Study Guide for Griffin's Management, 8th

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Created by Joseph Thomas of Middle Tennessee State University, the Study Guide has been revised to increase students' comprehension of definitions, concepts, and applications presented in the text. Each chapter contains an expanded chapter outline to facilitate note taking, and targeted questions that ask students to synthesize material from the lectures with the text. Multiple-choice and true/false questions are also provided for every chapter (annotated answers appear at the end of the Study Guide).

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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780618354610
  • Publisher: Cengage Learning
  • Publication date: 10/20/2006
  • Edition description: Study Guid
  • Edition number: 8
  • Pages: 304
  • Product dimensions: 8.50 (w) x 10.80 (h) x 0.40 (d)

Meet the Author

Ricky W. Griffin serves as Distinguished Professor and Blocker Chair in Business at Texas A&M. He received his Ph.D. in organizational behavior from the University of Houston. He has served as editor of the Journal of Management and as an officer in the Southwest Regional Division of the Academy of Management, the Southern Management Association, and the Research Methods Division and the Organizational Behavior Division of the Academy of Management. Dr. Griffin spent three years on the faculty at the University of Missouri (Columbia) before moving to Texas A&M University in 1981. His research interests include workplace violence, employee health and well-being in the workplace, and workplace culture. A well respected author, recognized for his organizational behavior and management research, Dr. Griffin has written many successful textbooks, including MANAGEMENT, FUNDAMENTALS OF MANAGEMENT, ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR, HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS, and INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS.

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Table of Contents

Contents
  • I. An Introduction to Management
  • 1. Managing and the Manager's Job
    An Introduction to Management
    The Management Process
    Kinds of Managers
    Basic Managerial Roles and Skills
    The Nature of Managerial Work
    The New Workplace
    • 2. Traditional and Contemporary Issues and Challenges
      The Role of Theory and History in Management
      The Classical Management Perspective
      The Behavioral Management Perspective
      The Quantitative Management Perspective
      Integrating Perspectives for Managers
      Contemporary Management Issues and Challenges
      • II. The Environmental Context of Management
      • 3. The Environment and Culture of Organizations
        The Organization's Environments
        The External Environment
        The Internal Environment
        The Organization's Culture
        Organization-Environment Relationships
        The Environment and Organizational Effectiveness
        • 4. The Ethical and Social Environment
          Individual Ethics in Organizations
          Emerging Ethical Issues in Organizations
          Social Responsibility and Organizations
          The Government and Social Responsibility
          Managing Social Responsibility
          • 5. The Global Environment
            The Nature of International Business
            The Structure of the Global Economy
            Environmental Challenges of International Management
            Competing in a Global Economy
            • 6. The Multicultural Environment
              The Nature of Diversity and Multiculturalism
              Diversity and Multiculturalism in Organizations
              Effects of Diversity and Multiculturalism in Organizations
              Managing Diversity and Multiculturalism in Organizations
              Toward the Multicultural Organization
              • III. Planning and Decision Making
              • 7. BasicElements of Planning and Decision Making
                Decision Making and the Planning Process
                Organizational Goals
                Organizational Planning
                Tactical Planning
                Operational Planning
                Managing Goal-Setting and Planning Processes
                • 8. Managing Strategy and Strategic Planning
                  The Nature of Strategic Management
                  Using SWOT Analysis to Formulate Strategy
                  Formulating Business-Level Strategies
                  Implementing Business-Level Strategies
                  Formulating Corporate-Level Strategies
                  Implementing Corporate-Level Strategies
                  International and Global Strategies
                  • 9. Managing Decision Making and Problem Solving
                    The Nature of Decision Making
                    Rational Perspectives on Decision Making
                    Behavioral Aspects of Decision Making
                    Group and Team Decision Making in Organizations
                    • 10. Managing New Venture Formation and Entrepreneurship
                      The Nature of Entrepreneurship
                      The Role of Entrepreneurship in Society
                      Strategy for Entrepreneurial Organizations
                      Structure of Entrepreneurial Organizations
                      The Performance of Entrepreneurial Organizations
                      • IV. The Organizing Process
                      • 11. Basic Elements of Organizing
                        The Elements of Organizing
                        Designing Jobs
                        Grouping Jobs: Departmentalization
                        Establishing Reporting Relationships
                        Distributing Authority
                        Coordinating Activities
                        Differentiating Between Positions
                        • 12. Managing Organization Design
                          The Nature of Organization Design
                          Universal Perspectives on Organization Design
                          Situational Influences on Organization Design
                          Strategy and Organization Design
                          Basic Forms of Organization Design
                          Emerging Issues in Organization Design
                          • 13. Managing Organization Change and Innovation
                            The Nature of Organization Change
                            Managing Change in Organizations
                            Areas of Organization Change
                            Organizational Innovation
                            • 14. Managing Human Resources in Organizations
                              The Environmental Context of Human Resource Management
                              Attracting Human Resources
                              Developing Human Resources
                              Maintaining Human Resources
                              Managing Labor Relations
                              New Challenges in the Changing Workplace
                              • V. The Leading Process
                              • 15. Basic Elements of Individual Behavior in Organizations
                                Understanding Individuals in Organizations
                                Personality and Individual Behavior
                                Attitudes and Individual Behavior
                                Perception and Individual Behavior
                                Stress and Individual Behavior
                                Creativity in Organizations
                                Types of Workplace Behavior
                                • 16. Managing Employee Motivation and Performance
                                  The Nature of Motivation
                                  Content Perspectives on Motivation
                                  Process Perspectives on Motivation
                                  Reinforcement Perspectives on Motivation
                                  Popular Motivational Strategies
                                  Using Reward Systems to Motivate Performance
                                  • 17. Managing Leadership and Influence Processes
                                    The Nature of Leadership
                                    Generic Approaches to Leadership
                                    Situational Approaches to Leadership
                                    Related Approaches to Leadership
                                    Emerging Approaches to Leadership
                                    Political Behavior in Organizations
                                    • 18. Managing Interpersonal Relations and Communication
                                      The Interpersonal Nature of Organizations
                                      Communication and the Manager's Job
                                      Forms of Communication in Organizations
                                      Informal Communication in Organizations
                                      Managing Organizational Communication
                                      • 19. Managing Work Groups and Teams
                                        Groups and Teams in Organizations
                                        Characteristics of Groups and Teams
                                        Interpersonal and Intergroup Conflict
                                        Managing Conflict in Organizations
                                        • VI. The Controlling Process
                                        • 20. Basic Elements of Control
                                          The Nature of Control
                                          Operations Control
                                          Financial Control
                                          Structural Control
                                          Strategic Control
                                          Managing Control in Organizations
                                          • 21. Managing Operations, Quality, and Productivity
                                            The Nature of Operations Management
                                            Designing Operations Systems
                                            Organizational Technologies
                                            Implementing Operations Systems Through Supply Chain Management
                                            Managing Total Quality
                                            Managing Productivity
                                            • 22. Managing Information and Information Technology
                                              Information and the Manager
                                              Types of Information Systems
                                              Managing Information Systems
                                              The Impact of Information Systems on Organizations
                                              • Appendix. Tools for Planning and Decision Making
                                                Forecasting
                                                Other Planning Techniques
                                                Decision-making Tools
                                                Strengths and Weaknesses of Planning Tools
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