MGMT3,
3rd Edition

Part 1: Introduction to Management
1. Management
2. History of management
3. Organisational environments and cultures
4. Ethics and social responsibility

Part 2: Planning
5. Planning and decision making
6. Organisational strategy
7. Innovation and change
8. Global management

Part 3: Organising
9. Designing adaptive organisations
10. Managing teams
11. Managing people: human resource management

Part 4: Leading
12. Motivation
13. Leadership
14. Managing communication

Part 5: Controlling
15. Control
16. Managing information
17. Managing service and manufacturing operations

• Chuck Williams

  Dr. Chuck Williams is a Professor of Management in the Andre B. Lacy School of Business, formerly known as the College of Business, at Butler University. Dr. Williams previously served as Dean of the College of Business at Butler University, Dean of Eberhardt School of Business at the University of the Pacific, and Associate Professor of Management at the M.J. Neeley School of Business at Texas Christian University. Dr. Williams has also served as Associate Dean and Chair of Management and has taught at Michigan State University and Oklahoma State University. Dr. Williams received his BA in psychology from Valparaiso University. He specialized in organizational behavior, human resources, and strategic management while earning his MBA and PhD in business administration from Michigan State University. His research interests include employee recruitment and turnover, performance appraisal, and employee training and goal setting. Dr. Williams has published research in the Journal of Applied Psychology, the Academy of Management, Human Resource Management Review, Personnel Psychology, and the Organizational Research Methods Journal. He was a member of the Journal of Management’s editorial board and currently serves as a reviewer for numerous other academic journals. He was also webmaster for the Research Methods Division of the Academy of Management.

• Alan McWilliams

  Alan McWilliams is a Lecturer in the College of Business at Victoria University, where he teaches the first-year Management course. In academia since 1990, Alan previously worked in various management and HR roles in hospitality and within the Tasmanian State Public Service. Alan’s research interests include team-based organisations, employee relations management and management issues within the hospitality and events industries. Alan has published in numerous refereed journals and has presented at a variety of discipline-related conferences. Alan is currently undertaking his PhD at Monash University. His teaching awards include Carrick Australia Award for University Teaching 2007: Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning; Vice Chancellors citation for outstanding contribution to student learning 2006 and a Vice Chancellors Award for programs which enhance the student experience 2006.

• Rob Lawrence

  Rob Lawrence has many years of senior management experience with Federal and State public services, working as a Project Manager, Ministerial Adviser and speechwriter for Commonwealth and Victorian governments. He also worked for three years as Manager, Learning and Development, for the Australian Public Service Commission. Rob has a BA in Economics, adult training certification, and post-graduate qualifications in Management. His teaching experience includes lecturing in a range of management subjects at Monash and RMIT universities. In recent years Rob has focused on teaching first-year Management at Victoria University. He teaches locally and overseas, mainly in China.

• NEW Addition of a concept summary page at the end of every part to link the learning objectives with Management graduate attributes

• NEW Graduate Attributes (GAs) such as critical thinking, social responsibility, communication, analysis, judgement are integrated in the text

• New contributing author

• NEW Concept summary and consolidation at the end of each part shows the learner what they have covered in each preceding section, assisting them to check their progress and attainment of learning goals

• Learning outcomes- signpost and reiterate the chapter’s key knowledge by listing learning specific objectives above the sections of text that ‘answer’ them.

• ‘Listen up’ and ‘Apply this’ icons to remind students to check their online support materials; specifically, audio summaries, online case studies, interactive quizzes, games and videos

• Tear-out cards for quick on-the-go overview of learning outcomes and key terms

• A variety of boxed features provide learners with extra information, interesting facts, analysis of current trends, and more. These include ‘MGMT in practice’; ‘MGMT fact’;‘Smart MGMT’; ‘Workplace & community’; and ‘MGMT trend’

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