Kategoria BISAC: Psychology >> Industrial & Organizational Psychology

The third edition of a bestseller, Human Safety and Risk Management: A Psychological Perspective incorporates a decade of new research and development to provide you with a comprehensive and contemporary guide to the psychology of risk and workplace safety. A major enhancement is reflected in the new subtitle for the book, A Psychological Perspective, which highlights both the expertise of the authors and also confirms the predominantly psychological orientation of the revised text.

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Over recent years, many companies have developed an awareness of the importance of an active, rather than passive, approach to wellbeing at work. Whilst the value of this approach is widely accepted, turning theory into effective practice is still a challenge for many companies.

The Routledge Companion to Wellbeing at Work is a comprehensive reference volume addressing every aspect of the topic. Split into five parts, it explores different models of wellbeing; personal qualities contributing to wellbeing; job insecurity and organizational wellbeing; workplace supports for...

This book by Peter Bendek presents a strong case against the current practice of business operations improvement, based on numerous studies from the business world as well as insights from the most prestigious authors of the last fifty years. The author contests the applicability and indeed the relevance of the Toyota Production System and its spin-offs to the Western context, claiming that a revised approach is much better suited to taking our specific cultural conditions into account, while also combining increased transparency, speed, and sustainability of change with a robust...

This is a new edition of Sandra Dawson's successful introductory textbook for students, in engineering, business studies, marketing, accounting, administration, and management who would like to improve their understanding of organizations. Fully revised and updated and assuming no prior knowledge of the subject, the book presents illustrated examples drawn from the author's research and industrial consultancy to identify and discuss organizations in terms of five key characteristics--people, interest groups, structure and culture, technology, and the environment--and the processes of power...

This book discusses social psychological research in organizations and illustrates the implications of this research for organizational theory and practice. The book focuses on the relationship of man to the organization in which he works; his sense of satisfaction, involvement, feelings of identification or loyalty, conflicts, and tensions - as well as his effort in support of, or opposition to, the formally defined goals of the organization.

Keine andere Wirtschafts- und Gesellschaftstheorie beherrscht die Tagespolitik, aber auch die Medienoffentlichkeit und das Alltagsbewusstsein von Millionen Menschen fast auf der ganzen Welt so stark wie die neoliberale. Die vorliegende Publikation versteht sich als kritische Einfuhrung in den Neoliberalismus, skizziert seine okonomische Grundlagen und stellt verschiedene Denkschulen vor. Anschliessend werden die Folgen neoliberaler Politik fur Sozialstaat und Demokratie behandelt, etwa im Hinblick auf Massnahmen zur Privatisierung offentlicher Unternehmen, staatlicher Aufgaben und...

Interventionsforschung Band 2 bietet einen Einblick in die Vielfalt transdisziplinarer Forschungsprojekte, deren Anliegen, Prozesse sowie Wirkungspotentiale. Das Buch bietet ein Spektrum an empirischen Forschungsergebnissen aus unterschiedlichen Anwendungsfeldern und leistet einen Beitrag in Bezug auf die Frage der Steuerung und Organisation von Stakeholderdialogen in inter- und transdisziplinaren Forschungsprojekten, in welchen die Beteiligung Betroffener sowie die Forderung aufgeklarter, demokratischer Entscheidungsprozesse im Zentrum der Kooperation zwischen Stakeholdern aus...

Das Buch richtet sich an Personen, die bei der Arbeit haufig von Multitasking-Anforderungen betroffen sind (mit und ohne Belastungsstorungen) sowie an Fuhrungskrafte, die fur diese Mitarbeiter/innen Personalverantwortung tragen. Multitasking als Metapher fur die vielen Informationen, die wir taglich zu verarbeiten haben, hat inzwischen einen festen Platz in unserem Alltagswortschatz.

Dennoch ist Multitasking kein Schicksal. Die damit verbundenen Anforderungen konnen vielmehr aktiv bewaltigt werden. Voraussetzung dafur ist, man wei wie. Ziel des Ratgebers ist es, die fur die moderne...

The Problem Is the Question

Pre-Accident Investigations: Better Questions - An Applied Approach to Operational Learning challenges safety and reliability professionals to get better answers by asking better questions. A provocative examination of human performance and safety management, the book delivers a thought-provoking discourse about how we work, and defines a new approach to operational learning.

This is not a book about traditional safety. This is a book...