Organizational Behavior: Key Concepts, Skills & Best Practices

4. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-07-338141-1
Verlag: MCGRAW HILL BOOK CO

Buch, Englisch, 512 Seiten, Format (B × H): 201 mm x 251 mm, Gewicht: 885 g

In addition to facilitating active learning, Organizational Behavior: Key Concepts, Skills & Best Practices meets the needs of those instructors looking for a brief, paperback text for their OB course, who do not want to sacrifice content or pedagogy. This book provides lean and efficient coverage of topics such as diversity in organizations, ethics, and globalization, which are recommended by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) and the Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP). Timely chapter-opening vignettes, interactive exercises integrated into each chapter, practical boxes titled “Skills & Best Practices,” four-color presentation, lively writing style, captioned color photos, cartoons, and real-world in-text examples make Organizational Behavior: Key Concepts, Skills & Best Practices the right choice for today’s business/management student. The topical flow of this 16-chapter text goes from micro (individuals) to macro (groups, teams, and organizations). Mixing and matching chapters and topics within chapters in various combinations is possible and encouraged to create optimum teaching/learning experiences.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kinicki, Angelo

Kreitner, Robert

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Organisationstheorie, Organisationssoziologie, Organisationspsychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part One: Managing People in a Global EconomyChapter One: Needed: People-Centered Managers and Workplaces Ethics Learning Module: Fines and Jail Time Await Unethical Contractors and U.S. OfficialsChapter Two: Organizational Culture, Socialization, and Mentoring Chapter Three: Developing Global Managers Part Two: Managing IndividualsChapter Four: Understanding Social Perception and Managing DiversityChapter Five: Appreciating Individual Differences: Self-Concept, Personality, Attitudes, and Emotions Chapter Six: Motivation I: Needs, Job Design, and Satisfaction Chapter Seven: Motivation II: Equity, Expectancy, and Goal Setting Chapter Eight: Improving Performance with Feedback, Rewards, and Positive Reinforcement Part Three: Making Decisions and Managing Social ProcessesChapter Nine: Effective Groups and TeamworkChapter Ten: Making DecisionsChapter Eleven: Managing Conflict and Negotiating Part Four: Managing Organizational ProcessesChapter Twelve: Communicating in the Digital Age Chapter Thirteen: Influence, Power, and Politics: An Organizational Survival Kit Chapter Fourteen: Leadership Fourteenrt Five: Managing Evolving OrganizationsChapter Fifteen: Designing Effective Organizations Chapter Sixteen: Managing Change and Organizational Learning

Über Autor(innen)

Kreitner, Robert
Senior Lecturer in Management at Arizona State university. He is a popular speaker who has addressed a diverse array of audiences worldwide on topics including the 21st century workplace.

Kinicki, Angelo
Professor of management at Arizona State University. He received the Instructor of the Year Award for executive Education from the center for executive development in the college of business administration at ASU.