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TWELFTH EDITION
MANAGEMENT
RICKY W. GRIFFIN
Texas A&M University
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BRIEF CONTENTS
PART ONE Introducing Management
Chapter 1: Managing and the Manager’s Job  1
Chapter 2:  Traditional and Contemporary Management Perspectives  34
PART TWO  Understanding the  Environmental  
Context of Managing
Chapter 3:  Understanding the Organization’s Environment  64
Chapter 4:  Responding to the Ethical and Social Environment  100
Chapter 5:  Navigating the Global Environment  135
PART THREE Planning and Decision Making
Chapter 6:  Basic Elements of Planning and Decision Making  169
Chapter 7:  Managing Strategy and Strategic Planning  203
Chapter 8:  Managing Decision Making and Problem Solving  242
Chapter 9:  Managing Start-Ups and New Ventures  272
PART FOUR The Organizing Process
Chapter 10:  Basic Elements of Organizing  305
Chapter 11:  Managing Organization Design  337
Chapter 12:  Managing Organization Change and Innovation  366
Chapter 13:  Managing Human Resources in Organizations  399
PART FIVE The Leading Process
Chapter 14:  Basic Elements of Individual Behavior in Organizations  437
Chapter 15: Managing Employee Motivation and Performance  473
Chapter 16:  Managing Leadership and Influence Processes  511
Chapter 17:  Managing Interpersonal Relations and Communication  548
Chapter 18:  Managing Work Groups and Teams  579
PART SIX The Controlling Process
Chapter 19:  Basic Elements of Control  612
Chapter 20:  Managing Operations, Quality, and Productivity  645
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CONTENTS
PART ONE Introducing   Skill-Building Personal Assessment  28
Management
Management at Work  30
CHAPTER 1:  MANAGING AND THE  YOU MAKE THE CALL: How to Make Mistakes 
MANAGER’S JOB  1 and Influence People  31
MANAGEMENT IN ACTION: How to Make Mistakes  Endnotes  32
and Influence People  2
CHAPTER 2:  TRADITIONAL AND 
An Introduction to Management  4 CONTEMPORARY  
MANAGEMENT PERSPECTIVES  34
The Management Process (What do Managers do?)  7
Planning and Decision Making: Determining 
MANAGEMENT IN ACTION: The Lighter Side of 
Courses of Action  8
Sustainability  35
Organizing: Coordinating Activities and Resources  8
The Role of Theory and History in Management  37
Leading: Motivating and Managing People  8
The Importance of Theory and History  37
Controlling: Monitoring and Evaluating Activities  9
Precursors to Management Theory  38
Kinds of Managers  9
The Classical Management Perspective  39
Managing at Different Levels of the Organization  9
Scientific Management  39
Managing in Different Areas of the Organization  11
Administrative Management  41
TECH WATCH: Show Me the ROI  13 The Classical Management Perspective Today  41
Basic Managerial Roles and Skills  14 The Behavioral Management Perspective  42
Managerial Roles  14 The Human Relations Movement  43
The Emergence of Organizational Behavior  44
A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE:  PR and Performance in 
The Behavioral Management Perspective Today  45
Diversity Scoring  15
Managerial Skills  16
The Quantitative Management Perspective  45
The Nature of Managerial Work  19
TECH WATCH: Does ROI Have Redeeming Social 
The Science and the Art of Management  19 Value?  46
Becoming a Manager  20 Management Science  47
The Scope of Management  21 Operations Management  47
The Quantitative Management Perspective Today  47
The New Workplace  24
Integrating Perspectives for Managers  48
Summary of Learning Outcomes and Key Points  26
The Systems Perspective  48
Discussion Questions  26 The Contingency Perspective  50
An Integrating Framework  51
Building Effective Time-Management Skills  27
Contemporary Management Issues and 
Building Effective Conceptual Skills  28
Challenges  52
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vi  Contents   
Contemporary Applied Perspectives  53 Managing Organization Culture  81
Contemporary Management Challenges  54
The Multicultural Environment  82
LEADING THE WAY: A Hooters Girl on the Fast  Trends in Diversity and Multiculturalism  82
Track  54 Dimensions of Diversity and Multiculturalism  84
Summary of Learning Outcomes and   Organization–Environment Relationships  86
Key Points  56
How Environments Affect Organizations  86
How Organizations Adapt to Their Environments  89
Discussion Questions  57
Building Effective Decision-Making Skills  58 Summary of Learning Outcomes and Key Points  92
Building Effective Interpersonal Skills  58 Discussion Questions  93
Skill-Building Personal Assessment  59 Building Effective Time-Management Skills  93
Management at Work  61 Building Effective Communication Skills  94
YOU MAKE THE CALL: The Lighter Side of  Skill-Building Personal Assessment  95
Sustainability  62
Management at Work  96
Endnotes  63
YOU MAKE THE CALL: Putting 
Miscommunication in Context  97
PART TWO Understanding the 
 Environmental Context of Managing Endnotes  98
CHAPTER 3:  UNDERSTANDING  CHAPTER 4:  RESPONDING TO THE  
THE ORGANIZATION’S  ETHICAL AND SOCIAL 
ENVIRONMENT  64 ENVIRONMENT  100
MANAGEMENT IN ACTION: Putting  MANAGEMENT IN ACTION: Management by 
Miscommunication in Context  65 Objectionable Behavior  101
The Organization’s Environments  67 Individual Ethics in Organizations  103
Managerial Ethics  104
The External Environment  68
The General Environment  69 LEADING THE WAY: Happy Fit  106
Ethics in an Organizational Context  108
DOING BUSINESS ON PLANET EARTH: Packaging 
Managing Ethical Behavior  108
Sustainability  71
The Task Environment  73 Emerging Ethical Issues in Organizations  112
Ethical Leadership  112
BEYOND TRADITIONAL BUSINESS: How to Make a 
Ethical Issues in Corporate Governance  113
Cause Effective 75
Ethical Issues in Information Technology  113
The Internal Environment  78
Social Responsibility and Organizations  114
Owners  78
Areas of Social Responsibility  114
Board of Directors  79
Employees  79 DOING BUSINESS ON PLANET EARTH: Raising the 
Physical Work Environment  79 CSR Bar  117
Arguments For and Against Social Responsibility  118
The Organization’s Culture  80
Organizational Approaches to Social Responsibility  120
The Importance of Organization Culture  80
Determinants of Organization Culture  81 The Government and Social Responsibility  122
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Contents  vii
How Government Influences Organizations  122 Competing in a Global Economy  159
How Organizations Influence Government  124 Globalization and Organization Size  159
Management Challenges in a Global Economy  160
Managing Social Responsibility  125
Formal Organizational Actions  125 Summary of Learning Outcomes and  
Informal Organizational Actions  126 Key Points  162
Evaluating Social Responsibility  127
Discussion Questions  162
Summary of Learning Outcomes and Key Points  128
Building Effective Technical Skills  163
Discussion Questions  128
Building Effective Communication Skills  164
Building Effective Diagnostic and Decision-
Skill-Building Personal Assessment  164
Making Skills  129
Management at Work  165
Building Effective Interpersonal Skills  130
YOU MAKE THE CALL: Into Africa  167
Skill-Building Personal Assessment  130
Endnotes  167
Management at Work  131
YOU MAKE THE CALL: Management by  PART THREE Planning and Decision 
Objectionable Behavior  133 Making
Endnotes  133
CHAPTER 6:  BASIC ELEMENTS OF  
PLANNING AND DECISION 
CHAPTER 5:  NAVIGATING THE GLOBAL 
MAKING  169
ENVIRONMENT  135
MANAGEMENT IN ACTION: Cruise Control  170
MANAGEMENT IN ACTION: Into Africa  136
Decision Making and the Planning Process  172
The Nature of International Business  138
The Meaning of International Business  139 Organizational Goals  174
Trends in International Business  140 Purposes of Goals  174
Managing the Process of Globalization  141 Kinds of Goals  175
Competing in a Global Market  144 Responsibilities for Setting Goals  176
Managing Multiple Goals  178
The Structure of the Global Economy  145
Mature Market Economies and Systems  145 Organizational Planning  178
High-Potential/High-Growth Economies  147 Kinds of Organizational Plans  179
Other Economies  147 Time Frames for Planning  179
The Role of the GATT and the WTO  148
TECH WATCH: Starting Conversations  180
Environmental Challenges of International  Responsibilities for Planning  181
Management  149 Contingency Planning and Crisis Management  182
The Economic Environment  149
Tactical Planning  185
DOING BUSINESS ON PLANET EARTH: Cold  Developing Tactical Plans  185
Calling  151
Executing Tactical Plans  186
The Political-Legal Environment  152
The Cultural Environment  154 Operational Planning  187
Single-Use Plans  187
A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE: Competing with Local 
Standing Plans  188
Headhunters  156
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viii  Contents   
BEYOND TRADITIONAL BUSINESS: Secret  Unrelated Diversification  221
Operating Procedure 303  189 
LEADING THE WAY: The Beauty of 
Managing Goal-Setting and Planning Processes  190 Differentiation  222
Barriers to Goal Setting and Planning  190
Implementing Corporate-Level Strategies  223
Overcoming the Barriers  192
Becoming a Diversified Firm  224
Using Goals to Implement Plans  193
Managing Diversification  225
Summary of Learning Outcomes and Key Points  195
International and Global Strategies  228
Discussion Questions  196 Developing International and Global Strategies  228
Strategic Alternatives for International Business  230
Building Effective Decision-Making Skills  197
Summary of Learning Outcomes and Key Points  232
Building Effective Time-Management Skills  197
Discussion Questions  233
Skill-Building Personal Assessment  198
Building Effective Decision-Making Skills  233
Management at Work  199
Building Effective Conceptual Skills  234
YOU MAKE THE CALL: Cruise Control  201
Skill-Building Personal Assessment  235
Endnotes  202
Management at Work  237
CHAPTER 7:  MANAGING STRATEGY AND 
STRATEGIC PLANNING  203 YOU MAKE THE CALL: Stay Hungry  239
Endnotes  240
MANAGEMENT IN ACTION: Stay Hungry  204
The Nature of Strategic Management  206 CHAPTER 8:  MANAGING DECISION  
MAKING AND PROBLEM 
The Components of Strategy  206
SOLVING  242
Levels of Strategy  207
Strategy Formulation and Implementation  207
MANAGEMENT IN ACTION: Moneyball on 
Steroids  243
BEYOND TRADITIONAL BUSINESS: Like It or 
Not  208
The Nature of Decision Making  245
Using SWOT Analysis to Formulate Strategy  209 Decision Making Defined  245
Evaluating an Organization’s Strengths  209 Types of Decisions  246
Evaluating an Organization’s Weaknesses  211 Decision-Making Conditions  246
Evaluating an Organization’s Opportunities and 
Rational Perspectives on Decision Making  249
Threats  212
The Classical Model of Decision Making  249
Formulating Business-Level Strategies  212 Steps in Rational Decision Making  250
Porter’s Generic Strategies  212 Evidence-Based Management  254
The Miles and Snow Typology  214
Behavioral Elements in Decision Making  255
Strategies Based on the Product Life Cycle  216
The Administrative Model  255
Implementing Business-Level Strategies  217 Political Forces in Decision Making  256
Implementing Porter’s Generic Strategies  217
A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE: The Verdict on 
Implementing Miles and Snow’s Strategies  218
Diversity  257
Formulating Corporate-Level Strategies  219 Intuition and Escalation of Commitment  258
Single-Product Strategy  220 Risk Propensity and Decision Making  259
Related Diversification  220 Ethics and Decision Making  259
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