Contemporary Management

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Jones and George are dedicated to the challenge of "Making It Real" for students. As a team, they are uniquely qualified to write about the organizational challenges facing today's managers. No other author team in the management discipline matches their combined research and text-writing experience. Essentials of Management concisely surveys current management theories and research. Through a variety of real world examples from small, medium, and large companies the reader learns how those ideas are used by practicing managers. The organization of this text follows the mainstream functional approach of planning, organizing, leading, and controlling; but the content is flexible and encourages instructors to use the organization they are most comfortable with. The themes of diversity, ethics, and information technology are clearly evident through in-text examples, photographs, "unboxed" stories, and the end-of-chapter material - all areas of importance that truly serve to bring to life the workplace realities that today's student will encounter in the course of a career.

The Second Middle East Edition blends theory with contemporary management practice. Dr. Marina Apaydin (American University of Beirut) joins the authoring team in this edition for significant enhancements to content and presentation of topics. New chapter-opening cases have been added to feature companies and management personalities from the Middle East. Management Insights vignettes offer balanced representation of international as well as local, small-to-medium sized companies and start-ups, to ensure applicability of theory in a variety of contexts. Updated content and improved topics coverage ensure closer alignment with introductory management courses: • Two new topics have been added on the history of management in the Arab world in Chapter 2, and Islamic ethics in Chapter 5. • Improved content coverage includes a new Chapter 3 focusing on the Manager as a Person. • Improved and streamlined coverage of managerial processes relating to organizational culture in Chapter 4. • Managing in the Global Environment includes revised terminology consistent with International Business courses. • Chapters 8 through 11 have gone through substantial revision to focus on control as part of managing the organizational structure, and organizational learning as part of change and innovation. • Chapter 16 includes contemporary topics on communication including social media, influencers, and a guide to networking. Dr. Marina Apaydin is an Assistant Professor of Strategic Management at the Olayan School Business at the American University of Beirut, Lebanon. Dr. Omar Belkohodja is an Associate Professor of Strategic Management and International Business at the School of Business Administration at the American University of Sharjah, UAE.

This reader-friendly book attempts to comprehend all the scattered and diverse understandings of Contemporary Management Thought in a systematic and structured manner into a nutshell. It will enable the reader to take a leap jump to the current frontiers of the turbulent and dynamic business world today. The first chapter comprises an in-depth analysis of the four parameters that govern modern business; Uncertainty, Ambiguity, Paradox and Chaos. Despite the fact that business executives fear and resent to deal with such realities, exponential financial gains can be made within very short periods by exploring the enormous business potential and emerging opportunities associated with them. The second chapter deals with the significance of knowledge in modern management with numerous value additions, supplemented by examples. The third chapter on Paradigms, a buzzword in modern management, encapsulates all the existing concepts with a new philosophical interpretation. Also, it highlights the missed opportunities owing to paradigm shifts and paradigm blindness and the need to redefine the corporate mission from an end-use perspective, rather than from the conventional end-user perspective. The fourth chapter identifies a global process error and summarizes the entire industrial revolution from a strategy evolution and transformation perspective.

This book is a comprehensive, state of the art guide to the contemporary non-surgical treatment of temporomandibular disorders (TMDs) that will help to compensate for the frequent lack of experience and inadequate training among health professionals who encounter patients with jaw joint problems. After an opening section outlining special considerations relating to bruxism and trauma in TMDs, medical management and dental treatment are explained in detail, with coverage of various perspectives such as those of the orthodontist and prosthodontist. Psychiatric considerations and adjunctive therapies are also thoroughly discussed and the importance of a team approach to the management of temporomandibular disorders is highlighted. Complementary volumes are devoted to anatomy, pathophysiology, evaluation, and diagnosis and to total temporomandibular joint replacement and other surgical procedures, respectively. Each book will therefore be of high value for the multidisciplinary team necessary for successful management of TMDs, including dentists, surgeons, primary care doctors, pain doctors, and allied health professionals.

The book extensively discusses the science of multiple myeloma, including the epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, new diagnostic and prognostic criteria and various treatment options. It covers all the aspects of myeloma therapy such as, induction therapy, hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, treatment of relapsed/refractory cases and treatment of complications. The chapter on future directions discusses the development of novel agents and strategies. The book also includes a discussion on related disorders, including amyloidosis, Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia, plasmacytoma, MGUS, and POEMS syndrome. Relevant scientific information is integrated throughout, but the focus here is on providing practical therapeutic guidance for oncologists and hematologists treating multiple myeloma. Written by an expert with pioneer work in this field, this book contains information in a systematic and user friendly layout, supported with rich illustrations, tables, figures and, algorithms. This book useful for general internists, oncologists, hematologists residents and fellows in training.