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Thomson Learning PART1Introduction to ManagementChapter OneManagement2Chapter TwoOrganizational Environments and Cultures36Chapter ThreeEthics and Social Responsibility 74Thomson Learning CHAPTER1What Would You Do?What Is Management ?1. Management Management Making Things Meeting the Organizing People, Projects, and LeadingWhat Do Managers Do?3. Kinds of Top Middle First-Line Team Leaders4. Managerial Interpersonal Informational Decisional RolesWhat Does It Take to Be a Manager?5. What Companies Look for in Managers6. Mistakes Managers Make7. The Transition to Management : The First YearWhy Management Matters8. Competitive Advantage through PeopleWhat Really Happened?Key TermsWhat Would You Do-II? Management Decisions Develop Your Managerial Potential PHOTODISC/GETTY IMAGESThomson Learning oneManagementWhat Would You Do?

What is management, and what do managers do? Good management is basic to starting a business, growing a business, and maintaining a business once it has achieved some measure of success. This chapter begins by defining management and discussing the functions of man-agement. Next, we look at what managers do by examining the four kinds of managers

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