Our Feature Presentation: Strategy - Softcover

Champoux, Joseph E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0324316925 ISBN 13: 9780324316926

Publisher: South-Western, 2005

Synopsis

Don't just read about management strategy; watch it happen before your eyes! OUR FEATURE PRESENTATION: STRATEGY combines a workbook with film clips on CD and Video to walk you through management strategy by showing key management moments in popular films. And when the film is over, class time is still fast-paced. Special debate topics, included with the textbook, lead you and your classmates through a lively discussion about management and what it might mean to you in the future.

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Review

PART 1. FILM AS A LEARNING RESOURCE PART 2. FILM SCENES FOR LEARNING MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES, THEORIES, AND CONCEPTS 1. Introduction to Management and Organizations, 8 Mile 2. Organizational Environments, Blue Crush 3. Organizational Culture, Backdraft 4. Ethics and Social Responsibility, Emperor?s Club 5. Managing Information, Lorenzo?s Oil 6. Decision Making, Dr. Seuss? How the Grinch Stole Christmas 7. Control, Scent of a Woman 8. Global Management, Mr. Baseball 9. Organizational Strategy and Planning, The Bourne Identity 10. Innovation and Change, Apollo 13 (I) 11. Organizational Design, The Paper 12. Managing Individuals, The Breakfast Club 13. Workforce Diversity, Babe 14. Managing Teams, Apollo 13 (II) 15. Human Resource Management, Bowfinger 16. Operations Management, Casino 17. Motivation, For Love of the Game 18. Leadership and Management, U-571 19. Communication, Patch Adams 20. Future Directions of Management, Back to the Future

About the Author

Joseph E. Champoux is a Regents' Professor of Management at the Robert O. Anderson Schools of Management of The University of New Mexico, USA. Champoux earned a B.S. and M.S. at San Diego State University and a Ph.D. in Administration at the University of California, Irvine. Champoux has taught in France, The Netherlands, Austria, Mexico and Brazil. Champoux has published 29 articles in journals such as Decision Sciences, Academy of Management Journal, Human Relations, Administrative Science Quarterly, Journal of Management Education, Journal of Management Inquiry, Personnel Psychology, and the Journal of Organizational Behavior. He has authored or co-authored 10 book chapters and 22 print or electronic books. His current research activities focus on film as a teaching resource. He is examining various film genre for scenes that show organizational behavior and management concepts. Champoux continues to develop film-based teaching materials, including on-line film scenes.

Edition details

• Publisher: South-Western
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0324316925
• ISBN 13: 9780324316926
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 400