Essentials of management: an international perspective/
Harold Koontz, Heinz Weihrich
- 8th.ed.
- New Delhi: Tata McGraw Hill Education, 2010.
- xxxii, 464 p. ill. 26 cm.
Part One: The Basis of Global Management Theory And Practice
1. Management: Science, Theory, and Practice
2. Management and Society: The External Environment, Social Responsibility and Ethics
3. Global, Comparative and Quality Management
Part Two: Planning
4. Essentials of Planning and Managing by Objectives
5. Strategies, Policies and Planning Premises
6. Decision Making
Part Three: Organizing
7. The Nature of Organizing, Entrepreneuring and Reengineering
8. Organization Structure: Departmentation
9. Line/Staff Authority, Empowerment and Decentralization
10. Effective Organizing and Organization Culture
Part Four: Staffing
11. Human Resource Management and Selection
12. Performance Appraisal and Career Strategy
13. Managing Change through Manager and Organization Development
Part Five: Leading
14. Human Factors and Motivation
15. Leadership
16. Committees, Teams and Group Decision Making
17. Communication
Part Six: Controlling
18. The System and Process of Controlling
19. Control Techniques and Information Technology
20. Productivity, Operations Management and Total Quality Management