An Innovative approach to teaching and Learning Principles of Management/
Chuck Williams
- USA Cengage Learning c2008
- ix, 376 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Table of Contents
1 INTRODUCTION TO MANAGEMENT 1. MANAGEMENT What is management? What do management do? What does it take to be a manager?
2 HISTORY OF MANAGEMENT In the beginning The evaluation of management
3 ORGANIZATIONAL ENVIRONMENT AND CULTURES External environments Internal environment
4 ETHICS AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY What is ethical and unethical workplace behavior? How do you make ethical decisions? What is social responsibility?
PART 2 PLANNING 5 PLANNING AND DECISION MAKING Planning What is relational decision making?
6 ORGANIZATIONAL STRATEGIES Basics of organizational strategy Corporate, Industry, and firm level strategies
7 INNOVATIONS AND CHANGE Organizational innovation Organizational change
8 GLOBAL MANAGEMENT What is global business? How to go global Where to go global
PART 3 ORGANIZING 9 Designing adaptive organizations Structure and process Designing organizational structures Designing adaptive organizations Structure and process Designing organizational structures Designing organizational process
10 MANAGING TEAMS Why work teams Managing work teams
11 MANAGING HUMAN RESOURCE SYSTEMS Finding qualified workers Developing qualified workers Keeping qualified workers
12 MANAGING INDIVIDUAL AND A DIVERSE WORK FORCE Diversity and why it matters Diversity and individuals differences How can diversity be managed
PART 4 13 MOTIVATION What is motivation How can perceptions and expectations affect motivation How rewards and goals affect motivation
14 LEADERSHIP What is leadership Situation approaches to leadership Strategic leadership
15 MANAGING COMMUNICATION What is communication? How to improve communication
PART 5 CONTROLLING 16 Basic of control How and what to control
17 MANAGING INFORMATION Why Information matters Getting and sharing information