Principles of business. Management / edited by Richard Wilson, Ph.D. (The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Behavioral economics & finance -- Behavioral foundations of management -- Business data management -- Business impact analysis -- Business information systems & technologies -- Business statistics -- Commercial bank management -- Communications in the workplace -- Comparative management -- Conflict management -- Corporate development: mergers & acquisitions -- Corporate strategy -- Crisis management -- Critical thinking in the management of technology -- Decision making -- Decision making under uncertainty -- Decision processes: a core business activity supported by information systems -- Decision support systems -- Enterprise resource planning -- Enterprise risk management -- Executive leadership -- Forecasting methods for management -- Forecasting techniques -- Gender & management -- Human resource issues in high performing organizations -- Inclusive leadership -- Industrial organization & finance -- Labor relations & human resource management -- Leadership & motivation -- Legal environment of business -- Logistics management -- Management competencies -- Management consulting -- Management information systems -- Management of an insurance enterprise -- Management of financial institutions -- Management of human resources -- Management science -- Managerial leadership -- Managing conflict within organizations through negotiations -- Managing in a turnaround environment -- Managing inter-firm alliances -- Managing pure risks: operation & markets -- Managing the process of innovation -- Motivation, productivity and change management -- Multi-generational management -- Negotiations -- Networking -- Networks in business -- Operations management -- Organization design -- Organization development -- Organizational behavior -- Organizational consulting -- Organizational learning -- Performance appraisal -- Personal lines insurance & risk management -- Principles of management -- Principles of risk management -- Process management for quality -- Produtivity -- Project management.

This book provides students and researchers with a solid understanding of the most important aspects of management, from leadership and operations to project management and entrepreneurship.