The market-leading textbook for principles of management courses reaches a new
level with Richard L. Daft being joined by Martyn Kendrick and Natalia Vershinina (both
Leicester Business School) to provide an unparalleled resource for students in Europe, the
Middle East and Africa (EMEA).
After listening to the requirements of lecturers, the authors have maintained
the same comprehensive coverage and structure of the original work but carefully threaded
in new EMEA and wider global examples and theory throughout. A new running case on IKEA
allows students to track their understanding throughout the course, while a new
text-opening case study on managing in times of turbulence ensures learning is mapped
directly against modern business challenges.
Table of Contents
PART 1: INTRODUCTION TO MANAGEMENT
1 Innovative management for turbulent times
2 The evolution of management thinking
PART 2: THE ENVIRONMENT OF MANAGEMENT
3 The environment and corporate culture
4 Managing in a global environment
5 Managing ethics & social responsibility
6 Managing small business start-ups
PART 3: PLANNING
7 Managerial planning and goal setting
8 Strategy formulation and implementation
9 Managerial decision making
PART 4: ORGANIZING
10 Designing adaptive organisations
11 Managing change and innovation
12 Managing human resources
13 Managing diversity
PART 5: LEADING
14 Dynamics of behaviour in organizations
15 Leadership
16 Motivating employees
17 Communication
18 Leading teams
PART 6: CONTROLLING
19 Managing quality and performance
20 Information technology and e-business
21 Operations and value chain management
856 pages, Paperback