Organisational Behaviour

ISBN-13: 9780730314714 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 632 str.

Wood, Jack Maxwell; Zeffane, Rachid M.; Fromholtz, Michele

Opis

Organisational Behaviour: Core Concepts and Applications, Fourth Australasian edition, is the ideal resource for a one–semester Organisational Behaviour course. Fourteen concise, relevant and tightly focused chapters, presented in a highly visual manner, are designed to engage rather than overwhelm students.

Spis treści

PART 1 INTRODUCTION 1

1 What is organisational behaviour? 3

PART 2 MANAGING INDIVIDUAL BEHAVIOUR AND PERFORMANCE 39

2 Individual attributes and their effects on job performance 41

3 Motivation and empowerment 79

4 Learning, reinforcement and self ]management 123

5 Job design, goal setting and flexible work arrangements 163

PART 3 MANAGING GROUP DYNAMICS AND TEAM PERFORMANCE 207

6 Groups and group dynamics 209

7 Teamwork and team building 247

PART 4 MANAGING ORGANISATIONAL PROCESSES AND PERFORMANCE 283

8 Organisational structure and design 285

9 Organisational culture 331

10 Power, politics and influence in organisations 363

11 Leadership 401

12 Decision making 453

13 Communication, conflict and negotiation in organisations 491

14 Organisational change and innovation 527

PART 5 CASE STUDIES 561

1 The Princess Polly story 562

2 Management style and employee management relations 564

3 Manukau Water: it s not only about pipes 567

4 Woolworths: what it DOES take 570

Glossary 573

Index 586