Includes index and references.

Contents: An overview of management: managing in a dynamic environment -- the evolution of management -- Managing the environment: environmental forces -- managing globally -- entrepreneurship -- ethics and stakeholder social responsibility -- Planning and control: planning and strategy -- fundamental of decision making -- planning and decision aids -- controlling in organizations -- Organizing: organizational design -- organizational change and learning -- managing human resources -- Leading: work motivation -- dynamics of leadership -- organizational communication -- managing work teams -- organizational culture and cultural diversity.