Management: The New Workplace

Marcic, Dorothy; Daft, Richard L.

ISBN 10: 0538469277 ISBN 13: 9780538469272

Publisher: Cengage Learning, 1980

Synopsis

Equip yourself for management success with this engaging survey of modern management practice. The market-leading "Management: The New Workplace, 7E, International Edition" seamlessly integrates classic management principles with the latest management ideas to highlight today's best management practices. Acclaimed authors Richard Daft and Dorothy Marcic cover management and entrepreneurial issues within small- to mid-size companies - the types of businesses where you will most likely begin your career. Many examples focus on the constantly-evolving entertainment industry. This edition helps you establish and build upon strong, practical management skills with engaging examples and numerous skill-building and application exercises in every chapter. You gain a deeper understanding of management today as you take a close look at how change demands innovation and how innovation requires forward-thinking, flexible leaders and organizations. No matter what your background or area of focus, "Management: The New Workplace, 7E, International Edition" clearly shows you how to seize business opportunities and lead change.

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About the Author

Danny A. Samson, B.E., Ph.D., is Professor of Management and was Head of the Department of Management at the University of Melbourne, where he has also been Associate Dean (Development) of the Faculty of Economics and Commerce and Director of the Foundation for Sustainable Economic Development and the Centre for Manufacturing Management. Professor Samson has been a member of a number of boards of directors, committees and industry bodies, including appointments as a member of the TAC Board, Australian Manufacturing Council and the Commonwealth Government Industry Task Force on Leadership and Management (Karpin committee). He has written eight books in the fields of decision analysis, manufacturing and production strategy, strategy, e-business and technology management. He has won research and best paper awards from leading journals, as well as teaching excellence awards, and has been Associate Editor of various management journals, such as the Journal of Operations Management. His principal research interests are in the strategic competitiveness of organisations and in the effective use of operations systems towards achieving that competitiveness. He has won numerous competitive research grants and published in a variety of journals that reflect the breadth of his research interests, including the Academy of Management Executive, Journal of the Operational Research Society, European Journal of Operational Research, Journal of Risk and Insurance, Journal of Business Research, International Journal of Management Science, ASTIN Bulletin, Journal of Operations Management, Interfaces, Decision Sciences Journal, International Journal of Technology Management, Australian Accounting Review, Decision Support Systems and the International Journal of Production and Operations Management.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Publication date: 1980
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0538469277
• ISBN 13: 9780538469272
• Binding: Misc. Supplies
• Number of pages: 688