Principles of Organizational Behaviour
4th Edition
Published on 24. February 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
784 pages
978-0-19-925397-5 (ISBN)
Description
Offering a strong combination of theory and analysis, Principles of Organizational Behaviour is an engaging text that looks at the debates surrounding the subject, encouraging students to think critically about the key issues involved.
been fully revised and updated to include the latest
Drawing on areas of psychology and sociology, the authors take disciple-based approaches, dividing the text into four distinctive levels of analysis: individual, group, organizational, and social (IGOS). This IGOS framework encompasses the approaches to explain social action and behaviour, and provides an insight into this fascinating subject.
ONLINE RESOURCE CENTRE
For lecturers: an extensive Instructor's Manual PowerPoint slides, seminar exercises, and a test bank of questions.
For students: answer outlines to the end-of-chapter study questions, web links, and a glossary.
been fully revised and updated to include the latest
Drawing on areas of psychology and sociology, the authors take disciple-based approaches, dividing the text into four distinctive levels of analysis: individual, group, organizational, and social (IGOS). This IGOS framework encompasses the approaches to explain social action and behaviour, and provides an insight into this fascinating subject.
ONLINE RESOURCE CENTRE
For lecturers: an extensive Instructor's Manual PowerPoint slides, seminar exercises, and a test bank of questions.
For students: answer outlines to the end-of-chapter study questions, web links, and a glossary.
Reviews / Votes
Principles of Organizational Behaviour by Robin Fincham and Peter Rhodes is a clear, well-structured and comprehensive textbook that combines a psychological and sociological approach to the subject of organisational studies. The textbook has a long history of being a useful and practical teaching tool, and most educators reading through this text would find its structure, comprehensive treatment of relevant topics and style easy to use and appealing tostudents. the writing is clear and well argued, presenting students with straightforward study material. * Christopher Stoney, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada, from the Times Higher Educational Supplement, 9th November 2006 *
More details
Edition
4th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
1st and 2nd year undergraduate Business students and postgraduate Business and Management students.
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
numerous figures, text boxes throughout
Dimensions
Height: 247 mm
Width: 189 mm
Thickness: 40 mm
Weight
1462 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-925397-5 (9780199253975)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Professor Robin Fincham is Professor of Organizational Behaviour in the department of Management and Organization at Stirling University
Peter Rhodes is a management consultant working for OTL Management Consultancy
Peter Rhodes is a management consultant working for OTL Management Consultancy
Content
PART ONE: THE INDIVIDUAL AND WORK; PART TWO: GROUPS AND WORK; PART THREE: PATTERNS OF WORK; PART FOUR: ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES AND SYSTEMS; PART FIVE: ORGANIZATIONAL PROCESSES; PART SIX: DIVISIONS OF LABOUR