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Management Fundamentals
Concepts, Applications, and Skill Development

Seventh Edition

Other Titles in:
Business & Management

624 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc

Focusing on concepts, applications, and skill building, this best-selling text presents essential management themes and uses a variety of applications that challenge you to think critically and apply concepts to your own experiences. Throughout the book, proven skill-building exercises, behavioural models, self-assessments, and individual and group exercises help you to develop your personal and professional skills. 
 

Key Features:

  • A wide range of applications and company examples help you hone skills you can use in daily life and on the job
  • Self-Assessments help you gain personal knowledge of management functions in the real world
  • Work Applications help you apply the text concepts to your own experience (full-time, part-part, summer, volunteer work).

New to this edition:

  • Current Trends and Issues sections discuss how AACSB competencies of globalization, diversity, technology, and ethics/CSR apply to the chapters
  • A significantly revised and reorganized Chapter 10 includes provides expanded coverage of OB concepts such as personality, perception, attitudes, and job satisfaction
  • Revised Applying the Concept questions (plus 70 completely new questions) ask you to determine the most appropriate concept to be used in a specific short example.  

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Part I: The Global Management Environment
 
Chapter 1. Management and Its History
Why Study Management?

 
What Is a Manager’s Responsibility?

 
What Does It Take to Be a Successful Manager?

 
What Do Managers Do?

 
Differences among Managers

 
A Brief History of Management

 
Objectives of the Book

 
Trends and Issues in Management

 
 
Chapter 2. The Environment: Culture, Ethics, and Social Responsibility
The Internal Environment

 
Organizational Culture

 
The External Environment

 
Business Ethics

 
Methods to Help Ensure Ethical Behavior

 
Social Responsibility and Sustainability

 
Trends and Issues in Management

 
 
Chapter 3. Managing Diversity in a Global Environment
The Global Environment

 
Managing Global Business

 
Workplace Diversity and Inclusion

 
Types of Diversity and Managing Diversity

 
Global Diversity

 
Trends and Issues in Management

 
 
Part II: Planning
 
Chapter 4. Creative Problem Solving and Decision Making
Problem Solving and Decision Making: An Overview

 
Classify and Define the Problem or Opportunity

 
Set Objectives and Criteria

 
Generate Creative and Innovative Alternatives

 
Analyze Alternatives and Select the Most Feasible

 
Plan, Implement the Decision, And Control

 
Trends and Issues in Management

 
 
Chapter 5. Strategic and Operations Planning
Strategic and Operational Planning

 
Developing the Mission and Analyzing the Environment

 
Setting Objectives

 
Corporate Level Strategies

 
Business Level Strategies

 
Operational Level Planning

 
Implementing and Controlling Strategies

 
Trends and Issues in Management

 
 
Chapter 6. Managing Change, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship
Innovation and Change

 
Managing Innovation

 
Managing Change

 
Organizational Development

 
Entrepreneurship

 
Trends and Issues in Management

 
 
Part III: Organizing
 
Chapter 7. Organizing and Delegating Work
Organization Considerations and Principles

 
Authority

 
Organizational Design

 
Contemporary Organizational Design

 
Job Design

 
Organizing Yourself and Delegating

 
Trends and Issues in Management

 
 
Chapter 8. Managing Team Work
Groups and Teams and Performance

 
Group Structure

 
Group Process

 
Stages of Group Development and Management Styles

 
Developing Groups into Teams

 
Managing Meetings

 
Trends and Issues in Management

 
Chapter 9. Human Resource Management

 
The Human Resources Management Process

 
Human Resources Planning

 
Attracting Employees

 
Developing Employees

 
Retaining and Separating Employees

 
Trends and Issues in Management

 
Chapter 9. Appendix Career Management and Networking

 
 
Part IV: Leading
 
Chapter 10. Organizational Behavior: Power, Politics, Conflict, and Stress
Organizational Behavior (OB)

 
Personality

 
Perception

 
Attitudes

 
Shaping Organizational Behavior Foundations

 
Organizational Power and Politics

 
Negotiation, Conflict, and Stress Management

 
Trends and Issues in Management

 
 
Chapter 11: Motivating for High Performance
Motivation and Performance

 
Content Motivation Theories

 
Process Motivation Theories

 
Reinforcement Theory

 
Combining the Motivation Process and Motivation Theories

 
Motivating Employees With Rewards and Recognition

 
Trends and Issues in Management

 
 
Chapter 12: Leading with Influence
Leadership Theories

 
Behavioral Leadership Theories

 
Situational Leadership Theories

 
Contemporary Leadership Theories

 
Trends and Issues in Management

 
 
Chapter 13: Communication and Information Technology
Organizational Communication

 
Information Technology, Systems and Networks

 
The Interpersonal Communication Process and Communication Barriers

 
Message Transmission Channels

 
Sending Messages

 
Receiving Messages

 
Responding to Messages

 
Trends and Issues in Management

 
 
Part V: Controlling
 
Chapter 14: Managing Control Systems, Finances, and People
Organizational and Functional Area Control Systems

 
Establishing Control Systems

 
Financial Controls: The Master Budgeting Process

 
Managing People

 
Trends and Issues in Management

 
 
Chapter 15: Operations, Quality, and Productivity
Operations

 
Classifying Operations Systems

 
Designing Operations Systems

 
Managing Operations Systems and the Supply Chain

 
Productivity and the Balanced Scorecard

 
Trends and Issues in Management

 

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“I think it is the best text for this course because of the experiential approach. Excellent readability. The Applying the Concepts, Self-Assessments, workplace application questions, and the Skill Builders are exceptional, engaging, and provide personal, real world contexts.”

Lynn Klein
Chabot College

“This approach works very well, and is the primary reason I stick with the Lussier text. I use as many of the active learning and skill development activities as I can, and would use more if time allowed.”

Eric Ecklund
St. Francis University

“The three-pronged approach is perfect because students learn differently, and having the opportunity to approach the content from three perspectives equates to improved learning and student achievement.”

Cathy M. Littlefield
Pierce College

“The range of topics covered is excellent and topical. I like the layout and the flow of material. In my view the level of detail is very appropriate. In particular, the mix of theory and application are very well linked. The exercises are very helpful in developing an action learning approach that will benefit the student”

Robert W. Robertson
Independent University

“The various applications are quite helpful in aiding the student to understand and the professor to assign work.”

Joni Koegel
Cazenovia College

“There are numerous resources, enough to choose from to keep the class application oriented.  It provides information that allows for engaging in class discussion and interaction between students and faculty.  In comparison to other textbook these features are above average.”

Callie Burnley
California Polytechnic University, Pomona

“Concepts are kept clear, concise and uncluttered. The cases provide sufficient detail to go deeper into the real issues faced by a company when deciding upon a strategy.”

Geoffrey Desa
San Francisco State University

“It focuses on students’ skills and abilities with the assessments.  It is current and includes global business and technology impacts on management.”

Paula A. White
Independence University

“The text reads well. It is organized differently than some of the other texts I’ve seen and this works well.”

Jeffrey Anderson
Ohio University

“I really like the textbook and I plan on using it. I believe it provides a great experience for my students and the cases are indeed allowing my students to think about the concepts. I believe the cumulative questions allow the student to think back on previous chapters. Due to various components of the textbook (applying the concepts, self-assessment) it really allows students to take an active role in their learning process and achieve academic success.”

Simona Ileana Giura
SUNY Oneonta

Sample Materials & Chapters

Chapter 1

Chapter 8


Robert N. Lussier

Robert N. Lussier is a professor of management at Springfield College and taught management for more than 35 years. He is a prolific writer, with more than 500 publications to his credit. His articles have been published in the Academy of Entrepreneurship Journal, Business Horizons, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Family Business Review, Journal of Business Strategies, Journal of Management Education, Journal of Small Business Management, Journal of Small Business Strategy, SAM Advanced Management Journal, and several others. He also has a human resources management textbook (with John Hendon) published by SAGE and other textbooks... More About Author

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