Mastering Business Foundations: Organisation, Systems, Leadership and Ethics

Mastering Business Foundations is designed as an accessible mentor guide for professionals, managers, and students seeking to build real-world executive skills. Edited by Nyubi and published by Ink Of Saigon, this volume covers six essential business pillars:

1. Understanding the Organisation & External Environment: Legal structures, open systems, stakeholder mapping (Mendelow’s Matrix), macro forces (PESTEL), and industry analysis (Porter’s Five Forces).
2. Structure, Functions & Governance: Organisational design choices (functional, matrix, network), cross-functional value chain integration, and governance principles (Agency Theory, board oversight).
3. Systems, Technology, Control & Security: Accounting Information Systems (AIS), digital transformation (ERP, Cloud, AI, RPA), the COSO Internal Control Framework, and cybersecurity resilience (CIA Triad, BCP/DRP).
4. Leading & Managing People: Management vs. leadership, Situational and Transformational Leadership, motivation theories, high-performing teams (Tuckman & Belbin models, Psychological Safety), and strategic change management (Lewin, Kotter).
5. Personal Effectiveness & Communication: Self-management, time and energy prioritization, structured writing using the Minto Pyramid Principle (BLOT), active listening, ethical influence, and principled negotiation (BATNA).
6. Professional Ethics & Decision-Making: Core IESBA ethical principles (Integrity, Objectivity, Due Care), threat identification, safeguards, an 8-step ethical decision-making framework, and whistleblowing protocols.

Each chapter features Worked Examples, Practice Tasks, Reflection Prompts, and Self-Assessment Checkpoints to support independent mastery.