Operations Management by The Open University of Hong Kong

Leadership and management Study

The link provides access to an academic article titled Leadership and Management in Second Generation Medium-Sized Family Businesses: A Comparative Study. The article examines the leadership and management practices of second-generation leaders in medium-sized family businesses. It compares the leadership styles and practices of the second-generation leaders to those of their predecessors, and identifies the factors that contribute to their success or failure. The study employs a qualitative research design and analyzes data collected from interviews with second-generation leaders of family businesses.

Author(s): Gonzalo Gonzalez-Serna, Graduate School of Education and Psychology, Pepperdine University

152 Pages

Project Management by The Open University of Hong Kong

This book describes the following topics: Project Management: Past and Present, The Project Life Cycle, Framework for Project Management, Stakeholder Management, Culture and Project Management, Project Initiation, Scope Planning, Project Schedule Planning, Budget Planning, Procurement Management, Quality Planning, Communication Planning, Risk Management Planning , Project Completion.

Author(s): The Open University of Hong Kong

265 Pages

Managerial Communication by Bharathidasan University

Aims of this note is to develop all forms of communication skills of the students to enable them to conduct well in any business process without any communication barrier. Topics covered includes: Types of Communication, Barriers to Communication, Principles of Effective Communication, Norms for Business Letters, Personalized stand letters, enquiries, customers’ complaints, collection letters, Sales promotion letters, Application letters, Non-verbal communication, Visual and Audio Visual Aids for communication, Dyadic communication, Report Writing, Structure of Reports, Conducting Meetings.

Author(s): Bharathidasan University

109 Pages

Leadership and Management Lecture Notes

This lecture note explains the following topics: Changing Organizations, Leadership vs. Management - Are they different, Common Features of Leadership, General Conclusion of a Leader, Job Specification for a Presidency, Power, Authority and Influence, Power, Authority and Influence, Communication, Decision Making, Conflict Resolution, Role of Staff Committee Function.

Author(s): Seoul National University

NA Pages

Advanced Communication for Leaders

This note introduces interactive oral and interpersonal communication skills critical to leaders, including strategies for presenting to a hostile audience, running effective and productive meetings, active listening, and contributing to group decision-making.

Author(s): Prof. Neal Hartman

NA Pages

Advertising Management

This book explains the following topics: Concepts of Advertising, Integrated Advertising Program, Understanding Message Strategy, Media, Campaign Making and Advertising.

Author(s): Eiilm University

219 Pages

Mastering Strategic Management Saylor Academy

This book offers the following: 1: Several graphic displays in each chapter that summarize key concepts in a visually appealing format 2: Rich, illustrative examples drawn from companies that are relevant to many students. Major topics covered includes: Mastering Strategy: Art and Science, Leading Strategically, Evaluating the External Environment, Managing Firm Resources, Selecting Business-Level Strategies, Supporting the Business-Level Strategy, Competing in International Markets, Selecting Corporate-Level Strategies, Executing Strategy through Organizational Design, Leading an Ethical Organization.

Author(s): Saylor Academy

337 Pages

Electronic Engagement A Guide for Public Sector Managers

The objective of this guide is to equip public sector managers to assess the value that new communications and computing technology may bring to their interactions with a range of potential stakeholders.

Author(s): Dr Peter Chen

NA Pages

Managing Transformations in Work, Organizations, and Society

The course note focuses on skills managers need to adapt to current sweeping changes in the nature of work and the workforce, in business organizations and their roles in society, and in the institutions that interact with work, particularly the labor market, community and family centered groups.

Author(s): Prof. Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld, Prof. Thomas A. Kochan and Prof. Wanda Orlikowski

NA Pages

Managing Groups and Teams

In this book, the author take a challenge based approach to dealing with groups. Many other books provide conceptual and descriptive treatments of groups and teams. Here we will take a prescriptive perspective, one that focuses on the how to of managing a group or a team. This prescriptive perspective, however, will be rooted in social science.

Author(s): wikibooks.org

NA Pages