TY - BOOK AU - Keuning,D. TI - Management: A Contemporary Approach SN - 0273625918 AV - HD31 .K483 1997 PY - 1997/// CY - London PB - Pitman KW - Management KW - Europe KW - Problems, exercises, etc N1 - Part 1: Management And Society1. Manager and Management2. Management Theory and Organizational Development3. Organizations and EnvironmentPart 2: Strategic Management and the Learning Organization4. Decision Making and Creativity5. Strategy Formulation and Strategic ManagementPart 3: Designing and Structuring the Organization6. Designing the Organization7. Structuring Tasks for Groups and IndividualsPart 4: People at Work8. Motivation, Work and Career9. Leading, Motivation and CommunicationPart 5: Planning, Control and Information Management10. Operational Planning and Control11. Information Management and Information Technology12. Managerial Process Control: Functioning Process and Process RedesignBibliographyGlossary N2 - This management text provides an introduction to the fundamentals of management for European and international business studies students. It adopts a step-by-step approach with the theory organized around the core competencies that managers must possess: planning, organizing, implementing, and controlling. Looking at some of the world's leading companies, including General Electric and Philips, it compares and contrasts different models of management organization and structure ER -