Fundamentals of Management, 10th edition

About the book

Encourage students to apply concepts

• NEW! 3 Case Applications tell a story about managers, management, and organizations and involve students in assessing a situation and answering questions about "how,” "why" and "what would [they] do." These Case Applications cover the gamut from Google and Target, to Zara and Keurig.
• UPDATED! Self-contained sections on developing management skills at the end of each chapter help instructors apply and use management concepts. These 18 skills were chosen because of their relevancy in developing management competence and their linkage to one or more of the topic areas in this book.
• Integrating Chapter Skills at the end of each chapter encourage students to apply the concepts they’ve just learned, helping them see how the concepts work together, while providing them with a review of the material.
• A Question of Ethics boxes guide students’ understanding of ethical issues in management. MyLab™ Management contains related discussion questions.

Stay on the cutting-edge of management practice

• NEW! Sustainability is emphasized throughout the text via a sustainability “icon” to familiarize students with this topic, which is important to today’s leaders.
• UPDATED! Commonsense Myths. Exciting and innovative chapter openers grab students' attention by introducing commonsense myths and then debunking them.
• A contemporary and visually appealing chapter section reinforces key topics and ideas and engages students, making it easy for them to read and know what's important from that particular chapter.
• Technology and the Manager’s Job discusses how technology changes and shapes the way we manage.
• From the Past to the Present connects management history to the present.

Also available with MyLab Management

MyLab™ Management is an online homework, tutorial, and assessment program designed to work with this text to engage students and improve results. Within its structured environment, students practice what they learn, test their understanding, and pursue a personalized study plan that helps them better absorb course material and understand difficult concepts.

Before class

• NEW! Personal Inventory Assessment (PIA) is a collection of online exercises designed to promote self-reflection and engagement in students, enhancing their ability to connect with management concepts. Assessments are assignable by instructors who can then track students' completions.
• The Chapter Warm-up helps you hold your students accountable for learning key concepts in each chapter before coming to class. The assignment consists of basic questions related to topics in the text, and gives students the chance to access their eText to read about the topics in question. Grading and item analysis in the assignment allow you to see what students know and don’t know.  
• Dynamic Study Modules help students study effectively on their own by continuously assessing their activity and performance in real time. Here's how it works: students complete a set of questions with a unique answer format that also asks them to indicate their confidence level. Questions repeat until the student can answer them all correctly and confidently. Once completed, Dynamic Study Modules explain the concept using materials from the text. These are available as graded assignments prior to class, and accessible on smartphones, tablets, and computers.
• Enhanced eText keeps students engaged in learning on their own time, while helping them achieve greater conceptual understanding of course material. The worked examples bring learning to life, and algorithmic practice allows students to apply the very concepts they are reading about. Combining resources that illuminate content with accessible self-assessment, MyLab Management with Enhanced eText provides students with a complete digital learning experience--all in one place.
• NEW! Watch It features recommend a video clip and can be assigned to students for outside classroom viewing or watched in the classroom. The video corresponds to the chapter material and is accompanied by multiple-choice questions that reinforce students' comprehension of chapter content.
• NEW! Try It features recommend a mini simulation that can be assigned to students as an outside activity or be done in the classroom. Students watch the simulation, are asked to make choices based on the scenario presented in the simulation, and then receive immediate feedback based on the answers they gave, reinforcing chapter concepts and students' comprehension of those concepts.
• NEW! Talk About It discussion-type questions can be assigned as an activity.
• Branching, Decision-Making Simulations put your students in the role of manager as they make a series of decisions based on a realistic business challenge. The simulations change and branch based on their decisions, creating various scenario paths. At the end of each simulation, students receive a grade and a detailed report of the choices they made with the associated consequences included.

During class

• Comprehensive online course content, tightly integrated with your textbook, lets you easily add, remove, or modify existing instructional material. You can also add your own course materials to suit the needs of your students or department. In short, MyLab Management lets you teach exactly as you'd like.
• Learning Catalytics™ is an interactive, student response tool that uses students’ smartphones, tablets, or laptops to engage them in more sophisticated tasks and thinking. Now included with MyLab Management with eText, Learning Catalytics enables you to generate classroom discussion, guide your lecture, and promote peer-to-peer learning with real-time analytics. Instructors, you can:
• Pose a variety of open-ended questions that help your students develop critical thinking skills
• Monitor responses to find out where students are struggling
• Use real-time data to adjust your instructional strategy and try other ways of engaging your students during class
• Manage student interactions by automatically grouping students for discussion, teamwork, and peer-to-peer learning        

• Reporting Dashboard. View, analyze, and report learning outcomes clearly and easily, and get the information you need to keep your students on track throughout the course, with the new Reporting Dashboard. Available via the Gradebook and fully mobile-ready, the Reporting Dashboard presents student performance data at the class, section, and program levels in an accessible, visual manner.

• NEW! MediaShare for Business. Consisting of a curated collection of business videos tagged to learning outcomes and customizable, auto-scored assignments, MediaShare for Business helps students understand why they are learning key concepts and how they will apply those in their careers. Instructors can also assign favorite YouTube clips or original content and employ MediaShare’s powerful repository of tools to maximize student accountability and interactive learning, and provide contextualized feedback for students and teams who upload presentations, media, or business plans.

After class

• UPDATED! Writing Space. Better writers make great learners--who perform better in their courses. To help you develop and assess concept mastery and critical thinking through writing, we created the Writing Space. It’s a single place to create, track, and grade writing assignments, provide writing resources, and exchange meaningful, personalized feedback with students, quickly and easily. And thanks to integration with Turnitin^®, Writing Space can check students’ work for improper citation or plagiarism.
• NEW! Write It Assisted-Graded Writing Questions challenge students to assimilate information that they've read in the chapter.

• Quizzes and Tests allow you to quiz students without having to grade the assignments yourself.
• Easily scalable and shareable content. MyLab Management lets other instructors copy your settings so a standardized syllabus can be maintained across your department. Should you want to use the same MyLab Management course next semester, with the same customized settings, you can copy your existing course exactly--and even share it with other faculty members.

About the Book

Encourage Students to Apply Concepts

• 3 Case Applications tell a story about managers, management, and organizations and involve students in assessing a situation and answering questions about "how,” "why" and "what would [they] do." These Case Applications cover the gamut from Google and Target, to Zara and Keurig.
• UPDATED! Self-contained sections on developing management skills at the end of each chapter help instructors apply and use management concepts. These 18 skills were chosen because of their relevancy in developing management competence and their linkage to one or more of the topic areas in this book.

Stay on the Cutting-edge of Management Practice

• Sustainability is emphasized throughout the text via a sustainability “icon” to familiarize students with this topic, which is important to today’s leaders.
• UPDATED! Commonsense Myths. Exciting and innovative chapter openers grab students' attention by introducing commonsense myths and then debunking them.

Personalize Learning with MyManagementLab^TM

MyManagementLab is an online homework, tutorial, and assessment program designed to work with this text to engage students and improve results. Within its structured environment, students practice what they learn, test their understanding, and pursue a personalized study plan that helps them better absorb course material and understand difficult concepts.

Before Class

• Personal Inventory Assessment (PIA) is a collection of online exercises designed to promote self-reflection and engagement in students, enhancing their ability to connect with management concepts. Assessments are assignable by instructors who can then track students' completions.
• Watch It features recommend a video clip and can be assigned to students for outside classroom viewing or watched in the classroom. The video corresponds to the chapter material and is accompanied by multiple-choice questions that reinforce students' comprehension of chapter content.
• Try It features recommend a mini simulation that can be assigned to students as an outside activity or be done in the classroom. Students watch the simulation, are asked to make choices based on the scenario presented in the simulation, and then receive immediate feedback based on the answers they gave, reinforcing chapter concepts and students' comprehension of those concepts.
• Talk About It discussion-type questions can be assigned as an activity.                                                                            

During Class

• MediaShare for Business. Consisting of a curated collection of business videos tagged to learning outcomes and customizable, auto-scored assignments, MediaShare for Business helps students understand why they are learning key concepts and how they will apply those in their careers. Instructors can also assign favorite YouTube clips or original content and employ MediaShare’s powerful repository of tools to maximize student accountabilit