No one can deny the unique perspective this "Perfect Author Team" has to offer. All three authors are professionals who teach the course, a trait that is unique among competitors in this market.

Bill Nickels is an award-winning professor at the University of Maryland, where he teaches introduction to business to classes of 250 students and where he has won the Outstanding Teacher on Campus Award four times.

Jim McHugh is an associate professor of business at St. Louis Community College/Forest Park where he has taught several sections of introduction to business each semester for over 20 years. He maintains an adjunct professorship at Lindenwood University, teaching in the marketing and management areas at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.

Susan McHugh is an educational learning specialist with extensive training and experience in adult learning and curriculum development.