Richard Daft, Dorothy Marcic

Understanding Management

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Examine the issues impacting today's current, fast-shifting business environment and the necessary management solutions with Daft/Marcic's market-leading UNDERSTANDING MANAGEMENT, 12E. Even before recent upheavals, managers and organizations were buffeted by competitive, social, technological and economic change. Today's managers face more demands than ever before in the scramble to cope with the turbulence of recent events, ethical and social turmoil, mobile commerce, economic instability, globalization, cybersecurity threats, increasing government regulation and global supply chains. This edition helps you, as a future manager, find leading-edge solutions to significant problems -- whether everyday challenges or once-in-a-lifetime crises. Content extends beyond techniques traditionally taught to encompass a breadth of management skills and new competencies you can use to face today's issues. MindTap and Write Experience digital resources are also available to help you seize opportunity and lead change.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cengage Learning EMEA / South-Western College Pub
• 12. Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 616
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. März 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 276mm x 213mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 1451g
• ISBN-13: 9780357716892
• ISBN-10: 0357716892
• Artikelnr.: 63319253

Autorenporträt

Richard L. Daft, Ph.D., is the Brownlee O. Currey, Jr., Professor in the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University. Professor Daft specializes in the study of organization theory and leadership; he is a fellow of the Academy of Management and has served on the editorial boards of the Academy of Management Journal, Administrative Science Quarterly, and Journal of Management Education. He was the associate editor-in-chief of Organization Science and served for three years as associate editor of Administrative Science Quarterly. Professor Daft has authored or co-authored 14 books, including The Leadership Experience (Cengage/South-Western, 2018), Organization Theory and Design (Cengage, 2021), The Executive and the Elephant: A Leader's Guide for Building Inner Excellence ( Jossey-Bass, 2010), and Understanding Management (with Dorothy Marcic; Cengage, 2020). He has also written dozens of scholarly articles, papers, and chapters in other books. His work has been published in Organizational Dynamics, Administrative Science Quarterly, Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Management, Accounting Organizations and Society, Management Science, MIS Quarterly, California Management Review, and Organizational Behavior Teaching Review. In addition, Professor Daft is an active teacher and consultant. He has taught management, leadership, organizational change, organizational theory, and organizational behaviour. Professor Daft has served as associate dean, produced for-profit theatrical productions, and helped manage a start-up enterprise. He has been involved in management development and consulting for many companies and government organizations.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: INTRODUCTION.1. Leading Edge ManagementPart II: THE ENVIRONMENT.2. The Environment and Corporate Culture.3. Managing in a Global Environment.4. Managing Ethics and Social Responsibility.Part III: PLANNING.5. Planning and Goal Setting.6. Managerial Decision Making.Part IV: ORGANIZING.7. Designing Organization Structure.8. Managing Innovation and Change.9. Managing Human Talent and Diversity Inclusion.Part V: LEADING.10. Understanding Individual Behavior.11. Leadership.12. Motivating Employees.13. Managing Communication.14. Leading Teams.Part VI: CONTROLLING.15. Managing Quality and Performance.