Principles of Business, 10th Student Edition

About Brad KleindlLes Dlabay

Les R. Dlabay Ed.D. is Professor of Business in the Department of Economics and Business at Lake Forest College in Illinois. He has taught more than 30 different business courses in high school community college university teacher preparation and adult education programs. Dr. Dlabay has presented more than 300 teacher workshops and seminars emphasizing interactive learning strategies including team projects and field research activities. His hobbies include a cereal package collection (from over 100 countries) and banknotes from 200 countries; these are used to teach economic cultural and political aspects of global business. In an effort to prepare students to do business in varied economic settings Professor Dlabay makes extensive use of class assignments related to world hunger poverty micro-finance and micro-enterprise. Brad A. Kleindl Ph.D. is dean of the School of Business at Park University in Kansas City Missouri. He previously served as dean and professor of marketing of The Robert W. Plaster College of Business Administration at Missouri Southern State University. He has authored and co-authored six books and more than 60 articles and conference papers. Dr. Kleindl has served twice as a Senior Fulbright Scholar during 2007 in Austria and 2003 in South Africa. He has taught courses in consumer behavior marketing research principles of marketing Internet marketing international marketing and has presented at conferences and industry meetings across the United States Europe Africa and Asia.