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Succeeding as a leader in the organization of today and tomorrow requires a special set of management skills and competencies. Organizations are being restructured and redesigned to be lean, flexible, and adaptable to change; leaders in all areas and at all levels of the organization are expected to be proactive, team-oriented, and focused on results; and diversity in the workforce has become the rule rather than the exception. MANAGEMENT: CHALLENGES FOR TOMORROW'S LEADERS exposes students to these new challenges and contemporary issues that the leaders of today and tomorrow will continually face.This book includes a number of features designed to prepare students to be leaders in this new millennium: (1) meeting the challenges inherent in a dynamic, rapidly changing business environment, (2) developing the competencies and skills that leaders will need in the future, (3) bridging the gap between management theory and practice, and (4) responding to the contemporary management trends that will affect both organizations and managers in the 21st century.
Many colleges and universities are adding a community service requirement to their gen ed requirements. This guide makes it easy for instructors to include a service learning component in their course.
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This new edition provides comprehensive coverage of globalization, quality, ethics, and diversity. This practical book focuses on the application of these concepts in a wide variety of management situations. Excellent coverage of teamwork, critical thinking, problem solving, communication, and adapting to change.
[This] text addresses the basic concepts of management, the roles of the manager, and the changing nature of both the contemporary organization and the contemporary manager. [The text] explores the managerial function of planning. [It] focuses on the organizing function of management. [It] explores the managerial function of leadership. [It also] examines the management function of control. The foundational principles of control are addressed, and specific attention is given to productivity, quality control, and information systems control. Control is principal tool for achieving quality in the products, services, and processes of the organization, as well as a tool for developing a competitive advantage based on enhanced productivity, increased efficiency, and superior quality.-Pref.