Essentials of Contemporary Management

PART ONE Management and Managers Chapter One: The management Process Today Appendix A: History of Management Throughout Chapter Two: values, Attitudes, Emotions, and Culture: The Manager as a Person PART TWO The Environment of Management Chapter Three: Managing Ethics and Diversity Chapter Four: Managing the Global Environment PART THREE Planning, Decision Making, and Competitive Advantage Chapter Five: Decision Making, Learning, Creativity, and Entrepreneurship Chapter Six: Planning, Strategy, and Competitive Advantage PART FOUR Organizing and Change Chapter Seven: Designing Organizational Structure Chapter Eight: Control, Change and Entrepreneurship PART FIVE Leading Individuals and Groups Chapter Nine: Motivation Chapter Ten: Leaders and Leadership Chapter Eleven: Effective Team Management Chapter Twelve: Building and Managing Human Resources PART SIX Controlling Essential Activities and Processes Chapter Thirteen: Communication and Information Technology Management Chapter Fourteen: Operations Management: Managing Vital Operations and Processes Appendix B: Career Development Glossary Notes Photo Credits Name Index Subject Index Company Index

Gareth Jones, Texas A & M University Gareth 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 Jennifer George is a well-published professor as is now the Mary Gibbs Jones Professor of Management in the Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business at Rice University. She is co-author of the aforementioned organizational behavior book. She received her BA from Wesleyan University and her MBA & PhD from New York University.