Students will appreciate further the importance of individual differences among people which will enable them to make them manage more effectively. For courses in Management Behaviour and Management at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. Taking on a social science perspective, the text teaches the skills that are necessary for today's managers. The examples and cases integrated throughout aid students understanding for their future careers as managers. The text is designed to help improve students personal management competencies by understanding their own behaviour first. This text, therefore, serves more as a guide to effective managerial behaviour, rather than a descriptive text on what other successful managers have done. Students learn how to identify what is known and what is not known about how to develop management skills and how to adopt productive and growth-producing working environment. The text is supported by a Student Skills Supplement, Instructor's Manual, Instructor's Resource CD and a Custom Video. Students will appreciate further the importance of individual differences among people which will enable them to make them manage more effectively. For courses in Management Behaviour and Management at both undergraduate and postgraduate level.