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Supervision Today!, 9th edition

  • Stephen P. Robbins
  • , David A. DeCenzo
  • , Robert M. Wolter

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Supervision Today! helps you build your supervisory skills through real-life concepts, examples and practice. The text's lively, conversational tone and full-color design engages readers and helps capture the responsibilities and challenges of a real supervisor's job. It covers the essentials of managing others with a strong focus on applied skills, all with a user-friendly approach.

Concentrating on the evolving role supervisors must embrace in the current work environment, the 9th Edition includes new info on employee recognition programs, global diversity and teleworking.

Published by Pearson (July 14th 2021) - Copyright © 2019

ISBN-13: 9780137538218

Subject: Entrepreneurship

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PART 1: DEFINING SUPERVISION AND SUPERVISORY CHALLENGES

  1. Supervision Fundamentals
  2. Supervision Challenges

PART 2: PLANNING, ORGANIZING, STAFFING, CONTROLLING, AND DECISION MAKING

  1. Planning and Goal Setting
  2. Organizing
  3. Staffing and Recruiting
  4. Controlling
  5. Problem Analysis and Decision Making

PART 3: MOTIVATING, LEADING, COMMUNICATING, AND DEVELOPING

  1. Motivating Followers
  2. Leading Followers
  3. Communicating Effectively
  4. Developing Groups

PART 4: APPRAISAL, SAFETY, NEGOTIATION, CHANGE, AND LABOR RELATIONS

  1. Performance Appraisal
  2. Workplace Health and Safety
  3. Conflict, Politics, Discipline, and Negotiation
  4. Change Management
  5. Supervision and Labor
  • Postscript: Personal Development
  • Answers to Comprehension Checks and Crossword Puzzles