Management Fundamentals

Concepts, Applications, and Skill Development
Seventh Auflage
ISBN: 978-1-5063-0327-7
Verlag: SAGE Publications

Buch, Englisch, 624 Seiten, Format (B × H): 203 mm x 279 mm

Focusing on concepts, applications, and skill building, this best-selling text presents essential management themes and uses a variety of applications that challenge you to think critically and apply concepts to your own experiences. Throughout the book, proven skill-building exercises, behavioural models, self-assessments, and individual and group exercises help you to develop your personal and professional skills.

Key Features:

A wide range of applications and company examples help you hone skills you can use in daily life and on the job

Self-Assessments help you gain personal knowledge of management functions in the real world

Work Applications help you apply the text concepts to your own experience (full-time, part-part, summer, volunteer work).

New to this edition:

Current Trends and Issues sections discuss how AACSB competencies of globalization, diversity, technology, and ethics/CSR apply to the chapters

A significantly revised and reorganized Chapter 10 includes provides expanded coverage of OB concepts such as personality, perception, attitudes, and job satisfaction

Revised Applying the Concept questions (plus 70 completely new questions) ask you to determine the most appropriate concept to be used in a specific short example.

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Lussier, Robert N.

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Betriebswirtschaft: Theorie & Allgemeines

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I: The Global Management Environment
Chapter 1. Management and Its History
Why Study Management?
What Is a Manager’s Responsibility?
What Does It Take to Be a Successful Manager?
What Do Managers Do?
Differences among Managers
A Brief History of Management
Objectives of the Book
Trends and Issues in Management
Chapter 2. The Environment: Culture, Ethics, and Social Responsibility
The Internal Environment
Organizational Culture
The External Environment
Business Ethics
Methods to Help Ensure Ethical Behavior
Social Responsibility and Sustainability
Trends and Issues in Management
Chapter 3. Managing Diversity in a Global Environment
The Global Environment
Managing Global Business
Workplace Diversity and Inclusion
Types of Diversity and Managing Diversity
Global Diversity
Trends and Issues in Management
Part II: Planning
Chapter 4. Creative Problem Solving and Decision Making
Problem Solving and Decision Making: An Overview
Classify and Define the Problem or Opportunity
Set Objectives and Criteria
Generate Creative and Innovative Alternatives
Analyze Alternatives and Select the Most Feasible
Plan, Implement the Decision, And Control
Trends and Issues in Management
Chapter 5. Strategic and Operations Planning
Strategic and Operational Planning
Developing the Mission and Analyzing the Environment
Setting Objectives
Corporate Level Strategies
Business Level Strategies
Operational Level Planning
Implementing and Controlling Strategies
Trends and Issues in Management
Chapter 6. Managing Change, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship
Innovation and Change
Managing Innovation
Managing Change
Organizational Development
Entrepreneurship
Trends and Issues in Management
Part III: Organizing
Chapter 7. Organizing and Delegating Work
Organization Considerations and Principles
Authority
Organizational Design
Contemporary Organizational Design
Job Design
Organizing Yourself and Delegating
Trends and Issues in Management
Chapter 8. Managing Team Work
Groups and Teams and Performance
Group Structure
Group Process
Stages of Group Development and Management Styles
Developing Groups into Teams
Managing Meetings
Trends and Issues in Management
Chapter 9. Human Resource Management
The Human Resources Management Process
Human Resources Planning
Attracting Employees
Developing Employees
Retaining and Separating Employees
Trends and Issues in Management
Chapter 9. Appendix Career Management and Networking
Part IV: Leading
Chapter 10. Organizational Behavior: Power, Politics, Conflict, and Stress
Organizational Behavior (OB)
Personality
Perception
Attitudes
Shaping Organizational Behavior Foundations
Organizational Power and Politics
Negotiation, Conflict, and Stress Management
Trends and Issues in Management
Chapter 11: Motivating for High Performance
Motivation and Performance
Content Motivation Theories
Process Motivation Theories
Reinforcement Theory
Combining the Motivation Process and Motivation Theories
Motivating Employees With Rewards and Recognition
Trends and Issues in Management
Chapter 12: Leading with Influence
Leadership Theories
Behavioral Leadership Theories
Situational Leadership Theories
Contemporary Leadership Theories
Trends and Issues in Management
Chapter 13: Communication and Information Technology
Organizational Communication
Information Technology, Systems and Networks
The Interpersonal Communication Process and Communication Barriers
Message Transmission Channels
Sending Messages
Receiving Messages
Responding to Messages
Trends and Issues in Management
Part V: Controlling
Chapter 14: Managing Control Systems, Finances, and People
Organizational and Functional Area Control Systems
Establishing Control Systems
Financial Controls: The Master Budgeting Process
Managing People
Trends and Issues in Management
Chapter 15: Operations, Quality, and Productivity
Operations
Classifying Operations Systems
Designing Operations Systems
Managing Operations Systems and the Supply Chain
Productivity and the Balanced Scorecard
Trends and Issues in Management

Über Autor(innen)

Lussier, Robert N.
Robert N. Lussier is a professor of management at Springfield College. He has been teaching management courses for more than 25 years. He has a national and international reputation for his methods for applying concepts and developing skills that can be used both personally and professionally. A prolific writer, Dr. Lussier has more than 400 publications to his credit, including Management Fundamentals 6e (Sage), Human Relations 8e (McGraw-Hill), Leadership 6e (South Western/Cengage), and others. He has also published in top tier academic journals including Journal of Management Education, Journal of Business and Entrepreneurship, and Journal of Business Strategy. Lussier holds a bachelor of science in business administration from Salem State College, master's degrees in business and education from Suffolk University, and a doctorate in management from the University of New Haven. He served as founding director of Israel Programs and has taught courses in Israel.