Management: Using Practice and Theory To Develop Skill, 8th edition

Published by Pearson (July 14, 2020) © 2020

  • David Boddy formerly a Reader, and then Research Fellow, at the Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow
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Prepare for your transformation into the highly employable leader of tomorrow.

Management: Using Practice and Theory to Develop Skills, 8th Edition by David Boddy, is a market-leading text for today's students and tomorrow's managers.

This latest edition continues to be the most up-to-date and reliable text in its field, enabling you to think critically with real-life case studies and linking theory to the six most critical employability skills employers look for, including updated examples on Management and sustainability.

With new empirical evidence and tasks based on organisational management problems in the real world, this must-read will introduce you to fundamental themes and functions of management.

This edition also includes a Companion Website.

Table of contents

Part 1: An Introduction to Management

  1. Managing in organisations
  2. Theories of management

Part 1 Case: Apple Inc.

Part 1 Employability skills

Part 2: The Environment of Management

  1. Organisation cultures and contexts
  2. Managing internationally
  3. Corporate responsibility

Part 2 case: BP

Part 2 Employability skills

Part 3: Planning

  1. Making decisions
  2. Planning
  3. Managing strategy
  4. Managing marketing

Part 3 case: The Virgin Group

Part 3 Employability skills

Part 4: Organising

  1. Structure
  2. Human resource management
  3. Information systems and e-business
  4. Entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation

Part 4 case: Royal Bank of Scotland

Part 4 Employability skills

Part 5: Leading

  1. Influencing
  2. Motivating
  3. Communicating
  4. Teams
  5. Managing change

Part 5 case: British Heart Foundation

Part 5 Employability skills

Part 6: Controlling

  1. Managing operations and quality
  2. Control and performance measurement

Part 6 case: Tesco

Part 6 Employability skills

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