Management (Barron's Business Review)

Contemporary trends and techniques in business management are discussed, including MBO (Management By Objective), TQM (Total Quality Management), and much more in this revised and updated edition. Books in this series are designed mainly for classroom use, and make excellent supplements to college texts. In adult education or business brush-up programs, they can serve as fine main texts.

Table of Contents
Preface
1 WHAT IS MANAGEMENT: DEFINITION AND OVERVIEW
2 MANAGEMENT: HISTORY AND CONCEPTS
3 MANAGEMENT: SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
4 MANAGEMENT AND THE ENVIRONMENTS OF BUSINESS
5 MANAGEMENT DECISION-MAKING: TYPES AND STYLES
6 AN OVERVIEW OF THE FUNCTIONS OF MANAGEMENT
7 PLANNING
8 PLANNING: STRATEGY FORMULATION
9 PLANNING: STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION
10 BASIC CONCEPTS OF ORGANIZING
11 ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES: CONCEPTS AND FORMATS
12 STAFFING: HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
13 MOTIVATION: THEORY AND PRACTICE
14 LEADERSHIP: THEORY AND PRACTICE
15 MANAGEMENT: THE CONTROL FUNCTION
16 WORK GROUP DYNAMICS AND CREATIVITY
17 COMMUNICATION SKILLS AND MANAGEMENT EFFECTIVENESS
18 MANAGING ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE
19 CONFLICT: ORGANIZATIONAL AND PERSONAL DIMENSIONS
20 PRODUCTION OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT (POM)
21 TIME MANAGEMENT
22 PLANNING THE MANAGERIAL CAREER
23 MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS
24 INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT
25 CHANGING TRENDS IN MANAGEMENT
APPENDICES
INDEX