Communication is one of the most popular college majors in the country, suggesting that students are interested in the way in which messages are created and exchanged. We are surrounded by media and media technology today that con¬tinually mediate our experiences with ourselves, with others, and with the broader group we identify as "society." We've moved from traditional "mass" media that ope…
FILM ART celebrates its tenth edition with a historic collaboration with the prestigious Criterion Collection to introduce students to the world of cinema with This groundbreaking, integrated digital program uses extensive clips from the Criterion Collection and interactive assessments to create a unique learning environment for students. The result is greater course success.
The sixth edition of Biological Anthropology presents a concise introduction to the basic themes, theories, methods, and facts of bioanthropology. Written in an accessible style, this text demonstrates the integrity and nature of bioanihropology by using the scientific method as a theme throughout the book.
Read this book and you'll better understand how four specific tenets— higher purpose, stakeholder integration, conscious leadership, and conscious culture and management—can help build strong businesses, move capitalism closer to its highest potential, and foster a more positive environment for all of us.
Whether you're designing a new product or improving processes within your company, harnessing your team's creativity can help solve your toughest problems. Innovative Teams quickly walks you through the basics of leading the creative process, including: • Building a diverse team • Generating a wide array of options • Choosing the right solution • Promoting a culture of creativity
Intimidated by corporate finance? The numbers (and the jargon) can feel overwhelming—but you have to understand them to manage effectively. Finance Basics explains the fundamentals simply and quickly, introducing you to key terms and concepts such as: • How to navigate financial statements • How to weigh costs and benefits • What's involved in budgeting and forecasting • How to ga…
Experience Psychology, Second Edition, is an integrated learning system that empowers students to personally, critically, and actively experience the impact of psychology in daily life and master even the most difficult course topics. Experience Psychology, Second Edition, is about, well, experience—our own behaviors; our relationships at home and in our com¬munities, in school, and at work;…
More Primary Sources in Create The World History Document Collection in McGraw-Hill's Create (www.mcgrawhillcreate.com) allows you to choose from over 100 primary and secondary sources—each with a headnote and questions—that can be added to your print text. Create also allows you to rearrange or omit chapters, combine material from other sources, and/or upload your syllabus or any other co…
Overwhelmed by the sheer volume of work you need to accomplish? Being pulled in different directions by competing priorities? Getting Work Done runs you through the basics of being more pruductive at work.
In Business Statistics in Practice, Seventh Edition, we provide a modern, practical, and unique framework for teaching an introductory course in business statistics. As in previous editions, we employ real or realistic examples, continuing case studies, and a business improvement theme to teach the material. Moreover, we believe that this seventh edition fea¬tures more concise and lucid explan…
Behavior in Organizations is designed first and foremost to meet needs that other texts do not satisfy. It continues to take a hands-on, experiential approach to organizational behavior. The majority of the exercises, role-playing simulations, and cases were developed in and for management training workshops. Understanding human behavior in organizations is the heart of effective management.…
The Second Edition of Managing Operations Across the Supply Chain explains familiar operations management topics as viewed through a supply chain management perspective. This edition reiects key shifts in operations management, including transitions that demand new tools and ap¬proaches that address the demands and challenges businesses face today and will in the future. Three key shifts refl…
A few books can change your life. Our book may not be one of them. However, if you read it, you will better understand that pay matters. After all, you can't pick up a newspaper, power up a computer, or read a blog today without someone talking about compensation. The Great Recession had major ramifications for pay. Some folks had their hours cut and/or their pay frozen or reduced. Why? Because…
Whether you're eyeing a specific leadership role, hoping to advance your skills, or simply looking to broaden your professional network, you need to find someone who can help. Wait for a senior manager to come looking foryou—and you'll probably be waiting forever. Instead, you need to find the mentoring that will help you achieve your goals. Managed correctly, mentoring is a powerful and eff…
In this sixth edition of Essentials of Contemporary Management, we continue to focus on provid-ing the most up-to-date account of the changes taking place in the world of management and management practices while maintaining our emphasis on making our text relevant and inter¬esting to students. And we know from feedback from instructors and students that the text does engage them. Our increase…
Now that you have your big idea, how will you find and win your first investor? You need a pitch deck the perfect set of slides to persuade investor to back you and your venture. But a pitch deck isn't merely a business plan put into PowerPoint—nor does a pitch deck magically turn into investor capital. A pitch deck communicates your vision and competence and can be used as part of an investo…
Contemporary labor Economics presents labor economics as an applied field of micro and macro theory, no longer an area tangential to the core of analytical economics, but rather a critical component of that core. In the tenth edition, the authors deliver new and updated discussions of public policy issues and coverage of the current economic crisis while still integrating traditional topics suc…