This comprehensive standard work provides an in-depth insight into the complex system of business decisions. Clearly understandable and learner-friendly, it explains the theoretical and political knowledge of business operations from rational, moral, social, legal, technical, and ecological perspectives. The well-known textbook, completely redesigned in its 11th edition, offers all the knowledge of General Business Administration for the first time in a compact volume. In 21 lecture-friendly modules, divided into 5 chapters, renowned scholars illustrate all areas of the field: - Business Administration as a Real Science - Economic and Legal Structures of Business Operations - Fundamentals and Tools of Management - Basics of Business in Phases of the Corporate Process - Fundamentals of Companies.