Effective Management, 4th edition, Student edition

by Chuck Williams

Your unique, individual style is reflected in how you look, the way you act, even in how you learn. Now, there's a management book written specifically for the way you learn best. Discover how Chuck does management like no one else with Chuck William's EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT, 4E. No one else puts strong management theories into practice right before your eyes like master story-teller and award-winning educator and author Chuck Williams. Whether you prefer to listen, see, read or act, you'll find the learning style or combination of learning approaches that appeal to you within this innovative, streamlined text and media-driven package. Intriguing visuals and practical learning features delve beyond mere memorization, as you explore individual and group decision making, examine ethical practices, and even inventory personal management abilities with new Self-Assessments. Videos examine management challenges within well-known organizations or explore short scenes from major motion pictures that demonstrate management principles in action. An EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT ONLINE multimedia resource provides one-stop award-winning study modules, audio lectures, and self-quizzes to ensure you understand critical management principles. See for yourself how Chuck does management like no one else as EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT, 4E lets you experience management at its best.

531 pages, Spiral-bound

First published January 1, 2010

About the author

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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.