This streamlined text covers the principle concepts of management to provide students with a solid foundation for understanding key issues. Organized around the four traditional functions of management—planning, organizing, leading, and controlling, it reflects current trends in management and organizations, and presents the latest research studies in the field.

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• Chapter-end Internet exercises.

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I. INTRODUCTION.

II. PLANNING.

III. ORGANIZING.

IV. LEADING.

V. CONTROLLING.

Principles of Management  [CORE TEXTS]   (Management)

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eHRM: An Internet Guide to Human Resource Management
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©2001   |   Prentice Hall   |   Paper; 49 pp   |   Instock
ISBN-10: 0130912832   |   ISBN-13: 9780130912831
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