ISBN:
9780273752660
,
0273752669
Language:
English
Pages:
334 pages
,
illustrations
,
23 cm
Edition:
11th edition, global edition
DDC:
302.35
Keywords:
Textbooks
Abstract:
"For one-semester undergraduate and graduate level courses in Organizational Behavior. Concise fundamentals for students. Ultimate flexibility for instructors. This bestselling, brief alternative for the OB course covers all the key concepts needed to understand, predict, and respond to the behavior of people in real-world organizations. This text also includes cutting-edge topics and streamlined pedagogy to allow maximum flexibility in designing and shaping your course. The eleventh edition contains expanded and updated coverage on international issues, as well as new sections on the management of information, safety and emotions at work, risk aversion, self-determination theory, managing information, and downsizing."
Description / Table of Contents:
Preface -- About the authors -- PROLOGUE : Introduction to organizational behavior -- THE INDIVIDUAL IN THE ORGANIZATION : Attitudes and job satisfaction ; Emotion and moods ; Personality and values ; Perception and individual decision making ; Motivation concepts ; Motivation : from concept to application -- GROUPS IN THE ORGANIZATION : Foundations of group behavior ; Understanding work teams ; Communication ; Leadership ; Power and politics ; Conflict and negotiation -- THE ORGANIZATION SYSTEM : Foundations of organization structure ; Organizational culture ; Organizational change and stress management -- Epilogue -- Endnotes -- Glindex
Note:
EDITORIAL NOTE: authorized adaptation from the US 11th edition, ©2012 (ISBN 9780132545303). -- Title page verso
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EDITORIAL NOTE: previous edition: ©2009
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