Team working is vital to organizational success. This up to the minute consideration of the roles played by teams and leaders is designed for students and professionals who require practical examples to bring the concepts of team leadership to life. With examples from across the globe and a careful blend of theory and practice, the book is intended to inform the debate about how teams should be employed in work situations. Website links and additional reading material to assist in the study of team leadership are included on an ancillary website.

Designed for students, and potential and practising managers, this book examines the management of markets as an holistic activity within modern organisations. Based on the four Ps/Cs of marketing (Product/Customer value; Price/Cost; Promotion/Communications; Place/Convenience) this book takes the reader through all the major aspects of marketing management using practical examples. Written in plain English, Mastering Marketing Management shows that marketing is a feature of the whole organisation and should not be confined to just one department.

Provides an insight into the key external analyses organisations need to undertake. Using the acronym SPECTACLES, the book considers the Social, Political, Economic, Cultural, Technological, Aesthetic, Customer, Legal, Environmental and Sectoral factors that make up the set of external influences on the organisation.
Using examples from real organisations, the book provides the reader with clear pointers as to the factors to be considered and their interrelationship. Each chapter includes information for carrying out the analyses, together with a summary and a set of questions.

The book is designed to provide a basic understanding of the dynamics of globalization and its relevance for all types and sizes of business. Commencing with a brief history that shows that globalization is not just a late Twentieth and early Twenty-first-century phenomenon but has been a factor in world trade since the 1600s, the text then considers the two opposing views held about globalization. The material goes on to look at the global implications for customer relationships, marketing, human resources, finance and information. These are areas in which a narrow, national view is becoming increasingly of less value to the student. The book includes questions and case studies to aid understanding.

This book provides the student with the concepts and their practical application behind the importance of Customer Relations, Customer Service and Customer Care. The book has been written for students of business studies, management and associated fields, the qualification frameworks for which include a study of customer relations either as cores or options.
The book uses practical examples using real organisations from all sectors of economic and social activity to support the concepts that are introduced in an easy to read and assimilate format.