Packed with experiential exercises, self-assessments, and group activities, the Eighth Edition of Management Fundamentals helps students develop essential management skills they can use in their personal and professional lives. Bestselling author Robert N. Lussier uses the most current cases and examples to illustrate management concepts in today’s ever-changing business world. This fully updated new edition provides in-depth coverage of key AACSB topics such as diversity, ethics, technology, and globalization. 
New to This Edition
New case studies highlight contemporary challenges and opportunities facing managers at well-known organizations such as Whole Foods, Wells Fargo, and the Chicago Cubs. 
The book is completely updated with hundreds of new references and examples.
Expanded and updated Trends and Issues sections explore timely topics such as the changing nature of work, managing multiple generations, and virtual teams. 
All of the Applying the Concept boxes are new and engage students in applying the concepts to their own experiences and provide situational analysis opportunities to develop critical thinking skills.
Review
"Dr. Lussier’s commitment to the teaching process is evident throughout the book. His implementation of application and skill building tools is well designed and student-friendly. All in all, his efforts will benefit all who use them." 
-- Violet Zlatar-Christopher
"We are in a huge, fast paced global economy. To lead, develop, and strengthen any business toward positive and sustainable progression and growth in such an environment, integral concepts of management fundamentals must be understood. Robert Lussier brings together all of the important basics needed for business and industry leaders in his wonderful new Eighth Edition of Management Fundamentals. This book is essential for understanding concepts, applications, and skill development."  
-- Michael E. Cox
"I′m always impressed with how responsive Lussier and the editorial team are in incorporating feedback from faculty in the revisions for new editions. In doing so, each new edition provides not only updated content, examples, and references, but also improved alignment with the changing needs of both teachers and learners."
-- Eric S. Ecklund
"Dr. Lussier is an exceptional author and educator. His insights always make me think and his writing inspires me. . . . If my colleagues are not using his textbooks, they are missing out on beneficial information to share with their students." 
-- Carl Blencke
"Management Fundamentals is one of the foremost and comprehensive textbooks written on the subject. The textbook enriches the business management curriculum and is useful for skill development and application."   
-- Charles J. Mambula
 
About the Author
Robert N. Lussier is a professor of management at Springfield College and taught management for more than 35 years. He is a prolific writer, with more than 500 publications to his credit. His articles have been published in the Academy of Entrepreneurship Journal, Business Horizons, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Family Business Review, Journal of Business Strategies, Journal of Management Education, Journal of Small Business Management, Journal of Small Business Strategy, SAM Advanced Management Journal, and several others. He also has a human resources management textbook (with John Hendon) published by SAGE and other textbooks.
More than two million people globally have used his textbooks, earning him an unsurpassed national and international reputation as an author and keynote speaker. Dr. Lussier is the founder of Publish Don’t Perish (www.publishdonotperish.com) and through contact, his Publish Don’t Perish: The Top Secrets to Get Published book, and workshops has helped hundreds of institutions and individuals in 80-plus countries get published. His presentations inspire comments like: “Bob explains complex business topics in an easy-to-understand language while keeping his audience engaged and spellbound” (Dr. Raj V. Mahto, professor, University of New Mexico)
Dr. Lussier also consults to a wide array of commercial and nonprofit organizations. In fact, some of the material in the book was developed for such clients as Baystate Medical Center, Coca-Cola, Friendly’s Ice Cream, National Institute of Financial Education, Mead, Monsanto, Smith & Wesson, the Social Security Administration, the Visiting Nurse Association, and YMCAs.
Dr. Lussier holds a bachelor of science in business administration from Salem State College, master’s degrees in business and education from Suffolk University (AACSB accredited), and a doctorate in management from the University of New Haven (AACSB MBA accredited, prior to doctoral accreditation).