Managing Today!

by Robbins, Stephen P.

• ISBN13: 9780130116727
• ISBN10: 0130116726
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover w/CD
• Copyright: 2000-01-01
• Publisher: Pearson College Div

Summary

This unique, re-engineered book defines and describes the new "paradigm" brought on by recent dramatic changes in the field of management.Managing Today!redefines the traditional "functional" approach employed by previous management books to more accurately reflect recent, fundamental changes in the economy and workplacechanges that have significantly reshaped today's managers' jobs.Robbins' balanced approach presents an effective integration of theory and application displayed within a clear, visual design specifically tailored for today's readers. Coverage includes changing issues in today's workplace (risk, privatization, multiple skills, and continual retraining); culture shock; time-management skills; cycle-time reduction and technology transfer; virtual teams; human behavior; leadership; trust building; change management; and more.For human resources professionals, business managers/team leaders, and anyone interested in Organizational Behavior and Business Management.

Table of Contents

Preface	xiii
About the Author	1	(1)
PART ONE INTRODUCTION	2	(64)
1. Welcome to the Changing World of Work	2	(32)
2. Managing Organizations and People: Who, What, and Why?	34	(32)
PART TWO Decision, Planning, and Monitoring Systems	66	(140)
3. Making Decisions	66	(36)
4. Monitoring the Environment	102	(34)
5. Planning Systems	136	(34)
6. Monitoring Performance Through Control Systems	170	(36)
PART THREE Organizing Tasks, People, and Culture	206	(160)
7. Technology and the Design of Work Processes	206	(30)
8. Organization Design	236	(30)
9. Managing Human Resources	266	(38)
10. Understanding Groups and Developing Effective Teams	304	(34)
11. Creating and Sustaining the Organization's Culture	338	(28)
PART FOUR Leading and Empowering People	366	(194)
12. Understanding the Basics of Human Behavior	366	(38)
13. Work Motivation and Rewards	404	(36)
14. Basic Issues in Leadership	440	(30)
15. Contemporary Issues in Leadership	470	(30)
16. Building Trust	500	(24)
17. Developing Interpersonal Skills	524	(36)
PART FIVE Organizational Renewal	560	(35)
18. Managing Change: Revisiting the Changing World of Work	560	(35)
Appendix: The Historical Roots of Current Management Practice	595	(16)
Integrative Video Cases: Mad Dogs (Nu) Englishmen	611	(9)
Photo Credits	620	(2)
Name and Organization Index	622	(16)
Glindex (a combined subject index and glossary)	638