Updated edition of this popular and well-esatblished business textbook, written in an easy to understand style and incorporating recent changes in business methods and administration.

• Covered in this new edition:
  • Insolvency, NAMA, Public Service Reform and the Croke Park Agreement
  • Modern organisational systems and procedures, and organisational diversification for the changing global economic environment
  • The increasing importance of the role of quality systems and quality accreditation
  • The global recession and its impact on Irish banking and business
  • How to assess insurance requirements in the current economic environment
  • Updated Irish employment legislation
  • Employee procedures to include induction, health and safety at work, risk assessments and safe work methods
  • Examples and benefits of administrative hardware and software packages
  • The administrative functions that support effectiveimplementation of OMS (Organisational Management Systems)
  • The latest trends in retailing in Ireland.
    
    
• Sample questionnaires are provided for assignments on‘The Organisation’ and include essential SWOT and PEST analysis to help with student research.
  
  
• Each chapter contains practice questions, sample assignment briefs for lecturers and students, and previousstudent projects for reference purposes.

SUITABLE FOR:

FETAC levels 5 and 6 modules in:

• Business Administration
• Business Management
• Enterprise
• HRM and Retail Administration
• Business Studies
• Business Administration
• Retail Studies
• Marketing
• Information Processing.

HETAC Business, Management, HRM and Office Information Courses, IATI, AAT, ICM, CIPD.