Media management in the age of giants [[electronic resource] ] : business dynamics of journalism / / Dennis F. Herrick

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910825129003321
• Autore: Herrick Dennis F
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Albuquerque, : University of New Mexico Press, 2012
• ISBN: 1-280-79259-0; 9786613702982; 0-8263-5164-6
• Edizione: [2nd ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (415 p.)
• Disciplina: 070.4/068
• Soggetti: Journalism - Management; Journalism - Economic aspects
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Front Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""An Opening Thought""; ""1: An Overview of Todayâ€?s Media Industry""; ""A historical perspective on the media""; ""Corporatization of the media""; ""Cross-ownership""; ""Media consolidation""; ""Public (stockholder) ownership of media""; ""Institutional investors and financial firms""; ""Reorganizing to build profits""; ""Conglomerates arenâ€?t all bad. Are they?""; ""Yes, the mighty can fallâ€?or at least stumble""; ""Fragmentation of media markets""; ""Preparing for a new media world""; ""Definitions of common business terms""""Suggested websites""; ""2: Preparing Yourself for Management""; ""First, get the right job""; ""Or, create your own job""; ""Getting discovered and climbing to the top""; ""Your first management position""; ""Surviving in the cross fire""; ""Managing yourselfâ€?handling time""; ""Not just anyone can be a manager""; ""Journalists becoming managers""; ""The indispensable management resource""; ""The quick way to the top""; ""CASE STUDY: Learning to think like a manager""; ""CASE STUDY: Entrepreneurship or a management career?""; ""Suggested websites""; ""3: Motivation and the Workforce""""Unionism in mainstream media companies""; ""Labor issues in the new economy""; ""Layoffs in hard times""; ""When you must fire or lay off someone""; ""Approaches to ; managing employees""; ""Scientific (or classical) management""; ""Humanistic (or behaviorist) management""; ""Theories of management""; ""Theory X""; ""Theory Y""; ""Theory Z""; ""Maslowâ€?s hierarchy of needs""; ""Management by objectives (MBO) and total quality management (TQM)""; ""Equity theory""; ""CASE STUDY: Who will get the pay raises?""; ""CASE STUDY: How do you motivate a staff with low morale?""""Suggested websites""; ""4: Qualities of Leadership and Management""; ""The sources of power""; ""Leadership practices""; ""New leadership""; ""Credibility of leadership""; ""Future-oriented leadership""; ""Risk-taking leadership""; ""Empowering leadership""; ""Motivational leadership""; ""Characteristics of leaders""; ""Management of attention""; ""Management of meaning""; ""Management of trust""; ""Management of self""; ""Everyone and every business makes mistakes""; ""The immeasurable value of optimism""; ""Keep your sense of humor""""Pointers on being an effective leader""; ""The MBAs arrive, with humorous reactions""; ""Being an effective manager of others""; ""A skilled manager controls the use of his or her time""; ""A skilled manager is adept at planning and goal setting""; ""A skilled manager is a confident decision maker""; ""A skilled manager works well with others""; ""A skilled manager is customer oriented""; ""Jerks and vampires donâ€?t see themselves in the mirror""; ""CASE STUDY: How do you manage freelancers if you hardly ever see them?""; ""CASE STUDY: Recruiting and retaining volunteer staff""