Management

Most projects don't fail for lack of a methodology. They fail because the methodology doesn't fit the team. This resource teaches students to choose the right approach, whether predictive, adaptive, or hybrid, and then tailor it to their organization. From there, they learn agile from the ground up: roles, events, and artifacts, product backlogs built from epics, features, and user stories, and Scrum ceremonies. They also practice stakeholder engagement, prioritization and estimation, value-focused reviews, retrospectives that improve teams, and closing out a project. Students leave able to apply agile with judgment rather than follow it by the book.

This resource provides the framework to help students handle management situations that provoke a strong and negative emotional response. Students will learn specific skills, tactics, and attitudes to manage critical situations at work and home. The tactics are framed in a way that makes them memorable, entertaining, and useful. The ultimate skill is the art of tact: making a point without making an enemy by learning to Stop-Think-Lead.

This resource introduces the theories and elements of organizational behavior through an international lens, using real-world case studies to show how organizations shape people and how people shape organizations. After reviewing the historical and theoretical foundations of the field, students learn to apply the research-backed methods practitioners use, then explore motivation, teams, leadership, communication, power and conflict, decision-making, stress, values, careers, and diversity. The result is students who can understand and manage people in organizations across cultures, a skill essential for any future manager.

This resource provides students with the fundamentals and unique considerations for effective business strategy. Strategic management utilizes the organization’s systems in accounting, operations, information, human capital, marketing, and other areas to accomplish the organization’s goals. By focusing on competitive strategy, students learn what actions an organization can specifically choose to do internally and within the marketplace to compete with and outperform other organizations.

This resource teaches your students the fundamentals of corporate business leadership, including how corporate boards are led, the director’s role, the rights of shareholders, and the challenges in balancing the needs of shareholders, managers, and other stakeholders on the board. Students learn how to make corporate board decisions regarding corporate governance, legal issues, financial management, and strategy.

Work is a cornerstone of the human experience—and it is undergoing a profound transformation. This learning resource explores the evolving nature of work, driven by three key trends: technological innovation, global integration, and the imperative for creativity. By examining these shifts through diverse perspectives, it provides insights and tools to prepare future business leaders, organizations, and societies to navigate the dynamic landscape ahead.

This project management resource is designed to reach across the professional and personal aisle to give students lifelong fundamental project management awareness and skills. The approach aligns with the methodology and processes recognized by the Project Management Institute (PMI), the global industry standard, and includes opportunities for application. The goal of this resource is to prepare students to be functional and contributing members of any project team within any organization.

This resource provides a dynamic learning experience for students exploring today’s global and digital business environment. Students are provided with a thorough overview of business fundamentals and their application. This resource is ideal for students who want to decide if a career in business makes sense for them and which area of business would provide them with the opportunity they seek. Experiential learning opportunities get students doing—not just learning about—modern business.

This resource prepares students to lead in any setting, from the workplace to their families and communities, by showing that leadership isn't reserved for executives and can be learned. Built on a "Know, Do, Be" learning model and the LEAD framework, it guides students through self-awareness, authenticity and integrity, purpose, a growth mindset, empathy, communication, teamwork, systems thinking, ethics, influence, and cross-cultural awareness. Each chapter combines reflection with practical application, so students graduate with a clear sense of who they are as leaders and the skills to make a positive difference wherever they lead.

This resource introduces students to the field of management by pairing theory with real-world examples, showing how leaders plan, organize, lead, and control organizations to create value and build competitive advantage. Across fifteen chapters, students explore management history, the organizational environment, international management, strategy, human resources, leadership, individual behavior, communication, and organizational structure and change, with dedicated chapters on ethics and on fraud and corruption. The result is students who understand what effective management looks like in practice and can apply it to guide ethical decision-making in today's global, fast-paced environment.