Management: Meeting New Challenges

by Black, J. Stewart; Porter, Lyman W.

• ISBN13: 9780321014078
• ISBN10: 0321014073
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-07-01
• Publisher: Pearson College Div

Summary

For courses in Introduction to Management or Principles of Management. This text presents a current and comprehensive look at the realities and challenges real managers face. Emphasizing such topics as globalization, ethics and social responsibility, groups and teams, and technology, today's students will gain a thorough understanding of what it takes to be tomorrow's managers. The authors, both experts in the field of management, and noted industry consultants share their knowledge and expertise with students in this presentation of management today... and for the future.

Table of Contents

PART 1 Introduction and Historical Overview
Introduction	3	(24)
History of Management Thought and Practice	27	(40)
PART 2 Environmental Context of Managing
Assessing External Environments	67	(23)
Managing within Cultural Contexts	90	(25)
Ethics and Social Responsibility	115	(29)
Managing Innovation and Entrepreneurship	144	(27)
PART 3 Planning and Decision Making
Planning	171	(23)
Strategic Management	194	(32)
Individual and Group Decision Making	226	(37)
PART 4 Organizing and Staffing
Organizational Structure and Design	263	(30)
Groups and Teams	293	(31)
Managing Human Resources	324	(39)
PART 5 Leading
Motivation	363	(37)
Leadership, Power, and Influence	400	(41)
Communication and Negotiation	441	(32)
PART 6 Monitoring and Evaluating
Control	473	(35)
Operations Management	508	(32)
Information Technology Management	540	(31)
PART 7 Transforming
Organizational Change and Renewal	571