| Description |
1 online resource (226 pages) |
| Series |
The 360 Degreee Series |
|
360 Degree Business
|
| Contents |
Cover; Book title; Contents; Acknowledgements; Series preface; Preface; Guide to the book; 1 ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR: AN INTRODUCTION; 1.1 Introduction: the meaning of organizational behaviour; 1.2 Differing perspectives on organizational behaviour; 1.3 Theory and practice in organizational behaviour; 1.4 Levels of organizational behaviour; 1.5 The employment relationship; 1.6 Summary; 2 ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Approaches to organization and management; 2.3 The classical approach; 2.4 The human relations approach; 2.5 The systems approach |
|
2.6 Contingency approaches2.7 Other approaches to organization and management; 2.8 Summary; 3 THE INDIVIDUAL: PERSONALITY, PERCEPTION AND ATTITUDES; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Individual differences and personality; 3.3 Type A and Type B personalities; 3.4 The nomothetic debate and personality testing; 3.5 The idiographic debate; 3.6 The 'big five' personality characteristics; 3.7 Emotional intelligence; 3.8 Stress and personality; 3.9 Attitudes, perception and the psychological contract; 3.10 Summary; 4 MOTIVATION AND ENGAGEMENT; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 What is motivation? |
|
4.3 Content theories of motivation4.4 Process theories of motivation; 4.5 Employee engagement; 4.6 Motivating and engaging different generations of employees; 4.7 Summary; 5 GROUPS AND TEAMS; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Definitions of a team; 5.3 Why are teams important?; 5.4 Types of teams; 5.5 Stages of team development; 5.6 Does team size matter?; 5.7 Team roles; 5.8 Effective team-working; 5.9 Team competencies; 5.10 Summary; 6 LEADERSHIP; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Leadership and management; 6.3 Leadership in history: implications for business; 6.4 Trait theories of leadership; 6.5 Style approaches |
|
6.6 Contingency approaches6.7 Recent approaches to leadership; 6.8 Critical perspectives on leadership; 6.9 Gender and leadership; 6.10 Summary; 7 ORGANIZATIONAL PROCESSES; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Communication; 7.3 Employee voice; 7.4 Power in organizations; 7.5 Management control; 7.6 Conflict in organizations; 7.7 Conflict-handling techniques; 7.8 Summary; 8 ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGN AND STRUCTURE; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Structure: definitions and importance; 8.3 Early approaches to organizational design; 8.4 Key elements of organizational structure; 8.5 Types of structure |
|
8.6 Organizational relationships8.7 A continuum of organizational forms; 8.8 Contingency approach to organizational structure; 8.9 Trends and issues in organizational structure; 8.10 Summary; 9 ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE AND CHANGE; 9.1 Introduction; 9.2 How is organizational culture defined?; 9.3 Typologies of organizational culture; 9.4 Change in organizations; 9.5 Change models; 9.6 Changing organizational culture; 9.7 Summary; 10 CONTEMPORARY TRENDS AND DEVELOPMENTS IN ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR; 10.1 Introduction; 10.2 Work/life balance; 10.3 Happiness at work |
| Summary |
Clear, concise, and written by experts currently lecturing in the field, Organizational Behaviour focuses exclusively on what you need to know to achieve success in your business course and today's global economy |
| Notes |
10.4 Soft skills in the workplace |
|
Print version record |
| Subject |
Organizational behavior.
|
|
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Negotiating.
|
|
Organizational behavior
|
| Form |
Electronic book
|
| Author |
Yellowley, Wendy.
|
|
Farmer, Marilyn.
|
| ISBN |
9781444135343 |
|
1444135341 |
|
