Managing Behavior in Organizations FROM THE PUBLISHER
This excellent paperback provides a brief, yet comprehensive tour of the scientific and practical highlights of organizational behavior (OB). It gets right to the point by focusing on essential concepts and practices that those in business really need to know. It allows readers to understand and appreciate the essentials of OB as a practical and scientific field by providing a good balance between research/theory and practical applications for the concepts presented. A long list of cutting-edge topics are covered in this easy-to-understand, conversationally-written book. It includes integrated coverage of Internet/Web-based organizational behavior concepts with special treatment of e-commerce, and includes practical tips and suggestions telling readers how to apply OB in their own jobs. Coverage includes: individual behavior, group behavior, and organizational processes. A especially handy reference for practicing managers and executives in corporate training programs.
SYNOPSIS
Greenberg (business, Ohio State U.) presents the third edition of this textbook for undergraduate and graduate students, and for practicing managers and executives in corporate training programs, on the essentials of organizational behavior. The third edition includes two new chapters, one on personality, feelings and stress, and the other on interpersonal behavior in the workplace. A broad range of new topics have been added throughout the previous text, including social identity theory, knowledge capital, procedural justice, employee loyalty, career coaches, communicating in a global economy and a multilingual workforce, virtual teams, divergent thinking, toxic organizational cultures, affiliate networks, and strategic planning.
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