Building Management Skills: An Action-First Approach (Explore Our New Management 1st Editions)
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| Rating | : | 4.47 (704 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0324235992 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 672 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-05-29 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Organized around a new learning philosophy, with new technology and a coherent learning package for you to acquire management skills through an active "first do, then learn" approach, Daft and Marcic have created a truly unique learning experience with BUILDING MANAGEMENT SKILLS.. Manager Challenge, 2. Action Learning Exercises, 6. Test Your Mettle, and 7. Discover Yourself, 4. Instead of starting with concepts and moving to application, this text starts with application, an introductory problem or challenge that encourages you to first empty out your ideas so you are ready to understand new ideas and acquire new skills. Personal Skills Log. This new learning philosophy leads you through a seven-step learning process: 1. Shorter, highly-focused chapters take you through each of these seven steps, allowing you to capture the essence and critical points for each topic. These innovative,
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. Richard L. Daft has received several government research grants in organization design, organizational innovation and change, strategy implementation, and organizational information processing. . Dr. He
Five Stars Becky Mortlock Textbook arrived on time and was in good condition.. Ordered and got the teacher edition There's nothing wrong with the book. However when you order based off a picture and the ISBN I don't expect to get the teaching edition. For a management class it was no big deal, but still annoying.
And, here is a selling point: in today's destroyed economic times, after witnessing the fall of Wall Street and Ponzi schemes, managers today must be able to be creative, innovative, and be a catalyst for change. It's not the same old routine for today's managers; planning, controlling and organizing. The difference is in the text's ability to "show" students areas of deficiency and thus motivate them to acquire, develop, and practice the relevant skills." "I'm excited about the idea of this text. "I am really excited to see how the author implements both the "Do first then learn" and "Less is more" philosophies. These two philosophies set the text apart from other offerings that just focus on providing information and then activities related to theory." "I would describe this text as a