Quinn Susan. Management Basics

Ventus Publishing, Bookboon, 2010. — 75 p. — ISBN: 978-87-7681-717-6.What does a manager really do? What is a manager supposed to do? What is the difference between a manager and a leader?
This book outlines the challenging role of the manager. The main topics such as planning, organizing, leading and controlling are covered, as well as issues such as competitive advantage, team structure, business ethics, trust and flowcharting.
Each section concludes with a comment about the not-for-profit sector. While there are many similarities between the for-profit and not-for-profit sectors, there are also differences. These comparisons are explored in some detail.
Each section of the book starts with a running case to bring the material to life.
In addition, there are questions and research opportunities at the end of each section in the text. There are also supplemental questions to the text, and a PowerPoint summary to accompany the text.
The running case in this book is a fictional case. The name of the company and the location are fictional. It is a case that is based on a real industry, so that readers, instructors and students can research the industry to apply the concepts and expand the application of the material contained in this text.Management basics – Calm Seas case
The Manager’s job
Planning – Calm Seas case
Planning in the organization
Organizing – Calm Seas case
Organizing the organization
Leading – Calm Seas case
Leading in the organization
Control – Calm Seas case
Control in the organization
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