Management

by Daft, Richard L.

• ISBN13: 9780030259678
• ISBN10: 0030259673
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-08-01
• Publisher: Harcourt College Pub

Summary

The fifth edition of this market- leading text, Management raises the bar to all new heights - incorporating more leadership, technology, emerging issues, real-world application, and innovation - and offering the absolute best Management text in the market. As in all previous editions, Management, Fifth Edition, remains on the cutting edge of management theory and practice, offering in-depth coverage of the latest research and practices coupled with the best traditional management concepts.

Author Biography

Richard L. Daft is the Brownlee O. Currey, Jr., Professor of Management in the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University.

Table of Contents

Part one Introduction to Management	3	(66)
1 The Changing Paradigm of Management	4	(32)
2 Historical Foundations of the Learning Organization	36	(33)
Part two The Environment of Management	69	(134)
3 The Environment and Corporate Culture	70	(32)
4 Managing in a Global Environment	102	(30)
5 Managerial Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility	132	(32)
6 The Environment of Entrepreneurship and Small-Business Management	164	(39)
Part three Planning	203	(100)
7 Organizational Planning and Goal Setting	204	(28)
8 Strategy Formulation and Implementation	232	(34)
9 Managerial Decision Making	266	(37)
Part four Organizing	303	(162)
10 Fundamentals of Organizing	304	(30)
11 Using Structural Design to Achieve Strategic Goals	334	(28)
12 Change and Development	362	(30)
13 Human Resource Management	392	(34)
14 Managing Diverse Employees	426	(39)
Part five Leading	465	(170)
15 Foundations of Behavior in Organizations	466	(34)
16 Leadership in Organizations	500	(32)
17 Motivation in Organizations	532	(32)
18 Communicating in Organizations	564	(32)
19 Teamwork in Organizations	596	(39)
Part six Controlling	635	(102)
20 Foundations of Quality Control	636	(32)
21 Information Systems and Technology	668	(30)
22 Operations and Service Management	698	(39)
Glossary	737	(13)
Photo Credits	750	(3)
Name Index	753	(12)
Company Index	765	(6)
Subject Index	771