This new edition of this highly successful introductory text on general management updates and extends the book to cover some of the new concepts in management today. For example, the management of change, continuous improvement, and team building. Management theory and practice are merged through the use of case studies to create a credible basis for the resolution of problems encountered in everyday management situations. These cases can be used as the basis for the teaching of management on a syndicate basis. Principles and Practice of Modern Management can be used as a course text on any course where management is taught, for example Professional, degree and MBA courses. It will also prove useful to practising managers wishing to update themselves on recent developments in management.
Defining the Subject: the Problem of Management Managing Ourselves Managing People The Management of Human Resources The Organisational Domain Management Processes Management Functions
Tony Dawson is a senior lecturer at the Liverpool Business School at the John Moores University and is the author of several highly successful books on management related subjects.