TY - BOOK AU - Gupta,Meenakshi TI - Principles of Management SN - 9788120335271 : PY - 2009/// CY - New Delhi PB - Prentice-Hall of India KW - Business and Management KW - ukslc KW - Management & management techniques KW - thema N1 - Preface; Chapter 1 The Nature of Management; Chapter 2 Evolution of Management Thought; Chapter 3 Corporate Social Responsibility; Chapter 4 Fundamentals of Planning; Chapter 5 Objectives; Chapter 6 Strategic Planning; Chapter 7 Decision Making; Chapter 8 The Nature of Organizations; Chapter 9 Organizational Structure; Chapter 10 Authority, Delegation and Decentralization; Chapter 11 Staffing; Chapter 12 Appraising Performance; Chapter 13 Training and Development; Chapter 14 The Human Skills of Management: Motivation; Chapter 15 Nature of Leadership; Chapter 16 Managing Groups; Chapter 17 Communication; Chapter 18 Nature of Control; References; Answers to Practice Quiz; Index N2 - Management is a process by which managers continuously reinvent themselves to meet the organizational goals and global competition. This book introduces the field of management enabling students to understand what managers do, what skills are needed by managers, what their basic functions are, and what management is all about ER -