03788nam a22002417a 4500 3228 20260514111528.0 250219b sa ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 9781485111856 3220 RDA E 658.00968 FOCU Focus on management principles : a generic approach Andreas De BeerD Rossouw (Dirk)J KrielJ Berning Third edition. Cape Town : Juta, 2015. vi, 150 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Includes bibliographical references and index. An outline of management -- Introduction -- Historical background of management -- Ancient times: Management in antiquity -- Medieval period -- Industrial period -- The evolution of management theory -- Classical approaches -- Contemporary approaches -- The management environment -- Defining the management environment -- The composition of the management environment -- The micro-environment -- The market environment -- The macro-environment -- Summary -- References -- Management tasks: introduction -- What is management? -- The management tasks -- The main management tasks -- Additional management tasks -- Planning -- The planning process -- Time management -- Organising -- The principles of organising -- Leading -- Leadership -- Communication -- Motivation -- Controlling -- Steps in the process of controlling -- controlling versus planning -- Integration -- Summary -- References -- Leadership and teamwork: introduction -- The nature of leading -- What is leading? -- Leadership -- What is leadership? -- effective managers must be good leaders -- The qualities of good leaders -- Different leadership styles and their implications -- The contingency approach -- Suggestions for effective leadership -- Leading: the other supporting management tasks -- Teams -- Team leadership -- The empowerment of people -- Summary-- References -- Interpersonal skills: introduction -- What is communication -- The communication process -- The principles of effective communication -- Methods of communication -- Formal and informal communication -- Motivation -- What is motivation? -- Theories of motivation -- Principles of motivation in the workplace -- Handling conflict -- The definition of conflict -- Various schools of thought on handling conflict -- Constructive (functional) and destructive (dysfunctional) conflict -- Types of conflict -- Principles of managing conflict in the workplace -- Summary -- References -- Contemporary issues: organisational culture, diversity management, business ethics and corporate social responsibility: introduction -- Organisational culture -- The building blocks of organisational culture -- The four basic types of organisational culture -- Organisational culture and change -- How to overcome resistance to change -- Diversity management -- Diversity described -- The attitudes of workers toward diversity -- Ways in which to manage diversity -- Ethics -- How ethics are forgotten by multinational companies -- Social responsibility -- Measuring corporate social performance -- Summary -- References -- Contemporary issues: organisational politics, change management and HIV/AIDS in the workplace: introduction -- Organisational politics -- Managing change -- The change process -- Resistance to change -- HIV/AIDS -- Understanding HIV/AIDS -- What is HIV/AIDS? -- Transmission of HIV/AIDS -- The laws governing HIV/AIDS in the workplace -- Developing and planning an HIV/AIDS policy and programme -- Summary -- References. adult/students Management South Africa 191910 Andreas De BeerD Rossouw (Dirk)J KrielJ Berning 191911 ddc BOOK 169 Boniswa Ngcongolo 296 Phillipina Naude 772298 772297 0 0 ddc 0 0 600 THANPL THANPL GEN 2025-02-19 312.50 0 658.00968 FOCU 3322803174798 2025-02-19 2025-02-19 BOOK 0 0 ddc 0 0 600 THULL THULL GEN 2025-04-22 0 658.00968 FOCU 3300610005003 2025-04-22 2025-04-22 BOOK 0 0 ddc 0 0 MAFEL MAFEL GEN 2025-08-14 520.00 0 658.00968 FOCU 3300610015156 2025-08-14 2025-08-14 BOOK 0 0 ddc 0 0 MASHML MASHML Non_Fiction 2025-09-10 0 658.00968 FOCU 3228200024834 2025-09-10 2025-09-10 BOOK