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Management : a global perspective / Heinz Weihrich, Harold Koontz.

By: Weihrich, Heinz.
Contributor(s): Koontz, Harold, 1908-.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: McGraw-Hill series in management.Publisher: New York : McGraw-Hill, c1993Edition: 10th ed.Description: xxxvi, 744 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0070691703.Subject(s): Management | Industrial managementDDC classification: 658
Contents:
Part 1: The basis of global management theory and practice -- Management: Science, theory, and practice -- The evolution of management thought and the patterns of management analysis -- Management and society: the external environment, social responsibility and ethics -- Global and comparative management -- Part 1 Closing: The basis of global management -- Part 2: Planning -- The nature and purpose of planning -- Objectives -- Strategies, policies and planning premises -- Decision making -- Summary of major principles, or guides for planning -- Part 2: Closing: Global planning -- Part 3: Organizing -- The nature of organizing and entrepreneuring -- Organizational structure: Departmentation -- Line/Staff authority and decentralization -- Effective organizing and organizational culture -- Summary of major principles, or guides, for organizing -- Part 3: Closing: Global organizing -- Part 4: Staffing -- Human resource management and selection -- Performance appraisal and career strategy -- Managing change through manager and organization development -- Summary of major principles or guides for staffing -- Part 4: Closing: Global staffing -- Part 5: Leading -- Human factors and motivation -- Leadership -- Committees and group decision making -- Communication -- Summary of major principles or guides for leading -- Part 5: Closing: Global leading -- Part 6: Controlling -- The system and process of controlling -- Control techniques and information technology -- Productivity and operations management -- Overall control and toward the future through preventive control -- Summary of major principles or guides for controlling -- Part 6: Closing: Global controlling and global challenges.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
General Lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 658 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00013159
General Lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 658 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00014373
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The tenth edition of this classic management textbook features a new pronounced emphasis on global management. Equal attention is paid to the new Europe and the Pacific Rim as to the United States, and chapter cases are both domestic and international. Each of the six new Part Closings has a new International Focus section and a new Global Car Industry Case. Part closings 2 to 6 compare each of the 5 management functions in Japan, the USA and the People's Republic of China.

Koontz's name appears first in the earlier editions.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Part 1: The basis of global management theory and practice -- Management: Science, theory, and practice -- The evolution of management thought and the patterns of management analysis -- Management and society: the external environment, social responsibility and ethics -- Global and comparative management -- Part 1 Closing: The basis of global management -- Part 2: Planning -- The nature and purpose of planning -- Objectives -- Strategies, policies and planning premises -- Decision making -- Summary of major principles, or guides for planning -- Part 2: Closing: Global planning -- Part 3: Organizing -- The nature of organizing and entrepreneuring -- Organizational structure: Departmentation -- Line/Staff authority and decentralization -- Effective organizing and organizational culture -- Summary of major principles, or guides, for organizing -- Part 3: Closing: Global organizing -- Part 4: Staffing -- Human resource management and selection -- Performance appraisal and career strategy -- Managing change through manager and organization development -- Summary of major principles or guides for staffing -- Part 4: Closing: Global staffing -- Part 5: Leading -- Human factors and motivation -- Leadership -- Committees and group decision making -- Communication -- Summary of major principles or guides for leading -- Part 5: Closing: Global leading -- Part 6: Controlling -- The system and process of controlling -- Control techniques and information technology -- Productivity and operations management -- Overall control and toward the future through preventive control -- Summary of major principles or guides for controlling -- Part 6: Closing: Global controlling and global challenges.

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