This new essential management textbook is a one-stop shop for students undertaking a Business and Management degree, equipping you with the knowledge, skills, and inspiration to build a career that has the potential to make a meaningful difference. Key features include: The development of key skills for a changing world, including problem-solving, critical thinking and adaptability, as well as academic skills A commitment to equality, diversity and inclusivity by featuring diverse case studies, international research and diverse perspectives throughout A strong reflective element, encouraging you to consider how this new knowledge changes your perspectives and how it will inform your future managerial choices A 'Students like you change the world' feature showing how business and management graduates are contributing to a more sustainable and just world The promotion of practices and behaviours aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals A focus on technology, with a chapter on AI, Technology and Digital Transformation. This essential textbook can be used for a wide range of courses from introduction to management modules to across a whole business and management degree or degree apprenticeship. The book is complemented by PowerPoint slides, a Teaching Guide, and a Testbank of Multiple Choice Questions for lecturers. Rossana Guttilla is a Senior Lecturer in HRM and Induction and Transition coordinator for the business school at the University of Exeter. Christine Parkin Hughes is an Associate Professor in OB and HRM and Director of Education and Student Experience for the Department of Management at the University of Exeter. All royalties from the sale of this book are donated to the Student Hardship Fund at the University of Exeter.
Professor Christine Parkin Hughes is a Senator at the University of Exeter. In the Business School she is the Director of Education and Student Experience for the Management department, and the Educational Director of the Exeter Centre for Leadership (ExCL). Chris also leads the Organisational Behaviour & Human Resources Department. Her research centres around sustainability in the workplace. Having begun her teaching career over 25 years ago in Key Stages 1 & 2, she is a multi-award-winning educator and Qualified Teacher (QTS), Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA), and a Certified Management and Business Educator (CMBE). Externally, Chris is an Examiner, Moderator and Validator, levels 1 - 8. She is also a Trustee and Member of the People and Nominations Committee for The Royal College Occupational Therapists.
Chapter 1 World of Business - David Chambers-White, Stephen Hickman and Colleen Smith Chapter 2 Strategic Management - Chris Reedthomas Chapter 3 Organisational Behaviour - Hannah Collis, Isbahna Naz and Levke Henningsen Chapter 4 Leadership - Sarah Tudor, Alison Sydenham, Jackie Bagnall, Michelle Civile, Adrian Ball, Fernando Correia, Clare Hearn and Rachael Johnstone Chapter 5 HRM - Sian Robinson and Stephen Taylor Chapter 6 Marketing - Mihaela Bishop, Adam Smith and Emma Wood Chapter 7 Operations and Supply Chain Management - Kamal, M. Mustafa, Mahmoud Abdulrahman, Frank Donkor, Ahmed EL Kattan, Kellan Nguyen and Stuart So Chapter 8 Entrepreneurship & Innovation - Fujia Li, Erno Tornikoski, Andreas Georgiou, Bill Russell and Katie Ledingham Chapter 9 Accounting - David Kolitz and Thaer Alhalabi Chapter 10 Finance - Nick Davies, Yan Huang and Thomas Sisk Chapter 11 Economics - Shaun Grimshaw and Olha Matviiets Chapter 12 AI Tech & Data Technology - Shirley Atkinson, Beth Kewell and David Walker Chapter 13 Academic Skills - Jude Fleming, Emma Sweeney, Lee Snook, Martin Darling, John Shanahan
