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Preface

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About Principles of Management

Managing and Performing

Introduction
What Do Managers Do?
The Roles Managers Play
Major Characteristics of the Manager's Job
Summary of Learning Outcomes
Management Skills Application Exercises
Managerial Decision Exercises
Critical Thinking Case

Managerial Decision-Making

Introduction
Overview of Managerial Decision-Making
How the Brain Processes Information to Make Decisions: Reflective and Reactive Systems
Programmed and Nonprogrammed Decisions
Barriers to Effective Decision-Making
Improving the Quality of Decision-Making
Group Decision-Making
Summary of Learning Outcomes
Management Skills Application Exercises
Managerial Decision Exercises
Critical Thinking Case

The History of Management

Introduction
The Early Origins of Management
The Italian Renaissance
The Industrial Revolution
Taylor-Made Management
Administrative and Bureaucratic Management
Human Relations Movement
Contingency and System Management
Summary of Learning Outcomes
Managerial Decision Exercises

External and Internal Organizational Environments and Corporate Culture

Introduction
The Organization's External Environment
External Environments and Industries
Organizational Designs and Structures
The Internal Organization and External Environments
Corporate Cultures
Organizing for Change in the 21st Century
Summary of Learning Outcomes
Management Skills Application Exercises
Managerial Decision Exercises
Critical Thinking Case

Ethics, Corporate Responsibility, and Sustainability

Introduction
Ethics and Business Ethics Defined
Dimensions of Ethics: The Individual Level
Ethical Principles and Responsible Decision-Making
Leadership: Ethics at the Organizational Level
Ethics, Corporate Culture, and Compliance
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
Ethics around the Globe
Emerging Trends in Ethics, CSR, and Compliance
Summary of Learning Outcomes
Management Skills Application Exercises
Managerial Decision Exercises
Critical Thinking Case

International Management

Introduction
Importance of International Management
Hofstede's Cultural Framework
The GLOBE Framework
Cultural Stereotyping and Social Institutions
Cross-Cultural Assignments
Strategies for Expanding Globally
The Necessity of Global Markets
Summary of Learning Outcomes
Management Skills Application Exercises
Managerial Decision Exercises
Critical Thinking Case

Entrepreneurship

Introduction
Entrepreneurship
Characteristics of Successful Entrepreneurs
Small Business
Start Your Own Business
Managing a Small Business
The Large Impact of Small Business
The Small Business Administration
Trends in Entrepreneurship and Small-Business Ownership
Summary of Learning Outcomes
Management Skills Application Exercises
Managerial Decision Exercises
Critical Thinking Case

Strategic Analysis: Understanding a Firm’s Competitive Environment

Introduction
Gaining Advantages by Understanding the Competitive Environment
Using SWOT for Strategic Analysis
A Firm's External Macro Environment: PESTEL
A Firm's Micro Environment: Porter's Five Forces
The Internal Environment
Competition, Strategy, and Competitive Advantage
Strategic Positioning
Summary of Learning Outcomes
Management Skills Application Exercises
Managerial Decision Exercises
Critical Thinking Case

The Strategic Management Process: Achieving and Sustaining Competitive Advantage

Introduction
Strategic Management
Firm Vision and Mission
The Role of Strategic Analysis in Formulating a Strategy
Strategic Objectives and Levels of Strategy
Planning Firm Actions to Implement Strategies
Measuring and Evaluating Strategic Performance
Summary of Learning Outcomes
Management Skills Application Exercises
Managerial Decision Exercises
Critical Thinking Case

Organizational Structure and Change

Introduction
Organizational Structures and Design
Organizational Change
Managing Change
Summary of Learning Outcomes
Management Skills Application Exercises
Managerial Decision Exercises
Critical Thinking Case

Human Resource Management

Introduction
An Introduction to Human Resource Management
Human Resource Management and Compliance
Performance Management
Influencing Employee Performance and Motivation
Building an Organization for the Future
Talent Development and Succession Planning
Summary of Learning Outcomes
Management Skills Application Exercises
Managerial Decision Exercises
Critical Thinking Case

Diversity in Organizations

Introduction
An Introduction to Workplace Diversity
Diversity and the Workforce
Diversity and Its Impact on Companies
Challenges of Diversity
Key Diversity Theories
Benefits and Challenges of Workplace Diversity
Recommendations for Managing Diversity
Summary of Learning Outcomes
Management Skills Application Exercises
Managerial Decision Exercises
Critical Thinking Case

Leadership

Introduction
The Nature of Leadership
The Leadership Process
Types of Leaders and Leader Emergence
The Trait Approach to Leadership
Behavioral Approaches to Leadership
Situational (Contingency) Approaches to Leadership
Substitutes for and Neutralizers of Leadership
Transformational, Visionary, and Charismatic Leadership
Leadership Needs in the 21st Century
Summary of Learning Outcomes
Management Skills Application Exercises
Managerial Decision Exercises
Critical Thinking Case

Work Motivation for Performance

Introduction
Motivation: Direction and Intensity
Content Theories of Motivation
Process Theories of Motivation
Recent Research on Motivation Theories
Summary of Learning Outcomes
Management Skills Application Exercises
Managerial Decision Exercises
Critical Thinking Case

Managing Teams

Introduction
Teamwork in the Workplace
Team Development Over Time
Things to Consider When Managing Teams
Opportunities and Challenges to Team Building
Team Diversity
Multicultural Teams
Summary of Learning Outcomes
Management Skills Application Exercises
Managerial Decision Exercises
Critical Thinking Case

Managerial Communication

Introduction
The Process of Managerial Communication
Types of Communications in Organizations
Factors Affecting Communications and the Roles of Managers
Managerial Communication and Corporate Reputation
The Major Channels of Management Communication Are Talking, Listening, Reading, and Writing
Summary of Learning Outcomes
Management Skills Application Exercises
Managerial Decision Exercises
Critical Thinking Case

Organizational Planning and Controlling

Introduction
Is Planning Important
The Planning Process
Types of Plans
Goals or Outcome Statements
Formal Organizational Planning in Practice
Employees' Responses to Planning
Management by Objectives: A Planning and Control Technique
The Control- and Involvement-Oriented Approaches to Planning and Controlling
Summary of Learning Outcomes
Management Skills Application Exercises
Managerial Decision Exercises
Critical Thinking Case

Management of Technology and Innovation

Introduction
MTI—Its Importance Now and In the Future
Developing Technology and Innovation
External Sources of Technology and Innovation
Internal Sources of Technology and Innovation
Management Entrepreneurship Skills for Technology and Innovation
Skills Needed for MTI
Managing Now for Future Technology and Innovation
Summary of Learning Outcomes
Management Skills Application Exercises
Managerial Decision Exercises
Critical Thinking Case

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