Introduction to Work and Organizational Behaviour
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Beschreibung
Do big bonuses really motivate bankers to work harder? Is it better to hire someone with a personality similar to your own? What impact does delivering 'service with a smile' have on employees?
Introduction to Work and Organizational Behaviour answers all of these questions and more, offering insights into contemporary management practices and encouraging you to reflect critically on the realities of the workplace.
Building on the success of the previous edition, this new edition offers:
• New chapters on organizational change, and diversity and people management
• Brand new Links to Management videos featuring business managers and consultants discussing topics such as perception and learning
• 12 new Globalization and Organization Misbehaviour vignettes illustrating contemporary organizational practice and its impact across the world
• 12 new The Reality of Work boxes providing thought-provoking examples of the interconnection between society and organizational behaviour
• Over 200 new references, bringing the discussion right up to date.
Visit www.palgrave.com/bratton-ob to access examples of organizational behaviour in popular films such as The Imitation Game, as well as a guide to developing your skills in report writing and oral presentations, and Chinese translations of key vocabulary and chapter summaries.
A comprehensive core textbook for all modules in organizational behaviour offering a balance of critical and managerial perspectives, with strong coverage of sociological as well as psychological approaches to topics in each chapter. The text demonstrates how key theories come together in practice to inform everyday life in an organization; examples are drawn from iternational research and cases throughout.
- Takes a critical perspective that explores the socially embedded nature of OB
- Provides a global appreciation of behaviour at work using material from around the world
- The popular 'Stop and reflect' feature has been retained and new features added
- Links to Management videos featuring business managers and consultants discussing key OB topics
- Comprehensive companion website covers OB in Film, how to develop transferrable skills like report writing and oral presentations, extra case studies and chapter summaries
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- New chapters on organizational change, and diversity and people management
- Globalization and Organization Misbehaviour feature explores flawed organizational practice, from a host of contemporary international examples
- New feature The Reality of Work illustrates the interconnection between organizational behaviour and society
- An expanded and truly diverse range of expert interviewees, cases and examples that cover all sizes and sectors of business and organization
- All chapters and scholarship have been fully revised and updated
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John Bratton
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