Managing Behavior in Organizations
United States Edition
4th Edition
Published on 19. March 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
528 pages
978-0-13-144746-2 (ISBN)
Description
For undergraduate and MBA courses in Organizational Behavior and Industrial/Organizational Psychology.
This excellent paperback provides a brief, yet comprehensive tour of the scientific and practical highlights of organizational behavior (OB). It gets right to the point by focusing on essential concepts and practices that students really need to know. It offers instructors the ultimate in flexibility, enabling them to decide whether to use a case method, an experiential approach, a seminar format, distance learning, or a traditional series of lectures; it allows students to understand and appreciate the essentials of OB as a practical and scientific field.
This excellent paperback provides a brief, yet comprehensive tour of the scientific and practical highlights of organizational behavior (OB). It gets right to the point by focusing on essential concepts and practices that students really need to know. It offers instructors the ultimate in flexibility, enabling them to decide whether to use a case method, an experiential approach, a seminar format, distance learning, or a traditional series of lectures; it allows students to understand and appreciate the essentials of OB as a practical and scientific field.
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Edition
4th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 181 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
764 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-13-144746-2 (9780131447462)
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Content
I. INTRODUCTION.
1. The Field of Organizational Behavior.
2. Organizational Justice, Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility.
II. INDIVIDUAL BEHAVIOR.
3. Individual Processes: Personality, Emotions, Perception and Learning.
4. Coping with Organizational Life: Stress and Careers.
5. Work-Related Attitudes: Prejudice, Job Satisfaction, and Organizational Commitment.
6. What Motivates People to Work?
III. GROUP BEHAVIOR.
7. Interpersonal Behavior in the Workplace: Helping and Harming Others.
8. Organizational Communication.
9. Group Group Process and Work Teams.
10. Making Decisions in Organizations.
11. The Quest for Leadership.
IV. ORGANIZATIONAL PROCESSES.
12. Organizational Culture, Creativity, and Innovation.
13. Designing Effective Organizations.
14. Managing Organizational Change: Strategic Planning and Organizational Development.
Integrative Case: Organizational Behavior as a Matter of Life and Death: The Case of the Columbia Space Shuttle Disaster.
1. The Field of Organizational Behavior.
2. Organizational Justice, Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility.
II. INDIVIDUAL BEHAVIOR.
3. Individual Processes: Personality, Emotions, Perception and Learning.
4. Coping with Organizational Life: Stress and Careers.
5. Work-Related Attitudes: Prejudice, Job Satisfaction, and Organizational Commitment.
6. What Motivates People to Work?
III. GROUP BEHAVIOR.
7. Interpersonal Behavior in the Workplace: Helping and Harming Others.
8. Organizational Communication.
9. Group Group Process and Work Teams.
10. Making Decisions in Organizations.
11. The Quest for Leadership.
IV. ORGANIZATIONAL PROCESSES.
12. Organizational Culture, Creativity, and Innovation.
13. Designing Effective Organizations.
14. Managing Organizational Change: Strategic Planning and Organizational Development.
Integrative Case: Organizational Behavior as a Matter of Life and Death: The Case of the Columbia Space Shuttle Disaster.