Dr. Mary A. Coulter (Ph.D., University of Arkansas) held different jobs including legal assistant, high school teacher, and city government program planner before completing her graduate work. Mary has taught at the University of Arkansas, Drury University, Trinity University, and Missouri State University. She is currently a professor emeritus of management at Missouri State University. In addition to Fundamentals of Management, Coulter has published other ebooks with Pearson including Strategic Management in Action, Management (with Stephen P. Robbins), and Entrepreneurship in Action.

When Mary’s not busy writing, she enjoys puttering around in her flower gardens, reading all different types of books, trying new recipes, and enjoying many different activities with husband Ron, daughters and sons-in-law Katie and Matt, and Sarah and James, and most especially with her two grandkids, Blake and Brooklynn, who are the delights of her life!