Encyclopedia of Management Theory
About this ebook
Features and Benefits:
- Two volumes containing over 280 signed entries provide users with the most authoritative and thorough reference resources available on management theory, both in terms of breadth and depth of coverage.
- Standardized presentation format, organized into categories based on validity and importance, structures entries so that readers can assess the fundamentals, evolution, and impact of theories.
- To ease navigation between and among related entries, a Reader’s Guide groups entries thematically and each entry is followed by Cross-References.
- In the electronic version, the Reader’s Guide combines with the Cross-References and a detailed Index to provide robust search-and-browse capabilities.
- An appendix with a Chronology of Management Theory allows readers to easily chart directions and trends in thought and theory from early times to the present.
- An appendix with Central Management Insights allows readers to easily understand, compare, and apply major theoretical messages of the field.
- Suggestions for Further Reading at the end of each entry guide readers to sources for more detailed research and discussion.
Key themes include:
- Nature of Management
- Managing People, Personality, and Perception
- Managing Motivation
- Managing Interactions
- Managing Groups
- Managing Organizations
- Managing Environments
- Strategic Management
- Human Resources Management
- International Management and Diversity
- Managerial Decision Making, Ethics, and Creativity
- Management Education, Research, and Consulting
- Management of Operations, Quality, and Information Systems
- Management of Entrepreneurship
- Management of Learning and Change
- Management of Technology and Innovation
- Management and Leadership
- Management and Social / Environmental Issues
- PLUS: Appendix of Chronology of Management Theory
- PLUS: Appendix of Central Management Insights
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About the author
Eric H. Kessler is the Henry George Professor of Management, and founding director of the Business Honors Program, in the Lubin School of Business at Pace University in New York City. As a management scholar, Dr. Kessler holds a PhD in organization management and international business; he has produced over 100 research papers and presentations that span a broad array of management issues and published three critically acclaimed management books: (1) Handbook of Organizational and Managerial Wisdom, (2) Cultural Mythology and Global Leadership, and (3) Management Theory in Action: Real World Lessons for Walking the Talk. As a management educator Dr. Kessler instructs courses and conducts developmental workshops on a range of management levels and topics; in addition he has worked as an executive educator, corporate speaker, and has led numerous global management field studies traveling across six continents. As a management professional, Dr. Kessler is a Fellow and Past President of the Eastern Academy of Management and a long-time member of the Academy of Management; he has served on several management journals’ advisory and editorial boards and has worked with a wide variety of large and small as well as private and government organizations. Dr. Kessler has received many academic honors and awards, is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, and has been inducted into national and international honorary societies in business, forensics, economics, and psychology.
