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Readings and Exercises in Organizational Behavior
- 1st Edition - January 1, 1985
- Authors: Jane W. Gibson, Richard M. Hodgetts
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 0 5 4 7 5 2 - 4
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 2 - 1 3 9 2 - 7
Reading and Exercises in Organizational Behavior covers readings and exercises on organizational behavior. The book presents articles on organizational behavior foundations,… Read more
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Request a sales quoteReading and Exercises in Organizational Behavior covers readings and exercises on organizational behavior. The book presents articles on organizational behavior foundations, individual behavior in organizations, as well as group behavior in organizations. The text also includes articles on organizational design, job design, and the effects of job stress on performance. Articles on organizational processes dealing with decision making, communication, and performance appraisal are also considered. The book concludes by demonstrating articles on the nature and scope of organizational effectiveness, including topics on organizational climate, organizational change, and organizational development. Behavioral psychologists and students taking organizational behavior courses will find the text invaluable.
Cross Reference Table
Part I: Foundations of Modern Organizational Behavior
1. The Management Theory Jungle Revisited
2. Hawthorne Revisited: The Legend and the Legacy
3. The Human Side of Enterprise
4. A Model for Understanding Managerial Jobs and Behavior
5. Productivity: A New Perspective
Exercises:
OB Warmup
Part II: Individual Behavior in Organizations
6. Does Personality Really Change After 20?
7. Why You Do What You Do
Sociobiology: A New Theory of Behavior
8. That Urge to Achieve
9. Worker Motivation: Unsolved Problem or Untapped Resource?
10. Motivation Techniques: Does One Work Best?
Exercises:
Personality Perception
Nature/Nuture Controversy: What Do You Think?
Different Strokes
Part III: Group Behavior in Organizations
11. Group Dynamics and the Individual
12. Groupthink
13. Group Dynamics at the Roundtable
14. The Leadership Game: Matching the Man to the Situation
15. Following the Leader: How to Link Management Style to Subordinate Personalities
Exercises:
The Board Meeting
Group Collage
Least Preferred Coworker Scale
Power Dynamics
Part IV: Organizational Structure and Organizational Behavior
16. Structure is not Organization
17. Redesigning Jobs
18. What Japanese Managers Know That American Managers Don't
19. Quality Circles: Just Another Management Headache?
20. Stress: Race to the Bottom Line
Exercises:
Redesigning Jobs
Managerial Behavior Scenarios: Type A and B Personalities
Stress Models
Part V: Organizational Processes
21. The Nominal Group Technique: Applications for Training Needs Assessment
22. Successful Communications Between Supervisors and Employees
23. Nonverbal (Mis)Communication Between Managerial Men and Women
24. The Business of Listening
25. Performance Appraisal: A Win/Win Approach
26. Making MBO Work: Matching Management Style to MBO Program
Exercises:
NGT Exercise
Effective Listening Incidents
Faculty Cutbacks
Part VI: Organizational Effectiveness
27. Dealing with Resistance to Change
28. Managing Conflict in Today's Organizations
29. Selecting an Intervention for Organization Change
30. How to Make OD Work Better for Your Organization
31. Ethical Problems in the Practice of Organization Development
Exercises:
To Change or Not to Change
Corporate Conflict
Survey Feedback
- No. of pages: 272
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: January 1, 1985
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Paperback ISBN: 9780120547524
- eBook ISBN: 9781483213927