Fundamentals of Management

by Ricky W. Griffin

This skills-based text from respected author Ricky Griffin gives instructors the flexibility to integrate their own cases, exercises, and projects while continuing to provide them with a strong theoretical framework. Chapters are organized according to a strong pedagogy, featuring learning objectives, a chapter outline, a First Things First opening vignette, boldface key terms, a summary of key points, questions for review, questions for analysis, end of chapter exercises, and an end-of-the-chapter case with questions.

Genres: Nonfiction, Management, Textbooks, School, Business

528 pages, Paperback

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