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Management, 8/E
Stephen P. Robbins, San Diego State University
Mary Coulter, Missouri State University

ISBN-10: 0131439944
ISBN-13: 9780131439948

Publisher: Prentice Hall
Copyright: 2005
Format: Cloth; 640 pp
Published: 01/14/2004

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For courses in Principles of Management or Introduction to Management.

Robbins and Coulter's best-selling text demonstrates the real-world applications of management concepts and makes management come alive by bringing real managers and students together. As it successfully integrates the various functions of management, the book establishes a dialogue with managers from a variety of fields.

Features

Emphasis on Real Managers—This is not a book that just describes management theories. In addition to including explanatory examples (which most other textbooks do), we go out and talk with real managers. Then we bring their experiences to our readers. No other textbook has so successfully blended management theory with management practice. In each chapter we have three different Real Manager's Features: Manager's Dilemma; Each chapter opens with a dilemma that a real-life manager faced and ends with the statement “What Would You Do?” Managers Respond; Features real, practicing managers from a variety of organizations and provides a short discussion of what they'd do if they were faced with the dilemma described at the beginning of the chapter. Managers Speak Out; Interviews real managers that ask them a broad range of questions.
- Provides students an opportunity for participation and active learning.

Entrepreneurship Modules—The unique issues of entrepreneurship and managing entrepreneurial ventures are highlighted in five part-ending sections.

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Are you looking for a quick reference to help you prepare your media supplements for lecture? Here is your answer... A.I.M.E. (Annotated Instructor's Media Edition)—A Chapter by Chapter integration of all media supplements specifically for Robbins/Coulter Management 8/e. All video, and R.O.L.L.S. web modules are highlighted for instructors in one easy to use reference for every chapter. This is a HUGE time saver and a perfect organizational tool for class prep.

NEW - Expanded R.O.L.L.S. (Robbins On Line Learning System) web modules. Innovative, integrated, interactive . . . A learning package for today's management student! Integration of the text with technology. Color-coded chapter callouts link the text material to material on Robbins Online Learning System (R.O.L.L.S.) Web site (www.prenhall.com/onekey), which now features six elements:
- Self-Assessment Library-Help students create a portfolio of skills. The Self-Assessment Library is a self-contained, interactive library of 49 behavioral questionnaires that help students discover things about themselves, their attitudes, and their personal strengths and weaknesses.
- PRISM (Practical Interactive Skills Modules) Show students how to manage! This module consists of 12 interactive decision-tree style skills exercises that provide students with an opportunity to try out different management skills and to learn why certain approaches are better than others.
- Passport makes globalization come alive for students! Passport, our interactive multi-media approach, does that by teaching students about the globalization challenges that managers face. Passport consists of two different global case scenarios at the end of Parts Two, Three, Four, Five, and Six, and nine different country profiles.
- Putting Ethics into Action-Help students understand the ethical challenges they'll face as managers! In these interactive exercises, students are put in the role of a manager making decisions about current ethical issues on R.O.L.L.S.
- Diversity in Action-Managing a changing workforce. These interactive exercises put students in the role of a manager making decisions related to age, gender, or ethnic diversity.

NEW - Expanded Video package. Not only are these videos tied to the most pertinent topics in management today highlighting cutting-edge companies, not-for-profits, and entrepreneurial enterprises but they also include footage from top news sources such as ABC News, CNBC, CNN, NBC, and PBS! Our goal is to provide you with new video segments annually that highlight relevant issues in the news illustrating how people lead, manage, and work effectively. See supplements section for more specific information.

NEW - Integrative Topics.
- These topics are globalization, ethics, diversity, customer service, and innovation. Other than customer service (which, we're sure you'll agree, is critical to an organization's success but which is a topic not covered by other basic management texts), these topics are not new to management textbooks. We think our integrative approach helps students better understand how these issues permeate the management process.

NEW - Cutting-edge topics—e.g. Customer service management, innovative cultures, ethical leadership, social impact management, strategic “rule of three”, managing Internet gripe sites, online leadership, communities of practice and moral leadership.
- Provides students with the latest material on relevant topics.

NEW - Becoming a Manager boxes.
- To reinforce our already strong applications orientation, we have added a new, boxed theme in every chapter that provides suggestions for students on activities and actions they can do right now to help them in preparing to become a manager.

Table of Contents

I. INTRODUCTION.

1. Introduction to Management and Organizations.

2. Management Yesterday and Today.

II. DEFINING THE MANAGER'S TERRAIN.

3. Organizational Culture and Environment: The Constraints.

4. Managing in a Global Environment.

5. Social Responsibility and Managerial Ethics.

III. PLANNING.

6. Decision-Making: The Essence of the Manager's Job.

7. Foundations of Planning.

8. Strategic Management.

9. Planning Tools and Techniques.

IV. ORGANIZING.

10. Organizational Structure and Design.

11. Communication and Information Technology.

12. Human Resource Management.

13. Managing Change and Innovation.

V. LEADING.

14. Foundations of Behavior.

15. Understanding Groups and Teams.

16. Motivating Employees.

17. Leadership.

VI. CONTROLLING.

18. Foundations of Control.

19. Operations and Value Chain Management.

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