Financial Accounting or Core Concepts of Management 1st Edition

Financial Accounting: Tools for Business Decision Making, (with Annual Report) 3rd Edition

Author: Paul D Kimmel

Now in its Third Edition, Financial Accounting by Kimmel, Weygandt, and Kieso has been tested and approved in the classroom. This best-selling text has helped students hit the road with a practical set of tools, and the confidence they need to use those tools effectively in making business decisions.

Financial Accounting provides students with an understanding of those concepts that are fundamental to the use of accounting. Starting with a "macro" view of accounting information, the authors present real financial statements and establish how a financial statement communicates the financing, investing, and operating activities of a business to users of accounting information. They motivate students by grounding the discussion in the real world, showing them the relevance of the topics covered to their future career.

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Core Concepts of Management, 1st Edition

Author: Wellesley R Foshay

Core Concepts of Management takes a streamlined approach that focuses on fundamentals and leaves room for additional content. With Wiley’s Business Extra Select program, Instructors can build on the core text by adding articles, cases, and readings from such leading business resources as INSEAD, Ivey and Harvard Business School Cases, Fortune, The Economist, The Wall Street Journal, and more. In addition, Instructors can select a pre-built Business Extra Select CoursePack, or create their own CoursePack from the thousands of articles and cases in the Business Extra Select database. You can even add your own content. CoursePacks can be packaged with the text or purchased separately online.

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This text is designed to address the current climate of transformation in which new values and management approaches are appearing, the nature of work and organizations is changing, and the age of information is bringing about major shifts in everyday life. By integrating the material with access to , major theories and concepts can be examined in the context of practical issues and developments of the day. Organized around the core themes of diversity, competitive advantage, quality, globalization, and empowerment, the 15 chapters discuss the new workplace environment, as well as planning and controlling, organizing, and leadership as management functions. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Table of Contents:

Part 1	Context
1	Management Today	1
	Planning Ahead	1
	The New Workplace	2
	Managers and the New Workplace	5
	The Management Process	9
	The Challenges Ahead	15
	Summary	17
2	Environment, Diversity, and Competitive Advantage	19
	Planning Ahead	19
	External Environments of Organizations	20
	Internal Environments and Diversity	22
	Customer-Driven Organizations	25
	Information Technology	28
	Knowledge Management and Organizational Learning	30
	Summary	32
3	Globalization and International Management	34
	Planning Ahead	34
	Process of Globalization	35
	Environment of International Business	38
	Culture and Global Diversity	41
	Management Across Cultures	46
	Summary	48
4	Ethical Behavior and Social Responsibility	50
	Planning Ahead	50
	What is Ethical Behavior?	51
	Ethics in the Workplace	53
	Maintaining High Ethical Standards	58
	Corporate Social Responsibility	60
	Summary	64
Part 2	Planning and Controlling
5	Planning-To Set Direction	66
	Planning Ahead	66
	How Planning Works	67
	Types of Plans	70
	Planning and Decision Making	73
	Planning Tools and Techniques	78
	Summary	81
6	Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship	83
	Planning Ahead	83
	Strategy and Competitive Advantage	84
	Levels and Types of Strategy	89
	Strategy Formulation	92
	Strategy Implementation	95
	Strategy and Entrepreneurship	98
	Summary	100
7	Controlling-To Ensure Results	102
	Planning Ahead	102
	How Controls Work	103
	Organizational Control Systems	108
	Operations Management and Control	110
	Integrated Planning and Controlling	112
	Summary	114
Part 3	Organizing
8	Organizing-To Create Structures	116
	Planning Ahead	116
	Organizing as a Management Function	117
	Traditional Organization Structures	119
	Developments in Organization Structures	121
	Organizing Trends in the Modern Workplace	126
	Summary	129
9	Organizational Culture and Design	131
	Planning Ahead	131
	Organizational Culture	131
	Directions in Organizational Cultures	133
	Organizational Design	136
	Subsystems and Work Process Design	139
	Summary	142
10	Human Resource Systems	144
	Planning Ahead	144
	Human Resource Management	145
	Attracting a Quality Workforce	149
	Developing a Quality Workforce	153
	Maintaining a Quality Workforce	157
	Summary	160
Part 4	Leading
11	Leading-To Inspire Effort	162
	Planning Ahead	162
	What is Leadership?	163
	Leadership Models and Theories	166
	Directions in Leadership Development	172
	Leadership Anchors in Dynamic Times	175
	Summary	177
12	Motivation and Job Design	179
	Planning Ahead	179
	Motivation and Human Needs	180
	Process Theories of Motivation	182
	Reinforcement Theory of Motivation	186
	Motivation and Job Design	189
	Summary	195
13	Teams and Teamwork	197
	Planning Ahead	197
	Teams in Organizations	198
	How Teams Work	202
	Decision Making in Teams	209
	Leadership and High-Performance Teams	211
	Summary	213
14	Communication and Interpersonal Skills	215
	Planning Ahead	215
	The Communication Process	216
	Improving Communication	221
	Communication and Conflict Management	225
	Communication and Negotiation	227
	Summary	229
15	Change Leadership and Stress	231
	Planning Ahead	231
	Learning Organizations and Innovation	231
	Change Leadership	234
	Organization Development	241
	Stress	244
	Final Advice: Change and Career Readiness	247
	Summary	247
	Module
	Historical Foundations of Management	249
	Classical Approaches	249
	Human Resource Approaches	253
	Modern Management Approaches	255
	Glossary	257
	Notes	268
	Index	282