Format:
1 online resource (226 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781444135336
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9781444135343
Series Statement:
360 Degree Business Series
Content:
Clear, concise and written by experts currently lecturing in the field, Organizational Behaviour focuses exclusively on what you need to know to achieve success in your business course and today's global economy
Note:
Cover -- Book title -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Series preface -- Preface -- Guide to the book -- 1 ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR: AN INTRODUCTION -- 1.1 Introduction: the meaning of organizational behaviour -- 1.2 Differing perspectives on organizational behaviour -- 1.3 Theory and practice in organizational behaviour -- 1.4 Levels of organizational behaviour -- 1.5 The employment relationship -- 1.6 Summary -- 2 ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Approaches to organization and management -- 2.3 The classical approach -- 2.4 The human relations approach -- 2.5 The systems approach -- 2.6 Contingency approaches -- 2.7 Other approaches to organization and management -- 2.8 Summary -- 3 THE INDIVIDUAL: PERSONALITY, PERCEPTION AND ATTITUDES -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Individual differences and personality -- 3.3 Type A and Type B personalities -- 3.4 The nomothetic debate and personality testing -- 3.5 The idiographic debate -- 3.6 The 'big five' personality characteristics -- 3.7 Emotional intelligence -- 3.8 Stress and personality -- 3.9 Attitudes, perception and the psychological contract -- 3.10 Summary -- 4 MOTIVATION AND ENGAGEMENT -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 What is motivation? -- 4.3 Content theories of motivation -- 4.4 Process theories of motivation -- 4.5 Employee engagement -- 4.6 Motivating and engaging different generations of employees -- 4.7 Summary -- 5 GROUPS AND TEAMS -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Definitions of a team -- 5.3 Why are teams important? -- 5.4 Types of teams -- 5.5 Stages of team development -- 5.6 Does team size matter? -- 5.7 Team roles -- 5.8 Effective team-working -- 5.9 Team competencies -- 5.10 Summary -- 6 LEADERSHIP -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Leadership and management -- 6.3 Leadership in history: implications for business -- 6.4 Trait theories of leadership -- 6.5 Style approaches
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6.6 Contingency approaches -- 6.7 Recent approaches to leadership -- 6.8 Critical perspectives on leadership -- 6.9 Gender and leadership -- 6.10 Summary -- 7 ORGANIZATIONAL PROCESSES -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Communication -- 7.3 Employee voice -- 7.4 Power in organizations -- 7.5 Management control -- 7.6 Conflict in organizations -- 7.7 Conflict-handling techniques -- 7.8 Summary -- 8 ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGN AND STRUCTURE -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Structure: definitions and importance -- 8.3 Early approaches to organizational design -- 8.4 Key elements of organizational structure -- 8.5 Types of structure -- 8.6 Organizational relationships -- 8.7 A continuum of organizational forms -- 8.8 Contingency approach to organizational structure -- 8.9 Trends and issues in organizational structure -- 8.10 Summary -- 9 ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE AND CHANGE -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 How is organizational culture defined? -- 9.3 Typologies of organizational culture -- 9.4 Change in organizations -- 9.5 Change models -- 9.6 Changing organizational culture -- 9.7 Summary -- 10 CONTEMPORARY TRENDS AND DEVELOPMENTS IN ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Work/life balance -- 10.3 Happiness at work -- 10.4 Soft skills in the workplace -- 10.5 Diversity and women at work -- 10.6 Technology and work -- 10.7 Managing in a global context -- 10.8 Summary -- Glossary -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Answers to Review Questions -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
Additional Edition:
Print version Smith, Paul Organizational Behaviour Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group,c2012 ISBN 9781444135336
Language:
English
Keywords:
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