Publisher's Synopsis
This easy-to-follow, readable text takes a more creative, less traditional approach to management. The career-minded person will find many topics of interest, such as managing a career, increasing personal productivity, managing stress and burnout, working at home, and telecommunicating.;The text offers insight into personal traits, characteristics, and behaviour of those in leadership positions and helps students recognize and develop their leadership potential.;A new chapter in the Second Edition examines the manager's environment, including social responsibility and ethics, international business, and the current movement towards lean, efficient business organizations. All chapters have been updated, and include new coverage of topical subjects, including just-in-time inventory management, robust quality, and gainsharing. Use of computers in management is examined.;This book should be of interest to undergraduate students of all subjects containing a management element.
