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This is a revised and updated overview of the entire field of management, which covers traditional topics, such as planning, organizing and controlling, as well as production/operations management and organizational behaviour. It explores such issues as international management, human resource development and quality of work life. It also provides new material on the motivation to manage, the use of power and authority, ERG theory, and the psychological basis for effective job design. Learning aids include margin notes, chapter exercises and cases, and chapter outlines.