Organizational Behavior with Student CD-ROM and OLC card

by Kinicki, Angelo

• ISBN13: 9780073138336
• ISBN10: 0073138339
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-01-12
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Irwin

Summary

In addition to facilitating active learning, Organizational Behavior: Key Concepts, Skills & Best Practices meets the needs of those instructors looking for a brief, paperback text for their OB course, who do not want to sacrifice content or pedagogy. This book provides lean and efficient coverage of topics such as diversity in organizations, ethics, and globalization, which are recommended by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). Timely chapter-opening vignettes, interactive exercises integrated into each chapter, four-color presentation, lively writing style, captioned color photos, cartoons, and real-world in-text examples make Organizational Behavior: Key Concepts, Skills & Best Practices the right choice for today's business/management student. The topical flow of this 16-chapter text goes from micro (individuals) to macro (groups, teams, and organizations). Mixing and matching chapters and topics within chapters in various combinations is possible and encouraged to create optimum teaching/learning experiences.

Table of Contents

Kinicki/Kreitner: Organizational Behavior: Key Concepts, Skills & Best Practices, 2/e

Brief Contents

Part One Managing People in a Global Economy

Chapter One Needed: People-Centered Managers and Workplaces

Chapter Two Organizational Culture, Socialization, and Mentoring

Chapter Three Developing Global Managers

Part Two Managing Individuals

Chapter Four Understanding Social Perception and Managing Diversity

Chapter Five Appreciating Individual Differences: Self-Concept, Personality, Emotions

Chapter Six Motivation I: Needs, Job Design, Intrinsic Motivation, and Satisfaction

Chapter Seven Motivation II: Equity, Expectancy, and Goal Setting

Chapter Eight Improving Performance with Feedback, Rewards, and Positive Reinforcement

Part Three Making Decisions and Managing Social Processes

Chapter Nine Making Decisions

Chapter Ten Effective Groups and Teamwork

Chapter Eleven Managing Conflict and Negotiating

Part Four Managing Organizational Processes

Chapter Twelve Communicating in the Internet Age

Chapter Thirteen Influence, Power, and Politics: An Organizational Survival Kit

Chapter Fourteen Leadership

Part Five Managing Evolving Organizations

Chapter Fifteen Designing Effective Organizations

Chapter Sixteen Managing Change and Organizational Learning

Endnotes

Glossary

Index