LibGuides: Open Educational Resources (OER) by Subject: Business

Business OER Textbooks

Fundamentals of Business, third edition (2020, Virginia Tech, CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0) Contains test banks and other ancillary materials.
Exploring Business (Open Textbook Library)
Fundamentals of Business (Virginia Tech/Open Textbook Library)
An Introduction to Cooperation and Mutualism (University of Minnesota/Open Textbook Library)
An Introduction to Business, v. 2.0 (Creative Commons)
Introduction to Business (Candela Learning)

Business Communication for Success (Open Textbook Library)
Business English for Success (Arizona Western College/Open Textbook Library)

The Legal and Ethical Environment of Business (2021, CC BY-NC-SA, Willey)
The Legal and Ethical Environment of Business (Saylor Foundation/OER Commons)

Business/Technical Mathematics (2021, BCcampus, CC BY)
Financial Management for Small Business: Financial Statements & Present Value Models (Michigan State University)
Principle of Accounting, Vol 2 Managerial Accounting (2019, Openstax, CC BY-NC-SA)
Finance, Banking and Money (Creative Commons)
Financial Strategy for Public Managers (University of Washington/Open Textbook Library)
Individual Finance (Creative Commons)
Finance: Theory and Policy (Open Textbook Library)
Money and Banking (Open Textbook Library)
Personal Finance (Open Textbook Library)
Principles of Finance (Saylor Academy)

Economics for Life: Real-World Financial Literacy by Donald T. Wargo
Economics for Life: Real-World Financial Literacy is designed to help soon-to-be college graduates start their "real lives" with a better understanding of how to analyze the financial decisions that they will soon have to make. Written in an easy-to-read, conversational style, this textbook will help students learn how to make decisions on saving and investing for retirement, buying a car, buying a home, as well as how to safely navigate the use of debit and credit cards
Financial Empowerment: Personal Finance for Indigenous and Non-indigenous People by Bettina Schneider, First Nations University of Canada, Saylor Academy
Financial Empowerment is designed for a single-semester introduction to financial planning and decision-making, in order to provide first and second-year business students with the necessary financial literacy and skills needed to make sound financial decisions, assess financial risk, and achieve financial success.
Personal Finance by Rachel Siegel, Lyndon State University and Carol Yacht, University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee
Personal Finance by Rachel Siegel and Carol Yacht is a comprehensive Personal Finance text which includes a wide range of pedagogical aids to keep students engaged and instructors on track.

Current Topics in Human Resource Management (CC BY-SA)
Problem Solving in Teams and Groups (CC BY)
Organizational Behavior (CC BY)
Principles of Management (CC BY)
Fundamentals of Business - Canadian Edition (CC BY-NC-SA)
An Introduction to Cooperation and Mutualism (CC BY-NC)
Human Resource Management (CC BY-NC-SA)
Human Relations
Beginning Human Relations (Creative Commons)
Beginning Management of Human Resources (Creative Commons)
Human Relations (Central Washington University/Open Textbook Library)
Human Resource Management (Open Textbook Library)

Business Information Systems (2019) (Update of Information Systems for Business and Beyond)
Business Information Systems: Design an App for That (Ohio University/Open Textbook Library)
Information Systems for Business and Beyond (Biola University/Open Textbook Library)
Information Systems: A Manager's Guide to Harnessing Technology (University of Minnesota/Open Textbook Library)

Strategic Management (2020), Virginia Tech, CC BY-NC-SA) is a 343-page open textbook designed to introduce key topics and themes of strategic management to undergraduate students in a senior capstone course.
Retail Management (2019, CoC, CC TBD)
Info Management for Employment Law (2021, CC BY, SAC)
Building Strategy and Performance (London Business School/Open Textbook Library)
Business Ethics (OpenStax)
Business Plan Development Guide (University of Saskatchewan/Open Textbook Library)
Corporate Governance (OpenStax)
Leading with Cultural Intelligence (Saylor Foundation/Open Textbook Library)

Financial Management for Small Businesses: Financial Statements & Present Value Models (2021, MSU, CC BY
Advertising Campaigns: Start to Finish (Creative Commons)
eMarketing: The Essential Guide to Online Marketing (Saylor Academy/BC Campus)
Introducing Marketing (BC Campus/Open Textbook Library)
Launch! Advertising and Promotion in Real Time (Saylor Foundation/Open Textbook Library)
Marketing Principles, v. 2.0 (Creative Commons)
The Power of Selling (Open Textbook Library)
Principles of Marketing (Open Textbook Library)
Public Relations (Creative Commons)

Beginning Organizational Change (Creative Commons)
Focusing on Organizational Change (Old Dominion University/Open Textbook Library)
An Introduction to Organizational Behavior (Creative Commons)
Organizational Behavior (Open Textbook Library)

Intro to Business (course) (Lumen Learning, various OER licenses)
- Using Financial Information and Accounting
- Understanding Money and Financial Institutions
GCF Global Quickbooks Tutorials and Resources (2022, GCF, CC BY-NC-ND)
- More Topics & Teacher Resources available at GCF Global!
Business Information Systems (2019) (Bourgeois, CC BY-NC) Includes Accessibility-compliant new edition of eBook, ancillary materials, and other instructor resources.
Introduction to Business (Saylor Academy) A survey course that exposes students to business terminology, concepts, and current business issues. The intent is to develop a viable business vocabulary, foster critical and analytical thinking, and refine business decision-making skills using the reading materials, exercises, and research assignments in this course, which simulate the workplace today.
Principles of Marketing (Saylor Academy) This course covers the marketing process and examines the range of marketing decisions that an organization must make in order to sell its products and services. Students learn how to think like a marketer, focusing on consumer wants and needs through four activities: creating products and services that serve consumers, communicating a clear value proposition, delivering products and services in a way that optimizes value, and exchanging (or trading) value for those offerings.
Business Law and Ethics (Saylor Academy) An introduction to the laws and ethical standards that managers must abide by in the course of conducting business. By the end of the course, students will have a clear understanding of the legal and ethical environment in which businesses operate.

Open Oregon Personal Finance Resources
his page lists course materials that Oregon community college and university instructors are using to reduce textbook costs in their courses.
Personal Finance Course by Chris Boies

GCF Global (Tutorials, videos, and other computer and business learning resources on topics such as Computer Basics, Excel, Office, QuickBooks and more, including teacher guides.)
Hospitality Management (2021, ASCCC OERI, CC BY)

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