Ebook Contemporary Management Mee 2e

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.

When first introduced to the market in 1998, Jones et al.'sContemporary Managementmade a huge splash with its innovative voice, content, pedagogy, design, and package. Four years later, The First Canadian Edition of Jones broke new ground in the Canadian post-secondary market, quickly receiving nationwide acclaim.Now in the Second Canadian Edition,Contemporary Managementcontinues to redefine what principles of management texts should look, sound, and feel like.Contemporary Managementis a comprehensive text that surveys the theoretical underpinnings of modern management thought and research using a variety of real-world examples from small, medium, and large companies, therefore showing the reader how those ideas are used by practising managers.The text has been heavily revised in the Second Canadian Edition, with a reworked structure designed to better explore the modular nature of the subject, new pedagogy designed to keep up with real-world development and student interests, and new end-of-chapter material created to improve student learning. The themes of diversity, ethics, and information technology have been greatly expanded in the Second Canadian Edition 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 in Canada or abroad.

This European edition of Contemporary Management offers a comprehensive coverage of introductory management topics, addressing both new and classic theory and research within a contemporary framework. The book begins by examining what it means to be a manager, before moving on to analyse this in relation to various aspects of strategy, leadership and the organization. The authors take a practical approach, applying concepts to real-life situations in order to equip students to deal with the issues and opportunities posed by today's dynamic business environment.

Jones/George, Essentials of Contemporary Management is the concise edition of the market bestselling textbook by the same author team. Jones and George are dedicated to the challenge of "Making It Real" for students. The authors present management in a way that makes its relevance obvious even to students who might lack exposure to a "real-life" management context. This is accomplished thru a diverse set of examples, and the unique, and most popular feature of the text, the "Manager as a Person" Chapter 2. This chapter discusses managers as real people with their own personalities, strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and problems and this theme is carried thru the remaining chapters. This text also discusses the importance of management competencies--the specific set of skills, abilities, and experiences that gives one manager the ability to perform at a higher level than another in a specific context. The themes of diversity, ethics, globalization, and information technology are integrated throughout.