Organizational Behavior : Securing Competitive Advantage

by Wagner, John A

• ISBN13: 9780138598105
• ISBN10: 013859810X
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-08-01
• Publisher: Prentice Hall

Summary

Learn how to get the upper hand in corporate America! ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR: SECURING COMPETATIVE ADVANTAGE shows you how, by using a little applied psychology, you can outsmart and outmaneuver the competition. Using the latest data and theory, this organizational behavior textbook is the perfect combination of academic and real-world expertise. This is the textbook you?ll continue to use long after you graduate.

Table of Contents

PART I - INTRODUCTION	1	(22)
Chapter 1 Organizational Behavior and Competitive Advantage	1	(22)
PART II - MICRO ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR	23	(108)
Chapter 2 Managing Diversity and Individual Differences	23	(26)
Chapter 3 Perception, Decision Making, and Creativity	49	(28)
Chapter 4 Motivation and High Performance Work Systems	77	(28)
Chapter 5 Satisfaction and Stress in the Workplace	105	(26)
PART III - MESO ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR	131	(114)
Chapter 6 Efficiency, Empowerment, and Quality in Work Design	131	(30)
Chapter 7 Interdependence and Role Relationships	161	(26)
Chapter 8 Group Dynamics and Team Effectiveness	187	(32)
Chapter 9 Leadership of Groups and Organizations	219	(26)
PART IV - MACRO ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR	245	(122)
Chapter 10 Power, Conflict, and Negotiation	245	(26)
Chapter 11 Structuring the Organization	271	(30)
Chapter 12 Organization Design	301	(34)
Chapter 13 Culture, Change, and Organization Development	335	(32)
PART V - EXPANDING COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE	367
Chapter 14 International Organizational Behavior	367	(28)
Chapter 15 Thinking Critically about Organizational Behavior	395