Revel for Organizational Behavior: Developing Skills for Managers -- Access Card

by Eric Lamm / Jennifer Tosti-Kharas

• ISBN13: 9780134725147
• ISBN10: 013472514X
• Format: Access Card
• Copyright: 2020-09-01
• Publisher: Pearson Addison Wesley Pearson Addison Wesley

Summary

For courses in organizational behavior.

Solid organizational behavior knowledge students can translate into career-relevant skills
Grounded in research, Revel™ Organizational Behavior: Developing Skills for Managers, 1st Edition teaches students how to succeed in today’s ever-changing business environment. The text uses a theme of change management in its coverage of classic and contemporary organizational behavior concepts and then links them with associated skills.

Revel is Pearson’s newest way of delivering our respected content. Fully digital and highly engaging, Revel replaces the textbook and gives students everything they need for the course. Informed by extensive research on how people read, think, and learn, Revel is an interactive learning environment that enables students to read, practice, and study in one continuous experience — for less than the cost of a traditional textbook.

NOTE: Revel is a fully digital delivery of Pearson content. This ISBN is for the standalone Revel access card. In addition to this access card, you will need a course invite link, provided by your instructor, to register for and use Revel.

Author Biography

Eric Lamm is a Professor of Management in the College of Business at San Francisco State University. Dr. Lamm earned his PhD from the Carroll School of Management at Boston College, and his BA in Politics and Sociology from Brandeis University. His main areas of interest in research and teaching are job attitudes, teams, and organizational change. Dr. Lamm's research has recently appeared in academic outlets including Group and Organization Management, Employee Relations, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies, and Organization & Environment. Together with Dr. Tosti-Kharas, he won the Group and Organization Management Best Micro Paper award in 2013.

Before entering the world of academe, Dr. Lamm learned about organizational change first-hand as the senior speech-writer for the CEO of an international organization in Washington DC, undergoing a full transformation to privatization. His travels for study, work, and pleasure have brought him to over 60 countries across 5 continents — and counting.

Dr. Lamm likes to spend his free time outdoors, watching baseball, and spending time with his two teenage daughters. He has participated in one spicy chicken wing eating contest and tied for 1st Place.

Jennifer Tosti-Kharas is an Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior at Babson College. She earned her PhD in Management from New York University’s Stern School of Business, and her BS in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Tosti- Kharas’s research explores career development, with a particular focus on meaningful work and work as a calling. Her research has been published in outlets such as Personnel Psychology, Academy of Management Perspectives, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Vocational Behavior, and Journal of Career Assessment. Her research on organizational citizenship behavior toward the environment co-authored with Dr. Lamm received the 2013 Best Micro Paper award from Group and Organization Management and her research on calling was recognized with the 2019 Best Overall Paper award from the Careers Division of the Academy of Management.

Before entering academia, Dr. Tosti-Kharas worked as a strategy consultant at Accenture in New York City, specializing in the communications, media, and entertainment industries. She has appeared as a contestant on the television game show Cash Cab, and officiated one marriage.

In her free time, Dr. Tosti-Kharas enjoys skiing, hiking, and seeing live music with her husband and two kids.

Table of Contents

PART 1: INTRODUCTION
1. Identifying OB Skills for Managers

PART 2: WHO ARE YOU? - INCREASING YOUR SELF-AWARENESS
2. Perceiving Information and Making Better Decisions
3. Recognizing Personality Distinctions
4. Identifying Your Individual, Group, and Cultural Values

PART 3: HOW DO YOU WORK? - DEVELOPING YOUR SELF-MANAGEMENT
5. Navigating Your Job Attitudes, Behaviors, and Ethics
6. Advancing in Your Job and Career
7. Managing Your Stress and Time

PART 4: HOW DO YOU WORK WITH OTHERS? - UNDERSTANDING OTHER PEOPLE
8. Developing Communication Skills
9. Developing Team Skills
10. Motivating Others

PART 5: HOW DO YOU GET WHAT YOU WANT? - MANAGING OTHERS
11. Developing Leadership Skills
12. Developing Power and Influence Skills
13. Developing Conflict Management and Negotiation Skills
14. Developing Change Management Skills