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Management, 2/e

Management, 2/e

Author(s):
  • Michael A. Hitt
  • J. Stewart Black
  • Lyman W. Porter
    • Author: Michael A. Hitt
    • ISBN:9788131725153
    • Price: Rs. 625.00
    • Pages:552
    • Imprint:Pearson Education
    • Binding:Paperback
    • Status:Available


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    Management bridges theory with practice, incorporating the latest research findings to make management exciting and relevant to aspiring managers. The numerous skill-building and application exercises that appear in every chapter help students to understand concepts and improve their skills. This text’s in-depth coverage includes management of change, evaluating the external environment, managing within cultural contexts, ethics and social responsibility, motivation, leadership, groups and teams, and control.

    Table of Content

    Part I: Managing Ethically and Globally
    1. The Nature of Management
    2. Social Responsibility and Managerial Ethics
    3. International Management and Globalization
    Part II: Planning and Organizing
    1. Individual and Group Decision Making
    2. Strategic Management
    3. Planning
    4. Organizational Structure and Design
    Part III: Leading
    1. Managing Diverse Human Resources
    2. Leadership
    3. Motivation
    4. Groups and Teams
    5. Communication and Negotiation
    Part IV: Controlling
    1. Operations Management
    2. Control
    3. Organizational Change and Development

    Salient Features

    • Enhanced focus on ‘managerial challenge’: Each chapter begins with an example of a managerial challenge faced by a person, and are designed to relate the chapter content to managerial practice.
    • Self-assessment exercises: This feature helps students to think about themselves and how their inclination or orientation relates to the material covered in the chapter.
    • Includes New chapters –‘International Management and Globalization’ and ‘Operations Management’
    • A new appendix: “The History of Managerial Thought and Practice”