Understanding and Managing Organizational Behavior, 5e
Understanding and Managing Organizational Behavior provides an authoritative and practical introduction to the subject-Organizational Behavior. A cutting-edge coverage of topics and issues combined with a wealth of learning tools and examples help students to experience behaviors in organizations and guide them to become better managers
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Understanding and Managing Organizational Behavior, 5e
Understanding and Managing Organizational Behavior provides an authoritative and practical introduction to the subject-Organizational Behavior. A cutting-edge coverage of topics and issues combined with a wealth of learning tools and examples help students to experience behaviors in organizations and guide them to become better managers. In this fifth edition, the authors, George and Jones, merge comprehensive coverage with outstanding applications to illustrate how to manage the growing challenges associated with working in modem virtual organizations.
Features:
- Opportunities and challenges posed by globalization and diversity in understanding and managing organizational behavior today
- ‘Ethics in Action’ Boxes: Discussions of current events and issues that encourage the student to think about and discuss organizational ethics and morality
- New York Times Cases in the News: Recent articles from the New York Times, which illustrate chapter content, show chapter content in a different and relevant light, and illuminate some of the challenges and opportunities for OB related to the chapter content
- Experiential Exercises: An in-depth, team-based exercise at the end of each chapter, which presents Students with a real-life problem in organizational behavior that they address based on the chapter content
- Chapter-opening vignettes describe realistic business problems
Contents
1. Introduction to Organizational Behavior
2. Individual Differences: Personality and Ability
3. Values, Attitudes, and Moods and Emotions
4. Perception, Attribution, and the Management of Diversity
5. Learning and Creativity
6. The Nature of Work Motivation
7. Creating a Motivating Work Setting
8. Pay, Careers, and Changing Employment Relationships
9. Managing Stress and Work-Llife Balance
10. The Nature of Work Groups and Teams
11. Effective Work Groups and Teams
12. Leaders and Leadership
13. Power, Politics, Conflict, and Negotiation
14. Communicating Effectively in Organizations
15. Cost Management Concepts and Cost Behavior
16. Decision Making and Organizational Learning
17. Organizational Design and Structure
18. Organizational Culture and Ethical Behavior
19. Organizational Change and Development
20. Research Methods in Organizational Behavior
| Book | |
|---|---|
| Author | George |
| Pages | 712 |
| Year | 2009 |
| ISBN | 9788131724965 |
| Publisher | Pearson |
| Language | English |
| Uncategorized | |
| Edition | 5/e |
| Weight | 1.31 kg |
| Dimensions | 20.3 x 25.4 x 4.7 cm |
| Binding | Paperback |