Essentials of Contemporary Management

by Jones/George, Jennifer George

Jones/George, Essentials of Contemporary Management is the concise edition of the market bestselling textbook by the same author team. Jones and George are dedicated to the challenge of "Making It Real" for students. The authors present management in a way that makes its relevance obvious even to students who might lack exposure to a "real-life" management context. This is accomplished thru a diverse set of examples, and the unique, and most popular feature of the text, the "Manager as a Person" Chapter 2. This chapter discusses managers as real people with their own personalities, strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and problems and this theme is carried thru the remaining chapters. This text also discusses the importance of management competencies--the specific set of skills, abilities, and experiences that gives one manager the ability to perform at a higher level than another in a specific context. The themes of diversity, ethics, globalization, and information technology are integrated throughout.

Genres: Business, Textbooks, Management, College

576 pages, Paperback

First published April 11, 2003

Reviews

[Stéphane Lalonde · Rating 4 out of 5]

Livre à lire pour l'université.

[Pascale · Rating 4 out of 5]

J'ai lu ce livre dans le cadre d'un cours de management pour MBA. Lecture très enrichissante pour les personnes qui souhaitent devenir de meilleurs gestionnaires.

[Cyndi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Explanation were thorough in management analysis of corporations with tons of real life examples spotlighting individuals and corporations. The book did repeat certain material and could have made a few better links between concepts in chapters but for a textbook it was overall interesting and informative. The questions at the end of each section helped to put the information into use and create critical thinking skills to apply the material. The chapters did not seem to be in the correct order to build upon one another but all the information could be found in the book.

[Julie Stevenson · Rating 3 out of 5]

The book was great! It gave excellent examples of real-time corporations and really brought home the lesson to the student. I achieved my Organizational Management certification!!

[Jimmy Loc · Rating 5 out of 5]

i want to read it

[Cassie Kabrick · Rating 4 out of 5]

The management snapshots at the beginning of each chapter are pretty interesting but again, typical textbook.

[CJ]

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