Topical outline of business 3405443 219617345 2008-06-16T02:42:12Z The Transhumanist 1754504 moved [[List of business topics]] to [[Topical outline of business]]: accuracy '''[[Business]]''' is the [[social science]] of [[management|managing people]] to organize and maintain collective [[Productivity (economics)|productivity]] toward accomplishing particular creative and [[product (business)|productive]] goals, usually to generate [[money|revenue]]. The following outline is provided as an overview of and introduction to '''business''': {{portalpar|Business}} == Essence of business == : ''Main article: [[Business]]'' == Branches of business == === Academic disciplines or subject classifications === * [[Accounting scholarship]] * [[Business ethics]] * [[Finance]] * [[Industrial relations|Industrial and labour relations]] ** [[Human resources]] *** [[Organizational Behavior]] ** [[Collective bargaining]] ** [[Labour economics]] ** [[Labour history]] * [[Information systems]] * [[Management]] * [[Marketing]] * [[Manufacturing]] === Business forms === * [[Company]] * [[Corporation]] * [[Partnership]] * [[Limited partnership]] * [[Limited liability partnership]] * [[Cooperative]] * [[Sole proprietorship]] * [[Types of business entity]] (listed by country) === Business operations === === Industries === == History of business == : ''Main article: [[History of business]]'' == Basic business concepts == *[[Accounting]] **[[List of accounting topics]] *[[Advertising]] *[[Banking]] *[[Barter]] *[[Big business]] *[[Business]] *[[Business broker]] *[[Business ethics]] **[[List of business ethics, political economy, and philosophy of business topics]] *[[Business intelligence]] *[[Business school]]s *[[Capitalism]] *[[Commerce]] *[[Commercial law]] **[[List of business law topics]] *[[Companies]] *[[Competition]] *[[Economics]] **[[Financial economics]] **[[List of economics topics]] *[[Electronic commerce]] **[[Ebusiness]] *[[Entrepreneurship]] *[[Finance]] **[[Debenture]] **[[List of finance topics]] *[[Government ownership]] **[[Social security]] *[[Human Resources]] *[[Industry]] *[[Intellectual property]] *[[International trade]] **[[List of international trade topics]] *[[Insurance]] *[[Investment]] **[[Equity investment]] **[[Investment management]] *[[List of billionaires]] *[[List of business theorists]] *[[List of corporate leaders]] *[[List of human resource management topics]] *[[Management]] **[[List of management topics]] **[[Management philosophy]] **[[Middle management]] **[[Senior management]] *[[Management information systems]] **[[List of information technology management topics]] *[[Manufacturing]] **[[List of production topics]] *[[Marketing]] **[[List of marketing topics]] *[[Mass media]] *[[Organizational studies]] *[[Process management]] *[[Project management]] **[[List of project management topics]] *[[Real Estate]] **[[List of real estate topics]] *[[Small business]] *[[Strategic management]] *[[Tax]] *[[Theory of Constraints]] **[[List of Theory of Constraints topics]] ''(The following topics need placement in the above list):'' *[[List of business ethics topics]] *[[List of business law topics]] *[[List of philosophy of business topics]] *[[List of business ethics, political economy, and philosophy of business topics]] *[[List of political economy topics]] *[[International Journal of Business]] *[[List of information technology management topics]] *[[Business model]] *[[List of production topics]] *[[Semper Fi (book)]] == Business scholars == * [[Peter Drucker]] * [[Tom Peters]] == Leaders in business == : ''See also: [[Lists of billionaires]]'' * [[Warren Buffett]] * [[Andrew Carnegie]] * [[Walt Disney]] * [[Thomas Edison]] * [[Michael Eisner]] * [[Henry Ford]] * [[Bill Gates]] * [[J. Paul Getty]] * [[Howard Hughes]] * [[Ray Kroc]] * [[J.P. Morgan]] * [[Aristotle Onassis]] * [[John D. Rockefeller]] * [[J. R. Simplot]] * [[Thomas J. Watson]] == Business lists == * [[List of accounting topics]] * [[List of business ethics, political economy, and philosophy of business topics]] * [[List of business law topics]] * [[List of business theorists]] * [[List of corporate leaders]] * [[List of economics topics]] * [[List of economists]] * [[List of finance topics]] * [[List of human resource management topics]] * [[List of information technology management topics]] * [[List of international trade topics]] * [[List of management topics]] * [[List of production topics]] {{sisterlinks|Business}} ==External links== *[http://www.bbb.org/ Better Business Bureau] US & Canada {{List resources}} [[Category:Basic topic lists|Business]] [[Category:Business lists| ]] [[Category:Business terms| ]]