Managing Behavior in Organizations: United States Edition - Softcover

Greenberg, Jerald

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0131447467 ISBN 13: 9780131447462

Publisher: Pearson, 2004

Synopsis

For undergraduate and MBA courses in Organizational Behavior and Industrial/Organizational Psychology.

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 students really need to know. It offers instructors the ultimate in flexibility, enabling them to decide whether to use a case method, an experiential approach, a seminar format, distance learning, or a traditional series of lectures; it allows students to understand and appreciate the essentials of OB as a practical and scientific field.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

In just 14 chapters, Jerald Greenberg offers up-to-date coverage of the major organizational behavior topics!

This new edition of Managing Behavior in Organizations helps students understand organizational behavior, its current theories and their value to modern organizational practice.

Look for these features in the new edition:

• "Making the Case for..." are brief opening cases in each chapter that illustrate the importance of the particular topic in an organization.
• Two new chapters including Chapter 3-"Personality, Feelings, and Stress" and Chapter 6-"Interpersonal Behavior in the Workplace"
• "Winning Practices"is a box included in each chapter that describes how organizational behavior principles were applied in a way that helped an organization improve.
• End of chapter elements including self-assessment exercises, group exercises, and "You Be the Consultant" mini cases.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0131447467
• ISBN 13: 9780131447462
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 528