Management

Management
Author: Richard L. Daft
Publisher:
Total Pages: 770
Release: 2021
Genre: Industrial management
ISBN: 9789814986243

Sociology in Our Times

Sociology in Our Times
Author: Diana Kendall
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Company
Total Pages: 718
Release: 2004-03-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0534626858

This cutting-edge, applied book highlights the relevance of sociology by including a diverse collection of theories, research, and "lived experiences" that accurately mirror the diversity in society itself. The author's vivid, applied, personal writing style engages students, and activates compelling everyday examples that make sociology particularly relevant to diverse students. A social issue or application opens each chapter and provides various topics for boxes, features, and examples that are carried throughout the entire chapter. Kendall's text is acclaimed in the field for being the first textbook to integrate race, class, and gender issues; as well as for its thorough presentation of sociological theory, which includes diverse theoretical viewpoints such as feminist and postmodernist theory. Kendall shows students that sociology involves important questions and issues that they confront both personally and vicariously.

Members Only

Members Only
Author: Diana Kendall
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Total Pages: 203
Release: 2008-06-25
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1461640105

In Members Only Diana Kendall shows how the upper classes use exclusive clubs as their private domain for conducting business, fostering social networks, and launching the next generation of elites - all beyond the view of outsiders and the media. In her research, Kendall explains how and why club members routinely engage in exclusionary practices that help them accumulate personal power and social capital that is unavailable to outsiders. Members Only addresses how exclusive private clubs maintain and perpetuate class-based privilege and racial/ethnic and religious segregation, and how such patterns of social exclusion heighten social inequality. This book continues Kendall's study of the upper classes, which began with The Power of Good Deeds, and Framing Class.

Communication and Learning

Communication and Learning
Author: Paul Witt
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages: 1318
Release: 2016-09-12
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1501502468

In this volume, leading scholars from the fields of communication, educational psychology, and international education address what is known about the strategic role of interpersonal communication in the teaching/learning process. Instruction often involves spoken communication that carries information from teacher to learner, and in these instances the teacher's skillful and strategic use of language has a measurable impact on learning outcomes. Thus, the cumulative findings of instructional communication research are instrumental in maximizing the efficiency and effectiveness of both teaching and learning. Major sections of this volume include: Historical and Theoretical Foundations Instructor Characteristics and Behaviors Student Characteristics and Outcomes Pedagogy and Classroom Management Teaching and Learning Communication Across the Life-span This handbook serves researchers, professors, and graduate students by surveying the collective findings of research and experience concerning the intentional activity of teaching and learning.

Management

Management
Author: Danny Samson
Publisher: Cengage AU
Total Pages: 64
Release: 2023-09-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0170464385

Management, 8e is a robust foundations text providing a balance of broad, theoretical content with an engaging, easy-to-understand writing style. This market-leading text covers the four key management functions: planning, organising, leading and controlling, conveying to students the elements of a manager's working day. Real-life local and international examples – including an end-of-part running case study – showcase the ongoing changes in the management world. Focusing on a 'skills approach', they bring concepts to life for students, supporting motivation, confidence and mastery.

The Power of Good Deeds

The Power of Good Deeds
Author: Diana Elizabeth Kendall
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 212
Release: 2002
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780742519763

The Power of Good Deeds allows us to see behind the media image of upper-class women and to observe how these women use their social power not only to benefit other, less-fortunate people, but also to benefit themselves and their families. The personal narratives of elite women as they describe their views on philanthropy, the need for exclusivity in their by-invitation-only volunteer organizations (such as the Junior League and The Links), their childhood experiences and college years in prestigious schools and sororities, and the debutante presentations and other upper-class rituals in which they participate are drawn from Kendall's ethnographic research. Participating in meetings and social functions with elite women in several Texas cities, along with conducting systematic interviews, the author gained unprecedented access to elite women across racial and ethnic categories. The Power of Good Deeds provides new insights and greater depth to our knowledge about the upper classes and how the charitable activities of privileged women contribute to the process of legitimation, maintaining an ideology of class-based and race-based segregation in the United States.

Privilege

Privilege
Author: Michael S. Kimmel
Publisher: Westview Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2003-02-06
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780813340555

In this new and timely anthology on the experience of privilege in America—as it relates to holding the identity of the dominant gender, class, race, and sexual preference—sociologists Michael Kimmel and Abby Ferber, along with a wide range of contributors, challenge students to think more critically about the myriad inequalities in society and especially to become more aware of how the dynamics that create inequality for some also benefit others. Designed to be used in both introductory sociology and race, gender, and class courses, this exciting volume asks that privilege—and students' own role in it—become more visible. With both well-known and previously published pieces as well as new contributions, Privilege uses an “intersectional approach” to explore the ways in which race, class, gender and sexuality interact in the lives of those who are privileged by one or more of these identities. Kimmel and Ferber have brought together leading thinkers and writers on all of these dimensions, to examine both the parallels and the ruptures among these different but connected relationships. Writing both personally and analytically, these essays can bring students inside the experiences, and enable us all to begin to theorize our own lives, as well as to explore the ways in which these systems intersect in people's lives.

Framing Class

Framing Class
Author: Diana Kendall
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Total Pages: 312
Release: 2011-04-16
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1442202254

Framing Class explores how the media, including television, film, and news, depict wealth and poverty in the United States. Fully updated and revised throughout, the second edition of this groundbreaking book now includes discussions of new media, updated media sources, and provocative new examples from movies and television, such as The Real Housewives series and media portrayals of the new poor and corporate executives in the recent recession. The book introduces the concepts of class and media framing to students and analyzes how the media portray various social classes, from the elite to the very poor. Its accessible writing and powerful examples make it an ideal text or supplement for courses in sociology, American studies, and communications.

New Era of Management

New Era of Management
Author: Richard L. Daft
Publisher:
Total Pages: 700
Release: 2012
Genre: Industrial management
ISBN: 9781111525712

Equip your students with the confidence and innovative skills they need to manage successfully in today's rapidly changing, turbulent business environment. The latest edition of Daft's market-leading NEW ERA OF MANAGEMENT, 10e, International Edition helps you develop managers who look beyond traditional techniques and ideas to tap into a full breadth of innovative management skills.NEW ERA OF MANAGEMENT, 10e, International Edition addresses emerging themes and the issues most important for meeting today's management demands and challenges. A blend of proven management techniques and new competencies demonstrate how to harness creativity and lead change, as students learn to put theory into practice. With the latest improvements in this edition, D.A.F.T. defines Management.D. Development of the latest managerial theories and innovative skills prepares students to adapt new technologies and inspire exceptional performances in managerial roles. A. Applications focus on contemporary ideas and relevance to students using a combination of cutting-edge exercises, memorable examples, unique photo essays, new video cases, and topics not typically found in other management texts.F. Foundations in the best management practices combine fresh ideas with proven managerial research organized around the four functions of management.T. Technology in a leading support package delivers innovative solutions, from course management tools to new video cases and a premium website that helps ensure students reach their full management potential.