Modern Management: Concepts and Skills, Global Edition

<ul> <li>PART I: INTRODUCTION TO MODERN MANAGEMENT </li> <li>1. Introducing Modern Management: Concepts and Skills </li> <li>2. Management and Entrepreneurship: Handling Start-Ups and New Ventures </li> <li>PART II: MODERN MANAGEMENT CHALLENGES  </li> <li>3. Society, Ethics and Sustainability </li> <li>4. Management and Diversity </li> <li>5. Managing in the Global Arena </li> <li>6. Creativity and Innovation </li> <li>PART III: PLANNING </li> <li>7. Plans and Planning Tools </li> <li>8. Making Decisions </li> <li>9. Strategic Planning: Strategies, Tactics, and Competitive Dynamics </li> <li>PART IV: ORGANIZING </li> <li>10. Fundamentals of Organizing </li> <li>11. Responsibility, Authority, and Delegation </li> <li>12. Human Resource Management </li> <li>13. Changing Organizations: Stress, Conflict, and Virtuality </li> <li>PART V: INFLUENCING </li> <li>14. Influencing and Communication </li> <li>15. Leadership  </li> <li>16. Motivation </li> <li>17. Groups and Teams </li> <li>18. Building Organization Culture </li> <li>PART VI: CONTROLLING </li> <li>19. Controlling, Information, and Technology </li> <li>20. Production and Control </li> <li>Appendix: Managing: History and Current Thinking</li> </ul>