Modern Management: Concepts and Skills, 12th Edition

Core concepts, cutting-edge skill training.

Modern Management is a traditionally organized principles of management text that integrates core concepts with cutting-edge skill training—all while keeping the focus on application.

Table of Contents

PART 1 Introduction to Modern Management
Chapter 1 Introducing Modern Management: Concepts and Skills
Chapter 2 Managing: History and Current Thinking

PART 2 Modern Management Challenges
Chapter 3 Corporate Social Responsibility, Ethics, and Sustainability
Chapter 4 Management and Diversity
Chapter 5 Managing in the Global Arena
Chapter 6 Management and Entrepreneurship

PART 3 Planning
Chapter 7 Principles of Planning
Chapter 8 Making Decisions
Chapter 9 Strategic Planning: Strategies, Tactics, and Competitive Dynamics
Chapter 10 Plans and Planning Tools

PART 4 Organizing
Chapter 11 Fundamentals of Organizing
Chapter 12 Responsibility, Authority, and Delegation
Chapter 13 Human Resource Management
Chapter 14 Organizational Change: Stress, Conflict, and Virtuality

PART 5 Influencing
Chapter 15 Influencing and Communication
Chapter 16 Leadership
Chapter 17 Motivation
Chapter 18 Groups and Teams
Chapter 19 Managing Organization Culture
Chapter 20 Encouraging Creativity and Innovation

PART 6 Controlling
Chapter 21 Controlling, Information, and Technology
Chapter 22 Production and Control

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