Program Objectives.
Upon completion of this program, students will acquire professional in-demand skills and will be able to:

• Have a working knowledge of traditional organizations and the management practices that were utilized in such organizations.
• Ability to use analytical-thinking skills in evaluating management methods and practices.
• Be able to apply basic management concepts using the case-study method. Understand both experientially and intellectually the uses and limitations of team-based management.
• Make effective use of organizational and analytical decision-making skills in the context of Value-Driven Management.

Developing Management Skills
by David A. Whetten, Kim S. Cameron
Pearson
9th or 10th edition

About the authors
David Allred Whetten is Professor of Organizational Leadership and Strategy at the Marriott School of Management at Brigham Young University. He obtained his Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior at Cornell University. Whetten was elected Academy of Management Fellow. The Academy of Management awarded him the Distinguished Service Award, and the Distinguished Scholar Award, Organization, and Management Theory Division.
Kim Sterling Cameron is the William Russell Kelly Professor of Management and Organizations at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan. He was the dean of the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University. He has a Ph.D. in administrative sciences from Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. He was cited as one of the top ten scholars in organizational studies.

About the Publisher
Pearson is the world's largest education company. Although Pearson generates approximately 60 percent of its sales in North America, it operates in more than 70 countries. In 2019 Pearson announced it would begin the process of phasing out the publishing of printed textbooks, in a plan to move into a more digital-first strategy. The company reportedly envisions students relying more on e-textbooks, which would be updated frequently.