Understanding Management

About this book

Prepare for management success with this engaging survey of modern management practice. UNDERSTANDING MANAGEMENT 9E seamlessly integrates classic management principles with todays latest management ideas to create a responsive market-leading text that captivates todays readers. Acclaimed authors Richard Daft and Dorothy Marcic cover management and entrepreneurial issues within small to midsize companies where most readers begin their careers as well as within larger global enterprises. Readers gain valuable insights into real contemporary business as they examine todays best management practices. This edition helps readers establish and build on practical skills with engaging examples and numerous skill-building and application exercises in every chapter. Using a streamlined format this edition takes a close look at how change demands innovation and how innovation requires forward-thinking flexible leaders and organizations. UNDERSTANDING MANAGEMENT 9E provides everything you need to become a successful manager who seizes business opportunities and leads change.