A Framework for Management

by Gary Dessler

This book is a brief, 2-color, paperback version of Dessler's Leading People and Organizations in the 21st Century 2/e. It covers all key topics in management, in a traditional Planning, Organizing, Leading, and Controlling framework. Chapter topics include managing in the 21st century, managing in a global environment, making decisions, planning and setting objectives, strategic management, the fundamentals of organizing, designing organizations to manage change, staffing the organization, being a leader, motivating employees today, communicating in today's organizations, managing groups and teams, managing organizational and cultural change, and controlling and building commitment. For all levels of managers in a variety of fields and industries.

446 pages, Paperback

First published June 28, 2001