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    Principles of Management

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    ISBN 13: 9781946135186

    Publisher: University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing

    Language: English

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    Reviewed by Nicole Englitsch, Lecturer, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley on 5/8/24

    The material covers relevant topics that you would expect to see in a principles of management book. It is a good basic introduction to management principles. Even though it is organized well, the structure of the resource could be improved by... read more

    Reviewed by Anjali Chaudhry, Professor, Dominican University on 10/27/22

    This open text covers all pertinent areas related to principles of management. Any core business class on management focuses on the four functions of management- planning, organizing, leading, and controlling. This material does a good job going... read more

    Reviewed by John Strifler, Associate Adjunct, University of Indianapolis on 4/22/21

    The text is appears to be an excellent text to introduce the P-O-L-C management principles, and promote the key elements of strategy, entrepreneurship, and leadership development in students. Highlights: Chapter 1 introduces the concepts... read more

    Reviewed by JOE MESSER, Professor of Entrepreneurship, Manchester University on 4/2/21

    I have been a business owner for 30 years and taught business management for the last 12 years. I found this text to cover all the important areas of management. Plan, Organize, Lead, and Control, were introduced early on (page 19) and each... read more

    Reviewed by B'Ann Dittmar, Instructor, Clarke University on 1/7/21

    Like most Principles of Management textbooks, this book has a wide breadth of topics that are covered that are relevant to the subject area. Consistent with a principles course, it does not go into great depth in most areas, as those deeper dives... read more

    Reviewed by Jose-Luis (Joe) Iglesias, Assistant professor of Management, USC-Beaufort on 8/25/20

    I believe that the examples and cases are appropriate to demonstrate the applicability of management concepts. However, I wish that the authors could be able to update the examples and cases to a more recent world reality. Overall, the index and... read more

    Reviewed by Linda Williamson, Program Lead, Business Administration, Klamath Community College on 3/13/19

    I have reviewed numerous books related to management over the past 15 years and this text includes several components that I often need to add to the textbooks I am using. For example, there is wonderful language related to the "balanced... read more

    Reviewed by Jeanine Parolini, Teaching Partner, Bethel University on 12/3/18

    Principles of Management provides a comprehensive overview of key management and leadership principles for my professional adult undergraduate students. In our program, it is vital that we offer students a progressive big picture overview of the... read more

    Reviewed by Valerie Wallingford, Professor, Bemidji State University on 6/19/18

    There should be a chapter devoted to the 4 functions of management (planning, leading, organizing & controlling) versus just one chapter covering all four primary functions of management so that is why I have ranked it a 3. read more

    Reviewed by K Doreen MacAulay, Instructor II, University of South Florida on 3/27/18

    The material covers all the basic requirements for a principles of management course. The concepts and applications are on par with what is being taught. I feel the examples are a little dated, but that is something that could easily be augmented... read more

    Reviewed by Debby Thomas, Assistant Professor of Management, George Fox University on 2/1/18

    The text covers the basics that other Principles of Management texts do. read more

    Reviewed by Mindy Bean, Faculty, Linn-Benton Community College on 6/20/17

    The Principles of Management heavily relies of the POLC method of Planning, Organizing, Leading, and Controlling. The text was unique in covering the basics of each area within each context while tying it in with many factors that managers deal... read more

    Reviewed by Irene Seto, Faculty, Portland Community College on 6/20/17

    I was involved with modifying an existing course to utilizes Open Education Resources in our introduction to Management Supervisory course. This text book is one that we selected a few chapters from for our course. I found this book covers all the... read more

    Reviewed by Holly Jean Greene, Lecturer, University of Tennessee, Knoxville on 6/20/17

    The textbook covers subject matter found in most management texts such as the four foundations of management - planning, organizing, leading and controlling ( P-O-L-C). In fact, each chapter links back to P-O-L-C very well. The textbook covers... read more

    Reviewed by Paul Jacques, Associate Professor, Rhode Island College on 4/11/17

    Each of the concepts that are typically covered in a Principles of Management course are included in this manuscript. The table of contents, chapter index, are helpful. Glossary of key terms is embedded within each chapter and could perhaps be... read more

    Reviewed by David Bess, Professor, University of Hawaii on 8/21/16

    The text covers the major topics taught in a typical introduction to management course quite thoroughly. read more

    Reviewed by Kim bishop, Adjunct Faculty, Portland Community College on 8/21/16

    Yes, the subjects match up with what our school has for Course content and outcome Guides, for this course. It covers all subjects adequately. read more

    Reviewed by Brian Richardson, Adjunct Faculty, University of Hawaii at Manoa on 8/21/16

    In the introduction to Principles of Management, the authors state that there are three themes in the book: strategic thinking, entrepreneurial thinking, and active management. The entrepreneurial theme is not as prevalent as their introduction... read more

    Table of Contents

    Chapter 1: Introduction to Principles of Management

    • 1.1 Introduction to Principles of Management
    • 1.2 Case in Point: Doing Good as a Core Business Strategy
    • 1.3 Who Are Managers?
    • 1.4 Leadership, Entrepreneurship, and Strategy
    • 1.5 Planning, Organizing, Leading, and Controlling
    • 1.6 Economic, Social, and Environmental Performance
    • 1.7 Performance of Individuals and Groups
    • 1.8 Your Principles of Management Survivor's Guide

    Chapter 2: Personality, Attitudes, and Work Behaviors

    • 2.1 Chapter Introduction
    • 2.2 Case in Point: SAS Institute Invests in Employees
    • 2.3 Personality and Values
    • 2.4 Perception
    • 2.5 Work Attitudes
    • 2.6 The Interactionist Perspective: The Role of Fit
    • 2.7 Work Behaviors
    • 2.8 Developing Your Positive Attitude Skills

    Chapter 3: History, Globalization, and Values-Based Leadership

    • 3.1 History, Globalization, and Values-Based Leadership
    • 3.2 Case in Point: Hanna Andersson Corporation Changes for Good
    • 3.3 Ancient History: Management Through the 1990s
    • 3.4 Contemporary Principles of Management
    • 3.5 Global Trends
    • 3.6 Globalization and Principles of Management
    • 3.7 Developing Your Values-Based Leadership Skills

    Chapter 4: Developing Mission, Vision, and Values

    • 4.1 Developing Mission, Vision, and Values
    • 4.2 Case in Point: Xerox Motivates Employees for Success
    • 4.3 The Roles of Mission, Vision, and Values
    • 4.4 Mission and Vision in the P-O-L-C Framework
    • 4.5 Creativity and Passion
    • 4.6 Stakeholders
    • 4.7 Crafting Mission and Vision Statements
    • 4.8 Developing Your Personal Mission and Vision

    Chapter 5: Strategizing

    • 5.1 Strategizing
    • 5.2 Case in Point: Unnamed Publisher Transforms Textbook Industry
    • 5.3 Strategic Management in the P-O-L-C Framew

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    About the Book

    Principles of Management teaches management principles to tomorrow's business leaders by weaving three threads through every chapter: strategy, entrepreneurship and active leadership.

    Strategic — All business school teachings have some orientation toward performance and strategy and are concerned with making choices that lead to high performance. Principles of Management will frame performance using the notion of the triple bottom-line — the idea that economic performance allows individuals and organizations to perform positively in social and environmental ways as well. The triple bottom line is financial, social, and environmental performance. It is important for all students to understand the interdependence of these three facets of organizational performance.

    The Entrepreneurial Manager — While the "General Management" course at Harvard Business School was historically one of its most popular and impactful courses (pioneered in the 1960s by Joe Bower), recent Harvard MBAs did not see themselves as "general managers." This course was relabeled "The Entrepreneurial Manager" in 2006, and has regained its title as one of the most popular courses. This reflects and underlying and growing trend that students, including the undergraduates this book targets, can see themselves as entrepreneurs and active change agents, but not just as managers.

    By starting fresh with an entrepreneurial/change management orientation, this text provides an exciting perspective on the art of management that students can relate to. At the same time, this perspective is as relevant to existing for-profit organizations (in the form intrapreneurship) as it is to not-for-profits and new entrepreneurial ventures.

    Active Leadership — Starting with the opening chapter, Principles of Management shows students how leaders and leadership are essential to personal and organizational effectiveness and effective organizational change. Students are increasingly active as leaders at an early age, and are sometimes painfully aware of the leadership failings they see in public and private organizations. It is the leader and leadership that combine the principles of management (the artist's palette, tools, and techniques) to create the art of management.

    This book's modular format easily maps to a POLC (Planning, Organizing, Leading, and Controlling) course organization, which was created by Henri Fayol (General and industrial management (1949). London: Pitman Publishing company), and suits the needs of both undergraduate and graduate course in Principles of Management.

    This textbook has been used in classes at: College of Alameda, Columbia Basin College, Flagler College, Johnson County Community College, Pasadena City College, Penn State University, Renton Technical College, San Diego Mesa College, Sierra College, Yuba College.

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