Essentials of Contemporary Management

8 ed
ISBN: 978-1-260-09229-5
Verlag: McGraw-Hill Education

Buch, Englisch, 544 Seiten, Format (B × H): 253 mm x 204 mm, Gewicht: 834 g

Essentials of Contemporary Management 8th edition by Jones and George is the concise version of Contemporary Management. Jones and George are dedicated to the challenge of “Making It Real“ for students. This edition continues to focus on providing the most up-to-date account of the changes taking place in the world of management and management practices, while maintaining our emphasis on making our text relevant and interesting to students. The increased focus on the challenges and opportunities facing businesses large and small and integrated timely examples bring management issues to life for students.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jones, Gareth

George, Jennifer

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: The Management Process TodayChapter 2: Values, Attitudes, Emotions, and Culture: The Manager as a Person
Chapter 3: Managing Ethics and Diversity
Chapter 4: Managing in the Global Environment
Chapter 5: Decision Making, Learning, Creativity, and Entrepreneurship
Chapter 6: Planning, Strategy, and Competitive Advantage
Chapter 7: Designing Organizational Structure
Chapter 8: Control, Change, and Entrepreneurship
Chapter 9: Motivation
Chapter 10: Leaders and Leadership
Chapter 11: Effective Team Management
Chapter 12: Building and Managing Human Resources
Chapter 13: Communication and Information Technology Management
Chapter 14: Operations Management: Managing Vital Operations and Processes

Über Autor(innen)

George, Jennifer
Jennifer George received a B.A. in psychology and sociology from Wesleyan University, an M.B.A. in finance from New York University, and a Ph.D. in management and organizational behavior from New York University. She is professor of management in the Lowry Mays College and Graduate School of Business at Texas A&M University and also the Mary Gibbs Jones Professor of Management and Professor of Psychology in the Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business at Rice University. Dr. George specializes in organizational behavior and is well known for her research on mood and emotion in the workplace, their determinants, and their effects on various individual and group-level work outcomes. She is a fellow in the Academy of Management, the American Psychological Association, the Association for Psychological Science, and the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology and is a member of the Society for Organizational Behavior.

Jones, Gareth
Gareth Jones received a B.A. in economics psychology and a Ph.D. in management from the University of Lancaster, United Kingdom. He currently is a professor of management in the Lowry Mays College and Graduate School of Business at Texas A&M University. Dr. Jones pursues research interests in strategic management and organizational theory and is well-known for his research that applies transaction cost analysis to explain many forms of strategic and organizational behavior. He also studies the complex and changing relationships between competitive advantage and information technology in the 2010s. He has published many articles in leading journals and his research has appeared in the Academy of Management Review, the Journal of International Business Studies, and Human Relations. His books are widely recognized for their innovative, contemporary content and for the clarity with which they communicate complex, real-world issues to students.