Organizations : behavior, structure, processes

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Organizations : behavior, structure, processes

James L. Gibson, John M. Ivancevich, James H. Donnelly, Jr

Irwin, c2000

10th ed., international ed

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Bibliography: p. [482]-509

Includes indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Description

A theme throughout this text is that effective management of organizational behaviour requires an understanding of theory, research, and practice. It illustrates how organizational behaviour theory leads to research and how theory and research provide the foundations for practical applications.

Table of Contents

  • Part 1 Introduction: managing effective and ethical organizational behaviour
  • cultural influences on organizational behaviour
  • globalization issues related to organizational behaviour. Part 2 Behaviour within organizations: the individual - individual differences and diversity
  • content explanations of motivation in organizations
  • rewards obtained through organized behaviour. Part 3 Behaviour within organizations: groups and interpersonal influence -group behaviour and teamwork
  • inter-group behaviour and team-building
  • realities of power and politics
  • basic explanations of effective leadership practice
  • advanced explanations for effective leadership practice. Part 4 The structure and design of organizations: the structural anatomy of organizations
  • designing effective jobs in the global era
  • designing effective organizations in the global era. Part 5 The processes of organizations: managing effective communication processes
  • managing effective decision-making processes
  • managing effective change and renewal processes, appendix: research methods in organizational behaviour.

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Details

  • NCID
    BA54472528
  • ISBN
    • 0071169504
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Boston
  • Pages/Volumes
    xxi, 522 p.
  • Size
    27 cm
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