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The fourth edition of this popular text has been throughlyupdated, continuing its strong emphasis on the importance of theAsian region to contemporary Australian and New Zealandorganistations. Many Asian case examples are featured to illustratekey management concepts. Joining the author team for this edition and enhancing thisedition's critical analysis of management theory and applicationsare the best-selling authors from another of Wiley's undergraduateintroductory management texts - Management: Core Concepts andApplications, 2nd Australasian edition (Davidson et al.). This new edition also discusses the impact of recent events suchas the global financial crisis on the managementof organisations, both during the crisis and in itsaftermath. Of course, Management, 4th Asia- Pacific edition also retainsthe features that made it so popular with students and lecturers inthe earlier editions: a balanced coverage of small to medium-sized enterprises andlarger multinational corporations an emphasis on the need for business activities to besustainable in terms of preserving the welfare of futuregenerations the Career Readiness Workbook at the end of the book, whichincludes a range of indiviual and group activities to encourage thepractical applications of management theory. Wtih its clear insights into dynamics of management in theworkplace of today and the future, Mangement, 4th Asia-Pacificedition provides a sound basis for the contemporary undergraduatestudy of introductory management.