Exploring Management

Exploring Management, 7th Edition supports teaching and learning of core management concepts by presenting material in a straightforward, conversational style with a strong emphasis on application. With a focus on currency, high-interest examples and pedagogy that encourages critical thinking and personal reflection, Exploring Management, 7th Edition is the perfect balance between what students need and what instructors want.

Organized by study objectives and broken up into more manageable sections of material, the Seventh Edition supports better student comprehension and mastery of concepts. And features like skill builders, active learning activities, and team projects give students frequent opportunities to apply management concepts. Class activities provide opportunities for discussion and debate.  Students can build solid management skills with self-assessments, class exercises, and team projects.

Managers and Management

1 Managers and the Management Process 1

2 Management Learning 24

3 Ethics and Social Responsibility 44

Planning and Controlling

4 Managers as Decision Makers 66

5 Plans and Planning Techniques 87

6 Controls and Control Systems 105

7 Strategy and Strategic Management 124

Organizing

8 Organization Structure and Design 142

9 Organizational Cultures, Innovation, and

Change 164

10 Human Resource Management 185

Leading

11 Leadership 206

12 Individual Behavior 228

13 Motivation 247

14 Teams and Teamwork 266

15 Communication 289

Environment

16 Diversity and Global Cultures 307

17 Globalization and International Business 324

18 Entrepreneurship and Small Business 342

SKILL-BUILDING PORTFOLIO / CASES FOR CRITICAL

THINKING CASE REFERENCES / TEST PREP ANSWERS / GLOSSARY / ENDNOTES / NAME INDEX /ORGANIZATION

INDEX / SUBJECT INDEX