Management : science, theory, and practice -- The evolution of management thought and the patterns of management analysis -- Management and society : the external environnment, social responsibility, and ethics -- Global and comparative management -- The basis of global management -- The nature and purpose of planning -- Objectives -- Strategies, policies, and planning premises -- Decision making -- Global planning -- The nature of organizing and entrepreneuring -- Organizational structure : departmentalization -- Line/staff authority and decentralization -- Effective organizing and organizational culture -- Global organizing -- Human resource management and selection -- Performance appraisal and career strategy -- Managing change through manager and organization development -- Global staffing -- Human factors and motivation -- Leadership -- Committees and group decision making -- Communication -- Global leading -- The system and process of controlling -- Control techniques and information technology -- Productivity and operations management -- Overall control and toward the future through preventive control -- Global controlling and global challenges.