Review: Critical Business Skills for Success

Critical Business Skills for Success by Clinton O. Longenecker
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

While this is a very interesting and educational book, if read from the point of view of an entrepreneur trying to improve their own business, there are plenty of parts that can be skipped. Most entrepreneurs don't need to worry about hostile takeovers, their factory having to lay people off in France, or supply chain issues dealing with conflict minerals, etc. 

If you are in the services industry (as I am), listen to the first professor, but you can skip the second one (mostly about production operations management). In the third one (Accounting), you can listen to the Managerial Accounting lecture, and, if you have any big investments, the time value of money. The fourth section is very good too, especially if you work in an organization (with other people). The last section (Marketing) is probably the most important. At least that's where I took the most notes. 

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