Management
6th Edition
Published on 17. August 1998
Book
Paperback/Softback
645 pages
978-0-13-961921-2 (ISBN)
Description
This best-selling text demonstrates the real-world applications of management concepts and helps to make management come alive by bringing real managers and students together. It integrates the various disciplines of management and establishes a dialogue with managers from a variety of fields. *The technology package also integrates a book-specific website on PHLIP *Interactive Study guide *Current News Update *Internet Exercises *Opens each chapter with A Manager's Dilemma. These vignettes present real managers and the real situations they face. *Each chapter concludes with Real Managers Respond to Opening Dilemma. Practicing managers provide a short discussion of what they would do if they were faced with the situation described in the chapter opening based on concepts in that chapter. *Ethical dilemma exercises in every chapter are designed to illustrate the dilemmas associated with managing ethically in organizations' i.e., distorting information and firing coworkers.
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Edition
6th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Upper Saddle River
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 255 mm
Width: 203 mm
Thickness: 29 mm
Weight
1414 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-13-961921-2 (9780139619212)
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Stephen P. Robbins | Mary A. Coulter
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12/1995
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Content
(NOTE: Each chapter begins with: A Managers Dilemma; and concludes with: Real Managers Respond to Opening Dilemma; Summary; Review Questions; Discussion Questions; Self-Assessment Exercise; For Your Immediate Action; Ethical Dilemma Exercise; Case Application; and a Video Case.) I. INTRODUCTION Introduction to Organizations and Management Management Yesterday and Today II. DEFINING THE MANAGER'S TERRAIN Organizational Culture and Environment: The Constraints Managing in a Global Environment Social Responsibility and Managerial Ethics Decision Making: The Essence of the Manager's Job III. PLANNING Foundations of Planning Strategic Management Planning Tools and Techniques IV. ORGANIZING Organizational Structure and Design Human Resource Management Managing Change and Innovation V. LEADING Foundations of Behavior Understanding Groups and Teams Motivating Employees Leadership VI. CONTROLLING Foundations of Control Operations Management Control Tools and Techniques Appendix: 23 Skill-building Modules