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Management Science

Foundations and Innovations

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  • Provides effective knowledge on functional managerial and business issues
  • Presents the forefront of innovative practices and theories as well as the most recent research activities related to management
  • Promotes the understanding of the different managerial functions, as well as other key management issues
  • Suggests new conceptual skills that meet the demands set by the competitive market environment where organizations are involved

Part of the book series: Management and Industrial Engineering (MINEN)

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About this book

This book presents the skills required in business and management careers. The management tools provided within this text can be very useful for beginners in the study of management area, as well as to those pursuing a managerial career in different types of organization. It serves as a refreshment in the management sciences foundations. Subjects such as accounting, marketing, human resources, operations, finance are treated in detail, giving the reader the background that can be applied to a variety of real world business situations. The book also covers the latest developments in management research activity, promoting discussion and the exchange of information on principles, strategies, models, techniques, methodologies and applications in the management and business area.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Management, School of Economics and Management, University of Minho, Campus Gualtar, Braga, Portugal

    Carolina Machado

  • Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Aveiro, Campus Santiago, Aveiro, Portugal

    J. Paulo Davim

About the editors

Carolina Machado is an Associate Professor at the University of Minho, Portugal. She posses experience and research interests in the field of Human Resource Management, International Human Resource Management, Human Resource Management in SMEs, Training and Development, Management Change and Knowledge Management. She is the Head of Human Resources Management Work Group at University of Minho, as well as Chief Editor of the International Journal of Applied Management Sciences and Engineering (IJAMSE).

J. Paulo Davim is a Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Aveiro. He has 30+ years of experience in teaching and research in the field of Manufacturing, Materials and Mechanical Engineering, with special emphasis in Machining & Tribology. Recently, he has also interest in Management/Industrial Engineering and Higher Education for Sustainability/Engineering Education. He is the Editor in Chief of several international journals and EditorialBoard member of 30 international journals.


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Management Science

  • Book Subtitle: Foundations and Innovations

  • Editors: Carolina Machado, J. Paulo Davim

  • Series Title: Management and Industrial Engineering

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-13229-3

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-13228-6Published: 15 March 2019

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-13231-6Published: 14 August 2020

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-13229-3Published: 01 March 2019

  • Series ISSN: 2365-0532

  • Series E-ISSN: 2365-0540

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 239

  • Number of Illustrations: 12 b/w illustrations, 9 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Industrial and Production Engineering, Management, Organization, Higher Education

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