Modern Management

Description

NOTE: This edition features the same content as the traditional text in a convenient, three-hole-punched, loose-leaf version. Student Value Editions also offer a great value; this format costs significantly less than a new textbook. Before purchasing, check with your instructor or review your course syllabus to ensure that you select the correct ISBN. For Student Value editions that include MyLab™ or Mastering™, several versions may exist for each title — including customized versions for individual schools — and registrations are not transferable. In addition, you may need a Course ID, provided by your instructor, to register for and use MyLab or Mastering platforms.

For courses in management.

 

Concepts and skills for the successful manager

Modern Management: Concepts and Skills takes a unique approach that helps students develop a specific management skill in each chapter. Organized around the functions of planning, organizing, influencing, and controlling, the content specifically focuses on how students can be more strategic and more creative, work as team members, become successful leaders, and more. The chapters are designed to build these skills, and others, to fulfill the core objective: To help students both obtain employment and flourish in the workplace. The 15th Edition contains new case studies and examples to reflect the most recent research and developments in this field, as well as updated information. 

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About our authors

Dr. Samuel C. Certo is presently Emeritus Dean and Steinmetz Professor of Management at the Roy E. Crummer Graduate School of Business at Rollins College. Over his career, Dr. Certo has received many prestigious awards, including the Award for Innovative Teaching from the Southern Business Association, the Instructional Innovation Award granted by the Decision Sciences Institute, and the Charles A. Welsh Memorial Award for outstanding teaching. He has also received the Bornstein and Cornell Awards for teaching and global recognition of his scholarship.

Dr. Certo has also authored or co-authored several highly regarded textbooks, including Modern Management: Concepts and Skills, Strategic Management: Concepts and Applications, and Supervision: Concepts and Applications. His textbooks have been translated into several languages for distribution throughout the world.

His newest popular-market book, Chasing Wisdom: Finding Everyday Leadership in Business and Life, recommends combining business and biblical principles to build successful organizations. His podcast program emphasizing the chasing wisdom concept is available on iTunes, growing in listeners, and now has listens in over 200 countries.

A past chairperson of the Management Education and Development Division of the Academy of Management, he has had the honor of being presented with the group’s Excellence in Leadership Award. Dr. Certo has also served as president of the Association for Business Simulation and Experiential Learning, an associate editor for Simulation and Games, and as a review board member of the Academy of Management Review. His consulting experience has been extensive, including notable participation on boards of directors in both public and private companies.

Trevis Certo is the Jerry B. and Mary Anne Chapman Professor of Business in the Department of Management and Entrepreneurship in the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University. His research focuses on corporate governance, top management teams, initial public offerings (IPOs), and research methodology. Certo’s research has appeared in Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Management, Journal of Business Venturing, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Journal of Management Studies, Business Ethics Quarterly, Journal of Business Ethics, California Management Review, and Business Horizons. Certo also serves on the editorial boards of Academy of Management Journal and Strategic Management Journal. He has taught undergraduate, MBA, EMBA and PhD courses in strategic management, research methodology, and international business at Arizona State University, Texas A&M University, Indiana University, Tulane University, and Wuhan University (China).

Hallmark features of this title

An emphasis on strategy and creativity skill building

• Management Skills and Your Career sections help students understand the relationship between each chapter’s target skill and future employability.

Real-world examples

• Chapter-Opening Challenge Cases and Chapter-Ending Challenge Case Summaries keep students up-to-date on what’s happening in the industry.
• Management Skill Exercises provide additional discussion questions to dig into the Challenge Case. A second, short case helps students better understand how concepts apply to companies and the issues they face.

New and updated features of this title

An emphasis on strategy and creativity skill building

• NEW: Employability and Employability Skills theme incorporates discussion on what it means to be employable and how to develop related skills.
• UPDATED: A reorganized Table of Contents reflects the changing importance placed on entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation due to research on what companies are seeking in applicants.
• NEW: Chapter Highlights: Tips for Managing Around the Globe, Steps for Success, and Practical Challenge sections highlight practical applications of management concepts. They focus on topics like P&G’s Integrity Statement and interviewing recruits at Home Depot.

Real-world examples

• 50% NEW: Chapter-Opening Challenge Cases and Chapter-Ending Challenge Case Summaries now feature Netflix, Walt Disney Company, Domino’s Pizza, Fox News and CNN.
• 50% NEW: Experiential Exercises help students demonstrate the management knowledge and skill acquired in that chapter.

NOTE: This edition features the same content as the traditional text in a convenient, three-hole-punched, loose-leaf version. Student Value Editions also offer a great value; this format costs significantly less than a new textbook. Before purchasing, check with your instructor or review your course syllabus to ensure that you select the correct ISBN. For Student Value editions that include MyLab™ or Mastering™, several versions may exist for each title — including customized versions for individual schools — and registrations are not transferable. In addition, you may need a Course ID, provided by your instructor, to register for and use MyLab or Mastering platforms.

For courses in management.

 

Concepts and skills for the successful manager

Modern Management: Concepts and Skills takes a unique approach that helps students develop a specific management skill in each chapter. Organized around the functions of planning, organizing, influencing, and controlling, the content specifically focuses on how students can be more strategic and more creative, work as team members, become successful leaders, and more. The chapters are designed to build these skills, and others, to fulfill the core objective: To help students both obtain employment and flourish in the workplace. The 15th Edition contains new case studies and examples to reflect the most recent research and developments in this field, as well as updated information. 

Also available with MyLab Management

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