
Organizational Behavior and Public Management, Revised and Expanded
Routledge (Publisher)
3rd Edition
Published on 3. March 1998
Book
Hardback
430 pages
978-0-8247-0135-2 (ISBN)
Description
Organizational Behavior and Public Management reveals how organizational behavior enables managers to direct resources that advance the programs and policies of public and government. This edition offers a public sector perspective of core topics, such as communication, decision-making, leadership, management ethics, motivation, organizational change, participation and performance appraisal. Contemporary Psychology called this book "skillful and comprehensive...There is a need for a text like this...the device of juxtaposing theory and application is a sound one." The authors discuss such topics as communication, decision making, worker participation and total quality management, organizational change, management systems, information, computers and organization theory in public management.
Reviews / Votes
"Praise for the Previous Edition . . .skillful and comprehensive. . . There is a need for a text like this. . .the device of juxtaposing theory and application is a sound one. "---Contemporary Psychology
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Series
Edition
3rd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
770 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8247-0135-2 (9780824701352)
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Additional editions

Michael L. Vasu | Debra W. Stewart | G. David Garson
Organizational Behavior and Public Management, Revised and Expanded
E-Book
09/2017
3rd Edition
Routledge
€165.99
Available for download

Michael L. Vasu | Debra W. Stewart | G. David Garson
Organizational Behavior and Public Management, Revised and Expanded
E-Book
09/2017
3rd Edition
Routledge
€165.99
Available for download
Persons
Michael L. Vasu, Debra W. Stewart, David G. Garson, Jack Rabin
Editor
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA
Content
Introduction to organizational behaviour in the public sector; approaches to organization theory; motivation in organizations; leadership; role behaviour - individuals and groups; communication; decision-making; worker participation and total quality management; organizational change; management systems; information, computers and organization theory in public management; performance appraisal; management ethics.