The Ropes to Skip and the Ropes to Know
Studies in Organizational Behavior
6th Edition
Published on 8. August 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
336 pages
978-0-471-42882-4 (ISBN)
Description
Now in its Sixth Edition, this OB reader continues to both instruct and entertain the current generation of students and professionals about workplace realities. Going beyond the usual technical/rational analysis of books on organizational behavior, each chapter is a fictionalized account of actual workplace happenings, and involves a continuing cast of characters whom readers come to know. Each account makes a point of its own, or illustrates theoretical material covered in the introductions to parts and sections. For instance, why would a plant manager call a continuing series of 6:30am meetings about coordination of efforts, and then cancel them after a short while? (He effectively used negative reinforcement to reward the coordination that resulted from imposing the inconvenient meetings - aside from whatever the participants may have discussed.) The "realness" of this text continues to draw a kind of fan mail from both students and others. As one Vice President of Sales for a nationally known corporation put it: "After 18 years in business life I only wish I had read it much earlier.
Your book should be required reading for anyone embarking into any kind of organizational life ..."
Your book should be required reading for anyone embarking into any kind of organizational life ..."
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Edition
6th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-0-471-42882-4 (9780471428824)
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Content
Prologue.PART ONE: ENTER THE MEN'S HUT.Section One: De Gustibus Non Disputandum EST.Hi, Call Me.The Power of Positive Thinking.Cleanliness Is Next To...?Look of a Winner.Just in Case.The Sincerest Form of Flattery.Hi, Sweetie.Section Two: But Some Are More Equal than Others.Cat in the Hat. Cowboy.Prophet Without Honor.My Brother's Keeper.You Can't Be Too Careful.Scarlet Letter.PART TWO: WHAT CAN'T BE CURED MUST BE OBSCURED. Section Three: Doin' What Comes Natcherly.Fair Day's Work.Player Piano.Am I Invisble.Back to the Drawing Board.Rite of Passage.Sunrise Service.Who Could Have Known?Made to Measure.Spend It, Burn It...Section Four: To Be or Not To Be.Excess Inventory.Like It Is.Hold That Line.The Rating Game.Watchdogs.Top Secret.As I Recall.Figures Don't Lie...?PART THREE: WHATSOEVER YE SOWETH, THAT SHALL YE ALSO REAP.Section Five: Skate Fast Over Thin Ice.The Men's Hut.Better the Devil You Know...Success Story.Stitch in Time.By Your Works Shall Ye Be Known.Management by Objectives or the Million Dollar Misunderstanding.The Pearl.Most Valuable Player.Section Six: Actions Speak Louder Than Words.Coffee Break.Society of Equals.Praise/Criticism.Bite of the Apple.Beyond the Call of Duty.Spacemen.Extra Effort.Incredible.PART FOUR: MY OBJECT ALL SUBLIME, I SHALL ACHIEVE IN TIME.Section Seven: The Race is Not to the Swift, Nor the Battle to the Strong.Your Job? My Reputation!Ted's Boy.Rightsizing.Friday Go to Meetin'.Ghosting for Gain.Don't Ask.Point of No Return.To Everything There Is a Season.Haste Makes Waste.Section Eight: There, But For the Grace of God, Go I.All for the Best in This Best of All Possible Worlds.Small Is Beautiful.More Bang for the Buck.Individual Contributor.The Threefold Way. Conclusion.Epilogue.Endnotes.Selected Readings.