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Management18. Disaster’s Future UNIT 5. Controlling Part A. Management Classic19. An Uneasy Look at Performance Appraisal Part B. Financial ControlNew! 20. Zero In on the Numbers Part C. Security New! 21. CorporateSecurity Management: What’s Common? What Works? Part D. TotalQuality Management New! 22. Quality Is Easy UNIT 6. Staffing and HumanResources Part A. Management Classic 23. Management Womenand the New Facts of Life Part B. Developing Human Resources New!24. The Health-Care Tussle 25. The Next Bubble? Part C. Maintainingan Effective Workforce New! 26. Turning Boomers Into BoomerangsUNIT 7. Perspective and Trends Part A. Management Classic 27. TheDiscipline of Innovation Part B. The Multinational Corporation New!28. Thinking Locally, Succeeding Globally New! 29. The Great Wal-Mart of China Part C. Corporate Culture New! 30. The Real ReasonYou’re Working So Hard…and What You Can Do About It Part D. Ethicsand Social Responsibility New! 31. The Tone at the Top and EthicalConduct Connection 32. The Road to Stronger Corporate GovernanceNew! 33. Do the Right Thing—the Right Way Part E. Small Businessand Entrepreneurship New! 34. Up to the Challenge Part F. The War onTerror New! 35. In Fourth Year of ‘War on Terror’: Successes, Failures,Blowback from IraqNEWSupervisionSUPERVISIONConcepts and Skill-Building6th EditionBy Samuel Certo, Rollins College-Winter Park2008 (February 2007) / 576 pagesISBN-13: 978-0-07-340500-1 / MHID: 0-07-340500-0(Details unavailable at press time)NEWTAKING SIDES: CLASHING VIEWS INMANAGEMENT2nd EditionBy Marc Street, University South Florida-St Petersbu2007 (October 2006) / 432 pagesISBN-13: 978-0-07-352721-5 / MHID: 0-07-352721-1McGraw-Hill/Dushkin TitleWebsite: http://www.mhcls.com/text-data/catalog/0073527211.mhtmlThis Second Edition of TAKING SIDES: CLASHING VIEWSIN MANAGEMENT presents current controversial issues in adebate-style format designed to stimulate student interest anddevelop critical thinking skills. Each issue is thoughtfully framedwith an issue summary, an issue introduction, and a postscript.An instructor’s manual with testing material is available for eachvolume. USING TAKING SIDES IN THE CLASSROOM is alsoan excellent instructor resource with practical suggestions onincorporating this effective approach in the classroom. EachTAKING SIDES reader features an annotated listing of selectedWorld Wide Web sites and is supported by our student website,www.mhcls.com/online.CONTENTSPART 1. Ethical Issues for Managers ISSUE 1. Do Corporations Havea Responsibility to Society that Extends Beyond Merely MaximizingProfit? ISSUE 2. Is the Corporate Strategy of Downsizing Unethical?ISSUE 3. Is Bluffing During Negotiations Unethical? ISSUE 4. ShouldInsider Trading Be Legalized? PART 2. Organizational Behavior andHuman Resource Management New! ISSUE 5. Has Affirmative ActionOutlived its Usefulness in the Workplace? New! ISSUE 6. Is WorkplaceDrug Testing a Wise Corporate Policy? New! ISSUE 7. Is Diversity in theWorkplace a Worthwhile Goal for Corporations? ISSUE 8. Is GenderDiscrimination the Main Reason Women Are Paid Less Than Men? New!ISSUE 9. Would Reforming Social Security be Good for American Business?PART 3. Strategic Management New! ISSUE 10. Is Outsourcinga wise Corporate Strategy? ISSUE 11. Are U.S. CEOs Overpaid? ISSUE12. Corporate Governance Reform: Is Sarbanes-Oxley the Answer?New! ISSUE 13. Is First-to-Market a Successful Strategy? New! ISSUE14. Must Firms Constantly Grow to be Considered Successful? PART4. Environmental and International Issues ISSUE 15. Is the Conditionof the Environment Really as Bad as Environmentalists Claim? New!ISSUE 16. Should U.S. Corporations be Allowed to Hire Illegal Aliens?ISSUE 17. Is Economic Globalization Good for Mankind? ISSUE 18.Are Global Sweatshops Exploitative?NEWSUPERVISION: MANAGING FOR RESULTS9th EditionBy John Newstrom, University of Minnesota—Duluth and Lester RBrittel2007 (January 2006) / 640 pagesISBN-13: 978-0-07-354508-0 / MHID: 0-07-354508-2McGraw-Hill/Glencoe PublicationWebsite: http://www.mhhe.com/newstrom9eThis text offers a comprehensive presentation of the vital aspectsof supervision with a focus on practical advice about how tohandle real-life, on-the-job situations. In this revision, the authorhas recognized the ever-changing social and work environmentand has updated the text with current trends and situations andthe latest professional concepts of supervisory practice. Thetext is arranged with an emphasis on inquiry learning, whichpresents the key concepts in a clear and concise manner. Awide variety of exercises, applications, and margin notes helpto further the learning process.NEW TO THIS EDITION• A new Instructor Resource CD-Rom replaces the previous printsupplement so that the instructor has easy access to new materials,such as test bank questions and PowerPoint presentations, as wellas familiar materials, such as Lesson Plans, Lecture Notes, Keys andCommentaries.• A new DVD provides updated video segments which depict managersand supervisors in various lifelike professional situations.• The author has prepared and inserted ten “Practical Guideline forSupervisors” at the end of each chapter, providing a strong basis forsupervisory success in the readers’ careers.• The text has been reorganized into fewer chapters, in order tostreamline the flow of material and to make the text more adaptable tosemester-length courses.FEATURES• The optional Study Guide will still be available for students in anupdated form, so that they may further reinforce the concepts presentedin the text.• The Application aids are retained and include: Self-Assessmentsthroughout each chapter, Skill Development, Role Play, Group Exercises,and Cases for Analysis.• Practical advice in the form of do’s and don’ts, based on the author’sexperience and knowledge.54HED 2007 Management.indd 5410/5/2006 1:24:14 PM