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One of the most important human activities is managing. Ever since people began forming groups to accomplish aims, which they could not achieve as individuals, managing has become essential to ensure the coordination of individual efforts.
Management Science, Theory, and Practice
Management is the process of designing and maintaining an enviroment for efficiently accomplishing selected aims.
Management and Society: The External Environment
Everytime managers plan, they take into account the needs and desires of members of society outside the organization.
Global, Comparative, and Quality Management
International business, are particulary affected by the educational, sociocultural-ethical, political-legal and economic environments of the countries.
Essentials of Planning and Managing by Objectives
A comprehensive managerial system that integrates many key managerial activities in a systematic manner.
Strategies, Policies, and Planning Premises
Planning is done in an environment of uncertainty. Therefore, people make assumptions or forecast about the anticipated environment
Decision Making
Decision Making is defined as the selection of a course of action from among alternatives; it is at the core of planning.
The Nature of Organizing, Entrepreneuring and Reenginreering
There can be no doubt that good people and those who want to cooperate will work together most effectively if they know the parts they are to play in any team operation and the way their roles relate to one another.
Organization Structure: Departmentation
The limitation on the number of subordinates that can be directly managed would restrict the size of enterprises if it were not for the device of departmentation.
Line/Staff Authority, Empowerment, and Decentralization
What kind of authority is found in an organization structure?The question has to do with the nature of authority relationships- the problem of line and staff.
Effective Organizing and Organization Culture
Organizing involves developing an intentional structure of roles for effective performance. It requires a network of decision and communication centers for coordinating efforts toward group and Enterprise goals.
Human Resource Management and Selection
Few executives would argue with the fact that talented people are vital for the effective operation of a company.
Managing Change through Manager and Organization Development
Excellent executives look to the future and prepare for it . One important way to do this is to develop and train managers so that they are able to cope with new demands, new problems, and new challenges.
Human Factor and Motivation
It is true that the most effective manager will almost certainly be an effective leader and that leading is an essential function of managers.
Leadership
The essence of leadership is followership. The willingness of people to follow that makes a person a leader.
Committees, Teams, and Group Decision Making
It is this characteristic of group that sets the committee and team apart from other organizational devices, although, not all committees involve group decision making.
Communication
Although communication applies to all phases of managing, it is particularly in the function of leading.
Performance Appraisal and Career Strategy
Managerial appraisal is the basis for determining who is promotable to a higher position.
The System and Process of Controlling
The managerial function of controlling is the measurement and correction of performance in order to make sure that enterprise objectives and the plans devised to attain them are being accomplished.
Control Techniques and Information Technology
The fundamental truth that the task of controls is to make plans succeed, naturally, in doing so, controls must reflect plans, and planning must precede control.
Productivity, Operations Management, and Total Quality Management
Productivity is one of the major concerns of managers in the 21st century. This is a concern in many parts of the world..
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