Overview

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.""Students relate to this textbook...they thank me for choosing this book; they say it's a book they will hold onto for future use!""Kathleen M Foldvary, Harper College

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Author:   Angelo Kinicki ,  Mel Fugate
Publisher:   McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Imprint:   McGraw-Hill Professional
Edition:   5th edition
Dimensions:   Width: 20.30cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.900kg
ISBN:  

9780078137204

ISBN 10:   0078137209
Pages:   528
Publication Date:   16 December 2011
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Replaced By:   0078112605
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Awaiting stock  

Table of Contents

Part I: Managing People Within the External and Organizational ContextChapter 1 - Needed: People-Centered Managers and WorkplacesChapter 2 - Organizational Culture, Socialization, and MentoringChapter 3 - Developing Global ManagersPart II: Managing Individual Level FactorsChapter 4 - Understanding Social Perception and Managing DiversityChapter 5 - Appreciating Individual Differences: Intelligence, Ability, Personality, Core Self-Evaluations, Attitudes, and EmotionsChapter 6 - Motivation I: Needs, Job Design, and SatisfactionChapter 7 - Motivation II: Equity, Expectancy, and Goal SettingChapter 8 - Improving Performance with Feedback, Rewards, and Positive ReinforcementPart III: Managing Group Level Factors and Social ProcessesChapter 9 - Effective Groups and TeamworkChapter 10 - Making DecisionsChapter 11 - Managing Conflict and NegotiatingChapter 12 - Communicating in the Digital AgeChapter 13 - Influence, Power, and Politics: An Organizational Survival KitPart IV: Managing for Organizational EffectivenessChapter 14 - LeadershipChapter 15 - Designing Effective OrganizationsChapter 16 - Managing Change and Creating a Learning Organization

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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.

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