Fundamentals of Management : Core Concepts and Applications

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• ISBN13: 9780395962312
• ISBN10: 0395962315
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-07-27
• Publisher: South-Western College Pub
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Table of Contents

Note: Each chapter includes a Summary of Key Points, Questions for Review, Questions for Analysis, Building Effective Skills, You Make the Call, Skills Self-Assessment Instrument, an Experiential Exercise, and a Case Study

An Introduction to Management

Understanding the Manager's Job

An Introduction to Management

The Evolution of Management

Contemporary Management Theory

The Environment of Organizations and Managers

The Organization's Environment

The Ethical and Social Environment of Management

The International Environment of Management

The Organization's Culture

Planning

Planning and Strategic Management

Planning and Organizational Goals

The Nature of Strategic Management

Using SWOT Analysis to Formulate Strategy

Formulating Business-Level Strategies

Formulating Corporate-Level Strategies

Tactical Planning

Operational Planning

Managing Decision Making

The Nature of Decision Making

Rational Perspectives on Decision Making

Behavioral Aspects of Decision Making

Group and Team Decision Making in Organizations

Entrepreneurship and New Venture Management

The Nature of Entrepreneurship

The Role of Entrepreneurship in Society

Strategy for Entrepreneurial Organizations

Structure of Entrepreneurial Organizations

The Performance of Entrepreneurial Organizations

Organizing

Organization Structure and Design

The Nature of Organizing

The Bureaucratic Model of Organization Design

Situational Influences on Organization Design

Basic Forms of Organization Design

Emerging Forms of Organization Design

Organization Change and Innovation

The Nature of Organization

Change Managing Change in Organizations

Organization Development

Organizational Innovation

Managing Human Resources

The Environmental Context of Human Resource

Management Attracting Human Resources

Developing Human Resources

Maintaining Human Resources

Managing Workforce Diversity

Managing Labor Relations

Leading

Managing Individual Behavior

Understanding Individuals in Organizations

Personality and Individual Behavior

Attitudes and Individual Behavior

Perception and Individual Behavior

Stress and Individual Behavior

Creativity in Organizations

Types of Workplace Behavior

Motivating Employee Performance

The Nature of Motivation Content

Perspectives on Motivation Process

Perspectives on Motivation Reinforcement

Perspectives on Motivation Popular

Motivational Strategies

Using Reward Systems to Motivate Performance

Leadership and Influence Processes

The Nature of Leadership

The Search for Leadership Traits Leadership

Behaviors Situational Approaches to Leadership

Related Perspectives on Leadership

Political Behavior in Organizations

Communication in Organizations

Communication and the Manager's Job

Forms of Communication in Organizations

Electronic Communication

Informal Communication in Organizations

Managing Organizational Communication

Managing Groups and Teams Groups and Teams in Organizations

Characteristics of Groups and Teams

Interpersonal and Intergroup Conflict Managing

Conflict in Organizations

Controlling

Managing the Control Process

The Nature of Control in Organizations

Operations Control

Financial Control

Structural Control

Managing Control in Organizations

Managing for Total Quality

Managing Total Quality

Managing Productivity

Managing Quality Through Operations

Management Using Operations

Systems for Quality

Appendix: Tools for Planning and Decision Making

Forecasting: Sales and Revenue

Forecasting

Technological Forecasting

Other Types of Forecasting

Forecasting Techniques

Other Planning Techniques: Linear Programming

Breakeven Analysis

Simulations

PERT Decision-Making Tools: Payoff Matrices

Decision Trees

Other Techniques

Strengths and Weaknesses of Planning Tools: Weaknesses and Problems

Strengths and Advantages

Summary of Key Points

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