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Manager's Bookshelf, The: Pearson New International Edition 10th edition


Manager's Bookshelf, The: Pearson New International Edition 10th edition

Paperback by Pierce, Jon; Newstrom, John

Manager's Bookshelf, The: Pearson New International Edition

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ISBN:
9781292040349
Publication Date:
1 Nov 2013
Edition/language:
10th edition / English
Publisher:
Pearson Education Limited
Pages:
304 pages
Format:
Paperback
For delivery:
Estimated despatch 20 - 21 May 2024
Manager's Bookshelf, The: Pearson New International Edition

Description

For undergraduate/graduate-level courses in Introduction to Management or Organizational Behavior. Sample the best of the best philosophies, views, and theories in management. The Manager's Bookshelf: A Mosaic of Contemporary Views is a collection of objective summaries from a broad sampling of bestselling business books. Presenting readers with a collage of information to improve their knowledge of management practices, this text introduces the philosophies, views, and experiences of several authors whose works have captivated the attention of today's management community.

Contents

Preface Acknowledgments About the Editors I. INTRODUCTION Reading 1: Understanding and Using the Best Sellers, by Jon L. Pierce and John W. Newstrom Reading 2: Reflections on the Best Sellers and A Cautionary Note, by Jon L. Pierce and John W. Newstrom, with Larry L. Cummings, Brad Jackson, and Anne Cummings II. BEST-SELLER "CLASSICS" Reading 1: The Practice of Management, by Peter F. Drucker Reading 2: The One Minute Manager, by Kenneth Blanchard and Spencer Johnson Reading 3: Out of the Crisis, by W. Edwards Deming Reading 4: The Human Side of Enterprise, by Douglas McGregor Reading 5: Maslow on Management, by Abraham H. Maslow Reading 6: The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, by Stephen R. Covey Reading 7: The Fifth Discipline, by Peter Senge Reading 8: Competitive Advantage, by Michael E. Porter III: HIGH- AND LOW-PERFORMING ORGANIZATIONS Reading 1: Good to Great, by Jim Collins Reading 2: Big Winners and Big Losers, by Alfred Marcus Reading 3: How the Mighty Fall, by Jim Collins IV. ORGANIZATIONAL STRATEGY AND EXECUTION Reading 1: Higher Ambition by Michael Beer, Russell Eisenstat, Nathaniel Foote, Tobias Fredberg, and Flemming Norrgren Reading 2: Responsible Restructuring, by Wayne F. Cascio V. ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE Reading 1: Organizational Culture and Leadership, by Edgar H. Schein Reading 2: Transparency: How Leaders Create a Culture of Candor, by Warren Bennis, Daniel Goleman, and James O'Toole VI. MOTIVATION Reading 1: The Enthusiastic Employee, by David Sirota, Louis A. Mischkind, and Michael Irwin Meltzer Reading 2: Psychological Capital, by Fred Luthans, Carolyn M. Youssef, and Bruce J. Avolio Reading 3: Why Pride Matters More Than Money, by Jon R. Katzenbach Reading 4: Mojo, by Marshall Goldsmith with Mark Reiter VII. LEADERSHIP AND POWER Reading 1: Positive Leadership, by Kim Cameron Reading 2: Bad Leadership, by Barbara Kellerman Reading 3: Power, by Jeffrey Pfeffer PART VIII. TEAMS AND TEAMWORK Reading 1: Collaborative Intelligence: Using Teams to Solve Hard Problems, by J. Richard Hackman Reading 2: Beyond Teams, by Michael M. Beyerlein, Sue Freedman, Craig McGee, and Linda Moran IX. ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE Reading 1: Building the Bridge as You Walk on It, by Robert E. Quinn Reading 2: A Sense of Urgency, by John P. Kotter X. "UNDISCUSSABLE" ISSUES AT WORK Reading 1: Workplace Survival, by Ella W. VanFleet and David D. VanFleet Reading 2: The No-Asshole Rule, by Robert I. Sutton Reading 3: It's All Politics, by Kathleen Kelley Reardon XI. MANAGERIAL DECISION-MAKING Reading 1: Thinking, Fast and Slow, by Danie

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