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  <titleInfo>
    <title>Management: the competitive edge</title>
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    <namePart>Stoner, James A.F. Gray, Edmund R.</namePart>
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  <name type="personal">
    <namePart>Freeman, Edward A.</namePart>
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  <name type="personal">
    <namePart>Gilbert, Daniel A. Jr. Smeltzer, Larry R.</namePart>
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    <place>
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    <publisher>Collier Macmillan</publisher>
    <dateIssued>1989</dateIssued>
    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
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  <language>
    <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">eng</languageTerm>
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  <physicalDescription>
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    <extent>xxvii, 818 p.: ill;</extent>
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  <tableOfContents>Contents: 1. Introduction and context of management: Management , managers and management theory -- Historical foundation of management thought -- the changing environment, social responsibility and managerial ethics -- management in the international setting.
2. Planning: The structure and process of planning -- strategic planning -- concepts and issues in strategic planning -- managerial decision making -- tools for planning and decision making.
3. Organizing: The basic of organizing -- Departmentation, decentralization and organizational design -- Authority in organizations -- Human resource management.
4. Influencing: Motivation -- leadership -- managerial communication -- managing groups -- objectives --
5. Controlling: The control process -- Financial controls -- Operations management control -- Management information systems -- The Entrepreneur: A special kind of manager -- Appendix: Careers in management</tableOfContents>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">Edmund R. Gray, Larry R. Smeltzer</note>
  <note>Includes index</note>
  <subject>
    <topic>Management</topic>
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  <classification authority="lcc">HD28.G68</classification>
  <identifier type="isbn">0023461802</identifier>
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