Fundamentals of management

Robbins, Stephen P., 1943- (Added Author).

Summary: This brief paperback text gives students more depth and breadth of practical tools to practice their management skills than any other textbook. This edition continues its fresh approach to management coverage through current and relevant examples, updated theory, and a new pedagogically sound design.

Record details

ISBN: 9780132606929
Physical Description: print
xvii, 431 pages : color, illustration ; 28 cm.
Edition: 7th Canadian edition
Publisher: Toronto : Pearson, c2014.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Defining the manager's terrain: Introduction to management and organizations: Who are managers?; What is management and what do managers do?; What is an organization?; Why study management?; Small and medium-sized enterprises and organizations; What is a small and medium-sized enterprise?; What is a small and medium-sized organization?; SMEs and SMOs in Canada - Key characteristics -- Environmental constraints on managers: The manager: How much control?; The external environment; Understanding the global environment; Doing business globally; How the environment affects managers -- Planning: Planning and strategic management: What is planning?; How do managers plan?; Organizational strategy: Choosing a niche; Types of organizational strategies -- Decision making: The decision-making process; The manager as decision maker; Ethics, corporate social responsibility, and decision making -- Organizing: Organizational structure and design: Defining organizational structure; Organizational design decisions; Common organizational designs -- Communication and information technology: Understanding communication; Interpersonal communication; Organizational communication; Understanding informational technology -- Human resource management: The human resource management process; Human resource requirements; Staffing the organization; Orientation and training; Performance management; Total rewards; Employee relations -- Leading: Managers vs. leaders; Early leadership theories; Contingency theories of leadership; Leading change; Current issues in leadership -- Motivating employees: What is motivation?; Early theories of motivation; Contemporary theories of motivation; Current issues in motivation; From theory to practice: Suggestions for motivating employees -- Understanding groups and teams: Turning individuals into team players; Turning groups into effective teams; Current challenges in managing teams -- Controlling: Foundations of control: What is control?; The control process; When to introduce control; Methods of control; Methods of control; Financial and information controls; Current issues in control -- Managing change: Forces for change; Two views of the change process; Managing change; Common approaches to organizational change; Current issues in managing change -- Glossary -- Subject index -- Name/Organizational index -- List of Canadian companies, by province -- List of international companies, by country.