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ESSENTIALS OF MANAGEMENT
Author: KOONTZ, HAROLD WEIHRICH, HEINZ

Publisher: * TATA MCGRAW HILL PUBLIHSERS
ISBN: 0074632272
Pages: 530
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The fifth edition of Essentials of Management is an up-to-date introduction to managing. Prior editions have been translated into many languages and have been well accepted around the world by readers and educators. All persons who work in organizations will benefit from learning about managing. They include students in colleges and universities, aspiring managers, those who already have managerial skills and want to become more effective, and other professionals who want an improved understanding of the organization in which they work. This book is for people in all kinds of organizations, not just business firms; it is relevant to nonbusiness organizations as well, such as government, health care and educational institutions, and other not-for-profit enterprises. The managerial functions are essentialy the same for first-line supervisors, middle managers, and top executives. To be sure, there are considerable variations in environment, scope of authority, and types of problems in the various positions. Yet all managers undertake the same basic functions to obtain results by establishing an environment for effective and efficient performance of individuals working together in groups. Information about managing is classified according to the functions of planning, organizing, staffing, leading, and controlling. A systems model, shown on the inside cover and used throughout the book, integrates these functions into a system; it also links the enterprise with its environment.