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Organizational behavior / Robert Kreitner, Angelo Kinicki.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Boston : McGraw-Hill/Irwin, c2010.Edition: Angelo KinickiDescription: xxxii, 126 p. : ill., (chiefly col.) ;oi 26 cmISBN:
  • 9780070182615
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 658.3   22
Contents:
Part 1: The World of Organizational Behavior -- Chapter 1: Organizational Behavior: The Quest for People-Centered Organizations and Ethical Conduct -- Chapter 2: Managing Diversity: Releasing Every Employee?s Potential -- Chapter 3: Organizational Culture, Socialization, and Mentoring -- Chapter 4:International OB: Managing across Cultures -- Part 2: Individual Behavior in Organizations -- Chapter 5: Key Individual Differences and the Road to Success -- Chapter 6: Values, Attitudes, Job Satisfaction, and Counterproductive Work Behaviors -- Chapter 7: Social Perception and Attributions -- Chapter 8: Foundations of Motivation -- Chapter 9: Improving Job Performance with Goals, Feedback, Rewards, and Positive Reinforcement -- Part 3: Group and Social Processes -- Chapter 10: Group Dynamics -- Chapter 11: Developing and Leading Effective Teams -- Chapter 12: Individual and Group Decision-Making -- Chapter 13: Managing Conflict and Negotiating -- Part 4: Organizational Processes -- Chapter 14: Communicating in the Digital Age -- Chapter 15: Influence Tactics, Empowerment, and Politics -- Chapter 16: Leadership -- Chapter 17: Organizational Design, Effectiveness, and Innovation -- Chapter 18: Managing Change and Stress -- Learning Modules (OLC) -- Learning Module A (Web): Self-Management: A Social Learning Model -- Learning Module B (Web): Performance Appraisal -- Learning Module C (Web): Additional Leadership Models -- Learning Module D (Web): Research Methods in OB
Summary: New! Latest research and practices including 898 source material references dated 2008 and 487 dated 2009. The author team that set the precedent for timely and relevant content continues to deliver what we have come to expect. The very latest research and topical coverage, along with up-to-date examples and applications, resonate throughout the Ninth Edition. New Discussions include the following: alternatives to layoffs at people-centered organizations, sustainability and ?outgreening? competitors,? power naps at work, employee engagement, how stereotype threats influence behavior, telecommuting benefits and problems, implicit leadership theory, four-step process for creating a learning infrastructure, how organizational narcissism affects organizational decline. Workplace Diversity: Chapter 2- Thorough coverage is evident with an entire chapter dedicated to workplace diversity with additional coverage woven throughout the text: many in-text examples and many Real World/Real People features are devoted to this vital topic. Instructor?s will need to obtain copies of the television show episodes on their own. You can buy this for them! Instructor?s Guide to using NBC?s ?The Office? contains teaching notes and suggested use of select episodes from the popular television show along with discussion questions and answers. Selected shows highlight specific scenes that are linked to OB topics.
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Includes indexes.

Part 1: The World of Organizational Behavior -- Chapter 1: Organizational Behavior: The Quest for People-Centered Organizations and Ethical Conduct -- Chapter 2: Managing Diversity: Releasing Every Employee?s Potential -- Chapter 3: Organizational Culture, Socialization, and Mentoring -- Chapter 4:International OB: Managing across Cultures -- Part 2: Individual Behavior in Organizations -- Chapter 5: Key Individual Differences and the Road to Success -- Chapter 6: Values, Attitudes, Job Satisfaction, and Counterproductive Work Behaviors -- Chapter 7: Social Perception and Attributions -- Chapter 8: Foundations of Motivation -- Chapter 9: Improving Job Performance with Goals, Feedback, Rewards, and Positive Reinforcement -- Part 3: Group and Social Processes -- Chapter 10: Group Dynamics -- Chapter 11: Developing and Leading Effective Teams -- Chapter 12: Individual and Group Decision-Making -- Chapter 13: Managing Conflict and Negotiating -- Part 4: Organizational Processes -- Chapter 14: Communicating in the Digital Age -- Chapter 15: Influence Tactics, Empowerment, and Politics -- Chapter 16: Leadership -- Chapter 17: Organizational Design, Effectiveness, and Innovation -- Chapter 18: Managing Change and Stress -- Learning Modules (OLC) -- Learning Module A (Web): Self-Management: A Social Learning Model -- Learning Module B (Web): Performance Appraisal -- Learning Module C (Web): Additional Leadership Models -- Learning Module D (Web): Research Methods in OB

New! Latest research and practices including 898 source material references dated 2008 and 487 dated 2009. The author team that set the precedent for timely and relevant content continues to deliver what we have come to expect. The very latest research and topical coverage, along with up-to-date examples and applications, resonate throughout the Ninth Edition. New Discussions include the following: alternatives to layoffs at people-centered organizations, sustainability and ?outgreening? competitors,? power naps at work, employee engagement, how stereotype threats influence behavior, telecommuting benefits and problems, implicit leadership theory, four-step process for creating a learning infrastructure, how organizational narcissism affects organizational decline. Workplace Diversity: Chapter 2- Thorough coverage is evident with an entire chapter dedicated to workplace diversity with additional coverage woven throughout the text: many in-text examples and many Real World/Real People features are devoted to this vital topic. Instructor?s will need to obtain copies of the television show episodes on their own. You can buy this for them! Instructor?s Guide to using NBC?s ?The Office? contains teaching notes and suggested use of select episodes from the popular television show along with discussion questions and answers. Selected shows highlight specific scenes that are linked to OB topics.

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