This book is the second edition of the highly regarded management text by Paul Davidson and Ricky Griffin. It reflects the trends and practices of local business, the differences in local corporate culture and the nature of local organisations. This is presented within a global context of management, where the new work environment knows no geographic boundaries.

A solid foundation of research provides the background against which Australian, New Zealand, Asia-Pacific, European and US illustrative examples are used. These examples are drawn from small to medium size companies and large multinational enterprises. A critical perspective is integrated throughout the book, as students are asked to analyse theory in light of real world examples.

The text emphasises the emerging challenges of e-business management, the importance of ethics in the global marketplace, diversity in the workforce, and the management of information technology and quality to achieve organisational goals.

Written in an accessible and concise style, this book is designed for introductory courses in Management at the undergraduate and postgraduate level.

NEW TO THIS EDITION

• Each chapter has been thoroughly updated with the latest research,
• New boxed features and end of chapter material
• Each chapter has been streamlined, with the deletion of outdated vignettes, to ensure a more contemporary and relevant overview of the subject matter
• A new vignette Managing E-business has been added to each chapter
• The Environment of Management feature has been changed to a new feature titled Management and the Community
• The student website has been enhanced and will include:
  • A cross-functional case study
  • Interactive self assessment tests that link back to chapter
  • Internet exercises
  • Management at Work which references journals, magazines and newspaper articles, complete with questions to be considered. This feature will be updated frequently throughout the academic year.
  FEATURES
  
• Scene Setter: draws students into the chapter with a real-world scenario that introduces a particular management theme
• Managing E-business: boxed vignette which discusses e-business challenges in relation to the topic being discussed in the chapter
• Management and the Community: mini case study that looks at organisations and management in relation to social responsibility and ethical issues
• Managers Checklist: list of helpful hints for the managers of tomorrow
• Management Decision: describes situations reflecting the material in each chapter and asks students to make management decisions
• Critical Thinking: questions which require students to think about the issues discussed in the chapter
• Skill Self Assessment: questionnaires which provide students with insights into how they approach various management situations
• End of Chapter Material: including review, discussion, application and advanced questions relating to the theory in the chapter
• End of Chapter Cases: two detailed case studies featuring both local and global organisations to enhance student understanding of the management issues examined in the chapter

ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Paul Davidson is a Senior Lecturer in the Graduate School of Business at Queensland University of Technology. His career includes time as an officer in the Royal Australian Air Force, a clinical psychologist and Senior Lecturer in Psychological Medicine (University of Otago, New Zealand), and Chief Executive Officer of a service delivery organisation of 650 employees in Australia. He has taught management, organisational behaviour, and human resource management as a full-time academic at QUT since 1991. He holds qualifications from the Universities of Queensland, Birmingham (UK), and Geneva, and has been a Visiting Professor at Stanford University USA, Bond University Australia, and Reims Management School, France.

Paul is the author of four books and over a hundred papers and conference presentations. For several years he has had an active involvement in officer training in the Royal Australian Navy, and he has been a management consultant to several companies in Australia and in Asia. He is also the President of the Australian Human Resource Institute, Queensland (2000 - 2002), and a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Ricky W. Griffin received his Ph.D. from the University of Houston in 1978 and served on the faculty at the University of Missouri-Columbia before moving to Texas A&M University in 1981. Dr. Griffin has served President of the Southwest Academy of Management and Chair of the Organizational Behavior Division of the Academy of Management. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Southern Management Association. Dr. Griffin has published over 50 articles and essays and 11 books and has presented almost 100 conference papers. His books have been translated into and/or adapted for use in Canada, Australia, Mexico, Poland, and India. He has served as Editor of the Journal of Management and as Director of the Center for Human Resource Management at Texas A&M University. Dr. Griffin has also made invited presentations at more than 20 Universities in the United States as well as in England, Poland, and Japan. He has taught a variety of undergraduate and graduate courses at Texas A&M. Dr. Griffin has been designated as the Lawrence E. Fouraker Professor of Business Administration and currently serves as Head of the Department of Management at Texas A&M University

Supplements:

• Study guide
• Instructors resource guide
• PowerPoint
• Test bank
• Website Management at Work
• WebCT/Blackboard
• Video