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Advanced Business Foundations ©2025

Grades: 9 - 12

Designed for advanced high school students, Advanced Business Foundations takes students on an in-depth review of business, strategy, and management. Adapted from our higher ed course Business Foundations: A Changing World, this course is a great college-level program for the students in an advanced business CTE program.

Program Details

An exciting application-focused approach to business

Advanced Business Foundations takes students on an exciting journey of business, strategy, and management. This edition reflects lively developments in the business world, such as artificial intelligence, cryptocurrency, the sharing economy, transportation, and manufacturing technology. It also presents the transformational impact technology has on global trade, relationships, and career opportunities in the business world.

  • Real-life engagement: Engaging, relevant business cases challenge students to apply learning to solve real-life management problems.
  • Active learning: Role-play activities at the end of each chapter immerse students in a business situation requiring teamwork to solve.
  • Rigorous content: Ideal for students who have completed a foundational entrepreneurship program or are seeking a college-level course. 
  • Empowering digital: An adaptive Smartbook, assessments, and simulations power student learning, while bonus resources support career exploration and durable skills. Teacher resources streamline lesson prep and strengthen instruction.
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Part 1 Business in a Changing World

1. The Dynamics of Business and Economics
2. Business Ethics and Social Responsibility
3. Business in a Borderless World

Part 2 Starting and Growing a Business

4. Options for Organizing Business
5. Small Business, Entrepreneurship, and Franchising

Part 3 Managing for Quality and Competitiveness

6. The Nature of Management
7. Organization, Teamwork, and Communication
8. Managing Operations and Supply Chains

Part 4 Creating the Human Resource Advantage

9. Motivating the Workforce
10. Managing Human Resources

Part 5 Marketing: Developing Relationships

11. Customer-Driven Marketing
12. Dimensions of Marketing Strategy
13. Digital Marketing and Social Media

Part 6 Financing the Enterprise

14. Accounting and Financial Statements
15. Money and the Financial System
16. Financial Management and Securities Markets

Bonus Chapters

A. The Legal and Regulatory Environment
B. Personal Financial Planning

Glossary

Indexes

Appendixes 

A. Guideline for the Development of the Business Plan
B. Personal Career Plan
C. Risk: The Basics of Risk Management