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Management, 14th Edition

Ricky W. Griffin

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Management 14th Edition by Ricky W. Griffin
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Overview

Griffin’s “Management” 14th Edition, introduces management using a skills-based, functional approach. Content focuses on active planning, leading, organizing and controlling to examine emerging management topics and influential trends. New discussions explore the effects of technology, the importance of a green business environment, the need to adapt to changing times, the growing importance of AI and workplace changes such as hybrid work. The text studies the impact of COVID-19 and the resulting economic turmoil. Students examine ethical challenges and the importance of diversity. Hundreds of contemporary examples demonstrate the importance of strong management. New MindTap digital tools teach students to think and act like managers with formative activities, including Self-Assessments, Chapter Quizzes, Case Activities, You Make the Decision Simulations and Student Test Prep.

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Ricky W. Griffin

Dr. Ricky W. Griffin serves as Distinguished Professor of Management and Blocker Chair in Business at Texas A&M. He received his Ph.D. in organizational behavior from the University of Houston. He has worked as editor of the Journal of Management and as an officer in the Southwest Regional Division of the Academy of Management and the Southern Management Association as well as in 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, HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, MANAGEMENT SKILLS, INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS and INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS.

What's New

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  • All cases, boxed inserts and end-of-chapter pedagogy have been updated, revised or replaced. The same is true for all in-text examples, references and data.

Features

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  • This edition's framework logically progresses from introducing the field and focusing on the environment to discussing the four major managerial functions of planning and decision-making, organizing, leading and controlling.
  • Each chapter features a personal assessment survey to help students gain insights into perspectives and experiences that may influence their careers.
  • The latest research and citations are integrated throughout the text, referencing recent information on international business, strategic management, decision-making, leadership, productivity, quality management and more.
  • Chapter opening Management in Action cases and closing Management at Work cases highlight key themes in each chapter.
  • Tech Watch features spotlight innovative approaches in technology's influence on management. Leading the Way showcases innovative thinkers impacting today's business and management.
  • Beyond Traditional Business and other features provide insights into specialized management areas. A World of Difference offers management tips, while Doing Business on Planet Earth discusses sustainability.
  • New topics include technology's impact, green business, adapting to change, AI's importance, hybrid work and COVID-19's effects. This edition also focuses on ethics and diversity.

Table of Contents

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Part I: INTRODUCING MANAGEMENT.
1. Managing and the Manager's Job.
2. Traditional and Contemporary Opportunities/Challenges.
Part II: UNDERSTANDING THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONTEXT OF MANAGING.
3. Understanding the Organization's Environment.
4. Responding to the Ethical and Social Environment.
5. Navigating the Global Environment.
Part III: UNDERSTANDING PLANNING AND DECISION MAKING.
6. Basic Elements of Planning and Decision Making.
7. Managing Strategy and Strategic Planning.
8. Managing Decision Making and Problem Solving.
9. Managing Start-Ups and New Ventures.
Part IV: UNDERSTANDING THE ORGANIZING PROCESS.
10. Basic Elements of Organizing.
11. Managing Organization Design.
12. Managing Organization Change and Innovation.
13. Managing Human Resources.
Part V: UNDERSTANDING THE LEADING PROCESS.
14. Basic Elements of Individual and Interpersonal Behavior.
15. Managing Employee Motivation and Performance.
16. Managing Leadership and Influence Process.
17. Managing Interpersonal Relations and Communication.
18. Managing Work Groups,Teams, and Conflict Resolution.
Part VI: UNDERSTANDING THE CONTROLLING PROCESS.
19. Basic Elements of Control.
20. Managing Operations, Supply Chain, Quality and Productivity.

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