TY - BOOK AU - Koontz,Harold AU - Weihrich,Heinz TI - Essentials of management SN - 007035605X : AV - HD31 .K62 1990 U1 - 658.4 20 PY - 1990///] CY - New York PB - McGraw-Hill KW - Management N1 - Business bookfair2015new bus 15; Includes bibliographical references and indexes; Part 1 The basis of management theory and science: management - science, theory and practice; patterns of management analysis; external environment and international management. Part 2 Planning: nature and purpose of planning; objectives; strategies and policies; decision making. Part 3 Organizing: the nature and purpose of organizing; basic departmentation; line and staff authority relationships; decentralization of authority; making organization effective. Part 4 Staff: staffing; selection; performance appraisal and career strategy; manager development. Part 5 Leading: managing and the human factor; motivation; leadership; communication; Part 6 Controlling: system and process of controlling; control techniques; planning and controlling production and operations management; control of overall performance; preventative control - ensuring effective management N2 - Designed to be read in conjunction with principles of management courses, the authors aim to provide an understanding of basic management theory and policy. The text covers such subjects as patterns of management analysis, performance control, preventative control and staffing selection. ER -