Organizational Behavior : A Strategic Approach

by Michael A. Hitt (Texas A&M Univ.); C. Chet Miller (Wake Forest University ); Adrienne Collela

• ISBN13: 9780470086971
• ISBN10: 0470086971
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-10-01
• Publisher: WILEY

Summary

People are what power organizational performance, competitive advantage, and long-term financial success. Best-selling author Michael Hitt, together with co-authors C. Chet Miller and Adrienne Colella, have written an Organizational Behavior text that helps students understand how Organizational Behavior relates to organizational performance.The author's strategic approach is a unique framework for studying Organizational Behavior. This approach connects Organizational Behavior to Organizational Performance and shows how the behavior of individuals in organizations drives performance.No other OB book has this organizing framework. Hitt/Miller/Colella's strategic approach provides a big-picture framework that helps students appreciate and understand the value of OB to organizational performance and to their future careers.

Table of Contents

A strategic approach to organizational behavior	p. 2
Organizational diversity	p. 36
Organizational behavior in a global context	p. 72
Learning and perception	p. 108
Personality, intelligence, attitudes, and emotions	p. 143
Work motivation	p. 184
Stress and well-being	p. 222
Leadership	p. 254
Communication	p. 291
Decision making by individuals and groups	p. 328
Groups and teams	p. 366
Conflict, negotiation, power, and politics	p. 401
Organizational structure and culture	p. 440
Organizational change and development	p. 482
Glossary	p. 520
Organization index	p. 528
Name index	p. 531
Subject index	p. 545
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