Developing Strategies for Change


Book Description

This title seeks to provide a critical examination of rationalist approaches to strategy to enable readers to gain an understanding of the processes of strategy. It also analyses the role of culture and power in shaping the management mind-set.




Managerial Economics for Decision Making


Book Description

Managerial Economics for Decision Making is designed for MBA and final year undergraduates taking a module in Managerial Economics. The text is written in a lively and engaging style with the use of mathematics kept to a miniumum. Ample examples and case studies demonstrate how economics can be used as a tool to tackle issues and problems in a business and management context.




Writing for Accounting Students


Book Description

Designed for students studying accounting subjects at University and TAFE level. Aims to teach students how to improve their written communication skills within the context of accounting. Discusses how to approach writing essays and reports and examines the analytical and critical writing skills required. Includes a discussion of exam techniques, questions, references and an index.




Business and Its Environment


Book Description

For undergraduate and graduate courses in Environment of Business, Business and Public Policy, Business and Society, Business and Government, and Business and Public Responsibility. This Fourth edition of the best-selling text brings together in an integrated manner the disciplines of economics, political science, law, and ethics to provide a deeper understanding of the managerial issues that arise in the environment of business. Built around a set of conceptual frameworks for analyzing these issues, the text formulates nonmarket strategies to deal with them, integrates these with market strategies, and provides cases for the application of the conceptual material.




Australian Strategic Management


Book Description

Textbook for students of strategic management, business strategy or corporate policy. Covers a wide range of issues from economic history to the Tlevel playing field', and uses many illustrative cases covering all aspects of Australian business, including mining, manufacturing, retailing and the internationalisation of Australian business. Indexed. Co-authors are Andr} Morkel and Graham Hubbard.




Human Resource Management


Book Description

Steen/Noe Fifth Canadian Edition has been written to make HR more accessible to students, more reflective of their situation, and more about them. Today, every manager is "in HR", and every employee is actively engaged in the process of HRM, regardless of whether they aspire to be a manager or an HR professional. Students will experience HRM every day of their working lives, from how they are perceived by recruiters to completing a performance appraisal, to being promoted or fired. When students ask "What's In It For Me?", the Fifth Canadian Edition will show them just how relevant HRM is to them as people, employees and eventually managers. This easy to read and relevant 11 chapter human resource management text is ideal for a one-semester course. Steen/Noe balances theory with practical application and rich examples that support the need for foundational HRM, thought leadership and applied insight necessary to perform and thrive in organizations today.







Service Management and Operations


Book Description

Taking a multidisciplinary perspective, this text introduces the major concepts of service management and operations, showing how to build the service system to create customer value, operational issues, and some of the tools for managing service operations.