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Contents: Management: An Introduction -- Evolution of management thought -- Modern approaches to management -- Organisational planning -- Forcasting -- Organizing as a management function -- Organizational design -- Organizational development -- The Staffing function -- Career planning and managerial development -- The Directing and leading function -- Motivation -- Communication -- Conflict management -- Function of controlling -- Control techniques -- Management information systems and control -- Managerial decision making -- Quantitative decision making -- Management science and operations research -- Production/Operations management -- International management -- Social and ethical issues in management.