Understanding Management (MindTap Course List)
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Author: Richard L. Daft, Dorothy Marcic
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The way in which the approach followed by management of Barcelona contradicts the contemporary development taking place in management thinking
Introduction:
Management thinking is framed so as to help researchers, business students and managers to perform in a better way by enabling access to the most recent thinking added to the management practice and theory.
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