Synopses & Reviews
Jones and George are dedicated to the challenge of "Making It Real" for students. As a team, they are uniquely qualified to write about the organizational challenges facing today's managers. No other author team in the management discipline matches their combined research and text-writing experience. Essentials of Management concisely surveys current management theories and research. Through a variety of real world examples from small, medium, and large companies the reader learns how those ideas are used by practicing managers. The organization of this text follows the mainstream functional approach of planning, organizing, leading, and controlling; but the content is flexible and encourages instructors to use the organization they are most comfortable with. The themes of diversity, ethics, and information technology are clearly evident through in-text examples, photographs, "unboxed" stories, and the end-of-chapter material – all areas of importance that truly serve to bring to life the workplace realities that today's student will encounter in the course of a career.
About the Author
Gareth Jones, Texas A & M UniversityGareth Jones is a professor in the management department of the College of Business Administration and the Graduate School of Business and Texas A&M University. He is co-author on three other major textbooks, including one on organizational behavior (accolades he shares with CONTEMPORARY MANAGEMENT co-author and wife, Jennifer George), one on organizational theory, and a one on strategic management. Jones received his BA & PhD from University of Lancaster, UK. He has taught at University Warwick, Michigan State University, and University of Illinois/ Urbana-ChampaignJennifer George is a well-published professor as is now the Mary Gibbs Jones Professor of Management in the Jesse H. Jones GraduateSchool of Business at Rice University. She is co-author of the aforementioned organizational behavior book. She received her BA from Wesleyan University and her MBA & PhD from New York University.
Table of Contents
Part One: MANAGEMENTChapter 1: The Management ProcessAppendix: History of Management ThoughtChapter 2: Who Are Managers and Entrepreneurs?Appendix: Career DevelopmentPart Two: THE ENVIRONMENT OF MANAGEMENTChapter 3: Managing Ethics and DiversityChapter 4: Managing in a Global EnvironmentPart 3: MANAGING PLANNING AND DECISION MAKINGChapter 5: Decision Making, Learning, Creativity, and InnovationChapter 6: Planning, Strategy, and ChangePart Four: ORGANIZINGChapter 7: Organizing: Designing Organizational Structure Chapter 8: Organizing: Control and CultureAppendix: Managing Organizational ChangePart Five: LEADING INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPSChapter 9: MotivationChapter 10: Leadership and ManagementChapter 11: Effective Team ManagementChapter 12: Effective Management of Human ResourcesPart Six: CONTROLLING ESSENTIAL OPERATIONS AND PROCESSESChapter 13: Communication and Information Technology ManagementChapter 14: Operations Management: Managing Vital Operations and Processes