
Principles of Business Management
Jerome KileyTheuns OosthuizenSharon Rudansky-KloppersAndreas de BeerMaggie HoltzhausenRigard SteenkampMark MaritzJuan-Pierre BruwerCecile Nieuwenhuizen(Author)
Jerome Strydom(Editor)
Oxford University Press Southern Africa
3rd Edition
Published on 31. August 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
448 pages
978-0-19-905651-4 (ISBN)
Description
What tasks do business managers have to fulfill? What are the plans which you need to put in place to ensure success? How important is financial management? How can you lead and motivate your staff? Principles of Business Management third edition is a foundational text that provides a solid theoretical grounding in general management principles such as leadership, motivation, and control. It emphasizes management functions such as marketing, finance, operations management, and purchasing and supply chain management, and gives attention to the entrepreneurial process. The textbook also provides guidance on writing a business plan. Features such as Readers, Critical thinking boxes, case studies and revision questions engage the student and facilitate the application of learning. Principles of Business Management third edition provides an excellent introduction for entry-level Business Management students. It is suitable for students at universities and universities of technology who plan to go into management in the private or NGO sectors or intend to become entrepreneurs.
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Edition
3rd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Goodwood
South Africa
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 239 mm
Width: 168 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
599 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-905651-4 (9780199056514)
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Persons
Jerome Strydom, Professor, , Jerome Kiley, Theuns Oosthuizen, Sharon Rudansky-Kloppers, Professor, , Andreas de Beer, Maggie Holtzhausen, Rigard Steenkamp, Mark Maritz, Juan-Pierre Bruwer, Cecile Nieuwenhuizen, Professor,
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Content
- Part 1 - Introduction to Business Management
- 1: Chapter 1 - Business and its challenges
- 2: Chapter 2 - The Business environment
- Part 2 - Management Tasks
- 3: Chapter 3 - The task of management
- 4: Chapter 4 - Planning
- 5: Chapter 5 - Organising
- 6: Chapter 6 - Leading
- 7: Chapter 7 - Motivating
- 8: Chapter 8 - Controlling
- Part 3 - The functional areas of management
- 9: Chapter 9 - Operations management
- 10: Chapter 10 - Logistics management
- 11: Chapter 11 - Financial Management
- 12: Chapter 12 - Human-resources management
- 13: Chapter 13 - Marketing management
- Part 4 - Entrepreneurship and the Business Plan
- 14: Chapter 14 - Entrepreneurship
- 15: Chapter 15 - The business plan