Essentials of contemporary management
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Essentials of contemporary management
McGraw-Hill/Irwin, c2013
5th ed
Available at 1 libraries
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Includes indexes
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Jones/George, Essentials of Contemporary Management is the concise edition of the market bestselling textbook by the same author team. Jones and George are dedicated to the challenge of "Making It Real" for students. The authors present management in a way that makes its relevance obvious even to students who might lack exposure to a "real-life" management context. This is accomplished thru a diverse set of examples, and the unique, and most popular feature of the text, the "Manager as a Person" Chapter 2. This chapter discusses managers as real people with their own personalities, strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and problems and this theme is carried thru the remaining chapters. This text also discusses the importance of management competencies--the specific set of skills, abilities, and experiences that gives one manager the ability to perform at a higher level than another in a specific context. The themes of diversity, ethics, globalization, and information technology are integrated throughout.
Table of Contents
PART ONE
Management and Managers
Chapter One: The management Process Today
Appendix A: History of Management Throughout
Chapter Two: values, Attitudes, Emotions, and Culture: The Manager as a Person
PART TWO
The Environment of Management
Chapter Three: Managing Ethics and Diversity
Chapter Four: Managing the Global Environment
PART THREE
Planning, Decision Making, and Competitive Advantage
Chapter Five: Decision Making, Learning, Creativity, and Entrepreneurship
Chapter Six: Planning, Strategy, and Competitive Advantage
PART FOUR
Organizing and Change
Chapter Seven: Designing Organizational Structure
Chapter Eight: Control, Change and Entrepreneurship
PART FIVE
Leading Individuals and Groups
Chapter Nine: Motivation
Chapter Ten: Leaders and Leadership
Chapter Eleven: Effective Team Management
Chapter Twelve: Building and Managing Human Resources
PART SIX
Controlling Essential Activities and Processes
Chapter Thirteen: Communication and Information Technology Management
Chapter Fourteen: Operations Management: Managing Vital Operations and Processes
Appendix B: Career Development
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Name Index Subject Index
Company Index
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