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Directed primarily toward undergraduate Management or Business college/university majors, this text also provides practical content to current and aspiring industry professionals.

This bestselling text vividly illustrates management theories by incorporating the perspectives of real-life managers. Throughout this text, readers will see and experience management in action, helping them understand how the concepts they’re reading about work in today’s business world.

I. INTRODUCTION TO MANAGEMENT

1. Management and Organizations

Module. Management History

2. Understanding Management’s Context: Constraints and Challenges

Management Practice - Part I                                   

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II. INTEGRATIVE MANAGERIAL ISSUES

3. Managing in a Global Environment

4. Managing Diversity

5. Managing Social Responsibility and Ethics

Management Practice - Part II

III. DECISION MAKING AND CHANGE

6. Managers as Decision Makers

7. Managing Change and Innovation

Management Practice - Part III

IV. PLANNING AND CONTROL

8. Foundations of Planning

9. Strategic Management

10. Managerial Controls

Module. Planning and Control Techniques                 

Module. Managing Operations

Management Practice - Part IV

V. ORGANIZING

11. Basic Organizational Design

12. Adaptive Organizational Design

13. Managing Human Resources

Module. Managing Your Career

14. Managing Teams

Management Practice - Part V

VI. LEADING

15. Understanding Individual Behavior

16. Managers and Communication

17. Motivating Employees

18. Managers as Leaders

Management Practice - Part VI

Appendix - Managing Entrepreneurial Ventures  

Endnotes 

Name Index

Organization Index 

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