AE Management,
13th Edition

PART 1: INTRODUCTION TO MANAGEMENT.
1. The World of Innovative Management.
2. The Evolution of Management Thinking.
PART 2: THE ENVIRONMENT OF MANAGEMENT.
3. The Environment and Corporate Culture.
4. Managing in a Global Environment.
5. Managing Ethics and Social Responsibility.
6. Managing Start-Ups and New Ventures.
PART 3: PLANNING.
7. Planning and Goal Setting.
8. Strategy Formulation and Execution.
9. Managerial Decision Making.
PART 4: ORGANIZING.
10. Designing Organization Structure.
11. Managing Change and Innovation.
12. Managing Human Talent.
13. Managing Diversity.
PART 5: LEADING.
14. Understanding Individual Behavior.
15. Leadership.
16. Motivating Employees.
17. Managing Communication.
18. Leading Teams.
PART 6: CONTROLLING.
19. Managing Quality and Performance.
Appendix: Managing the Value Chain.
Glossary.
Name Index.
Company Index.
Subject Index.

• Richard L. Daft

  Richard L. Daft, Ph.D., is the Brownlee O. Currey, Jr., Professor of Management in the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University. Dr. Daft specializes in the study of organization theory and leadership and is a fellow of the Academy of Management. He has served on the editorial boards of the Academy of Management Journal, Administrative Science Quarterly and Journal of Management Education. He has been the associate editor-in-chief of Organization Science and served for three years as associate editor of Administrative Science Quarterly. Dr. Daft has authored or co-authored 14 books and written dozens of scholarly articles, papers and chapters in academic books. A noted expert in organization behavior and organization design, Dr. Daft is one of today's most highly cited academics in the fields of economics and business.

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