ABSTRACT

This book offers a fresh and comprehensive approach to the essentials that constitute the discipline of organizational behaviour with a strong emphasis on the application of organizational behaviour and performance management in practice.

 

It concentrates on the development of effective patterns of behaviour, values and attitudes, and relates these issues to effective organization performance in times of organizational and environmental change and turbulence. The book is divided into four parts, providing a clear structure for the study of the subject:

 

  • Part One: The context of organizational behaviour
  • Part Two: The disciplines of organizational behaviour
  • Part Three: Organizational behaviour in practice
  • Part Four: Organizational behaviour – expertise and application

 

Organizational Behaviour is packed with references to current topics, practical examples and case studies from large corporations from around the world, including Ryanair, The Body Shop and RBS. This book covers examples of both good and bad practice, making it an interesting and unique introduction to the study of organizational behaviour.

part 1|58 pages

The context of organizational behaviour

chapter 1|7 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|26 pages

Organizations and their environment

chapter 3|23 pages

Change

part 2|276 pages

The disciplines of organizational behaviour

chapter 4|22 pages

Perception

chapter 5|24 pages

Attitudes, values and beliefs

chapter 6|18 pages

Ethics

chapter 7|25 pages

Motivation

chapter 8|22 pages

Communication

chapter 9|24 pages

Influence, power and authority

chapter 10|24 pages

Realpolitik

chapter 11|24 pages

Conflict

chapter 12|19 pages

Teams and groups

chapter 13|25 pages

Influences on the nature of work

Personality, roles and performance

chapter 14|23 pages

Technology

chapter 15|24 pages

Culture

part 3|97 pages

Organizational behaviour in practice

chapter 16|22 pages

Leadership

chapter 17|24 pages

Organization and management development

chapter 18|28 pages

Organization structure and design

part 4|130 pages

Organizational behaviour – expertise and application

chapter 20|20 pages

The nature of general management

chapter 21|26 pages

Strategy

chapter 22|24 pages

Operations management

chapter 23|17 pages

The nature of workplace behaviour

chapter 24|22 pages

Stress and its management

chapter 25|19 pages

Managing for the future