
Understanding Management
South-Western College Publishing
12th Edition
Published on 31. March 2022
Book
Paperback/Softback
616 pages
978-0-357-71689-2 (ISBN)
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Description
Examine the issues impacting today's current, fast-shifting business environment and the necessary management solutions with Daft/Marcic's market-leading UNDERSTANDING MANAGEMENT, 12E. Even before recent upheavals, managers and organizations were buffeted by competitive, social, technological and economic change. Today's managers face more demands than ever before in the scramble to cope with the turbulence of recent events, ethical and social turmoil, mobile commerce, economic instability, globalization, cybersecurity threats, increasing government regulation and global supply chains. This edition helps you, as a future manager, find leading-edge solutions to significant problems -- whether everyday challenges or once-in-a-lifetime crises. Content extends beyond techniques traditionally taught to encompass a breadth of management skills and new competencies you can use to face today's issues. MindTap and Write Experience digital resources are also available to help you seize opportunity and lead change.
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Edition
12th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Florence
United States
Publishing group
Cengage Learning, Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 276 mm
Width: 213 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
1942 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-357-71689-2 (9780357716892)
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Richard Daft | Dorothy Marcic
Understanding Management
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01/2026
13th Edition
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Persons
Richard L. Daft, Ph.D., is the Brownlee O. Currey, Jr., Professor of Management Emeritus in the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University. Dr. Daft specializes in the study of organization theory and leadership and is a fellow of the Academy of Management. He has served on the editorial boards of the Academy of Management Journal, Administrative Science Quarterly and Journal of Management Education. He has been the associate editor-in-chief of Organization Science and served for three years as associate editor of Administrative Science Quarterly. Dr. Daft has authored or co-authored 14 books and written dozens of scholarly articles, papers and chapters in academic books. A noted expert in organization behavior and organization design, Dr. Daft is one of today's most highly cited academics in the fields of economics and business. Dorothy Marcic, Ed.D., MPH, MFA, is a professor at Columbia University and a former faculty member at Vanderbilt University. Dr. Marcic is also a former Fulbright Scholar at the University of Economics in Prague and the Czech Management Center, where she taught courses and conducted research in leadership, organizational behavior and cross-cultural management. She has taught courses at the Monterrey Institute of International Studies, the University of Economics in Prague, the Helsinki School of Economics, Slovenia Management Center, College of Trade in Bulgaria, City University of Slovakia, Landegg Institute in Switzerland, the Swedish Management Association, Technion University in Israel and the London School of Economics. She has also served on the boards of the Organizational Teaching Society, the Health Administration Section of the American Public Health Association and the Journal of Applied Business Research. Dr. Marcic has authored 16 books addressing organizational behavior, international management and the roles of women and men in organizations. Her book, "Managing with the Wisdom of Love: Uncovering the Virtue in People and Organizations," was rated one of the top 10 business books of the year by Management General. Dr. Marcic has also written dozens of articles for professional publications, such as Journal of Management Development, International Quarterly of Community Health Education, Psychological Report and Executive Development. She has conducted hundreds of seminars on various business topics and consulted for executives at various companies. In addition, Dr. Marcic has written two successful musicals: Respect: A Musical Journey of Women (played in 92 cities) and Sistas: The Musical, which played off-Broadway for nine years. She has also written a true-crime book, "With One Shot," which was turned into the leading podcast, Manslaughter.
Content
Part I: INTRODUCTION.
1. Leading Edge Management
Part II: THE ENVIRONMENT.
2. The Environment and Corporate Culture.
3. Managing in a Global Environment.
4. Managing Ethics and Social Responsibility.
Part III: PLANNING.
5. Planning and Goal Setting.
6. Managerial Decision Making.
Part IV: ORGANIZING.
7. Designing Organization Structure.
8. Managing Innovation and Change.
9. Managing Human Talent and Diversity Inclusion.
Part V: LEADING.
10. Understanding Individual Behavior.
11. Leadership.
12. Motivating Employees.
13. Managing Communication.
14. Leading Teams.
Part VI: CONTROLLING.
15. Managing Quality and Performance.
1. Leading Edge Management
Part II: THE ENVIRONMENT.
2. The Environment and Corporate Culture.
3. Managing in a Global Environment.
4. Managing Ethics and Social Responsibility.
Part III: PLANNING.
5. Planning and Goal Setting.
6. Managerial Decision Making.
Part IV: ORGANIZING.
7. Designing Organization Structure.
8. Managing Innovation and Change.
9. Managing Human Talent and Diversity Inclusion.
Part V: LEADING.
10. Understanding Individual Behavior.
11. Leadership.
12. Motivating Employees.
13. Managing Communication.
14. Leading Teams.
Part VI: CONTROLLING.
15. Managing Quality and Performance.