
Becoming a Master Manager
A Competing Values Approach
- 288 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
Becoming a Master Manager
A Competing Values Approach
About this book
Integrating theory and empirical evidence, Becoming a Master helps students and future managers master the dynamics and intricacies of the modern business environment. The text's unique "competing values framework" provides a deep and holistic understanding of what is required to effectively manage any type of organization. Readers learn to develop and apply critical managerial skills that encourage change, promote adaptability, build stability, maintain continuity, strengthen commitment and cohesion, and yield positive organizational results.
The seventh edition features new and revised content throughout, offering students a comprehensive and up-to-date presentation of critical management competencies and their underlying theoretical value intentions and real-life application. Throughout the text, classroom-tested exercises enable students to assess, analyze, practice, and apply the material while gaining insight into the paradoxes and contradictions that make the practice of management so complex.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Preface
- Contents
- Introduction The Competing Values Approach to Management
- What “Becoming” A Master Manager Means
- The Evolution of Management Models
- The Competing Values Framework
- Learning to Become A Master Manager
- Module 1 Creating and Sustaining Commitment and Cohesion
- Module 2 Establishing and Maintaining Stability and Continuity
- Module 3 Improving Productivity and Increasing Profitability
- Module 4 Promoting Change and Encouraging Adaptability
- Conclusion Integration and the Road to Mastery
- Index
- EULA