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Management
Fourth Edition
- Christopher P. Neck - Arizona State University, USA
- Jeffery D. Houghton - West Virginia University, USA
- Emma L. Murray
November 2024 | 560 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
Management, Fourth Edition introduces students to the planning, organizing, leading, and controlling functions of management, with an emphasis on how managers can cultivate an entrepreneurial mindset. The text includes 34 case studies profiling a wide range of companies including The Progressive Corporation, Catch+Release, and Sephora.
Authors Christopher P. Neck, Jeffery D. Houghton, and Emma L. Murray use a variety of examples, applications, and insights from real-world managers to help students develop the knowledge, mindset, and skills they need to succeed in today’s fast-paced, dynamic workplace.
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Authors Christopher P. Neck, Jeffery D. Houghton, and Emma L. Murray use a variety of examples, applications, and insights from real-world managers to help students develop the knowledge, mindset, and skills they need to succeed in today’s fast-paced, dynamic workplace.
This text is offered in Sage Vantage, an intuitive learning platform that integrates quality Sage textbook content with assignable multimedia activities and auto-graded assessments to drive student engagement and ensure accountability. Unparalleled in its ease of use and built for dynamic teaching and learning, Vantage offers customizable LMS integration and best-in-class support.
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Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Part 1: Introduction To Management
Chapter 1: The Basics of Management
Chapter 2: Organizational Environment and Culture
Chapter 3: Ethics and Social Responsibility
Chapter 4: Managing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in a Global Economy
Part 2: Planning
Chapter 5: Making Effective Decisions
Chapter 6: Planning and Setting Goals
Chapter 7: Designing Strategies
Chapter 8: Managing With an Entrepreneurial Mindset
Part 3: Organizing
Chapter 9: Structuring Organizations
Chapter 10: The Human Side of Management
Chapter 11: Managing Team Performance
Part 4: Leading
Chapter 12: Managers as Leaders
Chapter 13: Understanding Individual Behavior
Chapter 14: Motivating Others
Chapter 15: Communicating
Part 5: Controlling
Chapter 16: Managing Change and Innovation
Chapter 17: Controlling Information and Operations
Supplement A: The History of Management
Supplements
Instructor Resource Site
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The LMS cartridge makes it easy to import this title’s instructor resources into your learning management system (LMS). These resources include:
- Test banks
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- Lecture notes
- All tables and figures from the textbook
You can still access the online resources for this title via the password-protected Instructor Resource Site.
In addition to updating 80% of the chapter references, we have included both new and revised cases on real-world companies at the beginning of each chapter, including The Progressive Corporation, Catch+Release, Spotify, and Sephora. We have also included all new end-of-chapter cases and enhanced the end of chapter Up for Debate features that encourage students to critically analyze important and current management topics. Also included are coverage of new topics such as artificial intelligence (AI), quiet quitting, the gig economy, ethical fading, and an expanded discussion of DEI and social responsibility Additionally, we have rearranged the order of many chapters to emphasize the core foundations of management and reorganized some chapters to streamline the flow of information.
