New Era Management, International Edition

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Readers discover the confidence to manage and develop the ability to lead with innovative solutions in today's rapidly changing business environment with Daft's marketing-leading NEW ERA OF MANAGEMENT, 11e, International Edition. Daft explores the emerging themes and management issues most important for managers in businesses today. Future and current managers learn to look beyond traditional techniques and ideas to tap into a full breadth of management skills. With the best in proven management and new competencies that harness creativity, Daft defines Management.

Richard L. Daft, Ph.D., is the Brownlee O. Currey, Jr. Professor of Management in the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University, where he specializes in the study of leadership and organization theory. Dr. Daft is a fellow of the Academy of Management and has served on the editorial boards of Academy Of Management Journal, Administrative Science Quarterly, and Journal of Management Education. He was associate editor-in-chief of Organization Science and associate editor of Administrative Science Quarterly. Dr. Daft has authored or co-authored 13 books, including The Executive and the Elephant, Organization Theory and Design, and Management. He also has authored dozens of scholarly articles, papers, and chapters, and he has published in the Administrative Science Quarterly, Academy Of Management Journal, Academy Of Management Review, Strategic Management Journal, Journal Of Management, Accounting Organizations And Society, Management Science, MIS Quarterly, And Organizational Behavior Teaching Review. Dr. Daft has received several government research grants in organization design, organizational innovation and change, strategy implementation, and organizational information processing. An active teacher and respected consultant, Dr. Daft has served as associate dean and helped manage a start-up enterprise. He has been involved in management development and consulting for numerous organizations, including the American Banking Association, AutoZone, Nortel, Bridgestone, TVA, Pratt & Whitney, Allstate Insurance, State Farm Insurance, the United States Air Force, the U.S. Army, J.C. Bradford & Co., Central Parking System, USAA, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, and many others.

PART I: INTRODUCTION TO MANAGEMENT. 1. Managing in Turbulent Times. 2. The Evolution of Management Thinking. PART II: THE ENVIRONMENT OF MANAGEMENT. 3. Corporate Culture and the Environment. 4. Managing in a Global Environment. 5. Ethics and Social Responsibility. 6. Small Business Start-Ups. PART III: PLANNING. 7. Planning and Goal Setting. 8. Strategy Formulation and Implementation. 9. Decision Making. PART IV: ORGANIZING. 10. Designing Adaptive Organizations. 11. Change and Innovation. 12. Human Resource Management. 13. Meeting the Challenge of Diversity. PART V: LEADING. 14. Dynamics of Behavior in Organizations. 15. Leadership. 16. Motivation 17. Communication. 18. Teamwork. PART VI: CONTROLLING. 19.Quality and Performance. Appendix: Managing the Value Chain, Information Technology, and E-Business.