21st century management : a reference handbook / edited by Charles Wankel.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wankel, Charles, editor.

Series:

21st century reference series.

A SAGE reference publication

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Management--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Management.

Management--Research.

Entrepreneurship.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (2 volumes (1088 pages)) : illustrations

Other Title:

Twenty-first century management

Place of Publication:

Los Angeles, Calif. : Sage Publications, Inc., 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Via 100 entries or 'mini chapter' this text highlights the most important topics, issues, questions and debates any student obtaining a degree in the field of management ought to have mastered for effectiveness in the 21st century.

Contents:

Cover; Volume 1; Contents; Preface; About the Editors; Part I: Entrepreneurship in the 21st Century; 1 - Organizational Emergence: Business Start-Up Issues; 2 - Corporate Entrepreneurship; 3 - Social Entrepreneurship and Social Enterprise; 4 - High Technology Entrepreneurship; 5 - Governmental Impedimentation and Facilitation of Entrepreneurship; 6 - Women Entrepreneurs; 7 - Entrepreneur Resilience: What Makes Entrepreneurs Start Another Business After Failure?; 8 - Strategic Planning in New Ventures and Young SMEs; Part II: Business and Society: Contemporary Issues

9 - Fostering Social and Civic Responsibility by Organizations and Their People10 - Poverty Alleviation as a Corporate Issue; 11 - Organizational Crisis Management in the Post-9/11 Business Epoch; 12 - Integrating Corporate Social Responsibility in the Management of Supply Chains; 13 - Activist Group Tactics to Influence Companies; 14 - Global Business Citizenship: A Model of Social Responsibility and Ethical Behavior for the 21st Century; 15 - Excessive Work and Its Business Consequences; 16 - Factors Influencing Women Managers' Success

17 - Future Directions in Labor Relations: A 2025 PerspectivePart III: Managing the Global Enterprise; 18 - Global Mind-Set; 19 - Management in Developing Countries; 20 - Internationally Managing in the Face of Terrorism-Induced Uncertainty; 21 - HRM Best Practices and Transfers to the Asia-Pacific Region; 22 - Cultural Differences in Perceptions of Fairness in Organizational Contexts; 23 - Winning in Asia; 24 - Language Issues in Multinational Management; Part IV: Sustainability and the Natural Environment: Green Management; 25 - Toward Sustainable Organizations for the 21st Century

26 - Why Do Firms Comply With Environmental Regulations?27 - Understanding and Overcoming the Green Wall: Environmental Strategy, Leadership, and Change Management in Business; 28 - Environmental Supply Chain Management; Part V: Strategy in a Fast and Networked World; 29 - Strategic Decisions in High-Velocity Contexts; 30 - Innovation as a Strategy in Network Markets; 31 - Planning Effectiveness for Internet-Based Interorganizational Systems; 32 - The Competitive Advantage of Interconnected Firms; 33 - New Product and Service Development in Strategic Alliances

34 - The Merger Paradox: Determinants and Effects35 - Evolving Aspects of Outsourcing to India; 36 - Holistic Approaches to Business Planning; 37 - Culture-Sensitive Global Strategies; 38 - Co-Opetition: Promises and Challenges; 39 - Business Imitation; Part VI: Operations Management With New Technologies in a Global Context; 40 - Supply-Chain Management: Integration and Globalization in the Age of e-Business; 41 - Mass Customization; 42 - Improving Supply-Chain Information Velocity, Product Customization, and Cost Through Extended Enterprise Applications

43 - Business Process Outsourcing Management Issues

Notes:

"A Sage reference publication."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781452265636

1452265631

9781849725309

1849725306

9781412956338

1412956331

OCLC:

220938555