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Management : an introduction / David Boddy.

By: Boddy, David.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Harlow : Prentice Hall, 2002Edition: 2nd ed.Description: xxiv, 598 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. + pbk.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0273655183; 9780273655183.Subject(s): Management | Business and Management | Management & management techniquesDDC classification: 658 | 658 BOD
Contents:
Part 1: An introduction to management -- Managing in organisations -- Models of management -- Part 2: The environment of management -- The business environment -- The international context of management -- Corporate social responsibility -- Part 3: Planning -- Planning and strategy -- Managing marketing -- Part 4: Organising -- Organisation structure and culture -- Human resource management -- The developing organisation -- Managing change -- Part 5: Leading -- Influence and power -- Motivation -- Communication -- Teams -- Part 6: Controlling the business -- Finance and budgetary control -- Managing operations and quality -- Managing information systems.
Summary: This introductory management text includes extensive case studies showing how theory is put into practice in the business world, and also contains end-of-chapter exercises to reinforce learning.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This comprehensive and well-respected text acknowledges management as a widespread human activity, exercised by people at all levels and in all types of organisations. It combines rigour with a highly accessible presentation, integrating general and functional perspectives within a clear framework of management. The second edition has been revised and updated to incorporate the latest research. Key features: * Expands and integrates material on globalisation, environmental issues, the Internet and other 'new economy' developments such as dotcoms and call centres, making it completely up-to-date in its coverage of modern technology. * Reflects the wider interest in public sector management and the management of not-for-profit organisations such as charities and voluntary organisations. * Integrates general and functional aspects of management around a single framework of 'content-process-control', which is introduced in Chapter 1. * Recognises the more critical perspectives towards management and organisational activities, encouraging students to engage in critical analysis. * Many case studies are new and all others have been fully updated. Drawn from European, US and Japanese exam

Previous ed.: Prentice Hall Europe, 1998.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 564-575) and index.

Part 1: An introduction to management -- Managing in organisations -- Models of management -- Part 2: The environment of management -- The business environment -- The international context of management -- Corporate social responsibility -- Part 3: Planning -- Planning and strategy -- Managing marketing -- Part 4: Organising -- Organisation structure and culture -- Human resource management -- The developing organisation -- Managing change -- Part 5: Leading -- Influence and power -- Motivation -- Communication -- Teams -- Part 6: Controlling the business -- Finance and budgetary control -- Managing operations and quality -- Managing information systems.

This introductory management text includes extensive case studies showing how theory is put into practice in the business world, and also contains end-of-chapter exercises to reinforce learning.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Part 1 An Introduction to Management
  • Part case - The Body Shop
  • 1 Managing in organisations - Chem-Tec
  • 2 Evolution of ideas on management - Robert Owen
  • Part 2 The Environment of Management
  • Part case - BP Amoco
  • 3 Analysing the business environment - PowerGen
  • 4 The international dimension of management - Lufthansa
  • 5 Corporate social responsibility - Ford Pinto
  • Part 3 Planning
  • Part case - The Virgin Group
  • 6 Corporate strategy - Scottish Homes
  • 7 Marketing and competitive positioning - The Millenium Dome
  • Part 4 Organizing
  • Part case - Royal Bank of Scotland
  • 8 Organization structure and culture - ABB
  • 9 Human resource management - BMW
  • 10 The developing organization - Oticon
  • 11 Managing change - The environment agency
  • Part 5 Leading
  • Part case - W.L.Gore and Associates
  • 12 Influence and power - Digital Europe
  • 13 Motivation - The Benefits Agency
  • 14 Communication - Ebank
  • 15 Teams - Quintiles
  • Part 6 Controlling
  • Part case - Kwik-Fit
  • 16 Finance and budgetary control - Siemens
  • 17 Managing operations and quality - Benetton
  • 18 Managing information systems - Boeing