Jones/George, Essentials of Contemporary Management is the concise edition of the market bestselling textbook by the same author team. Jones and George are dedicated to the challenge of Making It Real for students. The authors present management in a way that makes its relevance obvious even to students who might lack exposure to a real-life management context. This is accomplished thru a diverse set of examples, and the unique, and most popular feature of the text, theManager as a PersonChapter 2. This chapter discusses managers as real people with their own personalities, strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and problems and this theme is carried thru the remaining chapters. This text also discusses the importance of management competencies--the specific set of skills, abilities, and experiences that gives one manager the ability to perform at a higher level than another in a specific context. The themes of diversity, ethics, globalization, and information technology are integrated throughout.
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| Management and Managers | |
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| The management Process Today | |
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| History of Management Throughout | |
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| values, Attitudes, Emotions, and Culture: The Manager as a Person | |
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| The Environment of Management | |
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| Managing Ethics and Diversity | |
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| Managing the Global Environment | |
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| Planning, Decision Making, and Competitive Advantage | |
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| Decision Making, Learning, Creativity, and Entrepreneurship | |
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| Planning, Strategy, and Competitive Advantage | |
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| Organizing and Change | |
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| Designing Organizational Structure | |
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| Control, Change and Entrepreneurship | |
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| Leading Individuals and Groups | |
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| Motivation | |
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| Leaders and Leadership | |
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| Effective Team Management | |
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| Building and Managing Human Resources | |
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| Controlling Essential Activities and Processes | |
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| Communication and Information Technology Management | |
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| Operations Management: Managing Vital Operations and Processes | |
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| Career Development | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Notes | |
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| Photo Credits | |
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| Name Index Subject Index | |
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| Company Index | |
Gareth Jones, Texas A & M UniversityGareth Jones is a professor in the management department of the College of Business Administration and the Graduate School of Business and Texas A&M University. He is co-author on three other major textbooks, including one on organizational behavior (accolades he shares with CONTEMPORARY MANAGEMENT co-author and wife, Jennifer George), one on organizational theory, and a one on strategic management. Jones received his BA & PhD from University of Lancaster, UK. He has taught at University Warwick, Michigan State University, and University of Illinois/ Urbana-Champaign
