The author offers insight on creating and managing an organization that can respond to customer demands and achieve competitive advantage. He gives suggestions for selecting and implementing efficient organizational designs, using examples from well-known companies. The first edition was published in 1995. This second edition draws on information from a project at the International Institute fo…
1. Introduction to the Field of Organizational BehaviorIndividual Behavior and Processes2. Individual Behavior, Personality, and Values3. Perceiving Ourselves and Others in Organizations4. Workplace Emotions, Attitudes, and Stress5. Foundations of Employee Motivation6. Applied Performance Practices7. Decisions Making and CreativityTeam Processes8. Team Dynamics9. Communicating in Teams and Orga…
Table Of Contents : Part 1. Introduction Chapter 1. Introduction to the Field of Organizational Behavior Part 2. Individual Behavior and Processes Chapter 2. Individual Behavior, Personality, and Values Chapter 3. Perception and Learning in Organizations Chapter 4. Workplace Emotions, Attitudes, and Stress Chapter 5. Foundations of Employee Motivation Chapter 6. Applied Performance …
The world’s most successful Organizational Behavior textbook provides the research you want, in the language your students understand. This text makes current, relevant research come alive for readers. The 18th Edition reflects the most recent research and business events within the field of organizational behavior, while maintaining its hallmark features -- a clear writing style, cutting-edg…
Meta-analysis has become a critically important tool in fields as diverse as medicine, pharmacology, epidemiology, education, psychology, business, and ecology. Introduction to Meta-Analysis: Outlines the role of meta-analysis in the research process Shows how to compute effects sizes and treatment effects Explains the fixed-effect and random-effects models for synthesizing dat…
Table Of Contents: Unit 1. Intrapersonal Effectiveness: Understanding Yourself Chapter 1. Journey into Self-awareness Chapter 2. Self-disclosure and trust Chaoter 3. Self-management Unit 2. Interpersonal Effectiveness: Understanding and Working with Others Chapter 5. Understanding and Working with Diverse others Chapter 6. The Importance and Skill of Listening Chapter 7. Conveying V…
This volume deals with the beginning of a new era in the theory of strategic management. New concepts and techniques are developed and the fundamentals of the content and the process of strategic management are questioned in depth. Using a resource-based perspective, the concept of core competence allows a proactive construction of competence, perceives competence as spanning multiple businesse…
Provides analysis of 650 jobs, based on 20 years of research using the McClelland/McBer job competence assessment (JCA) methodology. Includes generic job models for entrepreneurs, technical professionals, salespeople, service workers and corporate managers. Defines JCA and describes in detail how to conduct JCA studies. Suggests future directions and uses for competency research. (text from the…
Many companies now recognize that learning through training, development, and knowledge management helps employees strengthen or increase their skills in order to improve or make new products, generate new and innovative ideas, and provide high-quality customer service. Thus, an emphasis on learning through training, development, and knowledge management is no longer in the catego…
The teaching of organization theory and the conduct of organizational research have been dominated by a focus on decision making and the conception of strategic rationality. The rational model, however, ignores the inherent complexity and ambiguity of real-world organizations and their environments. Karl E. Weick's new landmark volume, Sensemaking in Organizations, highlights how the "sensemaki…