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Title:
Management fundamentals : concepts, applications, and skill development / Robert N. Lussier, Springfield College.
Author:
Lussier, Robert N.
Publication Information:
Los Angeles : SAGE, [2017]

©2017
Call Number:
HD31 .L843 2017
Abstract:
"This Seventh Edition of Robert Lussier’s bestselling Management Fundamentals presents essential management themes through a three-pronged approach focused on concepts, applications, and skill building. Through a variety of applications, Lussier challenges millennials to think critically and apply concepts to their own experiences. Proven skill-building exercises, behavioral models, self-assessments, and individual and group exercises help students to develop their personal and professional skills. Fully updated throughout with 97% new references and over 1,200 new company examples, the Seventh Edition features 50% new cases, new self-assessments, and new applications and new coverage of current topics mandated by the AACSB."--Publisher's description.
Edition:
Seventh edition.
ISBN:
9781506303277
Physical Description:
xxxv, 580 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
General Note:
Revised edition of the author's Management fundamentals, 2015.
Contents:
Preface -- Acknowledgments -- About the author -- The global management environment -- Management and its history -- The environment : culture, ethics, and social responsibility -- Managing diversity in a global environment -- Planning -- Creative problem solving and decision making -- Strategic and operational planning -- Managing change, innovation, and entrepreneurship -- Organizing -- Organizing and delegating work -- Managing team work -- Human resources management -- Appendix: career management and networking -- Leading -- Organizational behavior : power, politics, conflict, and stress -- Motivating for high performance -- Leading with influence -- Communication and information technology -- Controlling -- Managing control systems, finances, and people -- Operations, quality, and productivity -- Glossary -- Endnotes -- Author index -- Subject index -- Company index.
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