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Understanding Management 12th Edition by Richard L. Daft, ISBN-13: 978-0357716892

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  • Publisher: ‎ Cengage Learning; 12th edition (March 31, 2022)
  • Language: ‎ English
  • 616 pages
  • ISBN-10: ‎ 0357716892
  • ISBN-13: ‎ 978-0357716892

Examine the issues impacting today’s current, fast-shifting business environment and the necessary management solutions with Daft/Marcic’s market-leading UNDERSTANDING MANAGEMENT, 12E. Even before recent upheavals, managers and organizations were buffeted by competitive, social, technological and economic change. Today’s managers face more demands than ever before in the scramble to cope with the turbulence of recent events, ethical and social turmoil, mobile commerce, economic instability, globalization, cybersecurity threats, increasing government regulation and global supply chains. This edition helps you, as a future manager, find leading-edge solutions to significant problems — whether everyday challenges or once-in-a-lifetime crises. Content extends beyond techniques traditionally taught to encompass a breadth of management skills and new competencies you can use to face today’s issues.

Table of Contents:

Cover Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Preface

About the Authors

Acknowledgments

Part 1. Introduction to Management

Chapter 1. Leading Edge Management

1-1. Management Competencies for Today’s World

1-1a. Leading-Edge Management Competencies

1-1b. The Trend Toward Bosslessness

1-2. The Basic Functions of Management

1-3. Organizational Performance

1-4. Management Skills

1-4a. When Skills Fail

1-5. Challenges Facing New Managers

1-6. What Is a Manager’s Job Really Like?

1-6a. Manager Activities

1-6b. Manager Roles

1-7. Managing in Nonprofit Organizations

1-8. The Historical Struggle: The Things of Production Versus the Humanity of Production

1-9. Classical Perspective

1-9a. Scientific Management

1-9b. Bureaucratic Organizations

1-9c. Administrative Principles

1-9d. Management Science

1-10. Humanistic Perspective

1-10a. Early Advocates

1-10b. Human Relations Movement

1-10c. Human Resources Perspective

1-10d. Behavioral Sciences Approach

1-11. Management Thinking into the Future

1-11a. Managing the New Technology-Driven Workplace

1-11b. Managing the New People-Driven Workplace

1-12. The Historical Struggle: Is Artificial Intelligence the Answer?

Chapter 1 Discussion Questions

Chapter 1 Practice Your Skills: Self-Learning

Chapter 1 Practice Your Skills: Group Learning

Chapter 1 Practice Your Skills: Action Learning

Chapter 1 Practice Your Skills: Ethical Dilemma

Chapter 1 Practice Your Skills: Case for Critical Analysis

Part 2. The Environment of Management

Chapter 2. The Environment and Corporate Culture

2-1. The External Environment

2-1a. Task Environment

2-1b. General Environment

2-2. The Organization–Environment Relationship

2-2a. Environmental Uncertainty

2-2b. Adapting to the Environment

2-3. The Internal Environment: Corporate Culture

2-3a. What Is Culture?

2-3b. Toxic Cultures

2-4. Interpreting/Shaping Culture

2-4a. Symbols

2-4b. Stories

2-4c. Heroes

2-4d. Slogans

2-4e. Ceremonies

2-5. Types of Culture

2-5a. Adaptability Culture

2-5b. Achievement Culture

2-5c. Involvement Culture

2-5d. Consistency Culture

2-6. Shaping Corporate Culture for Innovative Response

2-6a. Managing the High-Performance Culture

2-6b. Cultural Leadership

Chapter 2 Discussion Questions

Chapter 2 Practice Your Skills: Self-Learning

Chapter 2 Practice Your Skills: Group Learning

Chapter 2 Practice Your Skills: Action Learning

Chapter 2 Practice Your Skills: Ethical Dilemma

Chapter 2 Practice Your Skills: Case for Critical Analysis

Chapter 3. Managing in a Global Environment

3-1. A Borderless World

3-1a. Globalization

3-1b. Developing a Global Mind-Set

3-2. The Changing International Landscape

3-2a. China Rising

3-2b. India, the Service Giant

3-3. Multinational Corporations

3-3a. Characteristics of Multinational Corporations

3-3b. Serving the Bottom of the Pyramid

3-4. Getting Started Internationally

3-5. Legal–Political Challenges

3-6. Sociocultural Challenges

3-6a. Social Values

3-6b. Communication Challenges

3-7. International Trade Alliances

3-7a. GATT and the WTO

3-7b. European Union

3-7c. United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement

Chapter 3 Discussion Questions

Chapter 3 Practice Your Skills: Self-Learning

Chapter 3 Practice Your Skills: Group Learning

Chapter 3 Practice Your Skills: Action Learning

Chapter 3 Practice Your Skills: Ethical Dilemma

Chapter 3 Practice Your Skills: Case for Critical Analysis

Chapter 4. Managing Ethics and Social Responsibility

4-1. What Is Managerial Ethics?

4-1a. Ethical Management Today

4-1b. The Business Case for Ethics and Social Responsibility

4-1c. Ethical Dilemmas: What Would You Do?

4-2. Frameworks for Ethical Decision Making

4-2a. Utilitarian Approach

4-2b. Individualism Approach

4-2c. Moral-Rights Approach

4-2d. Justice Approach

4-2e. Practical Approach

4-3. The Individual Manager and Ethical Choices

4-3a. The Stages of Moral Development

4-3b. Giving Versus Taking

4-4. What Is Corporate Social Responsibility?

4-4a. A New Purpose for the Corporation: Stakeholders

4-4b. The Green Movement

4-4c. Sustainability and the Triple Bottom Line

4-4d. Benefit Corporations and B Lab

4-5. Managing Company Ethics and Social Responsibility

4-5a. Values-Oriented Approach

4-5b. Structure-Oriented Approach

4-5c. Whistle-Blowing

Chapter 4 Discussion Questions

Chapter 4 Practice Your Skills: Self-Learning

Chapter 4 Practice Your Skills: Group Learning

Chapter 4 Practice Your Skills: Action Learning

Chapter 4 Practice Your Skills: Ethical Dilemma

Chapter 4 Practice Your Skills: Case for Critical Analysis

Part 3. Planning

Chapter 5. Planning and Goal Setting

5-1. Goal Setting and Planning Overview

5-1a. Levels of Goals and Plans

5-1b. The Organizational Planning Process

5-2. Goal Setting in Organizations

5-2a. Organizational Mission

5-2b. Managing Goal Conflict

5-3. Performance Management

5-3a. Criteria for Effective Goals

5-3b. Management by Objectives

5-4. Benefits and Limitations of Planning

5-5. Planning for a Turbulent Environment

5-5a. Contingency Planning

5-5b. Scenario Building

5-5c. Setting Stretch Goals for Excellence

5-5d. Crisis Planning

5-6. Thinking Strategically

5-7. What Is Strategic Management?

5-7a. Purpose of Strategy

5-7b. SWOT Analysis

5-8. Formulating Corporate-Level Strategy

5-8a. Portfolio Strategy

5-8b. The BCG Matrix

5-8c. Diversification Strategy

5-9. Formulating Business-Level Strategy

5-9a. Porter’s Five Competitive Forces

5-9b. Porter’s Competitive Strategies

Chapter 5 Discussion Questions

Chapter 5 Practice Your Skills: Self-Learning

Chapter 5 Practice Your Skills: Group Learning

Chapter 5 Practice Your Skills: Action Learning

Chapter 5 Practice Your Skills: Ethical Dilemma

Chapter 5 Practice Your Skills: Case for Critical Analysis

Chapter 6. Managerial Decision Making

6-1. Types of Decisions and Problems

6-1a. Programmed and Nonprogrammed Decisions

6-1b. Facing Uncertainty and Ambiguity

6-2. Decision-Making Models

6-2a. The Ideal, Rational Model

6-2b. How Managers Make Decisions

6-2c. The Political Model

6-3. Decision-Making Steps

6-3a. Recognition of Decision Requirement

6-3b. Diagnosis and Analysis of Causes

6-3c. Development of Alternatives

6-3d. Selection of the Desired Alternative

6-3e. Implementation of the Chosen Alternative

6-3f. Evaluation and Feedback

6-4. Personal Decision Framework

6-5. Why Do Managers Make Bad Decisions?

6-6. Innovative Decision Making

6-6a. Start with Brainstorming

6-6b. Use Hard Evidence

6-6c. Engage in Rigorous Debate

6-6d. Avoid Groupthink

6-6e. Know when to Bail

6-6f. Do a Premortem and Postmortem

Chapter 6 Discussion Questions

Chapter 6 Practice Your Skills: Self-Learning

Chapter 6 Practice Your Skills: Group Learning

Chapter 6 Practice Your Skills: Action Learning

Chapter 6 Practice Your Skills: Ethical Dilemma

Chapter 6 Practice Your Skills: Case for Critical Analysis

Chapter 6 Answers to Questions in “Sunny Side Up”

Part 4. Organizing

Chapter 7. Designing Organization Structure

7-1. Organizing the Vertical Structure

7-1a. Division of Labor

7-1b. Chain of Command

7-1c. Span of Management

7-1d. Centralization and Decentralization

7-2. Departmentalization

7-2a. Vertical Functional Approach

7-2b. Divisional Approach

7-2c. Matrix Approach

7-2d. Team Approach

7-2e. Virtual Network Approach

7-3. Organizing for Horizontal Coordination

7-3a. The Need for Coordination

7-3b. Task Forces, Teams, and Project Management

7-3c. Relational Coordination

7-4. Factors Shaping Structure

7-4a. Structure Follows Strategy

7-4b. Structure Fits the Workflow Technology

Chapter 7 Discussion Questions

Chapter 7 Practice Your Skills: Self-Learning

Chapter 7 Practice Your Skills: Group Learning

Chapter 7 Practice Your Skills: Action Learning

Chapter 7 Practice Your Skills: Ethical Dilemma

Chapter 7 Apply Your Skills: Case for Critical Analysis

Chapter 8. Managing Innovation and Change

8-1. Innovation and the Changing Workplace

8-1a. Disruptive Innovation

8-1b. The Ambidextrous Approach

8-2. Changing Things: New Products and Processes

8-2a. Discovery

8-2b. Horizontal Collaboration and Open Innovation

8-2c. Innovation Roles and Structures

8-3. Changing People and Culture

8-3a. Training and Development

8-3b. Organization Development

8-4. Implementing Innovation and Change

8-4a. Implementation Stages

8-4b. Why Do People Resist Change?

8-4c. Create a Sense of Urgency

8-4d. Use Implementation Tactics

Chapter 8 Discussion Questions

Chapter 8 Practice Your Skills: Self-Learning

Chapter 8 Practice Your Skills: Group Learning

Chapter 8. Practice Your Skills: Action Learning

Chapter 8 Practice Your Skills: Ethical Dilemma

Chapter 8 From Group Learning: New Rental Negotiation

Chapter 8 Practice Your Skills: Case for Critical Analysis

Chapter 8 From Group Learning: New Rental Negotiation

Chapter 9. Managing Human Talent and Diversity/Inclusion

9-1. The Strategic Role of HRM Is to Drive Organizational Performance

9-1a. The Strategic Approach

9-1b. Building Human Capital to Drive Performance

9-2. The Impact of Federal Legislation on HRM

9-3. The Changing Social Contract

9-3a. The End of Lifetime Employment

9-3b. Leading-Edge HR Practices

9-4. Finding the Right People

9-4a. Human Resource Planning

9-4b. Recruiting

9-4c. Selecting

9-5. Developing Talent

9-5a. Training and Development

9-5b. Performance Management

9-6. Maintaining an Effective Workforce

9-6a. Rewards

9-6b. Benefits

9-6c. Termination

9-7. Diversity in the Workplace

9-7a. Diversity Challenges in Corporate America

9-7b. Diversity Challenges on a Global Scale

9-8. Managing Diversity

9-8a. Diversity and Inclusion

9-8b. Diversity of Thought

9-8c. Dividends of Workplace Diversity

9-9. Factors Shaping Personal Bias

9-9a. Unconscious Bias

9-9b. Workplace Prejudice, Discrimination, and Stereotypes

9-9c. Challenges Underrepresented Employees Face

9-10. Factors Affecting Women’s Careers

9-10a. The First Rung of the Management Ladder

9-10b. The Female Advantage

9-11. Diversity Initiatives and Programs

9-11a. Enhance Structures and Policies

9-11b. Expand Recruitment Efforts

9-11c. Establish Sponsor Relationships

9-11d. Provide Personal Coaching and Feedback

9-11e. Increase Awareness of Sexual Harassment

9-11f. Encourage Employee Resource Groups

Chapter 9 Discussion Questions

Chapter 9 Practice Your Skills: Self-Learning

Chapter 9 Practice Your Skills: Group Learning

Chapter 9 Action Learning

Chapter 9 Practice Your Skills: Ethical Dilemma

Chapter 9 Practice Your Skills: Case for Critical Analysis

Part 5. Leading

Chapter 10. Understanding Individual Behavior

10-1. Understanding Yourself and Others

10-1a. The Value and Difficulty of Knowing Yourself

10-1b. Enhance Your Self-Awareness

10-2. Job Satisfaction and Trust

10-2a. Job Satisfaction

10-2b. Trust

10-3. Perception and Attributions

10-3a. Perception and Perceptual Distortions

10-3b. Attributions: A Special Case of Perception

10-4. Personality and Behavior

10-4a. Personality Traits

10-4b. Attitudes and Behaviors Influenced by Personality

10-4c. Problem-Solving Styles and the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator™

10-5. Emotions

10-5a. Positive and Negative Emotions

10-5b. Emotional Intelligence

10-6. Managing Yourself

10-6a. Basic Principles for Self-Management

10-6b. A Step-By-Step Guide for Managing Your Time

10-7. Stress and Resilience

10-7a. Challenge Stress and Threat Stress

10-7b. Causes of Work Stress

10-7c. Enhancing Resilience

Chapter 10 Discussion Questions

Chapter 10 Practice Your Skills: Self-Learning

Chapter 10 Practice Your Skills: Group Learning

Chapter 10 Practice Your Skills: Action Learning

Chapter 10 Practice Your Skills: Ethical Dilemma

Chapter 10 Practice Your Skills: Case for Critical Analysis

Reference

Chapter 11. Leadership

11-1. The Nature of Leadership

11-2. From Management to Leadership

11-3. Contemporary Leadership

11-3a. Level 5 Leadership

11-3b. Servant Leadership

11-3c. Authentic Leadership

11-3d. Interactive Leadership

11-4. Leadership Traits

11-5. Behavioral and Contingency Approaches

11-5a. Behavioral: Task versus People

11-5b. Contingency: The Situational Model of Leadership

11-5c. Contingency: Fiedler’s Contingency Theory

11-5d. Contingency: Situational Substitutes for Leadership

11-6. Charismatic and Transformational Leadership

11-6a. Charismatic Leadership

11-6b. Transformational versus Transactional Leadership

11-7. Followership

11-8. Power and Influence

11-8a. Hard Position Power

11-8b. Personal Soft Power

11-8c. Other Sources of Power

11-8d. Interpersonal Influence Tactics

Chapter 11 Discussion Questions

Chapter 11 Practice Your Skills: Self-Learning

Chapter 11 Practice Your Skills: Group Learning

Chapter 11 Practice Your Skills: Action Learning

Chapter 11 Practice Your Skills: Ethical Dilemma

Chapter 11 Practice Your Skills: Case for Critical Analysis

Chapter 12. Motivating Employees

12-1. Individual Needs and Motivation

12-2. Intrinsic and Extrinsic Rewards

12-3. Content Perspectives on Motivation

12-3a. The Hierarchy of Needs

12-3b. ERG Theory

12-3c. A Two-Factor Approach to Motivation

12-3d. Acquired Needs

12-4. Process Perspectives on Motivation

12-4a. Goal Setting

12-4b. Equity Theory

12-4c. Expectancy Theory

12-5. Reinforcement Perspective on Motivation

12-5a. Direct Reinforcement

12-5b. Social Learning Theory

12-6. Job Design for Motivation

12-6a. Job Enrichment

12-6b. Job Characteristics Model

12-7. Leading-Edge Ideas for Motivating

12-7a. Empowering People to Meet Higher Needs

12-7b. Giving Meaning to Work Through Engagement

Chapter 12 Discussion Questions

Chapter 12 Practice Your Skills: Self-Learning

Chapter 12 Practice Your Skills: Group Learning

Chapter 12 Practice Your Skills: Action Learning

Chapter 12 Practice Your Skills: Ethical Dilemma

Chapter 12 Practice Your Skills: Case for Critical Analysis

Chapter 13. Managing Communication

13-1. Communication Is the Manager’s Job

13-1a. What Is Communication?

13-1b. A Model of Communication

13-2. Purpose-Driven Communication

13-2a. Communicating Vision, Mission, and Values

13-2b. Communicating to Persuade and Influence Others

13-3. Communicating Effectively with Others

13-3a. Open Communication Climate

13-3b. Communication Channels

13-3c. Giving Feedback

13-3d. Communicating with Candor

13-3e. Asking Questions

13-3f. Listening

13-3g. Nonverbal Communication

13-4. Workplace Communication

13-4a. Social Media

13-4b. Personal Communication Networks

13-4c. Formal Communication Channels

Chapter 13 Discussion Questions

Chapter 13 Practice Your Skills: Self-Learning

Chapter 13 Practice Your Skills: Group Learning

Chapter 13 Practice Your Skills: Action Learning

Chapter 13 Practice Your Skills: Ethical Dilemma

Chapter 13 Practice Your Skills: Case for Critical Analysis

Chapter 14. Leading Teams

14-1. The Value of Teams

14-1a. What is a Team?

14-1b. Contributions of Teams

14-1c. Types of Teams

14-2. Virtual Teams

14-3. The Personal Dilemma of Teamwork

14-4. Model of Team Effectiveness

14-5. Team Demographics

14-5a. Size

14-5b. Diversity

14-5c. Member Roles

14-6. Team Processes

14-6a. Stages of Team Development

14-6b. Building a Cohesive Team

14-6c. Establishing Team Norms

14-7. Managing Team Conflict

14-7a. Types of Conflict

14-7b. Balancing Conflict and Cooperation

14-7c. Causes of Conflict

14-7d. Styles of Handling Conflict

14-7e. Ways of Expressing Conflict

14-7f. Negotiation

Chapter 14 Discussion Questions

Chapter 14 Practice Your Skills: Self-Learning

Chapter 14 Practice Your Skills: Group Learning

Chapter 14 Practice Your Skills: Action Learning

Chapter 14 Practice Your Skills: Ethical Dilemma

Chapter 14 Practice Your Skills: Case for Critical Analysis

Part 6. Controlling

Chapter 15. Managing Quality and Performance

15-1. The Meaning of Control

15-2. Feedback Control Model

15-2a. Four Steps of Feedback Control

15-2b. The Balanced Scorecard

15-3. The Changing Philosophy of Control

15-3a. Hierarchical Versus Decentralized Approaches

15-3b. The Dilemma of Algorithmic Control

15-4. Total Quality Management

15-4a. TQM Techniques

15-4b. TQM Success Factors

15-5. Budgetary Control

15-5a. Expense Budget

15-5b. Revenue Budget

15-5c. Cash Budget

15-5d. Capital Budget

15-5e. Zero-Based Budget

15-6. Financial Control

15-6a. Financial Statements

15-6b. Financial Analysis: Interpreting the Numbers

Chapter 15 Discussion Questions

Chapter 15 Practice Your Skills: Self-Learning

Chapter 15 Practice Your Skills: Group Learning

Chapter 15 Practice Your Skills: Action Learning

Chapter 15 Practice Your Skills: Ethical Dilemma

Chapter 15 Practice Your Skills: Case for Critical Analysis

Richard L. Daft, Ph.D., is the Brownlee O. Currey, Jr., Professor of Management in the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University where he specializes in the study of leadership and organization theory. Dr. Daft is a Fellow of the Academy of Management and has served on the editorial boards of Academy of Management Journal, Administrative Science Quarterly, and Journal of Management Education. He was the Associate Editor-in-Chief of Organization Science and associate editor of Administrative Science Quarterly.

Dr. Daft has authored or co-authored 13 books, including ORGANIZATION THEORY AND DESIGN and MANAGEMENT. He has also authored dozens of scholarly articles, papers, and chapters and has published in the Administrative Science Quarterly, Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Management, Accounting Organizations and Society, Management Science, MIS Quarterly, and Organizational Behavior Teaching Review. Dr. Daft has received several government research grants in organization design, organizational innovation and change, strategy implementation, and organizational information processing.

An active teacher and respected consultant, Dr. Daft has served as associate dean and helped manage a start-up enterprise. He has been involved in management development and consulting for numerous organizations, including the American Banking Association, AutoZone, Nortel, Bridgestone, TVA, Pratt & Whitney, Allstate Insurance, State Farm Insurance, the United States Air Force, the U.S. Army, J. C. Bradford & Co., Central Parking System, USAA, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Vanderbilt University Medical Center and many others.

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