law 1

This OpenStax textbook is designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of courses on Business Law or the Legal Environment of Business.

Includes: instructor resources, student resources, exercises.

May suit: COMM 315.

Business Math: A Step-by-Step Handbook Abridged

Authors: Sanja Krajisnik; Carol Leppinen; and Jelena Loncar-Vines

Description: This book provides an introduction to a variety of topics in business math including simple and compound interest, annuities, payment schedules, mortgages, and more. This supplemental textbook covers topics from Chapters 8 to 13 inclusive, adapted from the original Business Math: A Step-by-Step Handbook by J. Olivier and Lyryx Learning Inc. providing extra resources, examples, and storytelling activities.

Business Math: A Step-by-Step Handbook Abridged Instructor Resources

Authors: Jelena Loncar-Vines

Description: This book serves as a companion to Business Math: A Step-by-Step Handbook Abridged, featuring instructor resources centered on storytelling techniques and case studies that align with the examples in the companion OER.

Communication for Business Professionals

This is an adaptation of Business Communication for Success (2013). It significantly reduced the size and scope of the original publication and added Canadian examples.

Includes: PowerPoint slides, essay questions, test bank.

May suit: COMM 205.

Entrepreneurship

This OpenStax textbook is intended for use in introductory Entrepreneurship classes at the undergraduate level.

Includes: instructor resources, student resources, exercises, cases, test bank.

May suit: COMM 320.

Entrepreneurship and Innovation Toolkit

Written by a business professor at the University of Saskatchewan, this textbook covers fundamental entrepreneurship concepts.

May suit: COMM 320.

Fundamentals of Business, 3rd edition

FUNDAMENTALS OF BUSINESS, 3rd edition is an open education resource intended to serve as a no-cost, instructor-customizable primary text for one-semester undergraduate introductory business courses. It covers the following topics in business: 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, and personal finances. The textbook was adapted for use in Virginia Tech’s Pamplin College of Business’ introductory level business course, MGT1104 Foundations of Business.

Fundamentals of Business: Canadian Edition

This textbook was developed by business faculty from Ontario Colleges and from eCampusOntario program managers. It incorporates introductory business topics, from ethics to marketing to entrepreneurship, in a Canadian context. It has received positive faculty reviews.

Includes: embedded quizzes with solutions, student resources, examples, summaries, applications.

May suit: COMM 220, COMM 225, COMM 315, COMM 320.

Introduction to Business

This OpenStax textbook was developed by a number of business professors from various American institutions. It covers the contents of a traditional introductory business course.

Includes: instructor resources, student resources, applications, ethics activities, exercises, case studies, summaries.

May suit: COMM 210, COMM 220, COMM 222, COMM 223, COMM 225, COMM 320. 

Introduction to Entrepreneurship

Editor: Katherine Carpenter

Contributors: Jonathan Carpenter and Andrea Niosi

Description: This course introduces students to entrepreneurship as an approach to life and to create their own careers. Through foundational concepts and frameworks, this course examines entrepreneurship as a process including: entrepreneurial identity, opportunity creation and evaluation, mobilizing resources, and growth. The course is designed around the major stages in this process, and an overview of factors that are key to entrepreneurial success is provided.

Introduction to Financial Accounting

This text was written by a professor of accounting at Athabasca University and it is based on international accounting standards. This text has been successfully adopted and has been faculty reviewed.

Includes: instructor resources, case studies, student resources, practice problems, solutions manual.

May suit: COMM 217.

Introductory Business Statistics

This OpenStax textbook has been positively-reviewed and has been successfully adopted by other faculty. It covers introductory concepts in business statistics, from probability to confidence intervals.

Includes: instructor resources, student resources, applications, summaries, exercises, solutions, and group activities.

May suit: COMM 215. 

Managerial Accounting

This textbook focuses on the essential managerial accounting concepts used within organizations for decision-making purposes and covers these concepts in 13 straightforward and concise chapters.

Includes: exercises, problems, cases, spreadsheets applications, group projects.

May suit: COMM 305.

Mastering Strategic Management – 1st Canadian Edition

This Canadian edition includes Canadian specific content, images, and references. It contains multiple graphic concept pages and real-world company examples in each chapter.

Includes: PowerPoint slides.

May suit: COMM 401. 

Organizational Behaviour

Published through the University of Minnesota, this text has been successfully adopted and has received positive reviews from other faculty. This text is meant to provide students with the necessary critical thinking skills, vocabulary, and framework to effectively navigate situations that may arise. This version is an adaptation of a former resource provided by a publisher. It includes an “Organizational Behaviour ToolBox” which incorporates an experiential component of understanding the concepts.

Includes: exercises, summaries, references, organizational behaviour toolbox.

May suit: COMM 222.

Principles of Accounting – Volume 1 Financial Accounting

This OpenStax textbook exposes students to the core concepts of accounting in familiar ways to build a strong foundation that can be applied across business fields. Volume 1 focuses on financial accounting.

Includes: instructor resources, student resources, PowerPoint slides, applications, exercises, solutions.

May suit: COMM 217. 

Principles of Accounting – Volume 2 Managerial Accounting 

This OpenStax textbook exposes students to the core concepts of accounting in familiar ways to build a strong foundation that can be applied across business fields. Volume 2 focuses on managerial accounting.

Includes: instructor resources, student resources, PowerPoint slides, applications, exercises, solutions.

May suit: COMM 305.

Principles of Financial Accounting

This textbook was developed by a professor of accounting at the University of North Geogria to better meet the needs of her students. This text has been successfully adopted and peer reviewed by other accounting faculty.

Includes: exercises, professional development resources.

May suit: COMM 217.

Principles of Management 

This OpenStax textbook takes a traditional approach to management,which is the leading, planning, organizing, and controlling approach. It covers many management areas such as human resource management and strategic management, as well as behavioral areas such as motivation.

Includes: instructor resources, student resources, PowerPoint slides, test bank, exercises, questions.

May suit: COMM 205, COMM 210, COMM 222, COMM 226, COMM 320.