The seventh edition of Management: A Practical Introduction by Kinicki/Williams―a concepts book for the introductory course in management-uses a wealth of instructor feedback to identify which features from prior editions worked best and which should be improved and expanded. By blending Angelo’s scholarship, teaching, and management-consulting experience with Brian’s writing and publishing background, we have again tried to create a research-based yet highly readable, practical, and motivational text.
The primary goal is simple to state but hard to execute: to make learning Principles of Management as easy, effective, and efficient as possible. Accordingly, the book integrates writing, illustration, design, and magazine-like layout in a program of learning that appeals to the visual sensibilities and respects the time constraints and different learning styles of today’s students. It is the hope that this product will make a difference in the lives of students, to produce a product that students will enjoy reading, and that will provide them with practical benefits.
AngeloKinicki is an emeritus professorof management and held the Weatherup/Overby Chair in Leadership from 2005 to2015 at the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University. Hejoined the faculty in 1982, the year he received his doctorate in business administrationfrom Kent State University. He was inducted into the W.P. Carey Faculty Hall ofFame in 2016. Angelo currently is the Deans Scholar in Residence at Kent StateUniversity. He is conducting seminars on the implementation of active learningin the classroom and publishing scholarly research. He also serves on the Deans NationalAdvisory Board. Angelois the recipient of six teaching awards from Arizona State University, where hetaught in its nationally ranked undergraduate, MBA and PhD programs. He alsoreceived several research awards and was selected to serve on the editorialreview boards for four scholarly journals. His current research interests focuson the dynamic relationships among leadership; organizational culture;organizational change; and individual, group, and organizational performance.Angelo has published over 95 articles in a variety of academic journals andproceedings and is co-author of eight textbooks (37 including revisions) thatare used by hundreds of universities around the world. Several of his bookshave been translated into multiple languages, and two of his books were awardedrevisions of the year by McGraw-Hill. Angelo was identified as being among thetop 100 most influential (top .6%) Organizational Behavioral authors in 2018out of a total of 16,289 academics. Angelois a busy international consultant and co-founder of Kinicki and Associates,Inc., a management consulting firm that works with top management teams tocreate organizational change aimed at increasing organizational effectivenessand profitability. He has worked with many Fortune 500 firms as well asnumerous entrepreneurial organizations in diverse industries. His expertiseincludes facilitating strategic/operational planning sessions, diagnosing thecauses of organizational and work-unit problems, conducting organizationalculture interventions, implementing performance management systems, designingand implementing performance appraisal systems, developing and administeringsurveys to assess employee attitudes, and leading management/executiveeducation programs. He developed a 360 ï¿ leadershipfeedback instrument called the Performance Management Leadership Survey (PMLS)that is used by companies throughout the world. Angelo and his wifeof 39 years, Joyce, have enjoyed living in the beautiful Arizona desert for 38years. They are both natives of Cleveland, Ohio. They enjoy traveling, hiking,and spending time in the White Mountains with Gracie, their adorable goldenretriever. Angelo also has a passion for golfing.
BARIN K. WILLIAMS has a B.A and M.A from Stanford University and held managerial jobs in education, communication, and publishing.
