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Contemporary Management Gareth Jones

Contemporary Management By Gareth Jones

Contemporary Management by Gareth Jones

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Summary

Surveys the theoretical underpinnings of modern management thought and research. Through a variety of examples from small, medium, and large companies, this book shows the reader how those ideas are used by practicing managers. It discusses managers as real people with their own personalities, strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and problems.

Contemporary Management Summary

Contemporary Management by Gareth Jones

Contemporary Management by Jones and George distinguishes itself through its authorship, comprehensive, current contents, rich and relevant examples and applications and experiential exercises provided in every single chapter. The cutting-edge 5th Edition continues to redefine what principles of management texts should look, sound, and feel like. As an author team Gareth Jones and Jennifer George are uniquely qualified to write about both the strategic and organizational challenges managers face. Contemporary Management is a comprehensive text that surveys the theoretical underpinnings of modern management thought and research. Through a variety of examples from small, medium, and large companies it shows the reader how those ideas are used by practicing managers. A hallmark of this text is its focus on the Manager as a Person, which discusses managers as real people with their own personalities, strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and problems.

About Gareth Jones

Gareth Jones received a B.A. in economics psychology and a Ph.D. in management from the University of Lancaster, United Kingdom. He currently is a professor of management in the Lowry Mays College and Graduate School of Business at Texas A&M University. Dr. Jones pursues research interests in strategic management and organizational theory and is well-known for his research that applies transaction cost analysis to explain many forms of strategic and organizational behavior. He also studies the complex and changing relationships between competitive advantage and information technology in the 2010s. He has published many articles in leading journals and his research has appeared in the Academy of Management Review, the Journal of International Business Studies, and Human Relations. His books are widely recognized for their innovative, contemporary content and for the clarity with which they communicate complex, real-world issues to students. Jennifer George received a B.A. in psychology and sociology from Wesleyan University, an M.B.A. in finance from New York University, and a Ph.D. in management and organizational behavior from New York University. She is professor of management in the Lowry Mays College and Graduate School of Business at Texas A&M University and also the Mary Gibbs Jones Professor of Management and Professor of Psychology in the Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business at Rice University. Dr. George specializes in organizational behavior and is well known for her research on mood and emotion in the workplace, their determinants, and their effects on various individual and group-level work outcomes. She is a fellow in the Academy of Management, the American Psychological Association, the Association for Psychological Science, and the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology and is a member of the Society for Organizational Behavior.

Table of Contents

Part One: Management1Managers and Managing2 The Evolution of Management Thought 3 Values, Attitudes, Emotions, and Culture: The Manager as a PersonPart Two: The Environment of Management4 Ethics and Social Responsibility5 Managing Diverse Employees in a Multicultural Environment6 Managing in the Global EnvironmentPart Three: Decision-Making, Planning, and Strategy7 Decision Making, Learning, Creativity, and Entrepreneurship8 The Manager as a Planner and Strategist9 Value Chain Management: Functional Strategies for Competitive AdvantagePart Four : Organizing and Controlling10 Managing Organizational Structure and Culture11 Organizational Control and Change12 Human Resource ManagementPart Five: Leading Individuals and Groups13 Motivation and Performance14 Leadership15 Effective Groups and TeamsPart Six: Managing Critical Organizational Processes16 Promoting Effective Communication17 Managing Conflict, Politics, and Negotiation18 Using Information Technology to Increase Performance

Additional information

GOR013119282
9780073530222
0073530220
Contemporary Management by Gareth Jones
Gareth Jones
Used - Very Good
Hardback
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
20070216
840
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