Management: A Practical Introduction with CD

Blending scholarship and imaginative writing, ASU business professor Kinicki (of Kreitner/Kinicki Organizational Behavior 5e) and writer Williams (of Williams/Sawyer Using Information Technology 5e) have created a highly readable introductory management text in an exciting magazine-like layout certain to be well received by today's visually oriented students. The authors have structured Management as a series of two-page spreads (i.e., left and right facing pages) of 2 - 6 pages per section, to optimize learning by presenting information in easily mastered "bite-size" chunks. Besides presenting fundamental concepts of management, the book emphasizes practical advice throughout, expressed in the features "The Manager's Toolbox," "Practical Action" boxes, real-life "Example" boxes, real-life "Management in Action" and "Ethical Dilemma" cases, and the Web-based "Taking Something Practical Away from this Chapter."

PART 1. INTRODUCTION

1. The Exceptional Manager: What You Do, How You Do It

2. Management Theory: Essential Background for the Successful Manager

PART 2. THE ENVIRONMENT OF MANAGEMENT

3. The Manager’s Changing Work Environment & Responsibilities

4. Global Management: Managing Across Borders

PART 3. PLANNING

5. Planning: The Foundation of Successful Management

6. Strategic Management: How Star Managers Realize a Grand Design

7. Individual & Group Decision Making: How Managers Make Things Happen

PART 4. ORGANIZING

8. Organizational Culture, Structure, & Design: Building Blocks of the Organization

9. Human Resource Management: Getting the Right People for Managerial Success

10. Organizational Change & Innovation: Life-Long Challenges for the Exceptional Manager

PART 5. LEADING

11. Managing Individual Differences & Behavior

12. Motivating Employees: Achieving Superior Performance in the Workplace

13. Groups & Teams: From Conflict to Cooperation

14. Power, Influence, & Leadership: From Becoming a Manager to Becoming a Leader

15. Interpersonal & Organizational Communication

PART 6. CONTROL

16. Using Control Techniques to Enhance Organizational Effectiveness

Appendix: The Project Planner's Toolkit: Flowcharts & Gannt Charts

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