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Management Core Concepts and Applications
Building on the strengths of its popular previous edition Core Concepts and Applications, 2nd Australasian edition has been thoroughly revised and updated to reflect the three key aspects of contemporary undergraduate introductory management The text's 16 chapters are presented in a lively and concise manner ideal for the typical 12 or 13 teaching weeks of a semester. Its flexible framework allows instructors to teach students through the use of interactive tools such as case studies, exercises and projects. These action-oriented learning activities complement the text's solid foundation of knowledge-based theory material. There is a balanced coverage of both small to medium sized enterprises and larger multinational organisations operating in Australia, New Zealand and the Asia-Pacific region. A critical thinking perspective is integrated throughout the book, asking and encouraging students to analyse the theory in light of real-world examples. Key themes of the text
616 pages, Paperback
First published October 21, 2008
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Paul Davidson
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Davidson did not originally choose economics as a profession. His primary training was in chemistry, for which he got a BSc from the University of Pennsylvania. In 1951 he worked in that same university as an instructor in physiology and chemistry. He soon switched to economics, receiving his MBA from the City University of New York in 1955, and completing his PhD at the University of Pennsylvania in 1959.
He has taught economics at University of Pennsylvania, Rutgers University, Bristol University, University of Cambridge, and the University of Tennessee. He is a Visiting Scholar at the Schwartz Center For Economic Policy Analysis at the New School for Social Research and is currently an Emeritus Holly Professor of Excellence at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He is especially known for promoting a Post Keynesian school of macroeconomics. He and Sidney Weintraub founded the Journal of Post Keynesian Economics in 1978. He is the Editor of the Journal of Post Keynesian Economics.
Davidson did not originally choose economics as a profession. His primary training was in chemistry, for which he got a BSc from the University of Pennsylvania. In 1951 he worked in that same university as an instructor in physiology and chemistry. He soon switched to economics, receiving his MBA from the City University of New York in 1955, and completing his PhD at the University of Pennsylvania in 1959.
He has taught economics at University of Pennsylvania, Rutgers University, Bristol University, University of Cambridge, and the University of Tennessee. He is a Visiting Scholar at the Schwartz Center For Economic Policy Analysis at the New School for Social Research and is currently an Emeritus Holly Professor of Excellence at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He is especially known for promoting a Post Keynesian school of macroeconomics. He and Sidney Weintraub founded the Journal of Post Keynesian Economics in 1978. He is the Editor of the Journal of Post Keynesian Economics.
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