This brief paperback text gives students more depth and breadth of practical tools to practice their management skills than any other textbook. This edition continues its fresh approach to management coverage through current and relevant examples, updated theory, and a new pedagogically sound design.
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Introduction to Management and Organizations; Environmental Constraints on Managers; Planning and strategic Management; Decision Making; Organizational Structure and Design; Operations Management; Human Resources Management; Leadership; Motivating Employees; Understanding Groups and Teams; Foundations of Control; Managing Innovation and Change
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This text is appropriate for one-semester Introduction to Management courses at both 4-year and 2-year institutions.
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STEPHEN P. ROBBINS received his Ph.D. from the University of Arizona. He previously worked for the Shell Oil Company and Reynolds Metals Company and has taught at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, Concordia University in Montreal, the University of Baltimore, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, and San Diego State University. He is currently professor emeritus in management at San Diego State.
Dr. Robbins’s research interests have focused on conflict, power, and politics in organizations, behavioural decision making, and the development of effective interpersonal skills. His articles on these and other topics have appeared in such journals as Business Horizons, the California Management Review, Business and Economic Perspectives, International Management, Management Review, Canadian Personnel, Industrial Relations, and The Journal of Management Education.
Dr. Robbins is the world’s best-selling textbook author in the areas of management and organizational behaviour. His books have sold more than 5 million copies and have been translated into 20 languages. His books are currently used at more than 1500 U.S. colleges and universities, as well as hundreds of schools throughout Canada, Latin
America, Australia, New Zealand, Asia, and Europe.
DAVID A. DECENZO (Ph.D., West Virginia University) is president of Coastal Carolina University in Conway, South Carolina. In his capacity as president, Dr. DeCenzo is responsible for the overall vision and leadership of the university. He has been at Coastal since 2002, when he took over leadership of the E. Craig Wall Sr. College of Business. Since then, the college established an economics major and developed an MBA program. During that period, student enrollment and faculty positions nearly doubled. The college also established significant internship opportunities locally, nationally, and internationally in major Fortune 100 companies. As provost, Dr. DeCenzo worked with faculty leadership to pass a revised general education core curriculum as well as institute a minimum salary level for the university’s faculty members. Before joining the Coastal faculty in 2002, he served as director of partnership development in the College of Business and Economics at Towson University in Maryland. He is an experienced industry consultant, corporate trainer, and public speaker. Dr. DeCenzo is the author of numerous textbooks that are used widely at colleges and universities throughout the United States and the world.
MARY COULTER (Ph.D., University of Arkansas) held different jobs, including high school teacher, legal assistant, and city government program planner, before completing her graduate work. She has taught at Drury University, the University of Arkansas, Trinity University, and Missouri State University. She is currently professor emeritus of management at Missouri State University. Dr. Coulter’s research interests were focused on competitive strategies for not-for-profit arts organizations and the use of new media in the educational process. Her research on these and other topics has appeared in such journals as International Journal of Business Disciplines, Journal of Business Strategies, Journal of Business Research, Journal of Nonprofit and Public Sector Marketing, and Case Research Journal. In additional to Fundamentals of Management, Dr. Coulter has published other books with Prentice Hall including Management (with Stephen P. Robbins), Strategic
Management in Action, and Entrepreneurship in Action.
IAN ANDERSON received his Master’s of Business Administration in Innovation Leadership from the University of Fredericton. Before commencing his college teaching career, he was the director of human resources for a large Ottawa-based IT company. Ian is also a human resources and management consultant with Association Management, Consulting & Educational Services (AMCES), is a certified Change Management Professional, and has been actively consulting for more than 25 years. At Algonquin College, Ian is a professor in management, leadership, and human resources, and coaches students in business case and college marketing competitions.
