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GCat: Basic Business
MCat: General Business
Cat: Management

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The Business Library

Updated Accounting / Cost Estimate Tools

Excerpt from Means book on successful estimating methods. ICBO valuation data representing average costs for most buildings in the USA. Estimating the unit, average, & total effort (man-hours or cost) required to produce a given unit. Helpful hints in construction cost estimating. Per diem rates. Home improvement costs.


Business Basics / Small Business

Online courses for small business. Model letters, contracts, policies, forms, templates. Small Business Handbook. Free software. Guidelines for business planning, marketing, management, etc. Information on employee benefits, employment laws, finance, workplace safety, etc. for small business. Entrepreneurship.


Business Management / Business Performance

Guides to improve organizational performance. Measuring business results. How to get superior business performance and how to measure it. Analyzing gaps to prioritize plans for improvement. How CFOs determine which value based performance metric is best for their companies. Organizational effectiveness. Tutorial on business assessment and planning.


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