Organizational Behavior

This volume explores the changing nature of community in modern corporations. Community within and between firms - the fabric of trust so essential to contemporary business - has long been based on loyalty. This loyalty has been largely destroyed by...

Many streams of research in organization and management have criticized the mainstream view of organizations as decision-making and information-processing structures, controlled through rational representations (substantive or procedural rationality). In...

Face, Harmony, and Social Structure continues author P. Christopher Earley's investigations of the differences among people within organizations in different cultures. In this study, Earley develops a mid-range theory of individual behaviour,...

This book is a bridge between the technical literature of administrative theory and philosophical discourse. It is needed because an adequate axiology (value theory) of administration is ignored by the former and lacking in the latter. That value theory...

This volume unifies central parts of organization and management theory that have thus far been fragmented and unconnected. It integrates prior research on organizational types and transitions, and also spawns a number of incipient theories about...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781576754559Author Barry OshryFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Berrett-KoehlerPublisher Berrett-KoehlerWeight(grams) 1gDimensions(mm) 90mm * 74mm * 8mm

With emphasis on actually implementing organizational interventions in a variety of cultures and climates, this nuts-and-bolts guide covers all the bases. It not only provides readers with expert advice on confronting the variables that effect a broad...

This book is an up-to-the-minute survey of best practice showing companies how to achieve excellence through quality by effecting a total transformation of the way they do business. Total quality management is about people and attitudes, rather than...

Philosophies of Organizational Change explains the assumptions that drive different perspectives on organizational change management. The book describes and examines the myriad philosophical interpretations of change, revealing how and why managers...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780367653026Author Kathryn WaddingtonImprint RoutledgePublisher Taylor & Francis Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781977257857Author Andre Naude Ph DFormat PaperbackPage Count 210Imprint Outskirts PressPublisher Outskirts PressWeight(grams) 313g

This book shows how to make the most of time management in the workplace: how to plan ahead and get started, and how to deal with all the interruptions and distractions that crop up along the way. It covers the key components of time management including...

A presentation and synthesis of the research on what it takes to design an effective organization.Book InformationISBN 9780138541910Author Henry MintzbergFormat PaperbackPage Count 12Imprint PearsonPublisher Pearson Education (US)Weight(grams) 395g

This is a very readable introductory textbook for the study of human behaviour at work, giving a well-balanced and comprehensive coverage of the field. New to this edition: This second edition has been updated with new material in such topical areas as...

As the US faced its lowest levels of reported trust in government, the COVID-19 crisis revealed the essential service that various federal agencies provide as sources of information. This Element explores variations in trust across various levels of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780986194214Author John J PattersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 178Imprint Spring Branch Farm, LLCPublisher Spring Branch Farm, LLCWeight(grams) 245g

Management and Organization: A Critical Text reveals a rethinking and reframing of the core issues at the heart of management studies. Keeping practice firmly in mind, this text provides a challenging yet accessible introduction for advanced...

This textbook provides a clear and readable introduction to the subject. It deals with organizational design, its contribution to performance, and the problems and issues involved in organizational change. This text assumes little academic knowledge,...

'It is very well organised in terms of the relevant theories, research, case studies of appropriate companies and plenty of quotes from leading chief executive officers and others in leadership roles...As a text for undergraduates or postgraduates, it is...

This third edition is designed in a user friendly format with 25 chapters instead of the previous 12, making the content more accessible, "bite sized" and student friendly, substantially revising and extending chapters. The text includes debates on...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780955249402Author Clive BevanFormat HardbackPage Count 112Imprint New EraPublisher New Era

Organizational behaviour affects all of us, every single day. But do your students struggle to see the subject's relevance? Do they have difficulty going beyond its most commonplace theories? Do they wonder how it will help them in their future career?...

Written with both a European and US emphasis this innovative and comprehensive text covers a wide spectrum of organizational behaviour topics. It includes a unique range of levels of analysis, covering everything from the individual to multinationals...

The source of competitive advantage has shifted in many organizations from reliability to innovation and flexibility. But what does it take for an organization that innovates to then manage effectively? In this follow-up to Built to Change, Ed Lawler...

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Management Control and Organizational Behaviour provides an introduction to the understanding of human behaviour in work and organizations, by considering the key issue of management control. Management control is used as a vehicle for considering the...

This hands-on guide--for planning, diagnosing, implementing, and evaluating organization development interventions--gives scientifically based information, tools, suggestions, and guidelines for those who must manage the human side of change. In...

Essential reading for all those concerned with contemporary theorizing of organization, this important and thought-provoking volume explores the implications of postmodernist/poststructuralist thinking for organizations and organizational analysis. ...

Mindfulness techniques, having long played an important role in contemplative traditions around the world, are now recognized as having the potential to transform workplaces. As interest in the role of mindfulness in organizational settings continues to...

What if organization's pursued something other than an economic agenda? It may appear on the surface that this is a naive question, but it is a fundamental question about the role of organizations in our society. Why has the capitalist profit and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781631577741Author Carrie FosterFormat PaperbackPage Count 170Imprint Business Expert PressPublisher Business Expert PressWeight(grams) 236g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781039190283Author Teresa A DeygooFormat PaperbackPage Count 150Imprint FriesenPressPublisher FriesenPressWeight(grams) 227g

This book studies the evolution in human thought, action, and behavior as a result of the 2008 financial crisis and the Covid-19 crisis. Through the presentation and analysis of data, as recorded for at least a decade, and using the Greek economy as a...

This book studies the evolution in human thought, action, and behavior as a result of the 2008 fi nancial crisis and the Covid-19 crisis. Through the presentation and analysis of data, as recorded for at least a decade, and using the Greek economy as a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781953183439Author Van Lai-DumoneFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Thin Leaf PressPublisher Thin Leaf PressWeight(grams) 172g

By analyzing the cases of 129 successful women entrepreneurs, the authors of Paths to Success explore the reasons for the rising number and success of women entrepreneurs in the United States. The authors consider: the driving forces which led the women...

This book is concerned with the management of organisational change. It focuses on Cadbury Ltd and provides an in-depth study of change within this famous British company. Cadbury Ltd is famous for its pioneering personnel management. One of the purposes...