• An authoritative guide to the main principles of management
• Looks at the history of management theory and modern practice
• Considers management in a social and cultural context
• Explores the issues of morality and accountability

 
John Hendry, a leading management scholar, looks at the nature and practice of Management in this Very Short Introduction. Tracing the development of management over the last century, he looks not only at what managers do, but also provides an insight to modern management theory. He considers the influences of national and organizational culture, the relationship between power and domination, managing in different cultures, approaches to management, and at the accountability of managers and morality. 
  
This is an ideal introduction for anyone interested in, or studying, business and management.