Essentials of Contemporary Management (Global Ed) - Softcover

Jones, Gareth; George, Jennifer

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9814575127 ISBN 13: 9789814575126

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education / Asia, 2014

Synopsis

This Global Edition has been adapted to meet the needs of courses outside the United States. Essentials of Contemporary Management is the concise edition of Contemporary Management. Jones and George are dedicated to the challenge of “Making It Real” for students. The authors present management in a way that keeps it relevant to students even if they lack exposure to a “real-life” management context. The authors accomplish this through a diverse set of examples and the most popular feature of the text, “Manager as a Person” in Chapter 2. This chapter discusses managers as real people with their own personalities, strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and problems. This theme is carried throughout the remaining chapters. Discussions take place regarding the importance of Management Competencies--the specific set of skills, abilities, and experiences that gives one manager the ability to perform at a higher level than another in a specific context. The themes of diversity, ethics, globalization, and information technology are integrated throughout.

About this title

About the Author:

Gareth Jones received a B.A. in economics psychology and a Ph.D. in management from the University of Lancaster, United Kingdom. He currently is a professor of management in the Lowry Mays College and Graduate School of Business at Texas A&M University. Dr. Jones pursues research interests in strategic management and organizational theory and is well-known for his research that applies transaction cost analysis to explain many forms of strategic and organizational behavior. He also studies the complex and changing relationships between competitive advantage and information technology in the 2010s. He has published many articles in leading journals and his research has appeared in the Academy of Management Review, the Journal of International Business Studies, and Human Relations. His books are widely recognized for their innovative, contemporary content and for the clarity with which they communicate complex, real-world issues to students.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education / Asia
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 9814575127
• ISBN 13: 9789814575126
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 6
• Number of pages: 550