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	Student Edition
	Instructor Edition

Management: A Practical Introduction, 2/e

Angelo Kinicki, Arizona State University---Tempe
Brian K. Williams

ISBN: 0072920378
Copyright year: 2006

Features

New Features

· New coverage throughout the text of important topics like: Human and social capital (ch 1), Ethics (Ch 3), Diversity (ch 3), Synergy (chapter 6), ISO 9000 (ch 16), Six Sigma (ch 16), Emotions (ch 11), Substitutes for leadership (ch 14), Virtual teams (ch 13), Proactive personality (ch 11), Work/family conflict (ch 11), and Empowerment (ch 8)

· While still maintaining the 2/4/6 page spread concept, the design has been reworked into a simpler, more effective presentation.

· Over 40 % new examples permeate this edition, keeping it up to date and relevant.

· Over 90% of the “Management in Action” cases are new, tying in management topics to the real world.

· Updated Ethical Dilemma’s present an ethical situation based on a real event and asks students how they would have handle the situation.

Retained Features

· LAYOUT Chapter sections (2–6 pages each) are arranged in two-page spreads, offering smaller units of study to enhance reader motivation and optimize learning. Each section starts at the top of a new left page and is followed by a Major Question that addresses student concern about “what am I about to learn?” and that helps to direct students to read with purpose. The Major Question is followed by a brief Big Picture description to give the student a preview of the section to come.

· PRACTICALITY: The main theme of the book is practicality. The text offers a great deal of practical advice, of the sort found in the general business press, expressed in the following:
1. “The Manager’s Toolbox,” which opens each chapter, offers readers practical advice pertaining to the chapter they’re about to read, in order to motivate students to be more receptive to the forthcoming material. (Examples: “Five Rules for Staying Ahead in Your Career,” “Being a Successful Road Warrior,” “Dealing with Disagreements.”)
2. “Practical Action” boxes throughout the text also offer practical advice. (Examples: “Managing Information Overload: Keep Your Eye on the Big Picture”; “The Right Way to Conduct an Interview”; “What Makes a Startup?”) Example boxes use real-world situations.
3. The Web-based “Taking Something Practical Away from This Chapter,” which ends each chapter, gives students advice that they can apply in the real world, based on the topics discussed in the chapter. (Examples: “Encouraging Creativity”; “Motivation Through Goal Setting.”)

· Readability for learning: Imaginative writing, research shows, greatly enhances reader recall (study by M. Graves, U. Minnesota, and W. Slater, U. Maryland). Using Brian Williams’s professional writing skills, Management employs a number of journalistic devices, such as the short biographical sketch, the colorful fact, the apt direct quote—all based on real-world sources—to make material interesting. In addition, major ideas are presented in bite-size form, with generous use of advance organizers, bulleted lists, and new paragraphing when a new idea is introduced. Key terms and their definitions are printed in boldface in the text. The names of important management theorists and scholars also appear in boldface. Photo captions are carefully written to add substantive material and be pedagogically relevant to the information in the nearby text; often such captions conclude with critical thinking questions.

· End-of-chapter extras: Besides the standard “Terms Used in This Chapter” and the “Summary,” the end-of-chapter material includes a “Management in Action” case that presents a recent case study or situations along with discussion questions. “Ethical Dilemmas” present ethical situations based on real events and ask students how they would have handled the dilemmas. Each end-of-chapter section also includes a “Self-Assessment” exercise, a “Group Exercise,” and a “Take It to the Net” Internet exercise. All are formatted as “introduction, instructions, exercise, interpretation, discussion questions.” Students should be able to complete these exercises in class or for review to help them apply what they’ve learned in the chapter. Finally, the text also presents six “Video Cases,” corresponding to the six part divisions of the book.

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