Essentials of Management

David Boddy is a Research Fellow at the School of Business & Management, University of Glasgow. He is also the author of two other market-leading textbooks by Pearson Education: Managing Information Systems (2009) and Management (2011).

• Preface to the first edition                                                                                                  Guided tour of the book                                                                                                      Guided tour of the website                                                                                                 Acknowledgements                                                                                                              Part 1 An Introduction to Managment1 Managing in organisations      2 Models of management Part 2 The environment of Mangement3 Organisation cultures and contexts4 Managing internationally5 Corporate responsibility           Part 3 Planning6 Planning    7 Decision making 8 Managing strategy          Part 4 Organising9 Organisation structure 10 Information systems and e-business11 Managing change and innovation   Part 5 Leading12 Influencing         13 Motivating           14 Communicating            15 Working in teams          Part 6 Controlling16 Managing operations and quality17 Performance measurement and controlGlossary                                               &n