| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 311 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Preface -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Overview of Organization in the Millennium -- 1.1 Background -- 1.2 Fundamental Concepts in Organization Behaviour -- 1.2.1 Major Characteristics -- 1.2.2 Nature and Scope -- 1.3 Fundamental Theories in Organization Behaviour -- 1.3.1 Scientific Management : Frederick W. Taylor -- 1.3.2 Towards a Theory of Administration : Henry Fayol (1919) -- 1.3.3 Bureaucracy : Max Weber (1922) -- 1.3.4 Mary Parker Follett's Observations on Organizations and Management (1925) |
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1.3.5 The Functions of the Executive : Chester I. Barnard (1938) 1.3.6 Human Relations Approach -- 1.3.7 The Hawthorne Studies (1939) -- 1.3.8 Theory X and Theory Y : Douglas McGregor (1960) -- 1.3.9 The Twentieth Century's Management Guru : Peter F. Drucker (1995) -- 1.4 Organizational Behaviour in the 21st Century -- 1.4.1 Interactionalism : People and Situations -- 1.4.2 Virtual Organization -- 1.4.3 Designing a Global Organization in the New Millennium-some Thought -- 1.5 Limitations of OB -- 1.6 The Framework of the Book -- Summary of Key Points |
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Test Your Self Chapter 2: Learning, Aptitude, Interest and Attention of an Individual -- Fundamental Concepts-Background -- 2.1 Learning -- 2.1.1 Theories of Learning -- 2.1.2 Character of Learning Process -- 2.1.3 Learning as a Cognitive Process -- 2.1.4 Teaching Principles -- 2.1.5 Learning Curve -- 2.2 Aptitude -- 2.3 Interest -- 2.4 Attention -- 2.4.1 How to catch and hold one's Attention? -- 2.4.2 Temporary Internal Factors -- 2.4.3 Some Phenomena of Attention -- 2.4.4 Determination of Attention -- 2.4.5 Importance of Attention in Business |
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Summary of Key Points Test Your Self -- Chapter 3: Attitude, Value, Perception and Attribution of an Individual -- 3.1 Attitude -- 3.1.1 Measurement of Attitude -- 3.2 Values -- 3.3 Perception -- 3.3.1 Perception as a Social Information Process: Five Steps -- 3.3.2 The Perceiver, the Perceived (Target), and the Setting -- 3.3.3 Factors Influencing Perception -- 3.3.4 Illusions or Normal Perceptual Inaccuracies -- 3.3.5 Subliminal Perception -- 3.3.6 Extra-Sensory Perception (E.S.P) -- 3.3.7 Prejudice and Discrimination -- 3.3.8 Perceptual Distortions |
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3.4 Attributions and The Attribution Process 3.5 Perceptions, Attribution and Work Force Diversity -- 3.5.1 Perception and Attribution Access International Settings -- 3.5.2 A Managerial Checklist for Diagonosing Perceptual Biases -- 3.5.3 Relationships Among Values, Attitudes, and Perceptions -- Summary of Key Points -- Test Your Self -- Chapter 4: Personality -- 4.1 Background -- 4.2 Definition -- 4.3 Determinants to Personality -- 4.3.1 Jung's Psychological Functions -- 4.4 Individual Differences in Personality |
| Summary |
Of Key Points Test Your Self -- Chapter 3: Attitude, Value, Perception and Attribution of an Individual -- 3.1 Attitude -- 3.1.1 Measurement of Attitude -- 3.2 Values -- 3.3 Perception -- 3.3.1 Perception as a Social Information Process: Five Steps -- 3.3.2 The Perceiver, the Perceived (Target), and the Setting -- 3.3.3 Factors Influencing Perception -- 3.3.4 Illusions or Normal Perceptual Inaccuracies -- 3.3.5 Subliminal Perception -- 3.3.6 Extra-Sensory Perception (E.S.P) -- 3.3.7 Prejudice and Discrimination -- 3.3.8 Perceptual Distortions |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 308-311) |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 15, 2019) |
| Subject |
Organizational behavior.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Workplace Culture.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Human Resources & Personnel Management.
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Organizational behavior
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Shajahan, Linu, author
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| ISBN |
9788122428544 |
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8122428541 |
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