Fundamentals of Management: Global Edition, 8th Edition

For Principles of Management courses.

The practical tools of management presented through in-depth practice.

Robbins/DeCenzo is a brief, paperback text that gives students more depth and breadth with practical tools to practice their management skills than any other textbook.

The eighth edition provides a self-contained section on developing management skills and includes new exercises, modules, and boxes.

Combine this textbook with MyManagementLab! See the hands in the air, hear the roar of discussion–be a Rock Star in the classroom. MyManagementLab makes it easier for you to be a rock star in the classroom by helping you hold students accountable for class preparation, and getting students engaged in the material through an array of relevant teaching and media resources. Visit MyManagementLab.com for more information. 

MYMANAGEMENTLAB

MyManagementLab helps you hold students accountable for class preparation and supports more active learning styles by providing students with the tools necessary to assess their knowledge and identify areas for improvement.

Encourage students to understand the material before class with a Study Plan that consists of the pretest, remediation material

tailored to pretest results, and the posttest.

Appeal to the visual learners with Interactive Lessons. Tied to each objective in the chapter, Interactive Lessons are designed for learners who benefit from a more visual/interactive approach. These lessons feature questions and answers, and can be used as starting points for discussion. They can even serve as customized feedback in student study plans.

Bringing Excitement and Interest to the Center Stage

Inspire the exchange of new ideas and foster intriguing discussions with the abundant resources found in MyManagementLab.

Get Students Involved: Mini-simulations. Unique mini-simulations use adaptive technology to allow students to make management decisions and see the impact of their decisions. Mini-simulations help students practice concepts such as:

* Leadership

* Motivation

* Decision Making

* Working in Teams

* Inspiring Creativity

* Handling Change

Making it Easier for You to Rock the Room

MyManagementLab puts an array of teaching resources at your fingertips, making it easy for you to be a Rock Star in the classroom!

Put the Spotlight on Course Currency: Videos. The videos found in MyManagementLab feature breaking business news and scenarios pertinent to the topics covered in your course. Discussion Questions (along with answers) accompany these videos so that you can use this asset in your classroom immediately. Videos are updated monthly.

Manage All of Your Course Grades in One Place: Powerful Gradebook and Advanced Reporting. The Gradebook allows you to import/export from popular learning management systems, manipulate and modify individual student grades, calculate final grades, and more.

Show the Real-world Applications: Company Videos and Video Case Studies feature both large corporations, like Ford Motor Company, and small businesses, like Tripe Rock Brewery. These videos are supported with teaching notes, slides, and discussion and quiz questions.

(See the Resources tab for more information on MyManagementLab, or visit MyManagementLab.com)

• For each of the 18 skills, this text provides:
  • A self-assessment test
  • A brief interpretation of what the self-assessment results mean
  • A review of a basic skill concept and specific behaviors associated with developing competence in the skill
  • A short, in class application
  • Several reinforcement activities to give students additional opportunities to practice and learn the behaviors 
    
    

NEW! Stay on the cutting-edge of management practice: New and Updated Features. There are always new issues and ideas confronting managers, which is why this edition now includes new exercises, modules, and boxes. Specific additions include:

• Updates to all chapters
• A self-assessment exercise in each chapter
• For Your Immediate Action thinking and writing assignments
• A new chapter on integrative managerial issues
• A new quantitative decision-making aids module

NEW! Highlight key points: Chapter boxes.  
These new boxes highlight key points within in each chapter that are important for students to know. The new boxes that have been added to this edition include:

• Managing Diversity highlights the issues and rewards of successfully managing diversity.
• Technology and the Manager’s Job discusses how technology changes and shapes the way we manage.
• And the Survey Says presents survey findings about managers, employees, and the workplace.
• From the Past to the Present connects management history to the present.

Apply the concepts:

• Integrating Chapter Skills. Throughout the text, the authors included a feature at the end of each chapter that encourages students to apply the concepts they’ve just learned. This feature helps students see how the concepts work together, while providing them with a review of the material.
• Enhancing Your Skill in Ethical Decision-Making. At the end of each section students are put in the role of a manager making decisions about current ethical issues. This exercise comes to life as students log into their MyManagementLab and practice this skill in an interactive environment.
• Diversity Perspectives. At the end of each section students are put in the role of a manager making decisions about managing a changing workforce. Students are prompted to visit their MyManagementLab course to practice their decision-making skills related to age, gender, or ethnic diversity in an interactive environment.