Includes Name index and subject Index.

Contents : The emergence of management thought -- Argument for and against social involvement of business -- Managing domestic and international enterprises -- Five dimensions of behavior -- Examples of nonverifiable and verifiable objectives -- checklist of manager objectives -- Factors influencing the span of management -- Advantages of limitations of decentralization -- illustrations of organization culture and management practice -- Comparison of business entities -- intellectual property overview -- Major U.S federal laws governing equal employment opportunity -- Sample questions for appraising managers as managers -- An example of the balanced scorecard approach for operationalizing strategic objectives -- Examples of operations systems -- Mass production verses lean production managerial practices