Management 15th Global Edition By Stephen P. Robbins, Mary A. Coulter
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The 15th Global Edition of Management by Stephen P. Robbins and Mary A. Coulter is built around the four fundamental functions of management: Planning, Organizing, Leading, and Controlling (POLC). The textbook includes 18 chapters organized into six main parts, with a core focus on developing 21st-century employability skills. [1, 2, 3, 4]
The structural breakdown and topics covered in the global edition include:
Part 1: Introduction to Management
  • Chapter 1: Managers and You in the Workplace – Identifies who managers are, where they work, what they do, and the baseline definition of efficiency and effectiveness. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  • Management History Module – Outlines the classical, behavioral, quantitative, and contemporary approaches to management history. [1, 2]
  • Chapter 2: Making Decisions – Covers the step-by-step decision-making process, biases, types of decisions, and decision-making conditions. [1, 2]
Part 2: Basics of Managing in Today's Workplace
  • Chapter 3: Influence of the External Environment and the Organization's Culture – Focuses on how constraints, stakeholder relationships, and organizational culture shape managerial actions.
  • Chapter 4: Managing in a Global Environment – Explores the historical context of globalization, international business structures, and political, legal, and economic environments.
  • Chapter 5: Managing Diversity – Discusses types of workplace diversity, challenges (like glass ceilings and bias), and demographic trends.
  • Chapter 6: Managing Social Responsibility and Ethics – Examines corporate social responsibility (CSR), sustainability, and ethical behavioral factors.
  • Chapter 7: Managing Change and Disruptive Innovation – Details change processes, managing resistance, stress reduction, and fostering disruptive innovation. [1, 2, 3]
Part 3: Planning
  • Chapter 8: Foundations of Planning – Introduces the purposes of planning, goal setting, and building strategic and operational plans.
  • Chapter 9: Managing Strategy – Evaluates the strategic management process, corporate strategies, competitive strategies, and SWOT analysis.
  • Chapter 10: Entrepreneurial Ventures – Addresses starting new ventures, legal structures, financing, and managing growth or exits. [1, 2, 3]
Part 4: Organizing
  • Chapter 11: Designing Organizational Structure – Focuses on six core elements of structure (such as centralization and formalization), departmentalization, and mechanistic versus organic designs. [1, 2]
  • Chapter 12: Managing Human Resources – Explores the HR management process, identifying and selecting competent employees, training, and performance management. [1]
  • Chapter 13: Managing Groups and Teams – Explains the stages of group development, turning groups into effective teams, and contemporary team management challenges. [1]
Part 5: Leading
  • Chapter 14: Understanding and Managing Individual Behavior – Focuses on organizational behavior concepts including attitudes, personality, perception, and learning.
  • Chapter 15: Managing Communication – Investigates interpersonal communication, organizational communication, barriers, and technology-driven communication.
  • Chapter 16: Motivating Employees – Details early and contemporary theories of motivation (such as Maslow's hierarchy, Herzberg's, Expectancy theory, and Equity theory).
  • Chapter 17: Being an Effective Leader – Explores leadership styles, behavioral theories, contingency leadership models, and modern leadership approaches. [1, 3, 4]
Part 6: Controlling
  • Chapter 18: Controlling People and Operations – Explains the controlling process, organizational performance metrics, toolsets for measuring performance, and operations management. [1]

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