Organizational Behavior: Tools for Success - Hardcover

Phillips, Jean M; Gully, Stanley M

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0538745762 ISBN 13: 9780538745765

Publisher: South-Western, 2011

Synopsis

Introduce the tools to achieve personal and managerial success with Phillips/Gully's ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR: TOOLS FOR SUCCESS. Written by award-winning instructors, this book uses meaningful, relevant examples within each chapter to help translate today's most recent OB research and significant theory into applicable skills. ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR is ideal for launching or advancing any business career as focused self-assessments, an emphasis on using technology to increase productivity, and innovative decision-making videos clearly demonstrate the immediate value of what you're learning. Discover the impact of OB today on both your personal and professional experiences and career success.

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Review:

PART I: THE ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR CONTEXT. 1. What is Organizational Behavior? 2. Diversity. PART II: INDIVIDUAL EFFECTIVENESS. 3. Individual Differences I: Demographics, Personality, and Intelligence. 4. Individual Differences II: Self-Concept, Learning Styles, and Types of Fit. 5. Attitudes, Values, Moods, and Emotions. 6. Social Perception, Attributions, and Perceived Fairness. 7. Motivating Behavior. PART III: SOCIAL INTERACTIONS. 8. Communicating. 9. Making Decisions. 10. Power, Influence, and Politics. 11. Managing Conflict and Negotiating. PART IV: GROUPS, TEAMS, AND LEADERSHIP. 12. Group Behavior and Effective Teams. 13. Leading. PART V: ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGN, ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE, AND CAREER MANAGEMENT. 14. Organizational Structure and Design. 15. Organizational Culture and Organizational Change. 16. Managing Your Career.

About the Author:

Jean Phillips is a professor of Human Resource Management in the School Labor and Employment Relations at Penn State University. Jean earned her Ph.D. in organizational behavior from Michigan State University. Jean was among the top 5% of published authors in Journal of Applied Psychology and Personnel Psychology during the 1990s, and she received the 2004 Cummings Scholar Award from the Organizational Behavior Division of the Academy of Management. Jean has served on multiple editorial boards of top journals and she has published over 30 research articles. She has authored nine books, including Strategic Staffing (3e, 2014), Organizational Behavior (2e, 2013), Human Resource Management (2013), Managing Now (2008), and the five-book Staffing Strategically (2012) series for the Society for Human Resource Management. Jean was also the founding co-editor of the Organizational Behavior/Human Resource Management series for Business Expert Press. She has taught classroom and hybrid classroom/online courses in strategic human resource management, organizational behavior, staffing, and teams and leadership in the United States, Iceland, and Singapore. Her research interests focus on recruitment and staffing, leadership and team effectiveness, and linking organizational survey results to business outcomes.

About this edition

• Publisher: South-Western
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0538745762
• ISBN 13: 9780538745765
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 563