Title:
Managing behavior in organizations
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Edition:
6th ed.
Publication Information:
Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson, c2013
Physical Description:
xxi, 481 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
ISBN:
9780132729833
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Summary
Summary
Managing Behavior in Organizations provides a brief tour of the scientific and practical highlights of organizational behavior (OB).
Table of Contents
Preface | p. xiii |
Part I Introduction | p. 1 |
Chapter 1 The Field of Organizational Behavior | p. 2 |
The Field of Organizational Behavior: What's It All About? | p. 4 |
OB Is Responsive to Socioeconomic Conditions | p. 10 |
Historical Overview of the Field of OB | p. 20 |
What Lies Ahead in This Book? | p. 26 |
Chapter 2 Organizational Justice, Ethics, and Corporate Social Responsibility | p. 31 |
Organizational Justice: Fairness Matters | p. 33 |
Ethical Behavior in Organizations: What is It and Why Does It Matter? | p. 40 |
Why Do Some People Behave Unethically, at Least Sometimes? | p. 45 |
Ethics in the International Arena | p. 50 |
Beyond Ethics: Corporate Social Responsibility | p. 54 |
Part II Individual Behavior | p. 65 |
Chapter 3 Individual Processes: Personality, Social Perception, and Learning | p. 66 |
Personality: What Makes Us Each Unique | p. 68 |
Social Perception and Attribution: Understanding and Judging Others | p. 75 |
The Biased Nature of Social Perception | p. 79 |
Learning: Adapting to the World of Work | p. 84 |
Applications of Learning in Organizations | p. 87 |
Chapter 4 Coping with Organizational Life: Emotions and Stress | p. 99 |
Understanding Emotions and Mood | p. 101 |
The Role of Emotions and Mood in Organizations | p. 105 |
Managing Emotions in Organizations | p. 109 |
Stress: Its Basic Nature | p. 112 |
Major Causes of Stress in the Workplace | p. 118 |
Adverse Effects of Organizational Stress | p. 122 |
Reducing Stress: What Can Be Done? | p. 124 |
Chapter 5 Work-Related Attitudes: Prejudice, Job Satisfaction, and Organizational Commitment | p. 137 |
Attitudes: What Are They? | p. 139 |
Prejudice and Discrimination: Negative Attitudes and Behavior Toward Others | p. 141 |
Strategies for Reducing Workplace Prejudice: Managing a Diverse Workforce | p. 145 |
Job Satisfaction: Its Nature and Major Theories | p. 150 |
Job Dissatisfaction: Consequences and Ways to Reduce Them | p. 153 |
Organizational Commitment: Attitudes Toward Companies | p. 159 |
Chapter 6 Motivating People to Work | p. 170 |
What Is Motivation? | p. 172 |
Motivating by Enhancing Fit With an Organization | p. 175 |
Motivating by Setting Goals | p. 177 |
Motivation to Achieve Equity | p. 181 |
Expectancy Theory: Believing You Can Get What You Want | p. 185 |
Part III Group Behavior | p. 201 |
Chapter 7 Interpersonal Behavior in the Workplace: Conflict, Cooperation, Trust, and Deviance | p. 202 |
Psychological Contracts: Our Expectations of Others | p. 205 |
Trust in Working Relationships | p. 207 |
Organizational Citizenship Behavior: Prosocial Behavior That Goes Beyond Formal Job Requirements | p. 211 |
Cooperation: Providing Mutual Assistance | p. 215 |
Conflict: The Inevitable Result of Incompatible Interests | p. 218 |
Deviant Organizational Behavior | p. 224 |
Chapter 8 Organizational Communication | p. 236 |
Communication: Its Basic Nature | p. 238 |
Formal Communication in Organizations | p. 241 |
Informal Communication: Beyond the Organization Chart | p. 245 |
Communicating with and without Words: Verbal and Nonverbal Communication | p. 247 |
Improving Your Communication Skills | p. 252 |
Communication in Today's Global Economy | p. 257 |
Chapter 9 Group Processes and Work Teams | p. 268 |
Groups at Work: Their Basic Nature | p. 270 |
The Basic Building Blocks of Group Dynamics | p. 272 |
Individual Performance in Groups | p. 276 |
Teams: Empowered Work Groups | p. 280 |
Chapter 10 Decisions Making by Individuals and Groups | p. 297 |
A General, Analytical Model of Decision Making | p. 299 |
The Broad Spectrum of Organizational Decisions | p. 301 |
Factors Influencing Individual Decisions in Organizations | p. 304 |
How Are Individual Decisions Made? | p. 309 |
The Imperfect Nature of Individual Decisions | p. 312 |
Group Decisions: Do Too Many Cooks Spoil the Broth? | p. 319 |
Techniques for Improving the Effectiveness of Decisions | p. 323 |
Chapter 11 The Quest for Leadership | p. 333 |
The Nature of Leadership | p. 335 |
The Trait Approach to Leadership: Having the Right Stuff | p. 338 |
Leadership Behavior: What Do Leaders Do? | p. 341 |
Leaders and Followers | p. 346 |
Contingency Theories of Leader Effectiveness | p. 351 |
Leadership Development: Bringing Out the Leader Within You | p. 354 |
Part IV Organizational Processes | p. 365 |
Chapter 12 Organizational Culture, Creativity, and Innovation | p. 366 |
Organizational Culture: Its Basic Nature | p. 368 |
Creating, Transmitting, and Changing Organizational Culture | p. 375 |
Creativity in Individuals and Work Teams | p. 382 |
Promoting Creativity in Organizations | p. 385 |
The Process of Innovation | p. 388 |
Chapter 13 Designing Effective Organizations | p. 400 |
Organizational Structure: The Basic Dimensions of Organizations | p. 402 |
Departmentalization: Ways of Structuring Organizations | p. 409 |
Organizational Design: Coordinating the Structural Elements of Organizations | p. 415 |
Interorganizational Designs: Joining Multiple Organizations | p. 425 |
Chapter 14 Managing Organizational Change: Strategic Planning and Organizational Development | p. 435 |
The Prevalence of Change in Organizations | p. 437 |
The Nature of the Change Process | p. 439 |
Strategic Planning: Deliberate Change | p. 444 |
Resistance to Change: Maintaining the Status Quo | p. 450 |
Organizational Development Interventions: Implementing Planned Change | p. 455 |
Three Critical Questions About Organizational Development | p. 461 |
Company Index | p. 469 |
Name Index | p. 471 |
Subject Index | p. 473 |