For courses in management.

Concepts and skills for the successful manager

Modern Management: Concepts and Skills takes a unique approach that helps students develop a specific management skill in each chapter. Organized around the functions of planning, organizing, influencing, and controlling, the content specifically focuses on how students can be more strategic and more creative, work as team members, become successful leaders, and more. The chapters are designed to build these skills, and others, to fulfill the core objective: To help students both obtain employment and flourish in the workplace. The 15th Edition contains new case studies and examples to reflect the most recent research and developments in this field, as well as updated information. 

Also available with MyLab Management

By combining trusted authors’ content with digital tools and a flexible platform, MyLab personalizes the learning experience and improves results for each student. 

Note: You are purchasing a standalone product; MyLab Management does not come packaged with this content. Students, if interested in purchasing this title with MyLab, ask your instructor to confirm the correct package ISBN and Course ID. Instructors, contact your Pearson representative for more information.

If you would like to purchase both the physical text and MyLab Management, search for:

0134889304 / 9780134889306 Modern Management: Concepts & Skills Plus MyLab Management with Pearson eText -- Access Card Package 

Package consists of:

• 0134729137 / 9780134729138 Modern Management: Concepts and Skills
  
• 0134731360 / 9780134731360 MyLab Management with Pearson eText -- Access Card -- for Modern Management: Concepts and Skills
  

Dr. Samuel C. Certo is presently Emeritus Dean and Steinmetz Professor of Management at the Roy E. Crummer Graduate School of Business at Rollins College.  Over his career, Dr. Certo has received many prestigious awards, including the Award for Innovative Teaching from the Southern Business Association, the Instructional Innovation Award granted by the Decision Sciences Institute, and the Charles A. Welsh Memorial Award for outstanding teaching.  He has also received the Bornstein and Cornell Awards for teaching and global recognition of his scholarship.

Dr. Certo has also authored or co-authored several highly regarded textbooks, including Modern Management: Concepts and Skills, Strategic Management: Concepts and Applications, and Supervision: Concepts and Applications .  His textbooks have been translated into several languages for distribution throughout the world.  

His newest popular-market book, Chasing Wisdom: Finding Everyday Leadership in Business and Life , recommends combining business and biblical principles to build successful organizations.  His podcast program emphasizing the chasing wisdom concept is available on iTunes, growing in listeners, and now has listens in over 200 countries.

A past chairperson of the Management Education and Development Division of the Academy of Management, he has had the honor of being presented with the group’s Excellence in Leadership Award.  Dr. Certo has also served as president of the Association for Business Simulation and Experiential Learning, an associate editor for Simulation and Games, and as a review board member of the Academy of Management Review.  His consulting experience has been extensive, including notable participation on boards of directors in both public and private companies.

S. Trevis Certo is the Jerry B. and Mary Anne Chapman Professor of Business in the Department of Management and Entrepreneurship in the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University. His research focuses on corporate governance, top management teams, initial public offerings (IPOs), and research methodology. Certo’s research has appeared in Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Management, Journal of Business Venturing, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Journal of Management Studies, Business Ethics Quarterly, Journal of Business Ethics, California Management Review, and Business Horizons. Certo also serves on the editorial boards of Academy of Management Journal and Strategic Management Journal. He has taught undergraduate, MBA, EMBA, and PhD courses in strategic management, research methodology, and international business at Arizona State University, Texas A&M University, Indiana University, Tulane University, and Wuhan University (China).

Preface 

PART I: INTRODUCTION TO MODERN MANAGEMENT

1. Introducing Modern Management: Concepts and Skills

2. Management and Entrepreneurship: Handling Start-Ups and New Ventures

PART II: MODERN MANAGEMENT CHALLENGES 

3. Society, Ethics and Sustainability

4. Management and Diversity

5. Managing in the Global Arena

6. Creativity and Innovation

PART III: PLANNING

7. Plans and Planning Tools

8. Making Decisions

9. Strategic Planning: Strategies, Tactics, and Competitive Dynamics

PART IV: ORGANIZING

10. Fundamentals of Organizing

11. Responsibility, Authority, and Delegation

12. Human Resource Management

13. Changing Organizations: Stress, Conflict, and Virtuality

PART V: INFLUENCING

14. Influencing and Communication

15. Leadership 

16. Motivation

17. Groups and Teams

18. Building Organization Culture

PART VI: CONTROLLING

19. Controlling, Information, and Technology

20. Production and Control

Appendix: Managing: History and Current Thinking

Glossary

Author Index

Subject Index