Management: Concepts & Practices, 5th edition

Published by Financial Times Press (December 5, 2007) © 2008

  • Tim Hannagan
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Title overview

Management provides students with a thorough explanation and exploration of management concepts and practices across all management functions. 

The major theme of the book is management at a time of change, reflecting the challenges faced by managers with increasingly rapid developments in technology, the culture and environment in which they work and the globalisation of ideas and business activity. 

Written in a straightforward style, the book contains chapters contributed by experts in their field to ensure coverage of the most recent ideas and practices.

It is suitable for students studying business or management in further or higher education and introductory management modules for non-specialists

Table of contents

  1. 1 The management challenge
  2. 2 Leadership in organisations
  3. 3 Creating a consumer focus
  4. 4 Managing in the public sector
  5. 5 Managing a creative strategy
  6. 6 Developing an innovative business plan
  7. 7 Controlling quality in organisations
  8. 8 Marketing and environmental assessment
  9. 9 Organisational theory and design
  10. 10 Communicating in organisations
  11. 11 Human resource management
  12. 12 The challenge of motivating others
  13. 13 Decision-making processes in organisations
  14. 14 Operations management in organisations
  15. 15 Information technology and control
  16. 16 Financial control and accounting in organisations
  17. 17 Ethical values and corporate social responsibility
  18. 18 Environmental issues and corporate environmental management
  19. 19 Globalisation and multinational management
  20. 20 Twenty-first century management in perspective

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