Principles of Management meets scope and sequence of introductory management courses and covers many areas such as human resource and strategic management.

The combination of coordination and specialization problems encouraged the development of management study as a distinct field. In this chapter, we trace the evaluation of management from its …

Most management textbooks would say, as does this one, that managers spend their time engaged in planning, organizing, staffing, directing, coordinating...

Human resource management is an area that has evolved a great deal over the last few decades. From the days of the very tactical “personnel” management ...

Rubio’s background was more in branding and marketing, while Korey’s was in operations and supply chain management—so each was able to bring great expertise to various aspects of the business.

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Generally, the application of these principles leads to some combination of the two kinds of structures that can be seen as anchors on a continuum (see Table 10.1).

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Strategic management is made up of several distinct activities, shown in Exhibit 9.3. This chapter will detail the role each activity plays in developing and sustaining a successful competitive position.