Management

Course: Principles of Management is the introductory course taken by most undergraduate business majors. Almost every text/course is organized around the four functions of management: planning, leading, organizing, and controlling (PLOC). What makes the texts different are their approach to the subject (principles vs. OB focused) and their strengths of coverage (high/strategic vs. low level/applied/skills). The aim of this text is to show how the four functions interact.

Table of Contents:
PART ONE MANAGERS AND THE ENVIRONMENT 1 Management 2 The External and Internal Environment 3 Globalization and the Manager 4 Stakeholders, Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility PART TWO STRATEGIZING 5 Planning and Decision Making 6 Strategy 7 Managing Operations PART THREE ORGANIZATIONAL ARCHITECTURE 8 Organizing 9 Control Systems 10 Organizational Culture 11 Developing High Performance Teams PART FOUR LEADING 12 Staffing and Developing a Diverse Workforce 13 Motivating and Rewarding Employee Performance 14 Managing Employee Attitudes and Wellbeing 15 Managing through Power, Influence and Negotiation 16 Leadership 17 Communication PART FIVE CHANGE 18 Managing Innovation and Change

About the Author :
Steven L. McShane is Winthrop Professor of Management at the University of Western Australia (UWA) Business School, where he receives high teaching ratings from students in Perth, Singapore, Manila, and other cities where UWA offers its programs. He previously taught in the business faculties at Simon Fraser University and Queens University in Canada. Steve has conducted executive programs with Nokia, Tï¿V-Sï¿D, Wesfarmers Group, Main Roads WA, McGraw-Hill, ALCOA World Alumina Australia, and many other organizations. He is also a popular visiting speaker, having given numerous invited presentations over the past four years to faculty and students in the United States, China, India, Canada, the Philippines, Malaysia, and other countries. Steve earned his Ph.D. from Michigan State University in organizational behavior, human resource management, and labor relations. He also holds a Master of Industrial Relations from the University of Toronto, and an undergraduate degree from Queens University in Canada. Steve is a past President of the Administrative Sciences Association of Canada (the Canadian equivalent of the Academy of Management) and Director of Graduate Programs in the business faculty at Simon Fraser University. Along with coauthoring Organizational Behavior, Sixth Edition, Steve is coauthor of M: Organizational Behavior (2012) with Mary Ann Von Glinow; Organisational Behaviour on the Pacific Rim, Third Edition (2010) with Mara Olekahns (University of Melbourne) and Tony Travaglione (Curtin University); and Canadian Organizational Behaviour, Eighth Edition (2013) with Sandra Steen (University of Regina). Steve is also coauthor of editions or translations of his organizational behavior book in China, India, Quebec, Taiwan, and Brazil. Steve has published several dozen articles and conference papers on workplace values, training transfer, organizational learning, exit-voice-loyalty, employee socialization, wrongful dismissal, media bias in business magazines, ad diverse topics. Steve enjoys spending his leisure time swimming, body board surfing, canoeing, skiing, and traveling with his wife and two daughters.