Principles of Management is designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of the introductory course on management. This is a traditional approach to management using the leading, planning, organizing, and controlling approach. Management is a broad business discipline, and the Principles of Management course covers many management areas such as human resource management and strategic management, as well as behavioral areas such as motivation. No one individual can be an expert in all areas of management, so an additional benefit of this text is that specialists in a variety of areas have authored individual chapters.
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- Title
- Principles of Management by OpenStax
- Publisher
- OpenStax
- Author(s)
- Anastasia H. Cortes, David S. Bright, Donald G. Gardner, Eva Hartmann, James S. O’Rourke, Jason Lambert, Jeffrey Muldoon, Jon L. Pierce, Joseph Weiss, Joy Leopold, K. Praveen Parboteeah, Laura M. Leduc, Margaret A. White, Monique Reece Amit Shah, Siri Terjesen
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- 2024-01-09
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- 1
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- eBook (pdf, epub, mobi)
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- 672
- Language
- English
- ISBN-10
- 1593998767
- ISBN-13
- 9781593998769
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- CC BY
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Chapter 1 Managing and Performing Introduction 1.1 What Do Managers Do? 1.2 The Roles Managers Play 1.3 Major Characteristics of the Manager's Job Key Terms Summary of Learning Outcomes Chapter Review Questions Management Skills Application Exercises Managerial Decision Exercises Critical Thinking Case Chapter 2 Managerial Decision-Making Introduction 2.1 Overview of Managerial Decision-Making 2.2 How the Brain Processes Information to Make Decisions: Reflective and Reactive Systems 2.3 Programmed and Nonprogrammed Decisions 2.4 Barriers to Effective Decision-Making 2.5 Improving the Quality of Decision-Making 2.6 Group Decision-Making Key Terms Summary of Learning Outcomes Chapter Review Questions Management Skills Application Exercises Managerial Decision Exercises Critical Thinking Case Chapter 3 The History of Management Introduction 3.1 The Early Origins of Management 3.2 The Italian Renaissance 3.3 The Industrial Revolution 3.4 Taylor-Made Management 3.5 Administrative and Bureaucratic Management 3.6 Human Relations Movement 3.7 Contingency and System Management Key Terms Summary of Learning Outcomes Chapter Review Questions Managerial Decision Exercises Chapter 4 External and Internal Organizational Environments and Corporate Culture Introduction 4.1 The Organization's External Environment 4.2 External Environments and Industries 4.3 Organizational Designs and Structures 4.4 The Internal Organization and External Environments 4.5 Corporate Cultures 4.6 Organizing for Change in the 21st Century Key Terms Summary of Learning Outcomes Chapter Review Questions Management Skills Application Exercises Managerial Decision Exercises Critical Thinking Case Chapter 5 Ethics, Corporate Responsibility, and Sustainability Introduction 5.1 Ethics and Business Ethics Defined 5.2 Dimensions of Ethics: The Individual Level 5.3 Ethical Principles and Responsible Decision-Making 5.4 Leadership: Ethics at the Organizational Level 5.5 Ethics, Corporate Culture, and Compliance 5.6 Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) 5.7 Ethics around the Globe 5.8 Emerging Trends in Ethics, CSR, and Compliance Key Terms Summary of Learning Outcomes Chapter Review Questions Management Skills Application Exercises Managerial Decision Exercises Critical Thinking Case Chapter 6 International Management Introduction 6.1 Importance of International Management 6.2 Hofstede's Cultural Framework 6.3 The GLOBE Framework 6.4 Cultural Stereotyping and Social Institutions 6.5 Cross-Cultural Assignments 6.6 Strategies for Expanding Globally 6.7 The Necessity of Global Markets Key Terms Summary of Learning Outcomes Chapter Review Questions Management Skills Application Exercises Managerial Decision Exercises Critical Thinking Case Chapter 7 Entrepreneurship Introduction 7.1 Entrepreneurship 7.2 Characteristics of Successful Entrepreneurs 7.3 Small Business 7.4 Start Your Own Business 7.5 Managing a Small Business 7.6 The Large Impact of Small Business 7.7 The Small Business Administration 7.8 Trends in Entrepreneurship and Small-Business Ownership Key Terms Summary of Learning Outcomes Chapter Review Questions Management Skills Application Exercises Managerial Decision Exercises Critical Thinking Case Chapter 8 Strategic Analysis: Understanding a Firm’s Competitive Environment Introduction 8.1 Gaining Advantages by Understanding the Competitive Environment 8.2 Using SWOT for Strategic Analysis 8.3 A Firm's External Macro Environment: PESTEL 8.4 A Firm's Micro Environment: Porter's Five Forces 8.5 The Internal Environment 8.6 Competition, Strategy, and Competitive Advantage 8.7 Strategic Positioning Key Terms Summary of Learning Outcomes Chapter Review Questions Management Skills Application Exercises Managerial Decision Exercises Critical Thinking Case Chapter 9 The Strategic Management Process: Achieving and Sustaining Competitive Advantage Introduction 9.1 Strategic Management 9.2 Firm Vision and Mission 9.3 The Role of Strategic Analysis in Formulating a Strategy 9.4 Strategic Objectives and Levels of Strategy 9.5 Planning Firm Actions to Implement Strategies 9.6 Measuring and Evaluating Strategic Performance Key Terms Summary of Learning Outcomes Chapter Review Questions Management Skills Application Exercises Managerial Decision Exercises Critical Thinking Case Chapter 10 Organizational Structure and Change Introduction 10.1 Organizational Structures and Design 10.2 Organizational Change 10.3 Managing Change Key Terms Summary of Learning Outcomes Chapter Review Questions Management Skills Application Exercises Managerial Decision Exercises Critical Thinking Case Chapter 11 Human Resource Management Introduction 11.1 An Introduction to Human Resource Management 11.2 Human Resource Management and Compliance 11.3 Performance Management 11.4 Influencing Employee Performance and Motivation 11.5 Building an Organization for the Future 11.6 Talent Development and Succession Planning Key Terms Summary of Learning Outcomes Chapter Review Questions Management Skills Application Exercises Managerial Decision Exercises Critical Thinking Case Chapter 12 Diversity in Organizations Introduction 12.1 An Introduction to Workplace Diversity 12.2 Diversity and the Workforce 12.3 Diversity and Its Impact on Companies 12.4 Challenges of Diversity 12.5 Key Diversity Theories 12.6 Benefits and Challenges of Workplace Diversity 12.7 Recommendations for Managing Diversity Key Terms Summary of Learning Outcomes Chapter Review Questions Management Skills Application Exercises Managerial Decision Exercises Critical Thinking Case Chapter 13 Leadership Introduction 13.1 The Nature of Leadership 13.2 The Leadership Process 13.3 Leader Emergence 13.4 The Trait Approach to Leadership 13.5 Behavioral Approaches to Leadership 13.6 Situational (Contingency) Approaches to Leadership 13.7 Substitutes for and Neutralizers of Leadership 13.8 Transformational, Visionary, and Charismatic Leadership 13.9 Leadership Needs in the 21st Century Key Terms Summary of Learning Outcomes Chapter Review Questions Management Skills Application Exercises Managerial Decision Exercises Critical Thinking Case Chapter 14 Work Motivation for Performance Introduction 14.1 Motivation: Direction and Intensity 14.2 Content Theories of Motivation 14.3 Process Theories of Motivation 14.4 Recent Research on Motivation Theories Key Terms Summary of Learning Outcomes Chapter Review Questions Management Skills Application Exercises Managerial Decision Exercises Critical Thinking Case Chapter 15 Managing Teams Introduction 15.1 Teamwork in the Workplace 15.2 Team Development Over Time 15.3 Things to Consider When Managing Teams 15.4 Opportunities and Challenges to Team Building 15.5 Team Diversity 15.6 Multicultural Teams Key Terms Summary of Learning Outcomes Chapter Review Questions Management Skills Application Exercises Managerial Decision Exercises Critical Thinking Case Chapter 16 Managerial Communication Introduction 16.1 The Process of Managerial Communication 16.2 Types of Communications in Organizations 16.3 Factors Affecting Communications and the Roles of Managers 16.4 Managerial Communication and Corporate Reputation 16.5 The Major Channels of Management Communication Are Talking, Listening, Reading, and Writing Key Terms Summary of Learning Outcomes Chapter Review Questions Management Skills Application Exercises Managerial Decision Exercises Critical Thinking Case Chapter 17 Organizational Planning and Controlling Introduction 17.1 Is Planning Important 17.2 The Planning Process 17.3 Types of Plans 17.4 Goals or Outcome Statements 17.5 Formal Organizational Planning in Practice 17.6 Employees' Responses to Planning 17.7 Management by Objectives: A Planning and Control Technique 17.8 The Control- and Involvement-Oriented Approaches to Planning and Controlling Key Terms Summary of Learning Outcomes Chapter Review Questions Management Skills Application Exercises Managerial Decision Exercises Critical Thinking Case Chapter 18 Management of Technology and Innovation Introduction 18.1 MTI—Its Importance Now and In the Future 18.2 Developing Technology and Innovation 18.3 External Sources of Technology and Innovation 18.4 Internal Sources of Technology and Innovation 18.5 Management Entrepreneurship Skills for Technology and Innovation 18.6 Skills Needed for MTI 18.7 Managing Now for Future Technology and Innovation Key Terms Summary of Learning Outcomes Chapter Review Questions Management Skills Application Exercises Managerial Decision Exercises Critical Thinking Case References Index