Features
For undergraduate principles of management courses.
REAL Managers....REAL Experiences. Bringing Management theories to life!
This best selling principles text vividly illustrates management theories by incorporating real-life perspectives from a myriad of managers on their greatest challenges and successes.
In the tenth edition, new features further integrate real managers’ experiences into the text, helping students understand more clearly what being a manager is all about.
Real-World Focus: Management theories and concepts come to life via a real-world focus and application-heavy approach. Plus, Steve Robbin’s vivid writing style is student-friendly and readable, helping students to become engaged with the material from the beginning.
A Manager’s Dilemma: Every chapter opens with an individual Manager’s Dilemma. Students are asked to put themselves into the shoes of that manager and answer the question, “What would you do?” Students observe and learn how management theory can be applied to manager’s dilemmas. This real world connection helps students realize that there are a number of responses to any one challenge that they will likely encounter in their own professional lives.
NEW! Let’s Get Real: Though this book is known for its use of real managers to bring concepts to life, the perspectives of real managers are incorporated much more in the 10th edition.
- Meet the Managers--Chapter Openers introduce the managers being featured throughout the text as they discuss their management styles and philosophies. This feature offers students an opportunity to begin to consider what their own management style may be.
- F2F (Short for face-to-face)--Managers weigh in on various topics throughout the chapter so that students can understand the challenges managers face, how they handle them, and how those challenges relate to key concepts presented in the chapter.
NEW! Your Turn to be a Manager: It is the authors’ belief that students benefit more when they engage in hands-on activities versus listening to a lecture. This feature provides several activities that give students the chance to experience being a manager. Activities range from creating a code of ethics to designing an employee attitude survey. Students can even compile their results into a Manager’s Portfolio and present their work at a job interview.
NEW! Streamlined Chapter Material: The tenth edition is written more succinctly without sacrificing quality to support the tight one-semester timeframe in which this course is taught.
NEW! Reorganized Content--Continuing improve upon this text, the following are a few of the content changes:
- Employee volunteerism and green management
- Linear and non-linear thinking styles
- Impact of energy prices on the work environment
- European Union
- Managing Teams chapter now in Organizing section
- Communication chapter now in Leading section
- Planning & Tools chapter now lives in the appendix
OTHER TOPICS OF DISTINCTION
MyManagementLab—More Teaching. Less Lecturing.
MyManagementLab is an easy-to-use system that allows you to assess your students’ progress and adapt course material to meet the specific needs of your class. With MyManagementLab students get the extra reinforcement they need while you spend more time teaching and less time reviewing basic concepts!
- Customized Study Plans. Students receive a custom study plan to help them remediate important concepts and applications. Study Plans correlate to the Learning Objectives in the textbook and build remediation through Bloom’s Taxonomy.
- E-book. A full digital version of the book is available for students to read along as they are studying online.
- Video Activities. Students watch a video case, and then answer the discussion questions that follow.
- S.A.L. (Self-Assessment Library). The popular self-assessment library designed to give students insights into their abilities, skills, and interests.
- R.O.L.L.S. The Robbins On-Line Learning System, which gives students a chance to understand key management concepts, themselves (self analysis), and how to apply those concepts.
New To This Edition
NEW! Let’s Get Real: Though this book is known for its use of real managers to bring concepts to life, the perspectives of real managers are incorporated much more in the 10th edition.
- Meet the Managers--Chapter Openers introduce the managers being featured throughout the text as they discuss their management styles and philosophies. This feature offers students an opportunity to begin to consider what their own management style may be.
- F2F (Short for face-to-face)--Managers weigh in on various topics throughout the chapter so that students can understand the challenges managers face, how they handle them, and how those challenges relate to key concepts presented in the chapter.
NEW! Your Turn to be a Manager: It is the authors’ belief that students benefit more when they engage in hands-on activities versus listening to a lecture. This feature provides several activities that give students the chance to experience being a manager. Activities range from creating a code of ethics to designing an employee attitude survey. Students can even compile their results into a Manager’s Portfolio and present their work at a job interview.
NEW! Streamlined Chapter Material: The tenth edition is written more succinctly without sacrificing quality to support the tight one-semester timeframe in which this course is taught.
NEW! Reorganized Content--Continuing improve upon this text, the following are a few of the content changes:
- Employee volunteerism and green management
- Linear and non-linear thinking styles
- Impact of energy prices on the work environment
- European Union
- Managing Teams chapter now in Organizing section
- Communication chapter now in Leading section
- Planning & Tools chapter now lives in the appendix
Table of Contents
PART 1: Defining the Manager’s Terrain
Chapter 1 — Introduction to Management and Organizations
Chapter 2 — Management History
Chapter 3 — Organizational Culture and Environment
Chapter 4 — Managing in a Global Environment
Chapter 5 — Social Responsibility and Managerial Ethics
PART 2: Planning
Chapter 6 — Managers as Decision Makers
Chapter 7 — Introduction to Planning
Chapter 8 — Strategic Management
PART 3: Organizing
Chapter 9 — Organizational Structure and Design
Chapter 10 — Managing Human Resources
Chapter 11 — Managing Teams
Chapter 12 — Managing Change and Innovation
PART 4: Leading
Chapter 13 — Understanding Individual Behavior
Chapter 14 — Managers and Communication
Chapter 15 — Motivating Employees
Chapter 16 — Managers as Leaders
PART 5: Controlling
Chapter 17 — Introduction to Controlling
Chapter 18 — Managing Operations
Appendix — Managing Entrepreneurial Ventures
Appendix — Planning Tools and Techniques
