Management 10th Edition  (English, Paperback, Hellriegel Don)

Management: A Competency-Based Approach presents theory, relevant applications, and innovation. The authors continue to place emphasis on six managerial competenciesself-management, strategic action, planning and administration, global awareness, teamwork, and communicationand have carefully woven examples of each into every chapter. The authors chose these six competencies after surveying hundreds of managers in all types and sizes of businesses. The integrated, interactive Self-Assessment helps learners understand and develop their own management potential. This unique focus on competencies, combined with new theories and fresh examples, will engage the readers while applying the content. This text will set the standard for content that merges the concerns of managers, with the managerial competencies that foster excellence.

Key Feature

• Preview Cases: Every chapter opens with a current, real-world story that sets the stage for the topics to be presented in that chapter. These Preview cases, which showcase high-profile organizations, preview key chapter concepts to help prepare students for what they will encounter in chapter content.
• Managerial Competency Boxes: The competency boxes help to relate the six managerial competencies (self-management, strategic action, global awareness, teamwork, planning and administration, and communication) and apply them to chapter content, where appropriate. They can be easily integrated into classroom lectures to foster discussion.
• Questions for Discussion and Competency Development: End-of-chapter questions geared to further develop competencies and require students to apply, analyze, discover, and rethink important chapter concepts.
• Cases for Competency Development: Brief End-of-Chapter case study that enables students to apply chapter concepts to an actual organizations problemsto analyze, evaluate, and make recommendations. These cases cover a wide variety of organizations, providing ample opportunities for students to sharpen their problem-solving skills.
• Competency Assessment Instrument: At the end of Chapter 1 and on Xtra!, a self-assessment tool is provided for students to use and to reuse as their management competencies mature. Individual ratings can be compared with those of practicing professionals, as well as with those of other students, leading to additional insights and personal development of management potential.

Table of Contents
Part I. An overview of management

• Managing in a Dynamic Environment
• The Evolution of Management

Part II. Managing the Environment

• Environmental Forces
• Managing Globally
• Entrepreneurship
• Ethics and Stakeholder Social Responsibility

Part III. Planning and Control.

• Planning and Strategy
• Fundamentals of Decision Making
• Planning and Decision Aids
• Controlling in Organizations

Part IV. Organizing

• Organizational Design
• Organizational Change and Learning
• Managing Human Resources

Part V. Leading

• Work Motivation
• Dynamics of Leadership
• Organizational Communication
• Managing Work Teams
• Organizational Cultures and Cultural Diversity