本书是新世纪专业英语系列教材普通高等教育十一五国家级规划教材，以工商管理英语教程为中心内容，选材全面。包括了企业管理的一般理论，比如经理的作用，计划，组织，领导，控制以及经济学十大原理。包括了对企业职能部强门具体业务的描述。比如市场营销，人力资源管理，广告，批发，零售等。

Unit 1 What is a Manager?

 Additional reading What is Management?

Unit 2 Levels of Management

 Additional reading What It Takes to Be a Great Manager

Unit 3 Management-a Dynamic Process

 Additional reading A Chaging Workforce:Older and More Diverse

Unit 4 Ten Principles of Economics (Part Ⅰ)

 Additional reading Supply and Demand

Unit 5 Ten Principles of Economics(Part Ⅱ)

 Additional reading National Income Accounts

Unit 6 Planning

 Additional reading Overview of Goals and Plans

Unit 7 Organizing

 Additional reading Departmentlization

Unit 8 Leading(Part Ⅰ)

 Additional reading reading Leading(Part Ⅱ)

Unit 9 The Basic Structure and Objectives of the Control Process

 Additional reading Budget and financial Controls

Unit 10 The Business Presentation

 Additional reading Types of Presentations and Five Propositions about Presentations

Unit 11 Forms of Business Enterprise

 Additional reading Categorize a Company by Industry Sector

Unit 12 The Role of Services in an Economy

 Additional reading Management Challenges

Unit 13 The World of Retailing

 Additional reading Developing a Retail Strategy

Unit 14 The Role of Marketing Research in Decision Making

 Additional reading The Nature of Marketing

Unit 15 Human Resource Management and Competitive Advantage

 Additional reading The Industrial Relations System

Unit 16 Entrepreneurs:The Energizers of Small business

 Additional reading Characteristics of Entrepreneurs

Unit 17 Business Ethics

 Additional reading Manifestations of Ethical Dilemmas

Unit 18 The Job Interview

 Additional reading Preparing Your Resume

Appendix Ⅰ Reference Translation of the Main Texts

Appendix Ⅱ Key to the Exercises

Appendix Ⅲ Tapescripts

Appendix Ⅳ Glossary