Mastering Management Skills : A Manager's Toolkit (with InfoTrac)
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Book Description
With a skills-based approach, this text focuses on the social learning perspective, applying critical managerial tools and techniques. In each chapter, the learner is presented with a short discussion of relevant theory and concepts and then actively participates in the application of these concepts through experiential exercises, self-assessment tools, and case studies. Throughout the text are examples and interviews with practitioners, emphasizing to the learner the importance of the topic at hand.
About the Author
Ray Aldag is the Glen A. Skillrud Family Chair in Business, co-director of the Weinert Center for Entrepreneurship, and past chair of the Department of Management and Human Resources at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, his M.B.A. in Production Management, and his Ph.D. in Management from Michigan State University. He has worked as a thermal engineer on various Apollo, Voyager, and other aerospace projects at the Bendix Aerospace Division in Ann Arbor, Michigan. At Wisconsin, he has served as Associate Director of the Industrial Relations Research Institute and was the 1993 recipient of the Jerrod Distinguished Service Award.
Ray has 30 years of experience teaching management principles, organizational behavior, decision-making, introduction to business, human resource management, business policy, and other courses. He has served on more than 50 Ph.D. thesis committees.
An active researcher on such topics as leadership, culture, group decision processes, task design, and motivation, Ray has published more than 70 journal articles and book chapters in Administrative Science Quarterly, Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Decision Sciences, Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Management, Psychological Bulletin, and others. He is co-author of six books, including Business in a Changing World (fourth edition), Management (second edition), and Leadership and Vision, and has served as associate editor for organizational theory and behavior for the Journal of Business Research, as essays co-editor of the Journal of Management Inquiry, and on the Board of Consulting Editors for the Journal of Applied Psychology. He currently serves on the Editorial Review Boards of Organization and Environment and the Journal of Leadership Studies. Loren Kuzuhara is a senior lecturer in the Department of Management and Human Resources at the University of Wisconsin - Madison School of Business. He teaches undergraduate courses in organizational behavior and human resource management. In addition, Loren works on an individual basis with many students who are pursuing a variety of independent research projects focusing on management consulting and training and development. Loren is the faculty advisor for the UW-Madison student chapters of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and Sigma Iota Epsilon (SIE). He also is the Sam Walton Fellow for the UW-Madison Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) team and the coach for the student team that competes in the annual HR Games competition. Loren earned his bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and his Master of Business Administration and Ph.D. in management and human resources from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Loren has corporate experience working in the Strategic Research Department at American Family Insurance. He is an active management consultant as well. Loren's research interests revolve around work motivation, leadership, team development, training and development, organizational effectiveness and human resource management.
Mastering Management Skills : A Manager's Toolkit (with InfoTrac),Ramon Aldag,Loren W. Kuzuhara,South-Western College Pub,0324259190,Business & Economics,Business / Economics / Finance,Business/Economics,Management,Organizational Behavior,Business & Economics / Organizational Behavior,Management & management techniques
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