For courses in Small Business Management, Entrepreneurship, New Venture Creation, and New Venture Management. The tools to launch a new venture and the knowledge for entrepreneurial success. With a practical, “hands on” approach to entrepreneurship, this text aims to provide students with the knowledge and tools they need to launch a business so that it has the greatest chance for succe…
IBM reports $15 billion of annualnew revenues from 22 EmergingBusiness Opportunities. In 2008, $4 billion in revenues fromcompanywide innovation efforts allowedWhirlpool to maintain its top line, despiteglobal recession and the steep dropin housing markets. A DuPont business group leader,Ellen Kullman, backed an ambitious newbusiness creation program and laterbecame DuPont’s CEO. Eac…
Part 1 Introduction to Organizational BehaviorChapter 1 What Organizational Behavior?Chapter 2 Job PerformanceChapter 3 Organizational CommitmentPart 2 Individual MechanismsChapter 4 Job SatisfactionChapter 5 StressChapter 6 MotivationChapter 7 Trust, Justice, EthicsChapter 8 Learning and Decision MakingPart 3 Individual CharacteristicsChapter 9 Personality and Cultural ValuesChapter 10 Ability…
Optimizing staff performance is a key component of achieving outstanding business results. The new edition of Armstrong's Handbook of Performance Management is an essential companion for improving employee and organizational performance. From performance pay and giving feedback to managing underperformers, this handbook addresses all areas of performance management to enable students and pra…
This book connects competencies, business and people, with that of the human resources functioning and people challenges in an organizational context. The book is wide in its detail as it covers many aspects of competency mapping processes, work plans, connecting competencies to HR processes and establishes in detail as assessment and development center. It also provides a large number of tool…
Gain a better understanding of how human resources impacts both individuals and organizations with this market-leading, practical text. Snell/Morris/Bohlander's popular MANAGING HUMAN RESOURCES, 17TH EDITION builds upon a foundation of research and theory with an inviting, practical framework that focuses on today's most critical HR issues and current practices. The book's engaging writing styl…