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For undergraduate and graduate principles of management and management skills courses

Skills development for tomorrow's managers

Whetten's Developing Management Skills has become the standard text in learning hands-on management. Designed for students of all skill levels and learning styles, the text allows students to apply knowledge to real-world situations, connect concepts to their own lives, and experience management theory in a tactile and engaging way. Updated for tomorrow's managers, the 10th Edition features contemporary examples, new skill assessments and cases, updated research, and tangible, relevant goals for students to work toward. By focusing on the essential skills for success, students will be able to see what managers actually “do,” and how they transform those management concepts into practical, actionable techniques.

For undergraduate and graduate principles of management and management skills courses

Skills development for tomorrow's managers

Whetten's Developing Management Skills has become the standard text in learning hands-on management. Designed for students of all skill levels and learning styles, the text allows students to apply knowledge to real-world situations, connect concepts to their own lives, and experience management theory in a tactile and engaging way. Updated for tomorrow's managers, the 10th Edition features contemporary examples, new skill assessments and cases, updated research, and tangible, relevant goals for students to work toward. By focusing on the essential skills for success, students will be able to see what managers actually “do,” and how they transform those management concepts into practical, actionable techniques.

For principles of management and management skills courses. Developing Management Skills is the gold standard for hands-on training in management skills. Designed for all levels, it focuses on what effective managers do and provides actionable guidance for modern management challenges. By studying theory from an applied, skills-based perspective, students learn how to turn knowledge into practice.The 11th Edition features new cases, examples and assessments addressing contemporary issues, while maintaining its unique skills-focused approach. Highlighted issues include DE&I, remote work, international and cultural differences, and management issues in an age of rapid environmental change.

The first edition introduced the newly emerging field called Positive Organizational Scholarship. Rather than focusing on organizational dysfunction, Positive Organizational Scholarship looks at organizations that are functioning at an unusually high level. Learning from such successful groups about what they did right forms the backbone of the strategy, because strategies that capitalize on the positive tend to produce life-giving, flourishing outcomes in organizations.

The four strategies discussed in the first edition included the cultivation of positive climate, positive relationships, positive communication, and positive meaning. Each strategy is explained and illustrated. In this revised edition, the author will add the following materials:

Chapter 1: Outlining three outcomes associated with positive leadership and one more example.Chapter 2: Adding some empirical findings linking attributes of climate with physiological benefits.Chapter 3: A brief discussion of temporary encounters with positive or negative outcomes.Chapter 4: Additional research on the results of the positive-to-negative-communication-ratio.Chapter 5: Elaboration on the issue of meaningfulness in work.Chapter 6: More ideas for implementation