- Published
- June 2025
- Page Count
- 540
- ISBN (Digital)
- 979-8-88794-461-6
Principles of Management
Version 6.0
By Talya Bauer, Berrin Erdogan, and Jeremy Short
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Key Features
- Organized around three key themes:
- Strategic thinking with explicit focus on determinants of superior organizational performance
- Entrepreneurial thinking that goes beyond a traditional definition of “manager” to encompass strategic innovation and effect necessary change
- Active management that emphasizes personal effectiveness and decision-making practices needed to succeed in an increasingly competitive job market and a constantly shifting business environment
- Emphasizes the “triple bottom line”—the idea that successful economic performance should consider social and environmental impacts of the firm when evaluating outcomes.
- Each chapter is structured around the respected P-O-L-C framework:
- Planning—setting objectives and determining courses of action
- Organizing—developing an organizational structure and allocating human resources to achieve objectives
- Leading—inspiring others to act in response to social and informal sources of influence
- Controlling—ensuring consistent behaviors that achieve objectives by creating and enforcing standard processes and procedures
- Over 70 embedded links to streaming videos engage students, stimulate curiosity, and enrich hybrid and online courses
- Strong focus on ethics and using critical thinking to address ethical dilemmas
- Rich and useful learning structure:
- Chapter-Opening Tables describe how the P-O-L-C framework applies to the chapter that follows
- Chapter Learning Objectives provide an overview of the chapter to come
- Learning Objectives start each main section to preview the coming discussion and prepare students to learn
- NEW—Leveraging AI for POM feature in every chapter provides helpful perspectives on how to get the most out of AI in management contexts
- Key Takeaway at the end of every main section summarizes just-encountered information while it is still fresh to encourage retention
- Discussion Questions at the end of every main section provide critical thinking opportunities for individual students or topics for group interactions
- Case in Point are chapter-ending cases that illustrate concepts discussed in the preceding chapter in real-world contexts
- Case Discussion Questions provide structured opportunities for discussion and analysis of the associated Case in Point. Answer guidelines are provided in the instructor’s manual
- NEW—Ethical Dilemma at the end of every chapter poses ethics questions related to a key chapter topic
- Customizable
Students
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- $36.95
- Color Printed Textbook with Online Access Price
- $63.95
Principles of Management is suitable for courses usually called Management, Principles of Management, Management Principles, Introduction to Management or similar titles taught at the undergraduate level in both two- or four-year colleges and universities.
Principles of Management provides a comprehensive, action-oriented, and concisely written explanation of management fundamentals to prepare learners for the rapidly evolving business environment. The book’s distinct learning strategy weaves three consistent themes throughout: strategic thinking, entrepreneurial thinking, and active management. Each chapter is constructed around the well-established P-O-L-C framework (planning, organizing, leading, and controlling) that helps instructors organize the course more efficiently and that makes the material more memorable and readily applied by students, particularly learners who are less well prepared for college-level work. The result is a logically written, accessible, and engaging text that clearly communicates the latest findings and best practices needed to truly understand the core principles of management.
New in This Version
- NEW—Leveraging AI for POM feature in every chapter provides helpful perspectives on how to get the most out of AI in management contexts
- NEW—Ethical Dilemma at the end of every chapter poses ethics questions related to a key chapter topic
- Streamlined to make key points more quickly and powerfully than ever before
- Greater focus on application to bring concepts to life for students and stimulate classroom discussions
- All end-of-chapter cases either written or rewritten to reflect the most current management topics and contemporary management challenges, such as communicating in the current social media environment
- Greater diversity of examples, significant global change, and a specific focus on challenges posed by managing social media
- Features new businesses and business examples throughout
- Numerous podcast examples added throughout the book. For example, every chapter links to one or more podcasts from the Freakonomics Radio Network
- Dedications
- About the Authors
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Principles of Management
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Chapter 2: History, Trends, Globalization, and Ethics
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Chapter 3: Personality, Attitudes, and Work Behaviors
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Chapter 4: Developing Mission, Vision, and Values
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Chapter 5: Strategic Management
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Chapter 6: Goals and Objectives
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Chapter 7: Organizational Structure and Change
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Chapter 8: Organizational Culture
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Chapter 9: Leading People and Organizations
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Chapter 10: Decision-Making
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Chapter 11: Communication in Organizations
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Chapter 12: Managing Groups and Teams
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Chapter 13: Motivating Employees
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Chapter 14: The Essentials of Control
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Chapter 15: Strategic Human Resource Management

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Instructor’s Manual
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Additions & Errata
6/16/25: Chapter 12.5 Case Discussion Questions updated.
- Based on what you read in this case, would you find working at Chihuly Studios motivating? If so, which aspects of working at Chihuly Studios would motivate you? Which aspects would you find to be personally challenging?
- Do you believe that working in such an environment affords employees with increased levels of autonomy? What else do you think should be in place to support autonomy at work?
- What do you think Chihuly Studios does to ensure that employees experience a sense of meaning in their work?
- What do you think would be the challenges of managing the performance of large teams of glassblowers, such as though at Chihuly Studios?
- What are your thoughts about Chihuly Studios’ policy of having all work signed and credited to Dale Chihuly? Do you believe this policy affects employee motivation? In what ways?