Contemporary Management

by Van Fleet, David D.

• ISBN13: 9780395673423
• ISBN10: 0395673429
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1993-12-01
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin College Div
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Table of Contents

PART ONE Management: An Introduction
Management Today	1	(27)
Managerial Roles and Skills	28	(24)
PART TWO The Environment of Management
Organizational Environments	52	(24)
The Competitive Environment	76	(23)
The Global Environment	99	(23)
The Ethical and Social Environment	122	(27)
PART THREE Planning and Decision Making
Managerial Planning	149	(23)
Strategy and Strategic Planning	172	(22)
Planning Tools and Techniques	194	(22)
Managerial Problem Solving and Decision Making	216	(27)
PART FOUR Organizing
Organizing Concepts	243	(23)
Organization Design	266	(25)
Organization Change and Innovation	291	(22)
Staffing and Human Resources	313	(25)
PART FIVE Leading
Individual and Interpersonal Processes	338	(24)
Leadership	362	(24)
Employee Motivation	386	(20)
Groups and Teams	406	(22)
Managerial Communication	428	(22)
PART SIX Controlling
Organizational Control	450	(21)
Total Quality Management	471	(21)
Operations and Technology Management	492	(22)
Information Systems	514	(21)
Appendix 1: Managerial Careers	535	(14)
Appendix 2: Control Techniques and Methods	549	(12)
Notes	561	(28)
Glossary	589	(20)
Scoring and Interpretation of the Self-Assessment Exercises	609	(19)
Name and Company Index	628	(12)
Subject Index	640