Management Fundamentals : Concepts, Applications, Skill Development

by Lussier, Robert N.

• ISBN13: 9780324569643
• ISBN10: 0324569645
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-02-14
• Publisher: Cengage Learning

Summary

With its three-pronged approach of concepts, applications, and skill development, MANAGEMENT FUNDAMENTALS gives you a solid foundation of management concepts and real skills you can use in the workplace. Through a variety of thought-provoking applications, Lussier challenges you to think critically and apply concepts to your own experiences. Proven skill-building exercises, behavioral models, self-assessments, and group exercises throughout the text will help you realize your own managerial potential.

Table of Contents

The Global Management Environment

Management and Entrepreneurship

A Brief History of Management

The Global Environment: Culture, Ethics, and Social Responsibility

Planning

Creative Problem Solving and Decision Making

Strategic and Operational Planning

Time Management

Organizing

Organizing and Delegating Work

Managing Change: Innovation and Diversity

Human Resources Management

Career Management and Networking

Leading

Organizational Behavior: Power, Politics, Conflict, and Stress

Leading with Influence

Communicating and Information Technology

Written Communication

Motivating for High Performance

Team Leadership

Controlling

Control Systems: Financial and Human

Operations, Quality, and Productivity

Endnotes

Index

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