Robbins/DeCenzo is a brief, paperback text that gives students more depth and breadth with practical tools to practice their management skills than any other textbook.
The eighth edition provides a self-contained section on developing management skills and includes new exercises, modules, and boxes.
NEW! Put comprehension to the test: A self-contained section on developing management skills. There’s a fine line between knowing and doing. In order to help students put their knowledge into action, the skill-building exercises included in the You Be The Manager section at the end of this text encourage them to apply and use management concepts.
NEW! Stay on the cutting-edge of management practice: New and Updated Features. There are always new issues and ideas confronting managers, which is why this edition now includes new exercises, modules, and boxes. Specific additions include:
．Updates to all chapters
．A self-assessment exercise in each chapter
．For Your Immediate Action thinking and writing assignments
．A new chapter on integrative managerial issues
．A new quantitative decision-making aids module
NEW! Highlight key points: Chapter boxes.
These new boxes highlight key points within in each chapter that are important for students to know. The new boxes that have been added to this edition include:
．Managing Diversity highlights the issues and rewards of successfully managing diversity.
．Technology and the Manager’s Job discusses how technology changes and shapes the way we manage.
．And the Survey Says presents survey findings about managers, employees, and the workplace.
．From the Past to the Present connects management history to the present.
作者簡介
Stephen P. Robbins
現職：San Diego State University
David A. DeCenzo
現職：Coastal Carolina University
Mary Coulter
現職：Southwest Missouri State University
目 錄
INTRODUCTION
Ch 1 Managers and Management
Module: A Brief History of Management’s Roots
Ch 2 The Management Environment
Ch 3 Integrative Managerial Issues
PART I: PLANNING
Ch 4 Foundations of Decision Making
Module: Quantitative Decision-Making Aids
Ch 5 Foundations of Planning
PART II: ORGANIZING
Ch 6 Organization Structure
Ch 7 Managing Human Resources
Module: Managing Your Career
Ch 8 Managing Change and Innovation
PART III: LEADING
Ch 9 Foundations of Individual Behavior
Ch10 Understanding Groups and Managing Work Teams
Ch11 Motivating and Rewarding Employees
Ch12 Leadership and Trust
Ch13 Managing Communication and Information
PART IV: CONTROLLING
Ch14 Foundations of Control
Ch15 Operations Management
Module: Managing Entrepreneurial Ventures
