Effective Management - Softcover

Williams, Chuck

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1435462874 ISBN 13: 9781435462878

Publisher: South-Western College Pub, 2013

Synopsis

Your unique, individual style is reflected in how you look, the way you act, even in how you learn. Now, there is a management book written specifically for the way you learn best. Discover how Chuck does management like no one else with Chuck Williams' EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT, Sixth Edition. No one else puts strong management theories into practice right before your eyes like award-winning educator and author Chuck Williams. Whether you prefer to listen, see, read, or act, you will find the learning style or combination of learning approaches that appeal to you within this innovative, streamlined text and media-driven package. Intriguing visuals and practical learning features delve beyond mere memorization, as you explore individual and group decision making, examine ethical practices, and even inventory your own management abilities with Self-Assessments. Videos examine management challenges within well-known organizations or explore short scenes from major motion pictures that demonstrate management principles in action. And multimedia resources for EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT provide one-stop award-winning study tools including self-quizzes to ensure you understand critical management principles. See for yourself how Chuck does management like no one else as EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT, Sixth Edition, lets you experience management at its best. Available with InfoTrac Student Collections http://gocengage.com/infotrac.

About this title

About the Author:

Chuck Williams is Dean of the College of Business at Butler University. Dr. Williams previously served as Dean of the Eberhardt School of Business at the University of the Pacific and as Associate Professor of Management at the M.J. Neeley School of Business at Texas Christian University. Dr. Williams has also served as Associate Dean and Chair of Management and has taught at Michigan State University and Oklahoma State University. Dr. Williams received his B.A. in psychology from Valparaiso University. He specialized in organizational behavior, human resources, and strategic management while earning his M.B.A and Ph.D. in business administration from Michigan State University. His research interests include employee recruitment and turnover, performance appraisal, and employee training and goal setting. Dr. Williams has published research in the JOURNAL OF APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY, the ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT, HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT REVIEW, PERSONNEL PSYCHOLOGY, and the ORGANIZATIONAL RESEARCH METHODS JOURNAL. He was a member of the JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT's editorial board and currently serves as a reviewer for numerous other academic journals. He was also Webmaster for the Research Methods Division of the Academy of Management.

Review:

PART I: INTRODUCTION TO MANAGEMENT. 1. Management. 2. Organizational Environments and Cultures. 3. Ethics and Social Responsibility. PART II: PLANNING. 4. Planning and Decision Making. 5. Organizational Strategy. 6. Innovation and Change. 7. Global Management. PART III: ORGANIZING. 8. Designing Adaptive Organizations. 9. Managing Teams. 10. Managing Human Resource Systems. PART IV: LEADING. 11. Motivation. 12. Leadership. 13. Managing Communication. PART V: CONTROLLING. 14. Control. 15. Managing Information. 16. Managing Service and Manufacturing Operations. Glossary. Name Index. Subject Index.

About this edition

• Publisher: South-Western College Pub
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1435462874
• ISBN 13: 9781435462878
• Binding: Spiral-bound
• Edition number: 6
• Number of pages: 624