Prepare your students for the job market NEW! Workplace Confidential feature that addresses common frustrations and challenges that employees face in the workplace, has been added to every chapter, providing value to both management and non-management students. UPDATED! Let’s Get Real boxes that feature actual managers’ responses to problem scenarios have been included. EXPANDED! A focus on skills and careers. Throughout the text, the authors emphasise the work skills that both future managers and successful employees will need. It's Your Career chapter openers describe critical work skills including managing time, being self aware, being a pro at giving feedback, being change ready, and more. Future Vision boxes examine how management and organisations might change over the next 15 to 20 years, helping to prepare students for the future. Leader Making a Difference boxes describe global executives whose knowledge and skills significantly influenced organisational outcomes. Facilitate learning A focus on stories and experiences theory helps readers see the connection between management theories, research, and implications for practice. A conversational writing style and concise, brief format allows for: Considerable flexibility in assigning supporting materials and projects. Balanced topic coverage of all necessary management topics. Direct, to the point text so that students can absorb the info they need without distractions. UPDATED! Contemporary global issues have been integrated into topic discussions. NEW! Dedicated chapter on entrepreneurship includes expanded discussion of entrepreneurship, new end-of-chapter applications, and acknowledgement of the importance of entrepreneurship (Chapter 10). EXPANDED! Chapter 7 on managing change has been expanded to include a discussion of disruptive innovation as an important driver of change. NEW! Chapters 10 and 11 on organisational design have been merged into one chapter (Chapter 11) in response to comments by users and reviewers. Key concepts that students need to know have been retained. REVISED! The material has been extensively revised to include the newest research, relevant discussion, and new exhibits on current issues--including the Internet of things, disruptive innovation, real-time feedback, choosing appropriate communication media, and more--of all aspects of management. NEW! Examples, illustrating management practices and challenges in start-ups, have been added throughout the text to relate the concepts to real life. Information on dealing with job enrichment, bonuses, effective feedback, and alternative work arrangements ensures students are prepared for the workforce. The importance of social relationships at work and its relation to job satisfaction and motivation is emphasised. Emerging literature on functional conflict, dysfunctional conflict, and conflict management is included.