Management Notes

Management Notes is a clear principles of management course in your pocket: 51 topics in 13 sections, 59 original diagrams, worked examples and 150 practice questions with answers.

From Taylor and Fayol to the four functions of management (planning, organising, leading and controlling), SWOT, the BCG matrix, motivation and leadership theories, every lesson is written in plain language and works offline.

Each topic explains the idea first, then shows it in a diagram, a table or a short invented example from shops, hospitals, factories and start-ups. Sources are listed at the end of every page.

What you will learn

• Managers and Management: managers and organisations, the four management functions, Mintzberg's managerial roles, management skills and levels

• History of Management Thought: scientific management (Taylor and the Gilbreths), Fayol's 14 principles of management, Weber and bureaucracy, the Hawthorne studies and human relations, Theory X and Theory Y, systems and contingency approaches, quality management (TQM, Six Sigma)

• Culture and Environment: organisational culture, the environment and stakeholders, PESTEL analysis and SWOT analysis

• Global Management: going international and Hofstede's cultural dimensions

• Ethics and Social Responsibility: corporate social responsibility and Carroll's pyramid, managerial ethics, sustainability and the triple bottom line

• Decision Making: the decision-making process, bounded rationality, decision biases, group decision making, expected value and decision trees

• Planning: foundations of planning, types of plans, SMART goals and management by objectives (MBO)

• Strategic Management: the strategic management process, Porter's five forces, competitive strategies, the BCG growth-share matrix and the Ansoff matrix

• Organising: work specialisation and departments, authority, span of control, centralisation and organisation structures

• Human Resource Management: HR planning, recruitment and selection, training, appraisal and pay

• Leading: needs and process theories of motivation (Maslow, Herzberg, McClelland, Vroom, Adams, goal setting), job design, trait, behavioural and contingency theories of leadership, power and modern leadership, communication, groups and teams (Tuckman's stages)

• Controlling: the control process, the balanced scorecard, Gantt charts and critical path, quality tools and economic order quantity (EOQ)

• Change and Innovation: managing change (Lewin and Kotter), creativity and innovation

• Reference: a glossary of 103 key management terms

Features

• 51 management topics in 13 sections, from the basics to strategy and control

• 59 original diagrams, such as org charts, the BCG matrix, decision trees and Gantt charts

• Worked examples with step-by-step numbers

• 150 practice questions with tap-to-reveal answers

• Search all management notes from the home screen

• Dark mode

• Works offline, no account needed

• Available in 8 languages: English, Español, Português, Français, Deutsch, العربية, हिन्दी and Bahasa Indonesia

Who it is for

• College and university students taking a first course in principles of management or business administration; useful when revising for an introductory management paper in a BBA, B.Com or MBA programme

• Anyone who wants to understand how organisations are planned, organised, led and controlled

Management Notes is an independent study aid. Content is based on OpenStax Principles of Management and OpenStax Organizational Behavior, and theories are attributed to their original authors, such as Taylor, Fayol, Weber, Maslow, Herzberg, Mintzberg, Porter, Hofstede, Kaplan and Norton, and Kotter. It is not affiliated with any textbook publisher, university or exam board.