Management today : principles and practice / Gene Burton, Manab Thakur

Part.1. Nature of managerial performance -- Nature of management -- Evolution of management thought -- Management environment -- Managerial decision making -- Part.2. Management of work -- Nature of planning -- Nature of organising -- Designing effective organizations -- Part.3. Management of people -- Human resource management -- Motivating individuals -- Motivating work groups -- Leadership for managerial effectiveness -- Power, politics and culture -- Managerial communications -- Part.4. Management of operations -- Nature of controlling -- Operations management -- Management information systems -- Part.5. Contemporary management issues -- Management in the international area -- Change and organisation development -- Managerial ethics and challenges in the future -- Bibliography -- Index