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Exploring Business

v5.0 Karen Collins
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Acknowledgments

I would like to thank the following colleagues who reviewed previous editions of the text and provided comprehensive feedback and suggestions for improving the material:

  1. Tim Allwine, Lower Columbia College

  2. Douglas Antola Crowe, Bradley University

  3. Vondra Armstrong, Pulaski Technical College

  4. April Bailey, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania

  5. Michael Baran, South Puget Sound Community College

  6. Ruby Barker, Tarleton State University

  7. Murray Brunton, Central Ohio Technical College

  8. Laura Bulas, Central Community College

  9. Patricia P. Carver, Bellarmine University

  10. Leon Chickering, South Puget Sound Community College

  11. Glenn Doolittle, Santa Ana College

  12. Amy Epplin, Rend Lake College

  13. Andrea Foster, John Tyler Community College

  14. Joseph Fox, Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College

  15. Leatrice Freer, Pitt Community College

  16. George Generas, University of Hartford

  17. David Gilliss, San Jose State University

  18. Connie Golden, Lakeland Community College

  19. Alfredo Gomez, Broward College

  20. Madeline Grant, Santa Ana College

  21. Sherida Habersham, Ph.D., Brewton-Parker College

  22. Graham Harvey, Athivia College

  23. Graham Henning, Adelphi University

  24. Gail Jacobs, LA College International

  25. Elena Kabanova, Alcorn State University

  26. Stacey M. Knapper, Gwynedd Mercy University

  27. Francis Krcmarik, Mott Community College

  28. Ronald Kustek, Cabrillo College

  29. Elaine Madden, Anne Arundel Community College

  30. Tammy Madsen, Metropolitan Community College

  31. Timothy March, Kaskaskia College

  32. Marian Matthews, Central NM Community College

  33. Gina McConoughey, Illinois Central College

  34. Tom McFarland, Mt. San Antonio College

  35. Bill McPherson, Indiana University of Pennsylvania

  36. Diane Minger, Cedar Valley College

  37. Jennifer Morton, Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana

  38. Maria L. Nathan, University of Lynchburg

  39. John Olivo, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania

  40. Candice A. Osterfeld Ottobre, Kent State University

  41. Lauren Paisley, Genesee Community College

  42. Mark Parfitt, Pennsylvania Highlands Community College

  43. Col. Stephen Pomeroy, Norwich University

  44. Anthony Racka, Oakland Community College

  45. Nancy Ray-Mitchell, McLennan Community College

  46. Melissa Reed, Clovis Community College

  47. P. Gerard Shaw, Dean College

  48. Lance Shoemaker, West Valley College

  49. Martin St. John, Westmoreland County Community College

  50. John Striebich, Monroe Community College

  51. Frank Titlow, St. Petersburg College

  52. Joy Turnheim Smith, Elizabeth City State University

  53. Bob Urell, Irvine Valley College

  54. Dean Williamson, Brewton-Parker College

  55. Keith Wolaridge, Bakersfield College

  56. John Wolford, LaBrae High School

In addition, a select group of instructors assisted in the development of early editions by actually using this material in their classrooms. Their input, along with their students’ feedback, has provided us critical confirmation that the material is effective and impactful in the classroom:

  1. Nikolaos Adamou, Borough of Manhattan CC

  2. April Bailey, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania

  3. Michael Davis, Yavaipai College

  4. Andrea Foster, John Taylor Community College

  5. Frank Markham, Mesa State

  6. Donn Miller-Kermani, Florida Institute of Technology

  7. Diane Minger, Cedar Valley College

  8. Tony Racka, Oakland Community College

  9. P. Gerard Shaw, Dean College

  10. Dean Williamson, Brewton-Parker College

  11. David Woolgar, Santa Ana College

I am sincerely grateful to Alastair Adam, John Eielson, and Sean Wakely for their confidence in me and in the textbook project. Special thanks to my project manager, Lindsey Kaetzel, for her amazing commitment to the project, can-do attitude, hard work, and constant support. She has been a joy to work with; we started as partners and ended as friends.

Thanks also to a number of individuals outside FlatWorld who made important contributions to previous editions of the text: special thanks to my former development editor and good friend, Ron Librach, for his substantial contributions to Exploring Business. Thanks also to Joseph Manzo, who developed the Excel template used in the optional business plan project; Chuck Bowles, who created the original PowerPoint slides; and David Murphy, who wrote the original Test Item File.

Candice Osterfeld Ottobre was helpful in pulling together material on leadership examples, Stacey Knapper helped to ensure the data in the figures and tables throughout the book was as current as possible, and Lisa McCallum’s help was indispensable in tying up any and all loose ends for this revision.

Thanks to the members of the Introduction to Business faculty team at Lehigh University who were a constant source of ideas and advice. Their excitement about the course and dedication to our students created a positive and supportive teaching environment. I enjoyed the hours we spent in the “bullpen” sharing teaching tips, brainstorming ways to improve the course, and just having fun.

Version 5.0 would not have been possible without the help of my wonderful husband, Bill, and our amazing sons, Don and Mark. They were instrumental in assisting me with all aspects of completing the research and writing the updates for this version. I would also like to thank Don and Mark’s wives, Courtney and Tara, for their support and encouragement during this project. I am fortunate to have had such a wonderful “family team” to help me complete this revision.