Management (with InfoTrac) [Hardcover]

Richard L. Daft (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0324317980 | ISBN-13: 978-0324317985 | Publication Date: December 6, 2004 | Edition: 7

The seventh edition of this market leading text continues to raise the standard through its cutting-edge presentation of managerial thought, carefully developed applications, and innovative technology components. Richard Daft seamlessly integrates the topic of this edition, managing in turbulent times, with traditional management concepts to show what influences and guides managerial action in today's organizations. To illustrate the conceptual material and engage the learner, Daft includes diverse examples, exercises, and applications in every chapter. Through each edition, Management has continued to build an outstanding reputation with instructors for its quality, topic selection, applications, and authorship. The number one text on the market, it is renowned for its strong content, the quality of its examples, its readability and its numerous applications that reinforce concepts and involve users. Some hallmark features include Management in Practice exercises, Concept Connection photo essays, and Manager's Shoptalk boxes.

Editorial Reviews

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"[Daft] provides both theory and real world coverage, thorough coverage of the content, appropriate corporate examples throughout the text." -- Deb Buerkley, Southwest Minnesota State University

"[Daft] is comprehensive but readable." -- Tom D. McFarland, Tusculum College

"The book takes a classic approach to the subject area and is extremely comprehensive in nature. Daft is very proficient after so many editions of this text.  The text is clearly appropriate for a business core class in management." -- David Arseneau, Eastern Illinois University --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

About the Author

Richard L. Daft, Ph.D., is Associate Dean for Academic Programs and the Brownlee O. Currey, Jr. Professor in Management in the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University. Professor Daft specializes in the study of organization theory and leadership, and enjoys applying these ideas in his roles as Associate Dean. Dr. Daft is a Fellow of the Academy of Management and has served on the editorial boards of Academy of Management Journal, Administrative Science Quarterly, and Journal of Management Education. he was the Associate Editor-in-Chief of Organization Science and served for three years as associate editor of Administrative Science Quarterly. Professor Daft has authored or co-authored 12 books and has also authored dozens of scholarly articles, papers, and chapters. His work has been published in Administrative Science Quarterly, Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Management, Accounting Organizations and Society, Management Science, MIS Quarterly, California Management Review, and Organizational Behavior Teaching Review. Professor Daft has been awarded several government research grants to pursue studies of organization design, organizational innovation and change, strategy implementation, and organizational information processing. Dr. Daft also is an active teacher and consultant. He has taught management, leadership, organizational change, organizational behavior, organizational theory, and organizational behavior. He has been involved in management development and consulting for many companies and government organizations. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 880 pages
• Publisher: South-Western College Pub; 7 edition (December 6, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0324317980
• ISBN-13: 978-0324317985
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.4 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #76,832 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best in its field, January 17, 2006

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Arie Aviram (Rishon le Zion Israel) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Management (with InfoTrac) (Hardcover)

In my opinion this is one of the best text books on management I read. I am using it extensively with undergraduate students for whom the English is a foreign language, and still they do not encounter any difficulties, either in understanding the text or the cases.
Arie Aviram Ph.D.