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Dear colleagues,

I am currently using the  Cameron, Whetton textbook, "Developing Management Skills. Although it is a great textbook, I would like to find a text more focused on the practical application of management skills.  Does anyone have any suggestions?

I would like to use this text for both graduate and undergraduate students.

Thanks, Scott

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 Scott Comber, PhD

Assistant Professor
Rowe School of Business, Faculty of Management                               
P: 902.494.7820  | F: 902.494.1107  |  http://www.dal.ca/faculty/management/rsb.html

6100 University Avenue, Room 4112

Halifax, NS  B3H 3J5

Scott,

It depends on the class you teach but I have used this book for HR/OB classes:

Human Resource Management Applications: Cases, Exercises, Incidents, and Skill Builders, 7th Edition

·        Stella M. Nkomo University of Pretoria, South Africa

·        Myron D. Fottler University of Central Florida

·        R. Bruce McAfee Old Dominion University

·        ISBN-10: 0538468076

·        ISBN-13: 9780538468077

·        320 Pages Paperback 

- See more at: http://www.cengage.com/search/productOverview.do?N=4294956462&Ntk=P_Isbn13&Ntt=9780538468077#sthash.vl6vMK4F.dpuf

And I have a desk copy of this one for team skills, which also looks good:

Learning Team Skills, 2/E

Arthur H. Bell, Ph.D., University of San Francisco

Dayle M. Smith, Ph.D., University of San Francisco

ISBN-10: 0137152590 • ISBN-13: 9780137152599

©2011 • Prentice Hall • Paper, 128 pp

- See more at: http://www.pearsonhighered.com/educator/product/Learning-Team-Skills/9780137152599.page#sthash.zqKeTNh2.dpuf

Dear colleagues,

I am currently using the  Cameron, Whetton textbook, "Developing Management Skills. Although it is a great textbook, I would like to find a text more focused on the practical application of management skills.  Does anyone have any suggestions?

I would like to use this text for both graduate and undergraduate students.

Thanks, Scott

Join the conversation on Twitter: @ScottatDal

Connect with me on LinkedIn:  http://ca.linkedin.com/in/shift

 Scott Comber, PhD

Assistant Professor
Rowe School of Business, Faculty of Management                               
P: 902.494.7820  | F: 902.494.1107  |  http://www.dal.ca/faculty/management/rsb.html

6100 University Avenue, Room 4112

Halifax, NS  B3H 3J5

Take a look at the Griffin/Van Fleet book

http://www.cengage.com/search/productOverview.do?Ntt=19313356991983257808796142521752713775&N=16+4294922239+4294966573&Ntk=P_EPI

Dear colleagues,

I am currently using the  Cameron, Whetton textbook, "Developing Management Skills. Although it is a great textbook, I would like to find a text more focused on the practical application of management skills.  Does anyone have any suggestions?

I would like to use this text for both graduate and undergraduate students.

Thanks, Scott

Join the conversation on Twitter: @ScottatDal

Connect with me on LinkedIn:  http://ca.linkedin.com/in/shift

 Scott Comber, PhD

Assistant Professor
Rowe School of Business, Faculty of Management                               
P: 902.494.7820  | F: 902.494.1107  |  http://www.dal.ca/faculty/management/rsb.html

6100 University Avenue, Room 4112

Halifax, NS  B3H 3J5

Scott,

Unless you are teaching an executive MBA class, I believe our students need first to be effective employees before they manage anything! By the way I am not so sure that any textbook has really been able to encapsulate what it takes to be a manager when we have such a great variety of industries, situations, levels in the organization, environments, etc. I would say that you could start by first checking your students against the list below (I use it once in a while even though it is from the 1990's):

The 21^st Century Checklist

The Miami-Dade County Public Schools' Office of Instructional Leadership conducted a survey of businesses in the Miami-Dade County, Florida to identify what [. . .] graduates need to enter the 21^st Century workplace. The list below is the result of the survey of the basic skills prospective employees must [should] possess, beyond the knowledge in functional areas of business.

1.  Can independently read a variety of material.

2.  Writes clearly, using appropriate grammar and structure.

3.  Can solve and explain math problems.

4.  Consistently process information and current events.

5.  Regularly sets goals.

6.  Considers risks and recognize consequences.

7.  Takes responsibility for your own actions.

8.  Knows how to learn new skills.

9.  Works well in groups.

10.  Handles feelings appropriately.

11.  Reasons and make decisions to solve problems.

12.  Understands and use scientific ideas and facts.

13.  Shows creativity.

14.  Listens regularly, and answer in appropriate language.

15.  Works and plays safely.

Source: Susana Barcela's Working Wisdom section, The Miami Herald, November 27, 1995.

_ _ _ _ _

Thanks,

Ivan

Scott,

It depends on the class you teach but I have used this book for HR/OB classes:

Human Resource Management Applications: Cases, Exercises, Incidents, and Skill Builders, 7th Edition

·        Stella M. Nkomo University of Pretoria, South Africa

·        Myron D. Fottler University of Central Florida

·        R. Bruce McAfee Old Dominion University

·        ISBN-10: 0538468076

·        ISBN-13: 9780538468077

·        320 Pages Paperback 

- See more at: http://www.cengage.com/search/productOverview.do?N=4294956462&Ntk=P_Isbn13&Ntt=9780538468077#sthash.vl6vMK4F.dpuf

And I have a desk copy of this one for team skills, which also looks good:

Learning Team Skills, 2/E

Arthur H. Bell, Ph.D., University of San Francisco

Dayle M. Smith, Ph.D., University of San Francisco

ISBN-10: 0137152590 • ISBN-13: 9780137152599

©2011 • Prentice Hall • Paper, 128 pp

- See more at: http://www.pearsonhighered.com/educator/product/Learning-Team-Skills/9780137152599.page#sthash.zqKeTNh2.dpuf

Dear colleagues,

I am currently using the  Cameron, Whetton textbook, "Developing Management Skills. Although it is a great textbook, I would like to find a text more focused on the practical application of management skills.  Does anyone have any suggestions?

I would like to use this text for both graduate and undergraduate students.

Thanks, Scott

Join the conversation on Twitter: @ScottatDal

Connect with me on LinkedIn:  http://ca.linkedin.com/in/shift

 Scott Comber, PhD

Assistant Professor
Rowe School of Business, Faculty of Management                               
P: 902.494.7820  | F: 902.494.1107  |  http://www.dal.ca/faculty/management/rsb.html

6100 University Avenue, Room 4112

Halifax, NS  B3H 3J5

Dear Ivan,

Great contribution but what is missing from the list is Ethnics! What about Behavioural Integrity?

16. Words and actions match.

Cheers,

Roxanne

I use Caproni's Management Skills for Everyday Life from Cengage.

I used to use the Whetten text, but my students prefer the Caproni because it is more practical than theoretical. I've had multiple students say they are keeping it at the end of the semester....and we are on a rental system so that says a lot.

Take a look at the Griffin/Van Fleet book

http://www.cengage.com/search/productOverview.do?Ntt=19313356991983257808796142521752713775&N=16+4294922239+4294966573&Ntk=P_EPI

Dear colleagues,

I am currently using the  Cameron, Whetton textbook, "Developing Management Skills. Although it is a great textbook, I would like to find a text more focused on the practical application of management skills.  Does anyone have any suggestions?

I would like to use this text for both graduate and undergraduate students.

Thanks, Scott

Join the conversation on Twitter: @ScottatDal

Connect with me on LinkedIn:  http://ca.linkedin.com/in/shift

 Scott Comber, PhD

Assistant Professor
Rowe School of Business, Faculty of Management                               
P: 902.494.7820  | F: 902.494.1107  |  http://www.dal.ca/faculty/management/rsb.html

6100 University Avenue, Room 4112

Halifax, NS  B3H 3J5

Dear Scott,

Years ago, I had used the Robbins and Hunsaker book (Training in Interpersonal Skills), but found it too light, so I augmented it with two other books.  I considered the Whetton and Cameron, but found it too heavy on theory and too light on practical application.  My school at the time required all business students to take "interpersonal skills development" before their upper-level business courses which relied heavily on teams, and recruiters often remarked that these skills were noticeably absent.  So, with apologies for self-promotion, my colleagues and I wrote "Interpersonal Skills in Organizations" (McGraw Hill).  It has been adopted in business (and some non-business) classes around the world, and the 5^th edition (US version) was just released: http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/007811280x/information_center_view0/ .  To be fair, it was written with undergraduates in mind.  However, several faculty who use the book (or chapters therein) with graduate students (MBAs and EMBAs) have reported good results.  Happy to answer additional questions on or off the listserv.

Best,

Suzanne

Suzanne de Janasz, Ph.D.

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As of September 1, 2014:

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Albers School of Business

Seattle University

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Dear colleagues,

I am currently using the  Cameron, Whetton textbook, "Developing Management Skills. Although it is a great textbook, I would like to find a text more focused on the practical application of management skills.  Does anyone have any suggestions?

I would like to use this text for both graduate and undergraduate students.

Thanks, Scott

Join the conversation on Twitter: @ScottatDal

Connect with me on LinkedIn:  http://ca.linkedin.com/in/shift

 Scott Comber, PhD

Assistant Professor
Rowe School of Business, Faculty of Management                               
P: 902.494.7820  | F: 902.494.1107  |  http://www.dal.ca/faculty/management/rsb.html

6100 University Avenue, Room 4112

Halifax, NS  B3H 3J5

Roxanne,

Thanks so much! You are absolutely right! I have added ethics to the list and will credit your contribution! I sometimes share these interactions in the OB Div Listserv with my students! As an example of how knowledge is expanded, adjusted, and even corrected!

Thanks,

Ivan