E-Book Overview
Supervision Todayhas earned a reputation of being the one of the most effective supervision books because it blends traditional and contemporary topics, as well as theories and experiential skills. Offering a three-tier learning system, it focuses on building readers knowledge, improving their comprehension and applying concepts directly to skill development. Known for its lively tone and four-color design, it captures the latest in supervision literature and includes cases to invigorate any lecture. This edition includes new information on contingent workforces, entrepreneurship, employee theft, work/life balance, IM, texting, and workplace diversity."
E-Book Content
for Supervision Today! MyBizSkillsKit contains a wealth of study aids, including the following components: BizSkills Illustrated Business Simulation Cases present students with workplace situations where they have to make the call. These illustrated case applications contain built-in feedback and scoring, and can feed a gradebook if desired. The Golden Personality Type Profiler™ is a popular personality assessment similar to the full Myers-Briggs assessment program, but oriented toward workplace behavioral assessment, and provides students with information about fundamental personality dimensions. This tool helps students improve their self-knowledge and ability to work effectively with others by providing students with feedback on their leadership and organizational strengths, communication and teamwork preferences, motivation and learning styles, and opportunities for personal growth. Test-Prep Quizzes for each chapter, including true/false, multiple choice, and short essay questions are included; all questions include immediate feedback. Web Links to useful online resources are available. gives students access to EBSCO’s ContentSelect Research Database. MySearchLab also includes a plagiarism tutorial, citation tutorial, and tools to help improve student writing, including the Longman Online Handbook of Writing. Preview at www.mysearchlab.com. To order this textbook value packaged with a MyBizSkillsKit access code, order ISBN: 0-13-296461-9. Stand-alone access codes can also be purchased online at www.mybizskillskit.com. Also Available Separately: Prentice Hall’s Self-Assessment Library (S.A.L.) SAL is a print with CD-ROM product developed by Steve Robbins that contains 51 research-based self-assessments that provide students with insights into their skills, abilities, and interests. It is easy to use, self-scoring, and can be value packaged with this textbook or purchased online at www.mypearsonstore.com
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Seventh Edition
Supervision Today! Stephen P. Robbins San Diego State University San Diego, California
David A. DeCenzo Coastal Carolina University Conway, South Carolina
Robert M. Wolter Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) Indianapolis, Indiana
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