Fundamentals of Management: Essential Concepts and Applications, 6/e
Organized around four traditional functions of management—planning, organizing, leading, and controlling—this book covers the foundational concepts with a strong practical focus, also including the latest studies in the field. While it retains its global context, this edition of Fundamentals of Management: Essential Concepts and Applications has been significantly restructured to incorporate relevant cases from Indian industries to cater specifically to the needs of Indian students. This book discusses such contemporary topics as globalization, technology, entrepreneurship, ethics, empowerment, and diversity, and includes interesting features to increase a student’s decision-making ability and the ability to operate in a team environment.
Table of Content
PART I Introduction
- Managers and Management
- The Management Environment
PART II Planning
- Foundations of Planning
- Foundations of Decision Making
PART III Organizing
- Basic Organization Designs
- Staffing and Human Resource Management
- Managing Change, Stress, and Innovation
PART IV Leading
- Foundations of Individual and Group Behavior
- Understanding Work Teams
- Motivating and Rewarding Employees
- Leadership and Trust
- Communication and Interpersonal Skills
PART V Controlling
- Foundations of Control
- Operations Management
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Salient Features
- Outcomes that focus students’ attention on the major issues within each chapter
- Real-life cases to enhance clarity and understanding of the topics discussed
- Chapter summaries to help students revise the content of the chapter
- Three modules—the History Module, Quantitative Module, and Career Module—that describe the evolution of management practices, the use of quantitative techniques to improve decision making, and methods to build successful management careers
- Review and discussion questions to foster high-order thinking skills that require students to apply, integrate, synthesize, and evaluate management concepts
- Integrative Chapter Skills includes group-based cases intended to thematically apply concepts
- Crossword Comprehension helps students determine their comprehension of the key concepts through self-evaluation
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