Management » (3rd Edition)

Angelo Kinicki is a professor of management at Arizona State University. He received the Instructor of the Year Award for executive Education from the center for executive development in the college of business administration at ASU.

Overview: Blending scholarship and imaginative writing, ASU business professor Kinicki (of Kreitner/Kinicki Organizational Behavior 9e) and writer Williams (of Williams/Sawyer Using Information Technology 7e and other college texts) have created a highly readable introductory management text with a truly unique student-centered layout that has been well received by today’s visually oriented students. The authors present all basic management concepts and principles in “bite-size” chunks, 2- to 6-page sections, to optimize student learning and also emphasize the practicality of the subject matter. In addition, instructor and students are given supported by a wealth of classroom-tested resources.

PART 1. INTRODUCTION1. The Exceptional Manager: What You Do, How You Do It 2. Management Theory: Essential Background for the Successful ManagerPART 2. THE ENVIRONMENT OF MANAGEMENT3. The Manager’s Changing Work Environment & Ethical Responsibilities4. Global Management: Managing Across BordersPART 3. PLANNING 5. Planning: The Foundation of Successful Management6. Strategic Management: How Star Managers Realize a Grand Design 7. Individual & Group Decision Making: How Managers Make Things HappenPART 4. ORGANIZING8. Organizational Culture, Structure, & Design: Building Blocks of the Organization9. Human Resource Management: Getting the Right People for Managerial Success10. Organizational Change & Innovation: Lifelong Challenges for the Exceptional ManagerPART 5. LEADING11. Managing Individual Differences & Behavior: Supervising People as People 12. Motivating Employees: Achieving Superior Performance in the Workplace 13. Groups & Teams: Increasing Cooperation, Reducing Conflict 14. Power, Influence, & Leadership: From Becoming a Manager to Becoming a Leader 15. Interpersonal & Organizational Communication: Mastering the Exchange of InformationPART 6. CONTROL16. Control: Techniques for Enhancing Organizational EffectivenessEpilogue: The Future of Management and the Keys to Your Managerial SuccessAppendix: The Project Planner’s Toolkit: Flowcharts, Gantt Charts, & Break-Even Analysis