Essentials of Management
McGraw-Hill Professional (Publisher)
5th Edition
Published on 31. January 1990
Book
Paperback/Softback
530 pages
978-0-07-035605-4 (ISBN)
Description
This revision of the core introduction to management text based on the ninth edition of the parent text features Perspectives to illustrate real-world applications and Exercises/Action Steps. New material includes social responsibility and ethics, planning premises, electronic media in communication, POM, and an updated section on international management.
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Edition
5th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Ill.
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 188 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
817 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-07-035605-4 (9780070356054)
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Persons
The late Harold Koontz was an active executive from companies and government, university professor, President and Director of councils of companies, administrative consultant, comferencista onternacional groups of high administration and author of many books and articles. From 1950 he was professor of administration and since 1962, he served as such, but by Mead Johnson, at the University of California at Los Angeles: from 1979 to 1982 he served as chancellor of the World International Academy of Management.
Professor of Global Management and Behavioural Science at the University of San Francisco. He received his doctorate from the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA) and an honorary doctorate from San Martin de Porres University in Lima, Peru. He was a visiting scholar at the University of California in Berkeley and Harvard Business School. Dr. Weihrich has taught at Arizona State University, at UCLA, and in various places such as Austria, China, Egypt, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Jamaica, Kuwait, Malaysia, Mexico, Singapore, Switzerland, Taiwan, and Thailand. He is also a faculty member and visiting professor at the Graduate School of Business in Zurich, Switzerland, at the China Europe International Business School (CEIBS) in Shanghai, and at Peking University in Beijing.
Professor of Global Management and Behavioural Science at the University of San Francisco. He received his doctorate from the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA) and an honorary doctorate from San Martin de Porres University in Lima, Peru. He was a visiting scholar at the University of California in Berkeley and Harvard Business School. Dr. Weihrich has taught at Arizona State University, at UCLA, and in various places such as Austria, China, Egypt, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Jamaica, Kuwait, Malaysia, Mexico, Singapore, Switzerland, Taiwan, and Thailand. He is also a faculty member and visiting professor at the Graduate School of Business in Zurich, Switzerland, at the China Europe International Business School (CEIBS) in Shanghai, and at Peking University in Beijing.
Content
PART ONE: THE BASIS OF MANAGEMENT THEORY AND SCIENCE: Management: Science, Theory, and Practice. Management and Society: Social Responsibility and Ethics. PART TWO: PLANNING: The Nature and Purpose of Planning. Objectives. Strategies, Policies, and Planning Premises. Decision Making. PART THREE: ORGANIZING: The Nature and Purpose of Organizing. Basic Departmentation. Line/Staff Authority and Decentralization. Effective Organizing and Organizational Culture. PART FOUR: STAFFING: Human Resource Management and Selection. Performance Appraisal and Career Strategy. Manager and Organization Development. PART FIVE: LEADING: Managing and Human Factor. Motivation. Leadership. Communication. PART SIX: CONTROLLING: The System and Process of Controlling. Control Techniques and Information Technology. Productivity and Operations Management. Overall and Preventive Control. PART SEVEN: INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT AND THE FUTURE: International Management--Toward a Unified, Global Management Theory.