Fundamentals of Management

by Ricky W. Griffin

Prepare for success in management today with this brief, inviting approach from leading management author Ricky Griffin. FUNDAMENTALS OF MANAGEMENT, 8E combines a streamlined approach with a strong theoretical and functional framework clearly organized around the planning, leading, organizing and controlling functions of management. The book's proven balance of theory and practice incorporates numerous, engaging learning features and memorable examples to help you develop and strengthen your management skills. New and revised ""First Things First"" opening vignettes immediately show you the relevance of each chapter's content, while clear learning objectives and chapter outlines, summaries of key points and key terms, skill applications and new cases keep you focused and actively learning. ""You Make the Call"" end-of-chapter features bring students back to the opening case with the newfound knowledge they have gained after reading the chapter. New ""Building Skills"" exercises and ""Skills Self-Assessment Instruments"" equip future managers to handle some of today's most critical business situations. Following our state of the art, Engage, Connect, Perform, and Lead model, students truly learn to think and act like managers.Important Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.

Genres: Nonfiction, Management, Textbooks, School, Business

544 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1997

Reviews

[Jenn · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was one of the class textbooks for my graduate Management course at DeSales. As far as textbooks go, I thought it was well-written and easily understood. Considering that we read 13 chapters in 5 weeks and I managed to retain the information, I'd say it was well-planned.

If you're interested in managing people someday, I think this is a great place to start to learn the basics. As I'm learning, a lot of these skills go hand-in-hand with Marketing, so it's useful. We also learned that most managers have no management training or experience, so this would probably be beneficial to someone in that position to learn some fundamental management and leadership skills.

Personally, I would love to be a Transformational Leader :)

[Gretchen · Rating 2 out of 5]

I'm using the term "read" lightly here. This book was for a class, and certain elements of it were not horrible. However, the cost of this book is ridiculous! Over $100 for a 1-inch thick paperback?!? Even the Kindle edition was expensive. Also, for a 6th edition, there shouldn't be so many glaring errors. One that stands out is the question asking about Hispanic-speaking employees. I didn't realize Hispanic was a language. Misspellings show up here and there as well.

Management is not a topic of interest for me, and this class was required. My professor thinks this is the best management text out there, and she could be right.

[Jenny · Rating 2 out of 5]

Very easy read, clear writing. Extremely basic, but it is a "fundamentals" book. The examples are fairly current and helpful.

[Dannuel Delizo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nice case studies.

[Rakibmew]

Very nice