Principles of Management -- Openstax

<p><em>Principles of Management</em> is designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of the introductory course on management. </p><p><br></p><p>This is a traditional approach to management using the leading, planning, organizing, and controlling approach. Management is a broad business discipline, and the Principles of Management course covers many management areas such as human resource management and strategic management, as well as behavioral areas such as motivation. </p><p><br></p><p>No one individual can be an expert in all areas of management, so an additional benefit of this text is that specialists in a variety of areas have authored individual chapters.</p> <p/>Contributing Authors<p><br></p><p><br></p><p>David S. Bright, Wright State University</p><p>Anastasia H. Cortes, Virginia Tech University</p><p>Eva Hartmann, University of Richmond</p><p>K. Praveen Parboteeah, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater</p><p>Jon L. Pierce, University of Minnesota-Duluth</p><p>Monique Reece</p><p>Amit Shah, Frostburg State University</p><p>Siri Terjesen, American University</p><p>Joseph Weiss, Bentley University</p><p>Margaret A. White, Oklahoma State University</p><p>Donald G. Gardner, University of Colorado-Colorado Springs</p><p>Jason Lambert, Texas Woman's University</p><p>Laura M. Leduc, James Madison University</p><p>Joy Leopold, Webster University</p><p>Jeffrey Muldoon, Emporia State University</p><p>James S. O'Rourke, University of Notre Dame</p><br><br><b>Author:</b