Fundamentals of Management : Essential Concepts and Applications / Stephen P Robbins, David A DeCenzo ;[Contribution By] Henry Moon

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Upper Saddle River : Pearson Prentice Hall, 2008.Edition: Sixth EditonDescription: XXV, 454 Pages : Illustrations؛ 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780136007104
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 21 658 RSF
Contents:
Preface -- Ch. 1. Managers and Management -- Ethical Dilemma in Management: Are U.S. Executives Overpaid? -- History Module: The Historical Roots of Contemporary Management Practices -- Details on a Management Classic: Frederick Taylor -- Ch. 2. Managing in Today's World -- Ethical Dilemma in Management: The Contingent Workforce -- Ch. 3. Foundations of Planning -- Ethical Dilemma in Management: When Is Competitive Intelligence Unethical? -- One Manager's Perspective: Geoff Gilpin -- Ch. 4. Foundations of Decision Making -- Ethical Dilemma in Management: Bausch & Lomb Leaves Town -- Quantitative Module: Quantitative Decision-Making Aids -- Ch. 5. Basic Organization Designs -- Ethical Dilemma in Management: Following Orders -- Details on a Management Classic: Stanley Milgram -- Ch. 6. Staffing and Human Resource Management -- Ethical Dilemma in Management: Stress Interviews -- Career Module: Introduction -- Ch. 7. Managing Change and Innovation -- Details on a Management Classic: Coch and French: Resistance to Change -- Ethical Dilemma in Management: The OD Intervention -- Ch. 8. Foundations of Individual and Group Behavior -- Ethical Dilemma in Management: Must Attitudes and Behaviors Align? -- Details on a Management Classic: Solomon Asch and Group Conformity -- Ch. 9. Understanding Work Teams -- Ethical Dilemma in Management: Must Employees Work on a Team? -- Ch. 10. Motivating and Rewarding Employees -- Details on a Management Classic: David McClelland and the Three-Needs Theory -- Ethical Dilemma in Management: Rewarding Appropriate Behavior -- Ch. 11. Leadership and Trust -- Details on a Management Classic: Fred Fiedler and the Fiedler Contingency Model of Leadership -- Ethical Dilemma in Management: Gender Differences in Leadership -- Ch. 12. Communication and Interpersonal Skills -- Ethical Dilemma in Management: Purposefully Distorting Information -- Ch. 13. Foundations of Control -- One Manager's Perspective: Alan Pincus -- Ethical Dilemma in Management: Control systems and an Invasion of Privacy -- Ch. 14. Technology and Operations -- Ethical Dilemma in Management: Is Sharing Software Okay? -- Notes -- Photo Credits -- Name/Organization Index -- Glindex.
Summary: Principles of Management courses that require a brief and/or skills focused text. Robbins/DeCenzo is the best-selling brief paperback text that gives students more depth and breadth of practical tools to practice their management skills (Management Workshop) than any other textbook
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Preface --
Ch. 1. Managers and Management --
Ethical Dilemma in Management: Are U.S. Executives Overpaid? --
History Module: The Historical Roots of Contemporary Management Practices --
Details on a Management Classic: Frederick Taylor --
Ch. 2. Managing in Today's World --
Ethical Dilemma in Management: The Contingent Workforce --
Ch. 3. Foundations of Planning --
Ethical Dilemma in Management: When Is Competitive Intelligence Unethical? --
One Manager's Perspective: Geoff Gilpin --
Ch. 4. Foundations of Decision Making --
Ethical Dilemma in Management: Bausch & Lomb Leaves Town --
Quantitative Module: Quantitative Decision-Making Aids --
Ch. 5. Basic Organization Designs --
Ethical Dilemma in Management: Following Orders --
Details on a Management Classic: Stanley Milgram --
Ch. 6. Staffing and Human Resource Management --
Ethical Dilemma in Management: Stress Interviews --
Career Module: Introduction --
Ch. 7. Managing Change and Innovation --
Details on a Management Classic: Coch and French: Resistance to Change --
Ethical Dilemma in Management: The OD Intervention --
Ch. 8. Foundations of Individual and Group Behavior --
Ethical Dilemma in Management: Must Attitudes and Behaviors Align? --
Details on a Management Classic: Solomon Asch and Group Conformity --
Ch. 9. Understanding Work Teams --
Ethical Dilemma in Management: Must Employees Work on a Team? --
Ch. 10. Motivating and Rewarding Employees --
Details on a Management Classic: David McClelland and the Three-Needs Theory --
Ethical Dilemma in Management: Rewarding Appropriate Behavior --
Ch. 11. Leadership and Trust --
Details on a Management Classic: Fred Fiedler and the Fiedler Contingency Model of Leadership --
Ethical Dilemma in Management: Gender Differences in Leadership --
Ch. 12. Communication and Interpersonal Skills --
Ethical Dilemma in Management: Purposefully Distorting Information --
Ch. 13. Foundations of Control --
One Manager's Perspective: Alan Pincus --
Ethical Dilemma in Management: Control systems and an Invasion of Privacy --
Ch. 14. Technology and Operations --
Ethical Dilemma in Management: Is Sharing Software Okay? --
Notes --
Photo Credits --
Name/Organization Index --
Glindex.


Principles of Management courses that require a brief and/or skills focused text. Robbins/DeCenzo is the best-selling brief paperback text that gives students more depth and breadth of practical tools to practice their management skills (Management Workshop) than any other textbook

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