
Developing Management Skills
Pearson (Publisher)
7th Edition
Published on 27. December 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
625 pages
978-0-13-174742-5 (ISBN)
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Description
For undergraduate/graduate Principles of Management and Management Skills courses.Whetten/Cameron teaches students the ten essential skills all managers should possess in order to be successful. This guide to effective managerial behavior shows readers what they need to know to perform well as managers, synthesizes a large body of scholarly research related to each skill topic, and uses a proven learning methodology. Emphasizing the basic human skills that lie at the heart of effective management, it combines academic knowledge with real world practicality, the key to this book's proven durability. Assisting readers in improving their management skills, this book covers the following topics: personal skills such as developing self-awareness, managing stress, and solving problems creatively; interpersonal skills such as communicating supportively, gaining power and influence, motivating others, and managing conflict; group skills such as empowering and delegating, building effective teams and leading positive change; and oral and written presentations, and conducting interviews and meetings
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Edition
7th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 206 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
1286 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-13-174742-5 (9780131747425)
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Content
INTRODUCTION - THE CRITICAL ROLE OF MANAGEMENT SKILLS
PART 1: Personal Skills
CHAPTER 1 - DEVELOPING SELF-AWARENESS
CHAPTER 2 - MANAGING PERSONAL STRESS
CHAPTER 3 - SOLVING PROBLEMS ANALYTICALLY AND CREATIVELY
PART 2: Interpersonal Skills
CHAPTER 4 - BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS BY COMMUNICATING SUPPORTIVELY
CHAPTER 5 - GAINING POWER AND INFLUENCE
CHAPTER 6 - MOTIVATING OTHERS
CHAPTER 7 - MANAGING CONFLICT
PART 3: Group Skills
CHAPTER 8 - EMPOWERING AND DELEGATING
CHAPTER 9 - BUILDING EFFECTIVE TEAMS AND TEAMWORK
CHAPTER 10 - LEADING POSITIVE CHANGE
PART 4: Specific Communication Skills
SUPPLEMENT A - MAKING ORAL AND WRITTEN PRESENTATIONS
SUPPLEMENT B - CONDUCTING INTERVIEWS
SUPPLEMENT C - CONDUCTING MEETINGS
PART 5: Appendices
APPENDIX 1 - GLOSSARY
APPENDIX 2 - REFERENCES
PART 1: Personal Skills
CHAPTER 1 - DEVELOPING SELF-AWARENESS
CHAPTER 2 - MANAGING PERSONAL STRESS
CHAPTER 3 - SOLVING PROBLEMS ANALYTICALLY AND CREATIVELY
PART 2: Interpersonal Skills
CHAPTER 4 - BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS BY COMMUNICATING SUPPORTIVELY
CHAPTER 5 - GAINING POWER AND INFLUENCE
CHAPTER 6 - MOTIVATING OTHERS
CHAPTER 7 - MANAGING CONFLICT
PART 3: Group Skills
CHAPTER 8 - EMPOWERING AND DELEGATING
CHAPTER 9 - BUILDING EFFECTIVE TEAMS AND TEAMWORK
CHAPTER 10 - LEADING POSITIVE CHANGE
PART 4: Specific Communication Skills
SUPPLEMENT A - MAKING ORAL AND WRITTEN PRESENTATIONS
SUPPLEMENT B - CONDUCTING INTERVIEWS
SUPPLEMENT C - CONDUCTING MEETINGS
PART 5: Appendices
APPENDIX 1 - GLOSSARY
APPENDIX 2 - REFERENCES