<p>This is the fourth edition of the texbook, Management: Concepts and Practice. This edition represents major improvements and modernizations of the previous editions published in 1962, 1967, and 1972.</p>
In 1946 Joseph Stalin was arguling in favour of the Volga-Don canal on the grounds that it would enable the Black Sea Fleet to fall back to cover Stalingrad in the event of renewed hostilities.
The first essay is a philosophical look at the ethical patterns Americans tend to develop. The final essay provides a critical analysis of the marriage of high technology and modern management that has produced todays sophisticated battlefield environment and its resultant demand for exceedingly skilled people.