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Fundamentals of management : essential concepts and applications / Stephen P. Robbins and David A. DeCenzo.

By: Robbins, Stephen P, 1943-.
Contributor(s): DeCenzo, David A.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Upper Saddle River, N. J. : Prentice Hall, 1998Edition: 2nd ed.Description: xxiii, 516 p., various pagings : col. ill. ; 26 cm. + pbk.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0135786002; 9780135786000.Subject(s): Management | Business & Management | Management & management techniques | Business and ManagementDDC classification: 658 | 658 ROB
Contents:
Part 1: Introduction -- Part 2: Planning -- Part 3: Organizing -- Part 4: Leading -- Part 5: Controlling.
Summary: This text contains the principles of management. New chapters include Technology and Work Design and Managing Teams, and a new Test section is at the end of each chapter.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Barcode
General lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 658 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00071345
General lending MTU Kerry North Campus Library First Floor Main 658 ROB (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 38888000447957
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This second edition text contains additional material on the information age, contingent workers, rightsizing and downsizing. It also incorporates a Testing Your Comprehension built-in-study guide at the end of every chapter.

Previous ed.: 1995.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Part 1: Introduction -- Part 2: Planning -- Part 3: Organizing -- Part 4: Leading -- Part 5: Controlling.

This text contains the principles of management. New chapters include Technology and Work Design and Managing Teams, and a new Test section is at the end of each chapter.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Part 1 Introduction and Overview
  • Chapter 1 Managers and Managing in the 21st Century
  • Chapter 2 Managerial Ethics
  • Chapter 3 Communication and Interpersonal Skills
  • Chapter 4 Foundations of Decision Making
  • Part 2 Planning, Organizing, and Controlling
  • Chapter 5 Foundations of Planning
  • Chapter 6 Organizational Design
  • Chapter 7 Foundations of Control
  • Chapter 8 Operations and Value Chain Management
  • Part 3 Leadership and Managing Change
  • Chapter 9 Human Resource Management
  • Chapter 10 Motivating and Rewarding Employees
  • Chapter 11 Leadership and Trust
  • Chapter 12 Understanding Work Teams
  • Chapter 13 Managing Change and Innovation
  • Notes
  • Name/Organization Index
  • Subject Index
  • Photo Credits