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    This document provides a summary of the book "Principles of Management" by Harold Koontz. The book is divided into 7 parts covering the basis of management theory, planning, organizing, staffing, managing the human factor, controlling, and international management. Harold Koontz was a professor of management at UCLA and authored 19 books and 90 journal articles on management topics.

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    Book Summary of Principles Of Management (Ascent Series)

    About the Author:

    Harold Koontz
    Active as a business and government executive, university professor, company board
    chairman and director, management consultant, lecturer to the top management of
    organizations worldwide, and an author. From 1950 he was Professor of Management and
    from 1962 Mead Johnson Professor of Management at UCLA; from 1978 to 1982 he was World
    Chancellor at the International Academy of Management. He was the author or coauthor of 19
    books and 90 journal articles, including this book, which was originally Principles of
    Management. His Board of Directors and Effective Management was given the Academy of
    Management Book Award in 1968.
    Table of Content:

    PART I: THE BASIS OF MANAGEMENT THEORY AND SCIENCE

    1. Management Science, Theory and Practice

    2. Management and Society: Social Responsibility and Ethics

    PART 2: PLANNING

    3. The Nature and Purpose of Planning

    4. Objectives

    5. Strategies, Policies, and Planning premises

    6. Decision Making

    PART 3: ORGANIZING

    7. The Nature and Purpose of Organizing

    8. Basic Departmentation

    9. Line/Staff Authority and Decentralization

    10. Eggective Organizing and Organizational Culture


    PART 4: STAFFING

    11. Human Resource Management and Selection

    12. Performance Appraisal and Career Strategy

    13. Manager and Organization Development

    PART 5: MANAGING AND THE HUMAN FACTOR

    14. Managing and the Human Factor

    15. Motivation

    16. Leadership

    17. Communication

    PART 6: CONTROLLING

    18. The System and Process of Controlling

    19. Control Techniques and Information Technology

    20. Productivity and Operations Management

    21. Overall and Preventive Control

    PART 7: INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT AND THE FUTURE

    22. International Management: Toward a Unified, Global Management Theory

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