Part 1 Introduction to Management
1 The World of Innovative Management
2 The Evolution of Management Thinking
Part 2 The Environment of Management
3 The Environment and Corporate Culture
4 Managing in a Golbal Environment
5 Managing Ethics and Social Responsibility
6 Managing Start-Ups and New Ventures
Part 3 Planning
7 Planning and Goal Setting
8 Strategy Formulation and Execution
9 Managerial Decision Making
Part 4 Organizing
10 Designing Organization Structure
11 Managing Change and Innovation
12 Managing Human Resources
13 Managing Diversity
Part 5 Leading
14 Understanding Individual Behavior
15 Leadership
16 Motivating Employees
17 Managing Communication
18 Leading Teams
Part 6 Controlling
19 Managing Quality and Performance
Apeendix
Glossary
Name Index
Company Index
Subject Index
Richard L. Daft [Àú]
Richard L. Daft, Ph.D., is the Brownlee O. Currey, Jr., Professor of Management in the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University. Dr. Daft specializes in the study of organization theory and leadership and is a fellow of the Academy of Management. He has served on the editorial boards of the Academy of Management Journal, Administrative Science Quarterly and Journal of Management Education. He has been the associate editor-in-chief of Organization Science and served for three years as associate editor of Administrative Science Quarterly. Dr. Daft has authored or co-authored 14 books and written dozens of scholarly articles, papers and chapters in academic books. A noted expert in organization behavior and organization design, Dr. Daft is one of today's most highly cited academics in the fields of economics and business.