Unit 1 Management 1
Part One Warm-up 2
Part Two Reading 1 Managing Oneself 2
Reading 2 A Brief History of Management 9
Quiz Effective Management 17
Part Three Exercises 18
Part Four Case Study 1 Bill Gates and Microsoft 23
Case Study 2 The Expansion of Blue Streak 24
Part Five Skills-building 24
Unit 2 Organizational Behavior 27
Part One Warm-up 28
Part Two Reading 1 Introduction to Organizational Behavior 28
Reading 2 Contemporary Theories of Motivation 35
Self-assessment 39
Part Three Exercises 40
Part Four Case Study 1 Nestlé's CEO on Managing Change 44
Case Study 2 Carol Bernick,President of Alberto-Culver,North America 45
Part Five Self-assessment 47
Unit 3 Marketing Management 48
Part One Warm-up 49
Part Two Reading 1 A Framework for Marketing Management 50
Reading 2 Strategic Planning and Marketing Management 54
Quiz 60
Part Three Exercises 62
Part Four Case Study 1 Develop a Marketing Plan 67
Case Study 2 Marketing Spotlight—GE 68
Part Five Practical Quiz 69
Unit 4 Human Resources Management 72
Part One Warm-up 73
Part Two Reading 1 Tomorrow's HR Today 73
Reading 2 Career Development 79
Quiz 83
Part Three Exercises 86
Part Four Case Study 1 Virtual Teamwork at IBM 91
Case Study 2 Managers and HR Professionals at Sands Corporation:Friends or Foes? 92
Part Five Skills-assessment 94
Unit 5 Strategic Management 95
Part One Warm-up 96
Part Two Reading 1 What is Strategy and Why is it Important? 97
Reading 2 Strategy Formulation:Situation Analysis And Business Strategy 101
Quiz 105
Part Three Exercises 106
Part Four Case Study 1 Basic Concepts of Strategic Management 111
Case Study 2 Microsoft and Red Hat Linux:Contracting Business Models 112
Part Five Skills-building 114
Unit 6 Corporate Culture 116
Part One Warm-up 117
Part Two Reading 1 Building a Corporate Culture That Promotes Good Strategy Execution 118
Quiz for Culture 124
Reading 2 The International Business Context-Cultural Views Toward Management and Managers 126
Part Three Exercises 132
Part Four Case Study 1 Southwest Airlines' Team Culture 137
Case Study 2 Daimler-Chrysler's Diverse Cultures 140
Part Five Developing Competencies 141
Unit 7 Business Communication 143
Part One Warm-up 144
Part Two Reading 1 Understanding Business Communication 145
Listening Skills:Self-assessment 148
Reading 2 Oral Presentation 149
Self-assessment 154
Part Three Exercises 154
Part Four Case Study 1 Facing a Communication Dilemma at Hallmark 159
Case Study 2 The Key to Giving Speeches 160
Part Five Quiz 161
Unit 8 Economic Globalization 164
Part One Warm-up 165
Part Two Reading 1 Globality 166
Reading 2 Globalization:The Debate 168
Quiz 173
Part Three Exercises 174
Part Four Case Study 1 Wal-Mart and International EDI 179
Case Study 2 Cultural Effects of Economic Globalization 180
Part Five Quiz 182
Unit 9 Managerial Economics 185
Part One Warm-up 186
Part Two Reading 1 Managerial Economics 187
Reading 2 Demand Forecasting 190
Quiz 196
Part Three Exercises 198
Part Four Case Study 1 Maximize Profit of Maximize Market Share? 203
Case Study 2 Constained Maximization in the Toy Business and Why Frisbees are Called Frisbees. 206
Part Five Quiz 207
Unit 10 Ecommerce 211
Part One Warm-up 212
Part Two Reading 1 Ecommerce Overview of Electronic Commerce 213
Reading 2 E-Grocers Check out 219
Mini-quiz The Basics of Ecommerce 225
Part Three Exercises 227
Part Four Case Study 1 Value Chain Management Using Ecommerce 232
Case Study 2 Starwave 232
Part Five Terminology Quiz 233
Keys to Exercises 237