Management: A Global Perspective (MCGRAW HILL SERIES IN MANAGEMENT) - Hardcover

Weihrich, Heinz; Koontz, Harold

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0070691703 ISBN 13: 9780070691704

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education, 1992

Synopsis

A revision of one of the classic management textbooks, the Tenth Edition features a new pronounced emphasis on global management. The research and examples have been thoroughly updated to reflect he most current developments in the field. MANAGEMENT continues to offer a five-functions approach, an integrative systems model, and a wealth of provocative cases, including a new part-ending case on the global automotive industry.

About this title

Synopsis:

The tenth edition of this classic management textbook features a new pronounced emphasis on global management. Equal attention is paid to the new Europe and the Pacific Rim as to the United States, and chapter cases are both domestic and international. Each of the six new Part Closings has a new "International Focus" section and a new "Global Car Industry Case". Part closings 2 to 6 compare each of the 5 management functions in Japan, the USA and the People's Republic of China. New topics include: Korean managerial practices, Porters Competitive Advantage of Nations, the new Europe, organizing for quality service in Europe, the US and Japan, maquiladoras companies in Mexico, implications of Europe 1992, importance of quality and continuous improvement for gaining the competitive edge, disillusioned middle managers, decision support systems, entrepreneuring and intrapreneuring, organization cultures, strategic career management, role of microcomputers, telecommuting and computer networks, productivity of knowledge workers, CAD/CAM/MAP, and comparisons of differences in various countries in workweek, CEO's, and leadership.

The research examples have been thoroughly updated to reflect the most current developments in the field. Management continues to offer a five-functions approach, an integrative systems model, and a wealth of provocative cases. Also available are an instructor's manual (0-07-069171-1); a study guide (0-07-069174-6); a test bank (0-07-069172-x); computerized test bank IBM 5.25" (0-07-832496-3) and 3.5" (0-07-833950-2); video series - VHS video cassette and guide (0-07-911518-7); and overhead transparencies (0-07-074547-1).

About the Author:

Professor of Global Management and Behavioural Science at the University of San Francisco. He received his doctorate from the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA) and an honorary doctorate from San Martin de Porres University in Lima, Peru. He was a visiting scholar at the University of California in Berkeley and Harvard Business School. Dr. Weihrich has taught at Arizona State University, at UCLA, and in various places such as Austria, China, Egypt, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Jamaica, Kuwait, Malaysia, Mexico, Singapore, Switzerland, Taiwan, and Thailand. He is also a faculty member and visiting professor at the Graduate School of Business in Zurich, Switzerland, at the China Europe International Business School (CEIBS) in Shanghai, and at Peking University in Beijing.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0070691703
• ISBN 13: 9780070691704
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 744