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College Business Management
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Chapter 1: Managing and Leading Today: The New Rules
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· Why do Managers Have to be Leaders? |
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· What is the Difference Between a Manager and a Leader? |
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· What is the Other Side of the Leadership Coin? |
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· A Final Word: Changing World, Changing Expectations of Managers and Leaders |
Chapter 2: The Leadership Imperative: It’s Up To You
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· Leadership: Whose Responsibility is it? |
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· What is the Secret to Effective Leadership? |
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· What is the Secret to Influential Leadership? |
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· What is the Secret to Responsible Leadership? |
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· How do Theories and Models Explain Management and Leadership? |
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· Is it Time to Take a Stand of Transformational Leadership? |
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· What is HR’s Role in Supporting Excellent and Ethical Leadership? |
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· What can we all do to Become Great Leaders? |
Chapter 3: Motivation and Meaning: What Makes People Want to Work?
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· What Is Motivation? |
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· What Makes Work Meaningful? |
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· What Is the Link between Motivation and Psychology? |
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· Which Theories of Motivation Are Important to Know? |
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· What are Basic and Higher-Order Needs Theories of Motivation? |
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· Why Are the Three-Needs, Equity, Expectancy, and Goal- Setting Theories Popular? |
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· What Are Learning Theories? |
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· How Can We Integrate Theories of Motivation? |
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· What Role Does HR Play in Motivation? |
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· What Can We All Do about Motivation? |
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· A Final Word on Motivation and Meaning at Work |
Chapter 4: Communication: The Key to Resonant Relationships
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· Why is Communication Central to Effective Relationships at work? |
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· How Do Humans Communicate? |
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· How Do We Communicate and Interpret Sophisticated Information? |
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· What Is the Interpersonal Communication Process? |
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· How Do We Use Information to Communicate at Work |
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· What Are Common Barriers to Effective Communications? |
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· Why Is It Challenging to Communicate in a Socially Diverse World? |
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· What Is Organizational Communication? |
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· What Can HR Do To Ensure Effective Communication and Resonant Relationships in Organizations? |
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· What Can We All Do to Improve Communication and Build Resonant Relationships at Work? |
Chapter 5: Planning and Strategy: Bringing the Vision to Life
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· How Do People Plan for the Future? |
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· What Does Planning Look Like in Organizations? |
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· How Do You Plan in Uncertain Times? |
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· What Is a Mission? Why Does Vision Matter? |
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· What Is Strategy? |
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· What Needs to Be Considered in a Strategic Planning Process? |
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· What Are the Steps in Strategic Planning Process? |
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· What Is HR’s Role in Planning and Strategy? |
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· Selecting the “Right” Employees |
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· What Can We All Do to Support Effective Strategic Planning? |
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· A Final Word on Planning and Strategy |
Chapter 6: The Human Side of Planning: Decision Making and Critical Thinking
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· What Is Decision Making? |
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· How Do Cognitive and Emotional Processes Affect Decision Making? |
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· How Can You Apply a Systematic Approach to Making Decisions? |
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· How Can People Make Good Decisions With Incomplete Information? |
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· How Can You Improve Your Critical Thinking Skills and Make Better Decisions? |
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· What Can HR Do To Support Good Decision Making and Critical Thinking? |
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· What Can We All Do to Improve Critical Thinking and Decision Making? |
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· A Final Word on Decision Making and Critical Thinking |
Chapter 7: Change: A Focus on Adaptability and Resiliency
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· What Is Change and How Do You React to It? |
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· Why Do Organizations Change? |
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· What Is The Difference between Incremental and Transformational Change? |
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· Which Models Can Help Us Understand Change? |
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· What Practical Models Can Help Us Manage Change in Organizations? |
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· How Do People Change? |
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· What Can HR Do to Foster Effective Change? |
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· What Can We All Do to Support Change? |
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· A Final Word on Change |
Chapter 8: Workplace Essentials: Creativity, Innovation, and a Spirit of Entrepreneurship
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· Why Are Creativity, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship at the Heart Of Business? |
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· What Is Creativity? |
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· How Can We Encourage Creativity At Work? |
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· What Is Innovation and Why Is It Important? |
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· How Can We Foster Innovation in People and Companies? |
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· What is Entrepreneurship? |
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· How Does a New Business Get Started? |
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· What is Entrepreneurship? |
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· What Is HR’s Role in Supporting Creativity, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship? |
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· What Can We All Do to Be More Creative, Innovative, and Entrepreneurial? |
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· A Final Word On Creativity, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship |
Chapter 9: Organizing for a Complex World: Structure and Design
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· Why Study Organization Structure? |
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· How Do Traditional Concepts Affect Our Views about Organizational Structure Today? |
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· What is an Organization Structure? |
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· How Can We “See” Organizations and Their Structures in Nontraditional Ways? |
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· How Are Organizations Classified and Legally Structured? |
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· What Are Contemporary Organization Structures? |
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· How Is Work Structured? |
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· What Factors Affect the Design of Organizational Structures? |
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· What is HR’s Role in Organizational Design and Structure? |
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· What Can We All Do to Work Effectively within Our Organizations’ Structures? |
Chapter 10: Teams and Team Building: How to Work Effectively with Others
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· Why Do Leaders Need Teams? |
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· How Does Leadership Behavior Affect Group Dynamics? |
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· How Do Dynamic Leaders Impact Team Effectiveness? |
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· How Do Teams Function at Work? |
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· How Can We Deal with the Challenges of Working in Groups? |
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· What Role Does Conflict Play in Groups? |
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· How Can HR Support Effective Team Performance? |
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· What Can We All Do to Create and Sustain Resonant Teams? |
Chapter 11: Working in a Virtual World: Technology as a Way of Life
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· How Do Advances in Information and Communication Technologies Change Life and Work? |
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· How Did Technology Affect Life and Work during the Industrial Revolutions? |
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· How Have Computing and Telecommunication Technologies Evolved? |
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· How Do People Use ICTs at Work? |
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· Where and How Is Virtual Work Conducted? |
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· What Is a Virtual Organization? |
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· What Are the Challenges of Working in a Virtual World? |
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· What Can HR Do to Support Virtual Work? |
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· What Can We All Do to Work Most Effectively in a Virtual World? |
Chapter 12: Organizational Controls: People, Processes, Quality, and Results
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· What Is the Organizational Control Process? |
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· What Historical Perspectives Help Us Understand Control in Organizations? |
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· What are Common Control Systems? |
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· What Conventions and Forces Guide Organizational Control Processes? |
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· What Are the Typical Steps in the Control Process? |
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· What Should Companies Control? |
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· What Can HR Do to Help Control for Effectiveness and Efficiency at Work? |
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· What Can We All Do to Enhance Effectiveness and Efficiency at Work? |
Chapter 13: Culture: It’s Powerful
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· What Is Culture? |
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· Why Is Culture Important at Work? |
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· What Are the Dimensions of National and Organizational Culture? |
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· How Can We Describe Organizational Cultures? |
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· How Can We Study Organizational Culture? |
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· Organizational Culture: What’s Important Today? |
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· How Can HR Support the Development of Positive Organizational Cultures? |
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· What Can We All Do to Create Positive and Powerful Organizational Cultures? |
Chapter 14: Globalization: Managing Effectively in a Global Economic Environment
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· What is Globalization and Why Does It Matter? |
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· How Have International Political and Economic Changes Fostered Globalization? |
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· What Key Economic Factors Are Affecting Global Business? |
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· What Must Be Considered When Developing a Global Strategy? |
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· What Are the Opportunities and Risks in a Global Business Environment? |
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· What Opportunities Exist in Emerging Markets? |
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· How Has the Growth of Worldwide Trade Alliances Affected Globalization? |
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· How Do Global Regulators Affect Economies and Social Issues? |
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· What Is HR’s Role in Supporting Global Business? |
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· What Can We All Do to Succeed in a Global Business? |
Chapter 15: Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility: Ensuring the Future
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· Why Are Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility Important in Today’s World? |
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· What Is Sustainability? |
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· What Are the Three Pillars of Sustainability? |
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· What Is Environmental Sustainability? |
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· What Is Social Sustainability? |
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· What Is Economic Sustainability? |
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· What Is Corporate Social Responsibility? |
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· How Can Companies Approach Corporate Social Responsibility? |
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· What Is HR’s Role in Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility? |
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· What Can We All Do to Support Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility? |
Chapter 16: Managing and Leading for Tomorrow: A Focus on Your Future
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· Why Do “Great Leaders Move Us”? |
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· What are “Moon Shots for Management”? |
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· How Can You Continue Your Journey to Becoming a Resonant Leader? |
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· What Can You Do to Develop Your Leadership? |
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