Management : a practical introduction [printed text] / Angelo Kinicki, Author ; Denise Breaux Soignet, Author ; Chad Hartnell, Author . - New York : McGraw-Hill, 2024 . - 626 p. : ill. col ; 28 mm.
ISBN : 978-1-266-91015-9 : €68.65
Management: A Practical Introduction, 2024 Release, empowers students to develop their career readiness. Developed to help students read and learn management with a purpose, it takes a student-centered approach. This is the first product to uniquely integrate a strategic career readiness theme throughout to address employers' concerns about students graduating without being career ready. It continues to engage students through practical and relevant application of theory, current examples, imaginative writing, and resources that work. It is also the first product to offer instructors a comprehensive Teaching Resource Manual (TRM).

Class number:

658

Contents note:

Part 1: Introduction 1. The exceptional manager: what do you do, how do you do it; 2. Management theory: essential background for the successful manager Part 2: The environment of management 3. The manager's changing work environment and ethical responsibilities; Learning module 1: Shared value and sustainable development: a new way to think about leading and managing; 4. Global management: managing across borders Part 3: Planning 5. Planning: the foundation of successful management; 6. Strategic management: how exceptional managers realize a grand design; Learning module 2: Entrepreneurship; 7. Individual and group decision-making: how managers make things happen Part 4: Organizing 8. Organizational culture and structure: drivers of strategic implementation; 9. Human resource management: getting the right people for managerial success; 10. Organizational change and innovation: lifelong changes for the exceptional manager Part 5: Leading 11. Managing individual differences and behaviours: supervising people as people; 12. Motivating employees: achieving superior performance in the workplace; 13. Groups and teams: increasing cooperation, reducing conflict; 14. Power, influence, and leadership: from becoming a manager to becoming a leader; 15. Interpersonal and organisational communication: mastering the exchange of information Part 6: Controlling 16. Control systems and quality management: techniques for enhancing organizational effectiveness