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Management Fundamentals- Vantage Learning Platform
Concepts, Applications, and Skill Development

Tenth Edition


January 2023 | SAGE Publications, Inc

About Management Fundamentals - Vantage Learning Platform, Tenth Edition

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Management Fundamentals: Concepts, Applications, and Skill Development, Tenth Edition is offered in Sage Vantage, an intuitive learning platform that integrates quality Sage textbook content with assignable multimedia activities and auto-graded assessments to drive student engagement and ensure accountability. Unparalleled in its ease of use and built for dynamic teaching and learning, Vantage offers customizable LMS integration and best-in-class support.

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Part I: The Global Management Environment
 
Chapter 1. Management and Its History
 
Chapter 2. The Global Environment: Culture, Ethics, and Social Responsibility
 
Chapter 3. Managing Diversity in a Global Environment
 
Part II: Planning
 
Chapter 4. Creative Problem Solving and Decision Making
 
Chapter 5. Planning and Managing Global Business
 
Chapter 6. Managing Change, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship
 
Part III: Organizing
 
Chapter 7. Organizing and Delegating Work
 
Chapter 8. Managing Teamwork
 
Chapter 9. Human Resources Management
 
Appendix. Career Management and Networking
 
Part IV: Leading
 
Chapter 10. Organizational Behavior: Power, Politics, Negotiation, and Conflict
 
Chapter 11. Motivating for High Performance
 
Chapter 12. Leading With Influence
 
Chapter 13. Communication, Information Technology, and Emotional Intelligence
 
Part V: Controlling
 
Chapter 14. Managing Control Systems, Finances, and People
 
Chapter 15. Operations, Quality, and Productivity

Supplements

Instructor Resource Site
LMS cartridge included with this title for use in Blackboard, Canvas, Brightspace by Desire2Learn (D2L), and Moodle

The LMS cartridge makes it easy to import this title's instructor resources into your learning management system (LMS). These resources include:
  • Test banks
  • Editable chapter-specific PowerPoint® slides
  • Sample course syllabi
  • Lecture notes
  • All tables and figures from the textbook
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You can still access the online resources for this title via the password-protected Instructor Resource Site.

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KEY FEATURES OF MANAGEMENT FUNDAMENTALS: CONCEPTS, APPLICATIONS, AND SKILL DEVELOPMENT, TENTH EDITION

New to this Edition:
  • 30 new cases on real-world organizations such as LG, L'Oreal, Adobe, Food Network, Blaze Pizza, and Twitter are included.
  • New and expanded coverage of important topics like generational differences in the workplace, addressing sexual harassment, AI, cybersecurity, the entrepreneurial mindset, managing change, and emotional intelligence.
  • Fully updated Trends and Issues in Management sections in each chapter.
  • Hundreds of new examples, statistics, and references so your students are exposed to the latest thinking in management.
Key Features:
  • Case studies highlight contemporary challenges and opportunities facing managers at well-known organizations such as IKEA, LG, Alibaba, and Buc-ee’s.
  • Trends and Issues sections explore timely topics such as the changing nature of work, managing multiple generations, and virtual teams.
  • Online Self-Assessments in SAGE Vantage help readers gain personal knowledge of management functions in the real world and provide opportunities for readers to learn about their personal management styles and apply chapter concepts.
  • Skill Builder exercises develop skills readers can use in their personal and professional lives.
  • Ideas on Management chapter-opening cases highlight real companies and people and are revisited throughout the chapter to illustrate and reinforce chapter concepts.
  • Case studies ask readers to put themselves in the role of a manager to apply chapter concepts and consider issues facing real organizations.

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