From Book News, Inc.

New edition of an introductory text covering the basics of a manager's job and of planning, organizing, leading, and controlling. Includes lots of pedagogical trappings--self-assessment exercises, assignments, boxed features. Expanded topics for this edition include work force diversity, managing a career, and entrepreneurship; added features include interviews with managers, ethical dilemma exercises, and "what would you do?" vignettes. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.



Book Info

Describes management theories with extensive examples & brings the experiences of management practice into focus from interviews with real managers. DLC: Management.



The publisher, Prentice Hall Business Publishing

Robbins/Coulter makes the management course come alive by bringing real managers and students together. This best selling text integrates the discipline of management and establishes a dialogue with managers from a variety of fields, with their new features managers respond and managers speak out.



From the Back Cover

6E-7, Robbins, Stephen P., Coulter, Mary, Management, 7/E* Robbins and Coulter's best-selling book demonstrates the real-world applications of management concepts and makes management come alive by bringing real managers and readers together. As it successfully integrates the various functions of management, the book establishes a dialogue with managers from a variety of fields Chapter-opening ?A Managers Dilemma? vignettes introduce readers to real situations? faced by real managers, and chapter-ending ?Real Managers Respond to Opening Dilemma? discussions explore successful resolutions?both using the concepts covered in each chapter. These chapters cover an introduction to management and organizations, management yesterday and today, organizational culture and environment, managing in a global environment, social responsibility and managerial ethics, managing entrepreneurial ventures, decision-making, managing change and innovation, understanding groups and teams, and much more. For all level managers in a variety of fields.