Principles of management (1st ed )
A Faith-Based Perspective

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Explore management issues through a faith-based perspective.

Management: A Faith-Based Perspective offers readers the opportunity to explore management issues through a faith-based perspective. By presenting the biblical record on major management issues and contemporary management scholarship findings, this text encourages the integration of a perspective founded on the values and teachings common to Christian denominations.

Chapter 1: Introduction to Management
Chapter 2: Management History
Chapter 3: External and Internal Environment
Chapter 4: Cross-Cultural Management
Chapter 5: The Manager and Moral and Social Responsibility
Chapter 6: Planning and Decision Making
Chapter 7: Strategic Thinking
Chapter 8: Organization
Chapter 9: Human Resources Management
Chapter 10: Communication
Chapter 11: Motivation
Chapter 12: Leadership
Chapter 13: Change, Power, and Conflict
Chapter 14: Managerial Control and Accountability
Chapter 15: Spirituality, Faith, and Management

Chapter Appendix: Assumptions in the Field of Management
Appendix A: Selected Hebrew and Greek Words Relevant to Managers
Appendix B: Occupations Mentioned in the Bible
Appendix C: Technology in the Bible
Appendix D: The Christian as Manager and Leader: A Small-Group Study Guide

Cases:
Case 1 – The J.M. Smucker Company Culture
Case 2 – The Burger War: In-N-Out Burger
Case 3 – eHarmony.com
Case 4 – The New Fitness Club
Case 5 – R. W. Beckett Corporation: Corporate Culture
Case 6 – Cardone Industries: Chaplain Program
Case 7 – Ethics, Decision-Making, and Responsibility: Tough Call Knowing Someone Loses
Case 8 – Coping with Scandal: Individual Redemption and Organizational Recovery
Case 9 – Choice of an Executive Assistant
Case 10 – How Gay Friendly Should Your Workplace Be?

For principles of management courses looking for a faith-based perspective.

Explore management issues through a faith-based perspective.

Management: A Faith-Based Perspective offers students the opportunity to explore management issues through a faith-based perspective. By presenting the biblical record on major management issues and contemporary management scholarship findings, this text encourages the integration of a perspective founded on the values and teachings common to Christian denominations.

Integrate Faith and Modern Management: Three in-text boxes help students see the connection between management theories and faith.
  1. Focus on an Organization. This feature highlights a Christian organization that shows a management system in action. It also serves to educate students about possible opportunities for involvement. Each organization includes goals and contact information.
  2. A Biblical Story. This feature incorporates a biblical example of a leadership or managerial accomplishment.
  3. The Christian Mind on Productivity. This feature offers examples of how Christian beliefs can directly create positive managerial practices.
Provide a Guided Learning Experience:
  • Learning Objectives. Each chapter opens with bulleted learning objectives that highlight important information in the material.
  • Chapter-Opening Passages. Taken directly from the Bible, these chapter-opening passages show the reader the connection between the biblical readings and managerial situations.
  • Faith-Based Layer Approach. In order to show students why the topic is important and how it applies to the real-world, each chapter organizes the material into the following three categories:
    1. Who Cares? Explains whom the material impacts and why it matters.
    2. Management Pyramid. This