Part 1 INTRODUCTION TO MANAGEMENT — p. 2
1 Innovative Management for Turbulent Times — p. 2
Are You Ready to Be a Manager? — p. 3
Why Innovation Matters — p. 4
The Definition of Management — p. 4
The Four Management Functions — p. 5
Organizational Performance — p. 7
Management Skills — p. 8
Management Types — p. 10
What Is It Like to Be a Manager? — p. 13
Management and the New Workplace — p. 21
2 The Evolution of Management Thinking — p. 32
Are You a New-Style or an Old-Style Manager? — p. 33
Management and Organization — p. 34
Classical Perspective — p. 36
Humanistic Perspective — p. 41
Management Science Perspective — p. 46
Recent Historical Trends — p. 47
Innovative Management Thinking For Turbulent Times — p. 50
Part 2 THE ENVIRONMENT OF MANAGEMENT — p. 62
3 The Environment and Corporate Culture — p. 62
Are You Fit for Managerial Uncertainty? — p. 63
The External Environment — p. 64
The Organization–Environment Relationship — p. 72
The Internal Environment: Corporate Culture — p. 75
Environment and Culture — p. 78
Shaping Corporate Culture for Innovative Response — p. 82
4 Managing in a Global Environment — p. 94
Are You Ready To Work Internationally? — p. 95
A Borderless World — p. 96
Getting Started Internationally — p. 98
The International Business Environment — p. 102
International Trade Alliances — p. 111
The Globalization Backlash — p. 113
Multinational Corporations — p. 114
Managing in a Global Environment — p. 115
5 Managing Ethics and Social Responsibility — p. 128
Will You Be a Courageous Manager? — p. 129
What Is Managerial Ethics? — p. 130
Ethical Dilemmas: What Would You Do? — p. 131
Criteria for Ethical Decision Making — p. 132
Manager Ethical Choices — p. 134
What Is Corporate Social Responsibility? — p. 138
The Ethic of Sustainability — p. 141
Evaluating Corporate Social Responsibility — p. 142
Managing Company Ethics and Social Responsibility — p. 144
Part 3 PLANNING — p. 158
6 Managerial Planning and Goal Setting — p. 158
Does Goal Setting Fit Your Management Style? — p. 159
Overview of Goals and Plans — p. 160
Goals in Organizations — p. 162
Operational Planning — p. 167
Planning for a Turbulent Environment — p. 172
Planning for High Performance — p. 175
7 Strategy Formulation and Implementation — p. 184
What Is Your Strategy Strength? — p. 185
Thinking Strategically — p. 186
What Is Strategic Management? — p. 188
The Strategic Management Process — p. 191
Formulating Corporate-Level Strategy — p. 194
Formulating Business-Level Strategy — p. 196
New Trends in Strategy — p. 199
Global Strategy — p. 200
Strategy Execution — p. 203
8 Managerial Decision Making — p. 212
How Do You Make Decisions? — p. 213
Types of Decisions and Problems — p. 214
Decision-Making Models — p. 217
Decision-Making Steps — p. 222
Personal Decision Framework — p. 226
Why Do Managers Make Bad Decisions? — p. 227
Innovative Group Decision Making — p. 228
Part 4 ORGANIZING — p. 242
9 Designing Adaptive Organizations — p. 242
What Are Your Leadership Beliefs? — p. 243
Organizing the Vertical Structure — p. 244
Centralization and Decentralization — p. 250
Departmentalization — p. 250
Organizing for Horizontal Coordination — p. 260
Reengineering — p. 263
Structure Follows Strategy — p. 264
10 Managing Change and Innovation — p. 276
Are You Innovative? — p. 277
Innovation and the Changing Workplace — p. 278
Changing Things: New Products and Technologies — p. 279
Changing People and Culture — p. 287
Implementing Change — p. 291
11 Managing Human Resources — p. 306
Getting the Right People on the Bus — p. 307
The Strategic Role of HRM Is to Drive Organizational Performance — p. 308
The Impact of Federal Legislation on HRM — p. 311
The Changing Nature of Careers — p. 314
Finding the Right People — p. 316
Managing Talent — p. 324
Maintaining an Effective Workforce — p. 329
12 Managing Diversity — p. 340
Do You Know Your Biases? — p. 341
The Changing Workplace — p. 342
Managing Diversity — p. 346
Factors Shaping Personal Bias — p. 350
Factors Affecting Women’s Careers — p. 353
The Female Advantage — p. 356
Cultural Competence — p. 356
Diversity Initiatives and Programs — p. 358
New Diversity Initiatives — p. 362
Part 5 LEADING — p. 376
13 Dynamics of Behavior in Organizations — p. 376
Are You Self-Confident? — p. 377
Organizational Behavior — p. 378
Attitudes — p. 378
Perception — p. 382
Personality and Behavior — p. 385
Person–Job Fit — p. 393
Learning — p. 394
Stress and Stress Management — p. 396
14 Leadership — p. 408
What’s Your Personal Style? — p. 409
The Nature of Leadership — p. 410
Contemporary Leadership — p. 410
From Management to Leadership — p. 414
Leadership Traits — p. 415
Behavioral Approaches — p. 415
Contingency Approaches — p. 418
Charismatic and Transformational Leadership — p. 422
Followership — p. 424
Power and Influence — p. 426
Leadership as Service — p. 429
15 Motivating Employees — p. 440
Are You Engaged or Disengaged? — p. 441
The Concept of Motivation — p. 442
Content Perspectives on Motivation — p. 443
Process Perspectives on Motivation — p. 448
Reinforcement Perspective on Motivation — p. 452
Job Design for Motivation — p. 454
Innovative Ideas for Motivating — p. 458
16 Managing Communication — p. 470
Are You Building a Personal Network? — p. 471
Communication Is the Manager’s Job — p. 472
Communicating Among People — p. 475
Organizational Communication — p. 483
Innovations in Organizational Communication — p. 489
17 Leading Teams — p. 502
How Do You Like to Work? — p. 503
Why Teams at Work? — p. 504
What Is a Team? — p. 504
How to Make Teams Effective — p. 506
Types of Teams — p. 507
Innovative Uses of Teams — p. 509
Team Characteristics — p. 512
Team Processes — p. 513
Managing Team Conflict — p. 517
Work Team Effectiveness — p. 522
Part 6 CONTROLLING — p. 536
18 Managing Quality and Performance — p. 536
What Is Your Attitude Toward Organizational Regulation and Control? — p. 537
The Meaning of Control — p. 538
Choosing Standards and Measures — p. 539
Feedback Control Model — p. 541
Financial Control — p. 546
The Changing Philosophy of Control — p. 548
Total Quality Management — p. 552
Trends in Quality and Financial Control — p. 557
19 Managing the Value Chain, Information Technology, and E-Business — p. 568
Which Side of Your Brain Do You Use? — p. 569
The Organization As a Value Chain — p. 570
Facilities Layout — p. 573
Technology Automation — p. 576
Inventory Management — p. 578
Information Technology Has Transformed Management — p. 580
A New Generation of Information Technology — p. 585
The Internet and E-Business — p. 586
APPENDIX A: MANAGING SMALL BUSINESS START-UPS — p. 601