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Contents: Part One: Overview of management: Developing managerial competencies -- Learning from the history of management thought --Part Two: Managing in turbulent environment: Ethics and social responsibility -- Assessing the environment -- Managing globally -- Fostering entrepreneurship -- Part Three: Formulating plans and strategies -- Fundamentals of decision aids -- Achieving organizational control -- Part Four: Motivating employees -- Dynamics of leadership -- Communicating effectively -- Working in teams -- Understanding organizational culture and cultural diversity -- Part Five: Designing organization -- Guiding organizational change and innovation -- Managing human resources.