Books in the Cambridge Short Introductions to Management series

An expert account of strategic management and its contemporary challenges, combining conventional analytical approaches with dynamic strategy making. The author presents key concepts and theories in an accessible manner, ready to be applied in management practice, and includes many short real-world examples to illustrate issues in specific business contexts.

Written with real-world insight and worked examples to test knowledge, this book explains the essentials of accounting and shows how to use accounting information effectively as a business tool. One of the Cambridge Short Introductions to Management - a series of concise, authoritative guides to the core subjects in management.

Written with real-world insight and worked examples to test knowledge, this book explains the essentials of accounting and shows how to use accounting information effectively as a business tool. One of the Cambridge Short Introductions to Management - a series of concise, authoritative guides to the core subjects in management.

This Short Introduction to Strategic Human Resource Management provides a concise treatment of the key elements of strategic HRM using an innovative risk-management approach. It emphasizes the importance of the decisions, processes and choices organizations make about managing people and shows how workforce management directly affects strategic organizational outcomes. It provides guidance for managers on how to make better human capital decisions in order to achieve strategic success more effectively. Reflecting an increasing uncertainty in global business, Cascio and Boudreau consider ways of dealing with risk in managing human capital. Numerous examples in every chapter illustrate key points with real business cases from around the world.

This book provides a concise examination of the six key areas of corporate finance, explaining in simple terms why these areas are important. It is aimed at executives, managers and industry professionals, as well as students studying courses in finance, banking, investment, corporate finance and corporate governance.