Management: A Focus on Leaders has received high marks for writing style, up-to-date content and current events, and high standards around sharing research, theories and models. In this edition, we have taken these to an even higher level of quality. Students will find it easy to read, easy to study, and enjoyable.  The writing style invites them to explore all of the key concepts related to management, while developing their own leadership  skills and learning how to apply concepts to real-world situations.  Faculty will find seminal research–things that all students of management should be exposed to–as well as the most current thinking.   Faculty will also find it easy to help students become educated consumers of knowledge:  treatment of research, models and management practices encourages critical thinking. Both students and faculty will find that the way the book is written and the choice of content brings the study of management into the 21st century. Students and Instructors will both benefit from a variety of new material in the second edition.      Features and content that have been strengthened and added to the second edition include: Key current events and their impact on businesses, managers and leaders. New Leadership Perspectives that incorporate powerful guidance and wisdom on what it means to lead today’s top organizations and institutions; other Perspectives have been updated based on new interviews, conducted by the author. Business Case: Each chapter contains at least one case study about business challenges and leadership. New and updated examples of real leaders facing real opportunities challenges in organizations today. Visual Models: The author has created three special visual models that support the most important concepts in the text. The first is the integrated model of management and leadership, found at the beginning of each chapter, which shows how the traditional functions of management are actually linked with leadership at the center. Students will also find an icon that reminds them of the importance of social and emotional intelligence, and an icon that depicts human resources’ ever-more-important leadership role in supporting businesses and organizations today. Streamlined and updated section in each chapter on how human resources can impact chapter topic areas, as well as how the function can support leadership development and smoothly-running businesses and institutions. Streamlined and updated section in each chapter on how all of us can become outstanding ethical leaders.