Offers a practical and accessible introduction to management and provides a comprehensive guide to the management tools used in managing people and other resources. Part 1 includes a series of chapters on management applications and concepts, starting with basic issues such as 'What is a business?' and 'What is management?' continuing through management of quality, materials and new product development and concluding with examples of successful companies who provide good models of management. Part 2 starts with chapters on human resource management, and communication, and goes on to provide some tools and techniques, such as critical path networks, discounted cash flow, inventory control, concluding with a new chapter on the management of SMEs.
- | Author: John V. Chelsom
- | Publisher: Wiley
- | Publication Date: Oct 29, 2004
- | Number of Pages: 560 pages
- | Binding: Paperback or Softback
- | ISBN-10: 0470021268
- | ISBN-13: 9780470021262