Faculty of Arts, Business and Science
Business Administration
Business Administration
Introduction to Business Administration
Author(s): Amit Shah, Bethann Talsma, Carl McDaniel, Lawrence J. Gitman, Linda Koffel, Monique Reece
Editor(s): Braden Watson, Brian Sherman, Elisabeth Cason, Nicole Ortloff, Philippe Lannelongue
Licence: CC BY
Year: 2022
Description: Introduction to Business covers the scope and sequence of most introductory business courses. The book provides detailed explanations in the context of core themes such as ethics, entrepreneurship, customer satisfaction, global business, and managing change. Introduction to Business includes hundreds of current business examples from a range of industries, geographic locations, and featuring a variety of individuals. The outcome is a balanced approach to the theory and application of business concepts, with attention to the knowledge and skills necessary for student success in this course and beyond.
Formats: Pressbooks webbook, EPUB, PDF
Includes: 16 H5P activities
Essentials of Project Management
Author(s): Adam Farag
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA
Year: 2021
Description: The Essentials of Project Management is designed specifically for college students enrolled in a business program including business accounting, administration, supply chain and human resources. It describes the project management process and the role of the project manager in implementing such a process. The book is designed to help students build understanding of the importance and applications of project management.
Formats: Pressbooks webbook, EPUB, PDF, XHTML, WordPress XML
Includes: 45 H5P activities
Leadership in the Workplace
Author(s): Clayton Smith, Carson Babich, Mark Lubrick
Editor(s): Heather Maye
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA
Year: 2025
Description: Leadership in Office Administration is a comprehensive, online, open education resource available for students, educators, and administrators who would like to learn more about leadership and management within organizations.
Formats: Pressbooks webbook, EPUB, PDF, XHTML, Common Cartridge (LTI Links)
Includes: 21 H5P activities
Building Relationships With Business Communication
Author(s): Linda Macdonald
Editor(s): Linda Macdonald
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA
Year: 2021
Description: Building Relationships With Business Communication combines some of the best available open access content for introductory courses in business communication and supplements this content with new material on personal and social identity; visual rhetoric; rhetorical listening; inclusive language; storytelling; analytical report writing; and territorial Land Acknowledgements. The textbook is focused on a Canadian audience of first-year Commerce students. H5P interactive content, the infusion of real world examples, and an engaging layout make this textbook highly readable for this audience.
Formats: Pressbooks webbook
Includes: 156 H5P activities
Business and Financial Mathematics
Author(s): Valerie Watts
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA
Year: 2023
Description: Business and Financial Mathematics introduces students to the ideas, concepts, and applications of the mathematics of business and finance. Topics include the mathematics of merchandising, cost-volume-profit analysis, simple and compound interest, annuities, loans, bonds, and business investment decisions. The book is written at an introductory level, designed for students studying business, finance, or other related areas. The text emphasizes the understanding and application of technology, in the form of a financial calculator, to solve problems, but some knowledge of algebra is required.
Formats: Pressbooks webbook, EPUB, PDF
Includes: 54 H5P activities
Business Communication for Success
Author(s): Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT)
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA
Year: 2023
Description: This SAIT edition of Business Communication for Success (BCS) provides a comprehensive, integrated approach to the study and application of written and oral business communication to serve both student and professor.
Formats: Pressbooks webbook, EPUB, PDF, MOBI, Pressbooks XML
Business Computer Applications
Author(s): Amy Savoury, Abigail Rusu, Joy Perrin
Editor(s): Jessica Parsons, Aleta Butler, Andrea Long, Heather Maye, Jennifer Evans, Amy Ledgerwood
Licence: CC BY
Year: 2022
Descriptions: This book introduces students to Microsoft Windows, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and email management. The text covers basic concepts of creating word processing, spreadsheets, and presentation materials for the workplace.
Formats: Pressbooks webbook, EPUB, PDF, MOBI, Pressbooks XML, Common Cartridge (Web Links)
Includes: 10 H5P activities
Business Information Skills Certificate (BISC): Research Guide
Author(s): Leanne Wells, Sally Armstrong, Jeannie Bail
Editor(s): Jeannie Bail, Sally Armstrong
Licence: CC BY
Year: 2023
Description: The Business Information Skills Certificate (BISC): Research Guide is designed to develop and progressively build business research skills for undergraduate learners. These critical skills help business students with course-based research assignments and projects, and provide an excellent foundation for when students graduate and enter the workplace, as strong business information research skills are in demand by future employers.
Formats: Pressbooks webbook
Includes: 42 H5P activities
Business Math: A Step-by-Step Handbook Abridged
Author(s): Sanja Krajisnik, Carol Leppinen, Jelena Loncar-Vines
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA
Year: 2022
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.
Formats: Pressbooks webbook, EPUB, PDF, XHTML, Pressbooks XML, WordPress XML
Includes: 78 H5P activities
Business Startup and Entrepreneurship: Canada
Author(s): Matthew Pauley
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA
Year: 2022
Description: This OER textbook focuses on the foundations of entrepreneurship and starting a business. The text is divided from the theoretical underpinnings of the discipline; entrepreneurship traits and characteristics and the activities that precede starting a business.
Formats: Pressbooks webbook, EPUB, PDF, XHTML, Pressbooks XML
Fundamentals of Business
Author(s): Florence Daddey, Rachael Newton
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA
Year: 2024
Description: The Fundamentals of Business (British Columbia Edition 2024) is an adaptation that highlights current business issues and trends focusing on not only Canadian content, but also adding the British Columbia perspective. The adaptation highlights equity, diversity, and inclusion opportunities in business practices. Additionally, this edition aims to celebrate the rich history and current opportunities of businesses that are led by Indigenous, Peoples of Colour, LGBTQIA2S+, and people with disabilities.
Formats: Pressbooks webbook, EPUB, PDF, XHTML, Pressbooks XML, Common Cartridge (Web Links)
Includes: 53 H5P activities
Fundamentals of Business Math
Author(s): Lisa Koster, Tracey Chase
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA
Year: 2023
Description: This text will provide students with learning tools to develop fundamental mathematic skills and help them to improve basic arithmetic skills and develop reasoning and problem-solving skills.
Formats: Pressbooks webbook, EPUB, PDF, XHTML, Pressbooks XML
Includes: 10 H5P activities
Information Systems for Business and Beyond
Author(s): Shauna Roch, James Fowler, Barbara Smith, David Bourgeois
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA
Year: 2023
Description: Information Systems for Business and Beyond – Canadian edition introduces you to the concept of information systems, their use in business, and the larger impact they are having on our world. This book provides a Canadian context and examples.
Formats: Pressbooks webbook, PDF
Includes: 46 H5P activities
Introduction to Business Math
Author(s): Margaret Dancy
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA
Year: 2023
Description: Introduction to Business Mathematics provides students with a review of some of the basic concepts and building blocks in mathematics. Students will be given an introduction to the mathematic concepts needed in their pursuit of a business career.
Formats: Pressbooks webbook, PDF, EPUB
Includes: 16 H5P activities
Introduction to Business Statistics Problem Ancillary Materials: Yukon Edition
Author(s): Lisa Kanary
Licence: CC BY
Year: 2023
Description: Welcome to “Introduction to Business Statistics: Northern Canadian Edition”. This textbook is specifically designed for students and professionals in the Canadian North who are interested in learning the fundamentals of business statistics. As you know, the Canadian North presents unique challenges and opportunities for business owners and managers. Understanding business statistics is critical for making informed decisions that can lead to success in this region. You will find numerous real-world examples that illustrate the application of statistical concepts in the context of northern Canadian businesses. These examples cover a wide range of industries that will help you develop your skills and reinforce your understanding of the material. By the end of this course, you will have a solid foundation in business statistics and will be well-equipped to apply these skills to real-world business problems. Whether you are a student or a professional, this material will help you make informed decisions and achieve success in the Canadian North.
Formats: Pressbooks webbook, EPUB, PDF, XHTML, Pressbooks XML, Common Cartridge (Web Links)
Introduction to Business & Administrative Studies
Author(s): Angela Flanagan
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA
Year: 2024
Description: This SAIT edition of Introduction to Business & Administrative Studies explores the key concepts and practices that drive the business and administrative sectors. This OER is designed to provide students with a solid understanding of professionalism, networking, marketing, finance, among other essential topics.
Formats: Pressbooks webbook, PDF, Pressbooks XML
Includes: 42 H5P activities
An Introduction to Business Statistics for Analytics (1st Edition)
Author(s): Leslie Major, Amy Goldlist
Licence: CC BY-NC
Year: 2024
Description: An interactive textbook covering first year business statistics methods with videos and Excel examples.
Formats: Pressbooks webbook
Includes: 183 H5P activities
Introduction to Hospitality
Authors: Alice L. McLean; Meagan A. McGuire; and Angela Senter
Licence: CC BY
Year: 2024
Description: Introduction to Hospitality is a vital guide that gives students a foundational understanding of the hospitality and tourism industries. The authors offer an overview of each sector, encouraging readers to pursue further education in their chosen career paths.
Formats: PDF, Pressbooks webbook, Common Cartridge (Web Links)
Business Communication: Five Core Competencies
Author(s): Kristen Lucas, Jacob D. Rawlins, Jenna Haugen
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA
Year: 2023
Description: Business Communication: Five Core Competencies is a practical, engaging book designed to help undergraduate students and business professionals develop competence and build confidence in their business writing skills. Readers will learn about the five core competencies of business communication: professional, clear, concise, evidence-driven, and persuasive. They also will learn strategies for applying each of these competencies across a range of real-world business scenarios. Each chapter includes Communication Tips, Your Turn Exercises, and how-to advice for writing a variety of business messages.
Formats: Pressbooks webbook, EPUB, PDF, Common Cartridge (Web Links)
Business Fundamentals for the Golf & Club Industry
Author(s): Robert Foster
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA
Year: 2022
Description: An introductory textbook in the golf and club business that covers a variety of topics: Teamwork in the Golf and Club Business, Accounting and Financial Management, Golf and Club Economics, Ethics and Social Responsibility for the Golf and Club Industry, Forms of Business Ownership, Entrepreneurship-Starting and Operating a Golf Business, Management and Leadership, Organizational Structure, Motivating Employees, Managing Human Resources in the Golf and Club Industry, Golf and Club Marketing.
Formats: Pressbookse webbook, PDF
Includes: 8 H5P activities
Business Fundamentals, 1st Edition
Author(s): Kerri Shields
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA
Year: 2025
Description: Business Fundamentals is an all-encompassing introductory textbook designed to introduce readers to the business world. Geared toward college and university students, especially those with little to no prior experience in business, this resource lays a strong foundation for individuals embarking on their academic journey with ambitions of pursuing a business career. The book delves into key functional areas of business, illustrating how departments within organizations work together to generate sales, boost revenue, manage finances, develop innovative products and services, attract and retain customers, manage resources, and make sound decisions. It also addresses essential topics such as corporate social responsibility, business ethics, teamwork, risk management, personal finance, and strategies for academic and professional achievement. Furthermore, it provides an introduction to entrepreneurship and highlights the pivotal roles of managers and leaders in business operations. Tailored for first-year students, the text includes Canadian-specific insights on economics and banking while maintaining a global outlook with examples from Canada, the United States, and other countries. By blending content from various open educational resources (OERs) with original material, this textbook offers a thorough and engaging overview of the business field.
Formats: Pressbooks webbook, EPUB, PDF, XHTML, Pressbooks XML, WordPress XML, Common Cartridge (Web Links), Common Cartridge (LTI Links)
Includes: 32 H5P activities
Business Plan Development Guide
Author(s): Lee A. Swanson
Licence: CC BY-SA
Year: 2023
Description: This textbook and its accompanying spreadsheet templates were designed with and for students wanting a practical and easy-to-follow guide for developing a business plan. It follows a unique format that both explains what to do and demonstrates how to do it.
Formats: Presbooks webbook, EPUB, PDF
Communication Essentials for Business
Author(s): Robin L. Potter, Tricia Nicola Hylton
Licence: CC BY
Year: 2022
Description: This open textbook has been partially adapted from the original text by Suzan Last and enhanced with interactive elements by Tricia Hylton. This text is designed to introduce readers to the basic principles of business communication: audience and task analysis in workplace contexts, clear and concise communication style, effective document design, teamwork and collaboration, fundamental research and documentation skills, and employment communication.
Formats: Pressbooks webbooks
Includes: 152 H5P activities
Fundamentals of Business, 3rd edition
Author(s): Adapted by Stephen Skripak with Ron Poff
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA
Year: 2020
Description: 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.
Formats: Presbooks webbooks
Includes: 51 H5P activities
Fundamentals of Business, 4th edition
Author(s): Adapted by Ron Poff
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA
Year: 2025
Description: Fundamentals of Business, fourth edition (2023) is an open education resource intended to serve as a no-cost, faculty-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, personal finances, and technology in business.
Formats: Presbooks webbooks
Includes: 59 H5P activities
Fundamentals of Business: Canadian Edition
Author(s): Business Faculty from Ontario Colleges, eCampusOntario Program Managers
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA
Year: 2018
Description: An introductory textbook in business that covers a variety of topics: The Foundation of Business, Economics and Business, Ethics and Social Responsibility, Business in a Global Environment, Forms of Business Ownership, Entrepreneurship: Starting a Business, Management and Leadership, Structuring Organizations, Operations Management, Motivating Employees, Management Human Resources, Union/Management Issues, Marketing: Providing Value, Accounting and Financial Information, and Personal Finances.
Formats: Pressbooks webbook
Includes: 42 H5P activities
Indigenous Perspectives on Business Ethics and Business Law in British Columbia
Author(s): Annette Sorensen, Scott van Dyk
Licence: CC BY
Year: 2022
Description: This book explores business ethics and business law through the lens of Indigenous-settler relations in Canada (with a focus on British Columbia in particular). It aims to fill a gap in business curriculum and support instructors who want to bring Indigenous content into their classes. The book starts by exploring relevant history, focusing on treaties, legislation, and federal government policy. It then looks at business ethics and what it means for businesses to work ethically with Indigenous communities. And finally, the book discusses business law and the requirements and responsibilities for businesses doing work on Indigenous lands.
Formats: Pressbooks webbook, EPUB, PDF, XHTML, Pressbooks XML, Common Cartridge (Web Links)
NSCC Business Math
Author(s): andré davey, Ute Fiedler, Suzanne MIlner, Paul Rudderham, Manal Saleh, Jean-Paul Olivier
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA
Year: 2023
Description: Business math is the study of mathematics required by the field of business. By the fact that you are reading this textbook, you must be interested in a business field such as accounting, marketing, human resources, or economics. Regardless of your path, you cannot avoid dealing with money and numbers. Both personally and in your career you certainly use elementary arithmetic such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. However, there is a whole field of mathematics that deals specifically with money. You will be offered loans, lines of credit, mortgages, leases, savings bonds, and other financial tools. Do you know what these are and how these financial tools can maximize your earnings and minimize your costs? Do you have what it takes to execute smart monetary decisions both personally and for your business? Do you know how interest works and how it gets calculated? If you can answer “yes” to these questions, then you are already off to a great start. If not, by the end of this textbook you will have a better understanding of all of these topics and more.
Formats: Pressbooks webbook, EPUB, PDF
Includes: 67 H5P activities
Organizational Business Communication
Author(s): Carrie Fraser
Licence: CC BY-NC
Year: 2024
Description: Organizational Business Communication is an inclusive guide to writing in the workplace. The book takes a process-oriented, storytelling approach to composition: focusing less on genre and more on the decisions that effective business communicators make. It also contains interactive H5P activities for students to test their learning, and activities for further reflection that instructors can use in the classroom or assign as homework.
Formats: Pressbooks webbook, EPUB, PDF
Includes: 44 H5P activities
NSCC Fundamentals of Business
Author(s): Business Faculty from Nova Scotia Community College, Business Faculty from Ontario Colleges, Original Authors and Contributors from Virginia Tech
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA
Year: 2023
Description: An introductory textbook in business that covers a variety of topics: The Foundation of Business, Ethics and Social Responsibility, Business in a Global Environment, Forms of Business Ownership, Entrepreneurship: Starting a Business, Management and Leadership, Structuring Organizations, Operations Management, Management Human Resources.
Formats: Pressbooks webbook, EPUB, PDF, MOBI, XHTML, Pressbooks XML, WordPress XML, Common Cartridge (Web Links), Common Cartridge (LTI Links)
Includes: 86 H5P activities
Strategies for Effective Business Communication
Author(s): Adrienne Abel, Andrew Stracuzzi, Brian Dunphy, eCampusOntario, Jordan Smith, Joseph Williams, Melissa Ashman, Sumita Roy, Sydney Epps, Veronika Humphries
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA
Year: 2022
Description: This open textbook is designed to support students in Dual Enrollment Business and Professional Communication courses in Louisiana.
Formats: Pressbooks webbooks, EPUB, PDF
Includes: 61 H5P activities
Indigenous Lifeways in Canadian Business
Author(s): Russell Evans, Michael Mihalicz, Maureen Sterling
Licence: CC BY-NC
Year: 2022
Description: Storytelling practices have been used for millennia as an educational tool for passing knowledge from one generation to the next. Indigenous populations around the world have employed storytelling and oral tradition to emphasize the balance between themselves and the land, all living creatures, and the cosmos (Woodhouse, 2011). The efficacy of storytelling can be seen in contemporary education settings where student engagement, achievement, and motivation are all enhanced when digital storytelling technologies are integrated into classroom pedagogy (Smeda, Dakich, & Sharda, 2014). The Indigenous Lifeways in Canadian Business project employs digital storytelling captured in this Open Educational Resource video series to deliver content about Indigenous business issues in Canada. Instructors can easily integrate some or all of the videos containing digital Indigenous content within the curriculum of their courses as needed. This instructor guide is the source listing all of the videos in the series and descriptors about what each video contains.
Formats: Pressbooks webbook, EPUB, PDF, XHTML, Pressbooks XML, WordPress XML, Common Cartridge (Web Links)
Business Mathematics
Author(s): Chris Kellman, Leslie Major, Don Mallory, Frank Gruen, Amy Goldlist
Editor(s): Myra Andrews
Licence: CC BY-NC
Year: 2022
Description: This Business Mathematics courses aim to have students understand basic business problems, interpret them in mathematical terms, and use the tools of mathematics to solve these problems. The objective of this material is to provide mathematical theory, demonstration and practice for first-year Business students.
Formats: Pressbooks webbook, EPUB, PDF, XHTML, Common Cartridge (Web Links)
Includes: 100 H5P activities
Business Presentation Skills
Author(s): Lucinda Atwood, Christian Westin
Licence: CC BY-NC
Year: 2021
Description: Welcome to Business Presentation Skills. This course teaches you how to communicate effectively in business situations. You’ll learn public speaking, communication, and meeting management skills.
Formats: Pressbooks webbook, EPUB, PDF, MOBI
Includes: 24 H5P activities
