{"product_id":"managing-people-and-activities-isbn-9780631196747","title":"Managing People and Activities","description":"This workbook is divided into two sections looking at both the management of people and activities in detail. Each section gives the student a clear framework in which to review cultural, organizational and operational aspects of business activity including: * Management andleadership. \u003cbr\u003e * Individual and team behaviour. \u003cbr\u003e * Work planning and organization. \u003cbr\u003e * Objectives and performance.  Introduction. \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection I: Managing People:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Management and leadership.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Management.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Leadership.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Categories of management style.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. The culture of organisations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Culture.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 7. Power.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Politics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Values and belief.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Ideologies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. Social influences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart III:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. Organisational development.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13. Stages in organisational development.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14. Future trends.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15. Team-based organisations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 16. Individual and interpersonal behaviour.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17. Motivation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18. Personality.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19. Perception.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20. Role theory and conflict.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21. Organisational issues.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 22. Teams.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23. Teams or groups?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24. Group processes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25. Stages in the development of teams.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26. Characteristics of teams.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27. Team composition.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28. Conflict resolution.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 29. Meetings as aids to decision making.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VI:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30. Performance at work.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 31. Identifying training needs.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e32. Providing training.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e33. Reviewing training activities.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 34. Individual performance reviews.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e35. Discipline and grievance.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e36. Support strategies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eSection II: Managing Activities:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I:\u003c\/b\u003e .\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e37. Work planning and organisation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e38. Strategies and plans.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e39. Planning tools.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e40. Effectiveness and efficiency measures.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e41. Organisational analysis techniques.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e42. Method study.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart II:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e43. Communications.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e44. Giving orders.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e45. Instruction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e46. Training and development styles.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e47. Team briefing.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e48. Reports.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e49. Presentations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e50. Identifying constraints and meeting objectives.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e51. External influences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 52. Regulatory controls.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e53. Negotiating.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e54. Managerial roles.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e55. Co-ordinating activities.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e56. Reviewing and monitoring.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e57. Establishing performance standards.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e58. Reviewing performance standards.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e59. Competencies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e60. Value analysis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e61. Auditing.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e62. Systems analysis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e63. The impact of new technology.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eTom Burden is the author of Managing People and Activities: An Active Learning Approach, published by Wiley. Leslie Hamilton is the author of Managing People and Activities: An Active Learning Approach, published by Wiley.   From spring 1995 Blackwell Business has published the BTEC approved materials for the new Higher Nationals in Business. All the materials have been jointly commissioned and developed with BTEC and The Open Learning Foundation. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten at a level appropriate for a BTEC Higher National core module, each of the workbooks is directly linked to the new learning outcomes of the fully revised BTEC syllabus providing the definitive and authoritative coverage for students. 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