Management: Building Competitive Advantage

The third edition of Management: Building Competitive Advantage is the product of information gleaned from 25 full book reviews and a market survey of over 1,000 management professors. It takes a traditional approach but is organized around four modern themes: Cost, Quality, Speed, and Innovation. The third edition also features a wide variety of cases and experiential exercises.

Table of Contents:
Part I. Foundations of Management1. Managers and Organizations2. The Evolution of Management3. The External Environment4. Managerial Decision MakingPart II. Planning and Strategy5. Planning and Strategic Management6. Ethics, Corporate Social Responsibility, and the Political Environment7. Managing in our Natural Environment8. International Management9. Managing New VenturesPart III. Organizing and Staffing10. Organization Structure11. The Responsive Organization12. Human Resources Management13. Managing the Diverse Work ForcePart IV. Leading14. Leadership15. Motivating for Performance16. Managing Teams17. CommunicatingPart V. Control and Change18. Organization Control19. Operations Management20. Managing Technology and Innovation21. Becoming World Class

About the Author :
Thomas Bateman earned his B.A. from Miami University, and his Ph.D. in business administration from Indiana University. He is Bank of America professor and management area coordinator in the McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia, teaching leadership and organizational behavior. Dr. Bateman taught at Kenan-Flagler Business School of the University of North Carolina and for two years in Europe at the Institute of Management Development, a world leader in design and delivery of executive education. He is an active management researcher, writer, and consultant, and serves on the editorial boards of several prestigious journals. His articles appear in professional journals such as the Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Dr. Bateman's research interests center on proactive behavior by employees at all levels, with a recent turn toward scientists and public leadership. Scott Snell received his B.A. in psychology from Miami University, and his M.B.A. and Ph.D. in business administration from Michigan State University. He is a professor at the University of Virginia's Darden Graduate School of Business. Before joining Darden, he was professor and director of executive education at Cornell's University's Center for Advanced Human Resource Studies and a professor of management in the Smeal College of Business at Penn State University. Dr. Snell's research focuses on human resources and the mechanisms by which organizations generate, transfer, and integrate new knowledge for competitive advantage. He recently was listed among the top 100 most-cited authors in scholarly journals of management. Dr. Snell is co-author of four books, and his work has been published in a number of journals, such as the Academy of Management Journal. Dr. Snell has served on boards of several organizations and journals and worked with such companies as AstraZeneca and Shell.