Management / Ricky W. Griffin.

Table of Contents

PART ONE
AN INTRODUCTION TO MANAGEMENT

1 An introduction to manager's Job
An introduction to management
The management process
Kinds of management
Basic managerial roles and skills
The nature of managerial work
The scope of management

2 Traditional and contemporary Issues and challenges
The role of theory and history in management
The behavioral management perspective

PART TWO THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONTEXT OF MANAGEMENT

3 The environment of organizations and managers
The organization's environments
The external environmental
The Internal environment
Organization environment relationships
The environment and organizational effectiveness

4 The ethical and social environment
Individual ethics in organizations
Social responsibility and organizations
The government and social responsibility
Managing social responsibility
Etc.

5 The global environment
The nature of international business
The structure of the global economy
Environmental challenges of international management
Competing in global economy

6 The cultural and multicultural environment
The nature of organization and social culture
The organization's culture
Diversity and multiculturalism in organization
Effects of diversity and multiculturalism on organizations
Managing diversity and multiculturalism in originations

PART THREE
PLANNING AND DECISION MAKING

7 Basic element of planning and decision making
Decision making and the planning process
Organizational goals
Organizational planning
Tactical planning
Operational planning
Etc.

8 Managing strategy and strategic planning
The nature of strategic management
Using of strategic management
Using SWT analysis to formulate strategy
Formulating business level strategies
Implementing business level strategies
Formulating corporate level strategies
Implementing corporate level strategies

9 Managing decision making and problems solving
The nature of decision making
Rational perspectives on decision making
Behavioral aspects decision making
Group and team decision making in organizations

10 Managing new venture formation and entrepreneurship
The nature entrepreneurship
The role of entrepreneurship in society
Strategy for entrepreneurial organizations
Structure of entrepreneurial organizations
The performance of entrepreneurial organizations

PART FOUR
THE ORGANIZING PROCESS

11 Basic elements of organizing
The elements of organizing
Designing jobs
Grouping jobs: departmentalization
Establishing reporting relations
Distributing authority
Etc.

12 Managing organization design
The nature of organization design
Universal perspectives on organization design
Strategy and organization design
Basic forms of organization design
Emerging issues in organization design

13 Managing organization change and innovation
The nature of organization change
Managing change in organization
Areas of organization change
Organization development
Organizational Innovation

14 Managing Human resources in organizations
The environmental context of human resource management
Attracting human resources
Developing human resources
Maintaining human resources
Managing labor relations
Etc.

PART FIVE
THE LEADING PROCESS
15 Basic elements of individual behavior in organizations
Personality and individuals n organizations
Attitudes and individual behavior
Perception and individual behavior
Stress and behavior
Creativity in organization
Etc.

16 Managing employees motivation and performance
The nature of motivation
Content perspective on motivation
Process perspective on motivation
Etc.

17 Managing leadership and influence processes
The nature of leadership
The search for leadership traits
Leadership behaviors
Etc.

18 Managing interpersonal relations and communication
The interpersonal nature of organizations
Communications and the managers' job
Forms of communication in organizations
Etc.

19 Managing work groups
Groups and teams in organizations
Characteristics of groups and teams
Interpersonal and intergroup conflict
Etc.

PART SIX
THE CONTROLLING PROCESS
20 Basic elements of control
The nature of control in organization
Operations control
Financial control
Etc.

21 Managing operations quality of operations management
Designing of operations systems
Organizational operational technologies
Implementing operations systems through supply chain management
Etc.

22 Managing information and information technology
Information and the manager
Types of information systems
Managing information systems
Etc.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes: P 731-765