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448 pages, Paperback
Published January 30, 2018
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Chuck Williams
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Chuck Williams is currently Dean of the College of Business at Butler University: formerly the Dean of the Eberhardt School of Business at the University of the Pacific, and an Associate Professor of Management at the M.J. Neeley School of Business at Texas Christian University. Dr. Williams has also served as Associate Dean and Chair of Management. He has also taught at Michigan State University and Oklahoma State University. Dr. Williams received his B.A. in Psychology from Valparaiso University.
He specialized in Organizational Behavior, Human Resources, and Strategic Management while earning his M.B.A and Ph.D. in Business Administration from Michigan State University. His research interests include employee recruitment and turnover, performance appraisal, and employee training and goal-setting. Williams has published research in the Journal of Applied Psychology, the Academy of Management, Human Resource Management Review, Personnel Psychology, and the Organizational Research Methods Journal. He was a member of the Journal of Management's editorial board, and serves as a reviewer for numerous other academic journals. He was also the webmaster for the Research Methods Division of the Academy of Management.
Please see: Chuck Williams
Chuck Williams is currently Dean of the College of Business at Butler University: formerly the Dean of the Eberhardt School of Business at the University of the Pacific, and an Associate Professor of Management at the M.J. Neeley School of Business at Texas Christian University. Dr. Williams has also served as Associate Dean and Chair of Management. He has also taught at Michigan State University and Oklahoma State University. Dr. Williams received his B.A. in Psychology from Valparaiso University.
He specialized in Organizational Behavior, Human Resources, and Strategic Management while earning his M.B.A and Ph.D. in Business Administration from Michigan State University. His research interests include employee recruitment and turnover, performance appraisal, and employee training and goal-setting. Williams has published research in the Journal of Applied Psychology, the Academy of Management, Human Resource Management Review, Personnel Psychology, and the Organizational Research Methods Journal. He was a member of the Journal of Management's editorial board, and serves as a reviewer for numerous other academic journals. He was also the webmaster for the Research Methods Division of the Academy of Management.
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May 12, 2020
Just another boring textbook.
October 22, 2019
For someone like me who's totally new to studying business (I'm majoring in Management Information Systems), this is a good book to start out with. The writing is plain but engaging, which is what you'd want from a textbook. Even in drier sections relating to trade agreements and leadership decision styles, the text never becomes yawn-inducing or frustratingly dense, which says a lot considering I read much of the book on little sleep after working 10-12 hour days at my job.
There were some sections, in particular the Normative Decision Theory Tree model that could have used greater and more simpler elaboration. Surely there is a better way to depict this information than a complex graph and a handful of paragraphs.
The overall structure and design of the book is pretty solid. There are few walls of text. Most of the pages are broken up into different sections, featuring informative graphics, definitions, statistical graphs, quotes, and explanatory exhibits, which makes for a more enjoyable reading experience. This is a good book to keep close by on the shelf, as it's one that you'll likely refer to over your career in business, no matter what level or specialty you achieve.
I only gave the book three stars because it lacked a critical component I would have liked to have seen: Profiles of managers and CEOS in the modern business world. Further, while it was expected, I felt this book delved too much into theory over practice. Even though I enjoy school and academic settings, I actually tend to learn best by doing, or following an example. Studying MIS is certainly stepping outside my comfort zone, as someone who only ever stayed within liberal arts (I have a B.S. in English). So it would have been helpful to read about actual managers, and to see some of this theoretical stuff put into practice. As this book was used in an online class, I was basically left to my own devices, which is not the best way to jump into an alien course of study. Additionally, management is all about learning how to work with people to get things done. It's counter-productive to stick mainly with theoretical concepts when what you really need to understand is how to work with people. Perhaps a course on management would be better served with a strong video aspect involving manager interviews. There are thousands on YouTube. Watching interviews with Jeff Bezos of Amazon is an education in itself.
Overall, a decent, well-designed book, but one that needs to figure out how to insert some humanity into its pages.
There were some sections, in particular the Normative Decision Theory Tree model that could have used greater and more simpler elaboration. Surely there is a better way to depict this information than a complex graph and a handful of paragraphs.
The overall structure and design of the book is pretty solid. There are few walls of text. Most of the pages are broken up into different sections, featuring informative graphics, definitions, statistical graphs, quotes, and explanatory exhibits, which makes for a more enjoyable reading experience. This is a good book to keep close by on the shelf, as it's one that you'll likely refer to over your career in business, no matter what level or specialty you achieve.
I only gave the book three stars because it lacked a critical component I would have liked to have seen: Profiles of managers and CEOS in the modern business world. Further, while it was expected, I felt this book delved too much into theory over practice. Even though I enjoy school and academic settings, I actually tend to learn best by doing, or following an example. Studying MIS is certainly stepping outside my comfort zone, as someone who only ever stayed within liberal arts (I have a B.S. in English). So it would have been helpful to read about actual managers, and to see some of this theoretical stuff put into practice. As this book was used in an online class, I was basically left to my own devices, which is not the best way to jump into an alien course of study. Additionally, management is all about learning how to work with people to get things done. It's counter-productive to stick mainly with theoretical concepts when what you really need to understand is how to work with people. Perhaps a course on management would be better served with a strong video aspect involving manager interviews. There are thousands on YouTube. Watching interviews with Jeff Bezos of Amazon is an education in itself.
Overall, a decent, well-designed book, but one that needs to figure out how to insert some humanity into its pages.
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