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MBA Required Texts

Textbooks - Winter 2012

Following is a list for all of the books required for each course offered during the current term.  If a book is optional, it will be listed as such.  Otherwise, students are required to have all books listed per course.

  • A SUBSCRIPTION TO QUESTIA OR COMPARABLE ON-LINE LIBRARY SUBSCRIPTION IS REQUIRED FOR ALL COURSES.
    Subscription to Questia, an on-line library for accessing books and periodicals relevant to the program. This subscrition is not optional.  Use the link on the Graduate School tab of the NGU website or http://www.questia.com/onlineInstitutionSubscribe?OFFER_CODE=NGU for our negotiated rate.

  • ACCT 5310-MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING
    Managerial Accounting, 14th edition, by Ray Garrison, Eric Noreen, & Peter Brewer.  New York, NY:  McGraw Hill, 2012.  ISBN-13 9780078111006.
  • BUSN 5000-ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR
    Organizational Behavior and Management, 9th edition, John M. Ivancevich, Robert Konopaske and Michael T. Matteson.  McGraw-Hill Irwin Company.  ISBN 9780073530505.
    Leading Change, John Kotter, Harvard Business School Press, ISBN 0-87584-747-1.
  • BUSN 5100-ISSUES IN PROFESSIONAL ETHICS
    Business Ethics: A Textbook with Cases, 7th edition, William H. Shaw, Wadsworth.  Cengage Learning.  ISBN  1111498741.  If ordering from Amazon, students must request WebTutor ToolBox ISBN 978-0-534-27489-4 in addition to textbook ISBN 978-0-534-27488-7.

    • The Poverty and Justice Bible, CEV, American Bible Society.  ISBN 9781585169733.  Students must take care to obtain this edition, not the earlier one.

    Bulls, Bears, and Golden Calves, 2nd. edition, John E. Stapleford, Intervarsity.  ISBN 978-0-8308-2724-4.

  • BUSN 5320-QUANTITATIVE METHODS IN BUSINESS
    Essentials of Statistics for Business and Economics, 6th edition.  Anderson, D., Sweeney, D., Williams, T.  South-Western, Cengage Learning 2012.  ISBN:  9781111533847.
  • BUSN 5340-HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT  (online)
    Human Resource Management, 6th edition, French, Wendell, 2007.  Cengage Houghton-Mifflin Publishers, New York.  Including Case Book ISBN 1111292655.
  • BUSN 5342-HUMAN RESOURCE COMPENSATION (online)
    Strategic Compensation, 6th ed., Martocchio, Joseph J., 2011.  Upper Saddle River, NJ:   Pearson Education Inc.  ISBN 9780136106401.

    Strategic Compensation, Student Manual, 6th ed., Martocchio, Joseph J., (2011)  Upper Saddle River, NJ:  Pearson Education Inc.  ISBN 9780137071968.
  • BUSN 5360-OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
    Operations and Supply Management:  The Core with Student DVD, 2nd edition.  Jacobs, F. Robert and Chase, Richard B. (2010).  New York, NY:  McGraw Hill.  ISBN 9780073403335.
  • BUSN 5380-FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
    Corporate Finance, 9th Edition, by Ross, Westerfield, and Jaffe, 2010, McGraw- Hill Irwin, ISBN 978-0-07-338233-3. 
  • BUSN 5382-INVESTMENTS AND PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT
    Personal Financial Planning, 12th edition, by Gitman, L. J. and Joehnk, M. D. Cengage Learning/South Western:  205.  ISBN 9781439044476.
    General Principles of Financial Planning, Kier Educational Resources; KierFinancial.com; ISBN 9781933259857.
  • BUSN 6300-BUSINESS POLICY AND STRATEGY
    Crafting Strategy:  Concepts and Cases, 18th edition, by Thompson, A; Peteraf, M; Gamble, J.,Strickland, A.J. III.  New York, NY:  McGraw-Hill, 2012.  ISBN 9780078112720.
  • ECON 5310-MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS
    Managerial Economics, 10th edition, by Thomas, C. R. and Maurice, S. C.  New York, NY:  McGraw-Hill, 2011 ISBN 9780073375915.
  • MRKT 5310-FUNDAMENTALS OF MARKETING
    A Framework for Marketing Management, 5th edition.  Kotler, Philip & Keller, Kevin. C. 2009, Upper Saddle River, NJ:  Prentice Hall.  ISBN 9780132539302.

    Annual Editions.  Marketing 11/12.  Richardson, John E.  New York, NY:  McGraw-Hill, 2011.  ISBN  0073528641.

Textbooks - Spring 2012

Following is a list for all of the books required for each course offered during the current term.  If a book is optional, it will be listed as such.  Otherwise, students are required to have all books listed per course.

  • A SUBSCRIPTION TO QUESTIA OR COMPARABLE ON-LINE LIBRARY SUBSCRIPTION IS REQUIRED FOR ALL COURSES.
    Subscription to Questia, an on-line library for accessing books and periodicals relevant to the program. This subscrition is not optional.  Use the link on the Graduate School tab of the NGU website or http://www.questia.com/onlineInstitutionSubscribe?OFFER_CODE=NGU for our negotiated rate.

  • ACCT 5310-MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING (online)
    Managerial Accounting, 14th edition, by Ray Garrison, Eric Noreen, & Peter Brewer.  New York, NY:  McGraw Hill, 2012.  ISBN-13 9780078111006.
  • BUSN 5000-ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR (online)
    Organizational Behavior and Management, 9th edition, John M. Ivancevich, Robert Konopaske and Michael T. Matteson.  McGraw-Hill Irwin Company.  ISBN 9780073530505.
    Leading Change, John Kotter, Harvard Business School Press, ISBN 0-87584-747-1.
  • BUSN 5100-ISSUES IN PROFESSIONAL ETHICS (online)
    Business Ethics: A Textbook with Cases, 7th edition, William H. Shaw, Wadsworth.  Cengage Learning.  ISBN  1111498741.  If ordering from Amazon, students must request WebTutor ToolBox ISBN 978-0-534-27489-4 in addition to textbook ISBN 978-0-534-27488-7.
    The Poverty and Justice Bible,     CEV, American Bible Society.  ISBN 9781585169733.  Students must take care to obtain this edition, not the earlier one.
  • BUSN 5320-QUANTITATIVE METHODS IN BUSINESS
    Essentials of Statistics for Business and Economics, 6th edition.  Anderson, D., Sweeney, D., Williams, T.  South-Western, Cengage Learning 2012.  ISBN:  9781111533847.
  • BUSN 5340-HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT 
    Human Resource Management, 6th edition, French, Wendell, 2007.  Cengage Houghton-Mifflin Publishers, New York.  ISBN: 9780618507214.
    Human Resource Management Applications, 7th edition, Nkomo, Fottler, McAfee, 2011.  Cincinnati, OH:  South-Western College Publishing.  ISBN:  10:  0538468076  ISBN 13:  9780538468077.
  • BUSN 5343-INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RESOURCES (online)
    International Human Resource Management:  ManagingPeople in a Multinational Context, 5th ed., Dowling, P. J. and Welch, D. E. 2009.  ISBN:  03245803479.
    Readings and Cases in International Human Resource Management, 3rd ed., Mendenhall, M. and Oddou, G. 2000.  Cincinnati, OH:  South-Western College Publishing.  ISBN:  0324006349.
  • BUSN 5350-RESEARCH METHODS IN BUSINESS
    Business Research Methods, 11th edition.  Cooper, D. R. & Schindler, S. S. (2011).  New York:  McGraw-Hill.  ISBN: 9780073373706.
  • BUSN 5360-OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
    Operations and Supply Management:  The Core with Student DVD, 2nd edition.  Jacobs, F. Robert and Chase, Richard B. (2010).  New York, NY:  McGraw Hill.  ISBN 9780073403335.
  • BUSN 5380-FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
    Corporate Finance, 9th Edition, by Ross, Westerfield, and Jaffe, 2010, McGraw- Hill Irwin, ISBN 978-0-07-338233-3. 
  • BUSN 5381-FINANCIAL PLANNING (online)
    Personal Financial Planning, 12th edition, by Gitman, L. J. and Joehnk, M. D. Cengage Learning/South Western:  205.  ISBN 9781439044476.
    General Principles of Financial Planning, Kier Educational Resources; KierFinancial.com; ISBN 9781933259857.
  • BUSN 5383-FUNDAMENTALS OF RISK MANAGEMENT AND RETIREMENT PLANNING
    Personal Financial Planning, 12th edition, by Gitman, L. J. and Joehnk, M. D. Cengage Learning/South Western:  205.  ISBN 9781439044476.
    General Principles of Financial Planning, Kier Educational Resources; KierFinancial.com; ISBN 9781933259857.
  • ECON 5310-ECONOMICS FOR MANAGERS
    Managerial Economics, 10th edition, by Thomas, C. R. and Maurice, S. C.  New York, NY:  McGraw-Hill, 2011 ISBN 9780073375918.
  • MRKT 5310-THE MARKETING PROCESS (online)
    A Framework for Marketing Management, 5th edition.  Kotler, Philip & Keller, Kevin. C. 2011, Upper Saddle River, NJ:  Prentice Hall.  ISBN 9780132539302.

    Annual Editions.  Marketing 11/12.  Richardson, John E.  New York, NY:  McGraw-Hill, 2011.  ISBN  9780073528649.

Textbooks - Summer 2012

Following is a list for all of the books required for each course offered during the current term.  If a book is optional, it will be listed as such.  Otherwise, students are required to have all books listed per course.

  • A SUBSCRIPTION TO QUESTIA
    Subscription to Questia, an on-line library for accessing books and periodicals relevant to the program is available (not required) at http://www.questia.com
  • BUSN 5000-ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR
    Organizational Behavior and Management, 9th edition, John M. Ivancevich, Robert Konopaske and Michael T. Matteson.  McGraw-Hill Irwin Company.  ISBN 9780073530505.
    Leading Change, John Kotter, Harvard Business School Press, ISBN 0-87584-747-1.
  • BUSN 5100-ISSUES IN PROFESSIONAL ETHICS
    Business Ethics: A Textbook with Cases, 7th edition, William H. Shaw, Wadsworth.  Cengage Learning.  ISBN  1111498741.  If ordering from Amazon, students must request WebTutor ToolBox ISBN 978-0-534-27489-4 in addition to textbook ISBN 978-0-534-27488-7.
    The Poverty and Justice Bible,     CEV, American Bible Society.  ISBN 9781585169733.  Students must take care to obtain this edition, not the earlier one.
  • BUSN 5315-SMALL BUSINESS & ENTREPRENEURSHIP
    Entrepreneurship, 8th edition.  Hisrich R., Peters, M., & Shepherd, D. (2010).  Boston:  McGraw Hill.  ISBN:  978-0-07-353032-1.
  • BUSN 5320-QUANTITATIVE METHODS IN BUSINESS (online)
    Essentials of Statistics for Business and Economics, 6th edition.  Anderson, D., Sweeney, D., Williams, T.  South-Western, Cengage Learning 2012.  ISBN-13:  978-1-111-53384-7.
  • BUSN 5340-HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (online)
    Human Resource Management, 6th edition, French, Wendell, 2007.  Cengage Houghton-Mifflin Publishers, New York.  ISBN: 9780618507214.
    Human Resource Management Applications, 7th edition, Nkomo, Fottler, McAfee, 2011.  Cincinnati, OH:  South-Western College Publishing.  ISBN:  10:  0538468076  ISBN 13:  9780538468077.
  • BUSN 5344-STRATEGIC ISSUES IN HUMAN RESOURCES (online)
    Human Resource Management:  A Strategic Approach.  Anthony, W. P., Kacmar, K. M. and Perrewe, P.  Thompson/Cengage.  6th Edition 2010.  ISBN:  1-424-06393-0.
  • BUSN 5350-RESEARCH METHODS IN BUSINESS
    Business Research Methods, 11th edition.  Cooper, D. R. & Schindler, S. S. (2011).  New York:  McGraw-Hill.  ISBN: 9780073373706.
  • BUSN 5360-OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT (online)
    Operations and Supply Chain Management:  The Core , 3rd edition.  Jacobs, F. Robert and Chase, Richard B.   New York, NY:  McGraw Hill, 2013.  ISBN:  9780073525235.
  • BUSN 5380-FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
    Corporate Finance, 9th Edition, by Ross, Westerfield, and Jaffe, 2010, McGraw- Hill Irwin, ISBN 978-0-07-338233-3. 
  • BUSN 5381-FINANCIAL PLANNING (online)
    Personal Financial Planning, 12th edition, by Gitman, L. J. and Joehnk, M. D. Cengage Learning/South Western:  205.  ISBN 9781439044476.
    General Principles of Financial Planning, Kier Educational Resources; KierFinancial.com; ISBN 9781933259857.
  • BUSN 5384-INCOME TAXATION AND FUNDAMENTALS OF ESTATE PLANNING
    Personal Financial Planning, 12th edition, by Gitman, L. J. and Joehnk, M. D. Cengage Learning/South Western:  205.  ISBN 9781439044476.
    General Principles of Financial Planning, Kier Educational Resources; KierFinancial.com; ISBN 9781933259857.
  • BUSN 6300-BUSINESS POLICY AND STRATEGIC PLANNING
    Crafting & Executing Strategy:  The Quest for Competitive Advantage, Concepts and Cases, 18th edition, Thompson, Arthur A., Peteraf, Margaret A., Gamble, John E., and Strickland III, A. J.  New York, NY:  McGraw-Hill, 2012.  ISBN-13:  978-0-07-811272-0.
  • ACCT 5310-MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING
    Managerial Accounting, 14th edition, by Ray Garrison, Eric Noreen, & Peter Brewer.  New York, NY:  McGraw Hill, 2012.  ISBN-13 9780078111006.
  • ECON 5310-MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS (online)
    Managerial Economics, 10th edition, by Thomas, C. R. and Maurice, S. C.  New York, NY:  McGraw-Hill, 2011 ISBN 9780073375915.
  • MRKT 5310-THE MARKETING PROCESS
    A Framework for Marketing Management (4th edition), Kotler, Philip & Keller, Kevin.  Upper Saddle River, NJ:  Prentice Hall 2012.  ISBN:  0-13-9780132539302.

    Annual Editions.  Marketing 12/13.  Richardson, John E.  New York, NY:  McGraw-Hill, 2011.  ISBN  9780073528700.

Textbooks - Fall 2012