
Management
Robert Kreitner(Author)
South-Western College Publishing
12th Edition
Will be published approx. on 1. January 2012
Book
Hardback
624 pages
978-1-111-22136-2 (ISBN)
Description
MANAGEMENT, 12th Edition takes a practical, student-oriented approach toward teaching management with an emphasis on current topics, including issues of diversity, ethics, and technology. The student-friendly content features references to pop culture and cites current publications of interest to students. In addition to providing the management framework and introducing students to contemporary management topics, the text provides experiential activities to get students thinking and acting like real-life managers. A robust network of supplements helps students to understand the hands-on, real-world application of chapter concepts.
More details
Edition
12th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Florence
United States
Publishing group
Cengage Learning, Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 257 mm
Width: 206 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
1225 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-111-22136-2 (9781111221362)
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Person
Robert Kreitner, Ph.D., is a Professor Emeritus of Management at Arizona State University. After a 26-year career at ASU, Dr. Kreitner was named to the W. P. Carey School of Business Faculty Hall of Fame. Dr. Kreitner was born in Buffalo, New York. After a four-year enlistment in the U.S. Coast Guard, including service in Antarctica aboard the icebreaker Eastwind, he attended the University of Nebraska-Omaha on a football scholarship. He was a co-captain his senior year and received the Alumni Association's Scholar-Athlete Award. Dr. Kreitner received bachelors and master's degrees in business from UNO in 1970 and 1971 and a Ph.D. in business from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1974. He has taught at UNO, UNL, Western Illinois University, Thunderbird, and ASU. Dr. Kreitner also has taught in Micronesia, Albania, and Switzerland. Dr. Kreitner is the author or co-author of seven college textbooks that have been through a total of 31 editions since 1975. His management and organizational behavior books are leaders in their field and have been translated into Spanish, French, Italian, and Mandarin Chinese. He continues to pursue his passion for learning and teaching by working on new editions of his textbooks. Among his consulting and management development clients have been American Express, Nazarene School of Large Church Management, Ford Motor Company, SABRE Computer Services, Honeywell, Motorola, Salt River Project, Amdahl, the Hopi Indian nation, State Farm Insurance, Goodyear Aerospace, Doubletree Hotels, Bank One-Arizona, Caterpillar, and U.S. Steel. Dr. Kreitner and his wife Margaret, a Nebraska native who is a retired Intel Corp. manager, live in Phoenix with their two cats, Yahoo and Sweetie Pie, and enjoy hiking, world travel, and fishing in Alaska. His other leisure pursuits are exercising, attending sports events at ASU, tree planting and tending, and wood carving. He has been a Habitat for Humanity volunteer.
Content
Part I: THE MANAGEMENT CHALLENGE. 1. Managers and Entrepreneurs. 2. The Evolution of Management Thought. 3. The Changing Environment of Management: Diversity, Global Economy, and Technology. 4. International Management and Cross-Cultural Competence. 5. Management's Social and Ethical Responsibilities. Part II: PLANNING AND DECISION MAKING. 6. The Basics of Planning and Project Management. 7. Strategic Management: Planning for Long-Term Success. 8. Decision Making and Creative Problem Solving. Part III: ORGANIZING, MANAGING HUMAN RESOURCES, AND COMMUNICATING. 9. Organizations: Effectiveness, Design, and Cultures. 10. Human Resource Management. 11. Communicating in the Internet Age. Part IV: MOTIVATING AND LEADING. 12. Motivating Job Performance. 13. Group Dynamics and Teamwork. 14. Influence, Power, and Leadership. 15. Change, Conflict, and Negotiation. Part V: ORGANIZATIONAL CONTROL PROCESSES. 16. Organizational Control and Quality Improvement.