Organizational Behaviour - Daniel King

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Résumé :
This brand new textbook on organizational behaviour features a fictional running case study to help students see how theory translates into practice in a familiar setting. Covering all the organizational behaviour topics a new student needs to know, and packed with real-life examples, this innovative approach truly brings the subject to life.

Biographie:
Dr Daniel King is Senior Lecturer in the Division Human Resource Management at Nottingham Trent University where he teaches Organizational Behaviour to undergraduates and doctoral students. He has taught for a number of years in the UK, Hong Kong and Singapore. He received his PhD from the University of Manchester and has a masters in Research Methodology and a degree in Business Studies from the University of Derby. His research focuses on critical management studies and the third sector and its application of alternative practices and ways of managing. He has run third sector organizations and been involved in a number of community action projects. In his spare time he is interested in eco-building and sustainability. ; Dr Scott Lawley is a Senior Lecturer in the Division of Human Resource Management at Nottingham Trent University. He teaches and researches in Organizational Behaviour and critical management studies, and has widespread of experience of course design and delivery at a

Sommaire:
1 Introducing Organizational Behaviour: Transitions and New Beginnings; Part One: The Rational Organization; 2 Rational Organizational Design and Bureaucracy: Everything in its Right Place; 3 Rational Work Design: Cutting Costs, Increasing Control; 4 Rationalization in Contemporary Organizations: Our Lives in Boxes; Part Two: Managing Groups and Teams; 5 Discovering the Social Organization: The Hawthorne Studies; 6 Teams and Groups: From Managing the Individual to Managing the Collective; 7 Organizational Culture: The Hidden Side of the Organization; Part Three: Managing the Individual; 8 Personality and Individual differences: A Measurable Phenomenon?; 9 Motivation and Meaning: More than Maslow; 10 Knowledge and Learning: Developing the Individual, Developing the Organization; Part Four: Managing the Organization; 11 Changing the Organization: Planning and Emergence; 12 Leadership: Who's at the Top?; 13 Power and Politics: The Murky World of Organizational Life; Part Five: Contemporary Trends; 14 Information, Communication and Technology: Organizations in the Internet Era; 15 The Service and Leisure Economies: Organizations as an Experience, Work as a Performance; 16 Globalization: Managing Between the Global and the Local; 17 Corporate Social Responsibility: Can Businesses Act Sustainability, Ethically and Responsibly?; 18 Conclusion: Fond Farewells