Fundamentals of Management.

For Principles of Management courses. The Practical Tools of Management Presented Through In-depth Practice Fundamentals of Management is the most engaging and up-to-date introduction to management resource on the market today. Covering the essential concepts of management, it provides a solid found...

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Main Author: Robbins, Stephen P.
Other Authors: De Cenzo, David A., Coulter, Mary.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Harlow : Pearson Education, Limited, 2016.
Edition:10th ed.
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505 0 |a Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Brief Contents -- Contents -- Preface -- Instructor Resources -- About the Authors -- Part 1 Introduction -- Chapter 1 Managers and Management -- Who Are Managers and Where Do They Work? -- What Three Characteristics Do All Organizations Share? -- How Are Managers Different from Nonmanagerial Employees? -- What Titles Do Managers Have? -- From the Past to the Present -- What Is Management? -- 3 Ways To Look At What Managers Do -- 4 Functions Approach -- Management Roles Approach -- Skills and Competencies -- Is the Manager's Job Universal? -- Why Study Management? -- A Question of Ethics -- What Factors Are Reshaping and Redefining Management? -- Why Are Customers Important to the Manager's Job? -- Technology and the Manager's Job | Is It Still Managing When What You're Managing Are Robots? -- Why Is Innovation Important to the Manager's Job? -- Importance of Social Media to the Manager's Job -- Importance of Sustainability to the Manager's Job -- Wrapping It Up . . . -- Review -- Chapter Summary -- Discussion Questions -- Management Skill Builder | Becoming Politically Adept -- Experiential Exercise -- Case Application 1-Managing Without Managers -- Case Application 2-Building a Better Boss -- Case Application 3-Saving the World -- Endnotes -- History Module: A Brief History of Management's Roots -- Early Management -- Classical Approaches -- Behavioral Approach -- Quantitative Approach -- Contemporary Approaches -- Endnotes -- Chapter 2 The Management Environment -- What Is the External Environment and Why Is It Important? -- What Is the Economy Like Today? -- From the Past to the Present -- What Role Do Demographics Play? -- How Does the External Environment Affect Managers? -- Technology and the Manager's Job | Can Technology Improve the Way Managers Manage? -- A Question of Ethics. 
505 8 |a What is Organizational Culture? -- How Does Organizational Culture Affect Managers? -- How Does Culture Affect What Employees Do? -- How Does Culture Affect What Managers Do? -- Review -- Chapter Summary -- Discussion Questions -- Management Skill Builder | Understanding Culture -- Experiential Exercise -- Case Application 1-Getting Back on Target -- Case Application 2-Not SoldOut -- Case Application 3-China Zhongwang -- Endnotes -- Chapter 3 Integrative Managerial Issues -- What Is Globalization and How Does It Affect Organizations? -- What Does It Mean to Be "Global"? -- How Do Organizations Go Global? -- What are the Different Types of Global Organizations -- What Do Managers Need to Know About Managing in a Global Organization? -- From the Past to the Present -- What Does Society Expect from Organizations and Managers? -- How Can Organizations Demonstrate Socially Responsible Actions? -- Should Organizations Be Socially Involved? -- What Is Sustainability and Why Is It Important? -- What Factors Determine Ethical and Unethical Behavior? -- In What Ways Can Ethics Be Viewed? -- How Can Managers Encourage Ethical Behavior? -- Technology and the Manager's Job | The Ethics of Data Analytics -- What Is Today's Workforce Like and How Does It Affect the Way Organizations Are Managed? -- What Is Workplace Diversity? -- What Types of Diversity Are Found in Workplaces? -- A Question of Ethics -- How Are Organizations and Managers Adapting to a Changing Workforce? -- Review -- Chapter Summary -- Discussion Questions -- Management Skill Builder | Building High Ethical Standards -- Experiential Exercise -- Case Application 1-Global Stumble -- Case Application 2- Serious about Sustainability? -- Case Application 3- From Top to Bottom -- Endnotes -- Part 2 Planning -- Chapter 4 Foundations of Decision Making -- How Do Managers Make Decisions?. 
505 8 |a What Defines a Decision Problem? -- What Is Relevant in the Decision-Making Process? -- How Does the Decision Maker Weight the Criteria and Analyze Alternatives? -- What Determines the Best Choice? -- What Happens in Decision Implementation? -- What Is the Last Step in the Decision Process? -- What Common Errors Are Committed in the Decision-Making Process? -- What are the 3 Approaches Managers can use to make Decisions? -- Rational Model -- Bounded Rationality -- From the Past to the Present -- Intuition and Managerial Decision Making -- Technology and the Manager's Job | Making Better Decisions with Technology -- What Types of Decisions and Decision-Making Conditions Do Managers Face? -- How Do Problems Differ? -- How Does a Manager Make Programmed Decisions? -- How Do nonprogrammed Decisions Differ from Programmed Decisions? -- How Are Problems, Types of Decisions, and organizational Level Integrated? -- What Decision-Making Conditions Do Managers Face? -- How Do Groups Make Decisions? -- What Are the Advantages and Disadvantages of group Decision Making? -- When Are groups Most Effective? -- A Question of Ethics -- How Can you Improve group Decision Making? -- What Contemporary Decision-Making Issues Do Managers Face? -- How Does national Culture Affect Managers' Decision Making? -- Why Are Creativity and Design Thinking Important in Decision Making? -- Review -- Chapter Summary -- DisCussion Questions -- Management Skill Builder | Being a Creative Decision Maker -- Experiential Exercise -- Case Application 1-Big Brown Numbers -- Case Application 2-Galloping to the Right Decision -- Case Application 3-Tasting Success -- Endnotes -- Quantitative Module: Quantitative Decision-Making Aids -- Payoff Matrices -- Decision Trees -- Break-Even Analysis -- Ratio Analysis -- Linear Programming -- Queuing Theory -- Economic Order Quantity Model -- Endnotes. 
505 8 |a Chapter 5 Foundations of Planning -- What Is Planning and Why Do Managers Need to Plan? -- Why Should Managers Formally Plan? -- What Are Some Criticisms of Formal Planning and How Should Managers Respond? -- Does Formal Planning Improve Organizational Performance? -- What Do Managers Need To Know About Strategic Management? -- What Is Strategic Management? -- Why Is Strategic Management Important? -- What Are the Steps in the Strategic Management Process? -- What Strategic Weapons Do Managers Have? -- Technology and the Manager's Job | Innovative IT and Strategy -- What Strategies do Managers Use? -- Corporate Strategy -- Competitive Strategy -- Functional Strategy -- A Question of Ethics -- How Do Managers Set Goals and Develop Plans? -- What Types of Goals Do Organizations Have and How Do They Set Those Goals? -- From the Past to the Present -- What Types of Plans Do Managers Use and How Do They Develop Those Plans? -- What Contemporary Planning Issues Do Managers Face? -- How Can Managers Plan Effectively in Dynamic Environments? -- How Can Managers Use Environmental Scanning? -- Review -- Chapter Summary -- Discussion Questions -- Management Skill Builder | Being a Good Goal Setter -- Experiential Exercise -- Case Application 1-Primark Takes on Burberry and Alexander McQueen -- Case Application 2-Crisis Planning at Livestrong Foundation -- Case Application 3-Eyeing the Future -- Endnotes -- Part 3 Organizing -- Chapter 6 Organizational Structure and Design -- What Are the Six Key Elements in Organizational Design? -- (1) What Is Work Specialization? -- (2) What Is Departmentalization? -- (3) What Are Authority and Responsibility? -- (4) What Is Span of Control? -- A Question of Ethics -- (5) How Do Centralization and Decentralization Differ? -- (6) What Is Formalization? -- What Contingency Variables affect Structural Choice?. 
505 8 |a Mechanistic or organic -- Strategy → Structure -- Size → Structure -- Technology → Structure -- Environment → Structure -- From the Past to the Present -- What Are Some Common Organizational Designs? -- What Traditional Organizational Designs Can Managers Use? -- What Contemporary Organizational Designs Can Managers Use? -- What Are Today's Organizational Design Challenges? -- How Do You Keep Employees Connected? -- How Do Global Differences Affect Organizational Structure? -- How Do You Build a Learning Organization? -- Technology and the Manager's Job | The Changing World of Work -- How Can Managers Design Efficient and Effective Flexible Work Arrangements? -- Review -- Chapter Summary -- Discussion Questions -- Management Skill Builder | Increasing Your Power -- Experiential Exercise -- Case Application 1-You Work Where? -- Case Application 2-Lift Off -- Case Application 3-A New Kind of Structure -- Endnotes -- Chapter 7 Managing Human Resources -- What Is the Human Resource Management Process and What Influences It? -- What Is the Legal Environment of HRM? -- From the Past to the Present -- A Question of Ethics -- How Do Managers Identify and Select Competent Employees? -- 1 What Is Employment Planning? -- 2A How Do Organizations Recruit Employees? -- 2B How Does a Manager Handle Layoffs? -- 3 How Do Managers Select Job Applicants? -- How Are Employees Provided with Needed Skills and Knowledge? -- How Are New Hires Introduced to the Organization? -- Technology and the Manager's Job | Social and Digital HR -- What Is Employee Training? -- Keeping Great People: Two Ways Organizations Do This -- Performance Management System -- Compensating Employees: Pay and Benefits -- What Contemporary HRM Issues Face Managers? -- How can Managers Manage Downsizing? -- How can Workforce Diversity Be Managed? -- What Is Sexual Harassment?. 
505 8 |a How and Why Are Organizations controlling HR costs?. 
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