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Details:
Condition: BRAND NEW
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 9780241006931
Publisher: DK (Dorling Kindersley)
Overview:
How Business Works is DK's popular graphic guide that turns the sometimes bewildering world of business, finance, and company management into clear, colourful, easy-to-digest visuals. Ideal for students, new managers, entrepreneurs, and anyone curious how companies really operate, it breaks down management structures, research and development, sales, marketing, and distribution into simple diagrams and jargon-free explanations, making it a genuinely useful reference for the bookshelf, desk, or classroom.
About the Book:
Part of DK's How Things Work series, How Business Works answers questions that trip up even experienced professionals: what is the difference between profit margin and net profit? How does cash flow actually work? What separates a limited company from a partnership? Rather than dense chapters of text, the book uses DK's signature infographic style to visually map each concept, from the boardroom to the factory floor. Readers move through company structure and leadership styles, research and development and how new products reach market, sales and marketing strategy, and the mechanics of production and distribution that keep a business running efficiently. Financial literacy is a key focus, with balance sheets, cash flow, and profit explained via clear diagrams rather than spreadsheets of jargon. The tone is approachable rather than academic, useful for a business studies student and a first-time manager alike. At 352 pages, it is substantial enough to serve as a genuine reference that can be dipped into repeatedly rather than read once and shelved. The result is a book that manages to be both an entry point for business beginners and a handy refresher for people already working in the corporate world.
Key Benefits:
- Breaks down business, finance, and management concepts using DK's clear infographic style.
- Covers company structure, R&D, sales and marketing, and production and distribution in one reference.
- Ideal for business studies students, new managers, and aspiring entrepreneurs alike.
- Jargon-free explanations of profit margins, cash flow, and balance sheets.
- Substantial 352-page hardback reference that can be revisited again and again.
- Makes a thoughtful gift for anyone starting a new job, course, or business venture.
About the Author:
How Business Works is published under DK (Dorling Kindersley), the London-founded publisher renowned worldwide for visually driven, highly illustrated non-fiction. Since 1974, DK has built its reputation on making complex subjects, from science to history to business, accessible through clear infographics and expert-checked content. This title was produced by DK's in-house editorial and design team, in keeping with the publisher's collaborative approach to reference publishing, favouring clarity and visual storytelling over dense, traditional prose.
Why You'll Love This Book:
If business jargon leaves you cold, this graphic guide makes management, finance, and marketing genuinely click, thanks to DK's clever visual approach. A brilliant confidence-builder for students, new managers, and budding entrepreneurs alike.
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