Just as in other sciences, the science of Management evolves over time alongside the economy, technology, and society, shifting its focus from the machine to the worker, the consumer, and society, and from close monitoring to workforce development, knowledge management, talent management, collective entrepreneurship, and a shared destiny society.
Following this timeless evolution of Management, this book analyzes the core theories of organization and administration and the concepts of organizational design, organizational effectiveness, and organizational behavior and development. It serves as a fundamental handbook on management topics aimed primarily at students of Business Organization and Management, but it can also be a useful aid for those who need to understand the basic principles of management as it presents a series of innovations.
It introduces and analyzes modern forms of business organization, such as collective entrepreneurship and a society of shared destiny. Each chapter is structured to facilitate the reader's understanding and application of the concepts and theories of Management. For this purpose, it provides specific learning objectives and frameworks for clarifying the key concepts in each chapter, references, and examples from Greek, European, American, and Asian businesses, summaries for concise presentation, and questions and exercises for applying the concepts and theories of Management from each chapter.
The authors: Maria Kalogeropoulou is a graduate of the Nursing Department of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens with a master's specialization in Health Services Organization and Management. She holds a PhD from the Department of Business Organization and Management at the Athens University of Economics and Business, teaches in the Health Units Management Department at the Athens Technological Educational Institute, and works as a scientific collaborator at the Health Services Organization and Evaluation Laboratory of the Nursing Department of the University of Athens.
Professor Panos Mourdoukoutas is the author of fifteen books covering topics ranging from entrepreneurship to international business. He teaches and conducts research at the Athens University of Economics and Business, Long Island University in New York, and Nagoya University in Japan. He also publishes articles in professional scientific journals and publications, including the New York Times, Journal of Risk and Insurance, Barron’s, Edge Singapore, and the European Business Review, while writing a regular column for Forbes. He has been honored with the Literati Club Award for the Highly Commented Author (United Kingdom).
