In addition to facilitating active learning, Organizational Behavior: Key Concepts, Skills & Best Practices meets the needs of those instructors looking for a brief, paperback text for their OB course, who do not want to sacrifice content or pedagogy. This book provides lean and efficient coverage of topics such as diversity in organizations, ethics, and globalization, which are recommended by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) and the Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP). Timely chapter-opening vignettes, interactive exercises integrated into each chapter, four-color presentation, lively writing style, captioned color photos, cartoons, and real-world in-text examples make Organizational Behavior: Key Concepts, Skills & Best Practices the right choice for today?s business/management student. The topical flow of this 16-chapter text goes from micro (individuals) to macro (groups, teams, and organizations). Mixing and matching chapters and topics within chapters in various combinations is possible and encouraged to create optimum teaching/learning experiences.



Table of Contents:

Part I. Managing people in a global economy

Ch. 1 Needed : People-Centered Managers and workplaces Appendix

A. Ethics learning module

Ch.2 Organizational culture, socialization, and mentoring

Ch.3 Developing global managers

Part II. Managing individuals

Ch. 4 Understanding social perception and managing diversity

Ch. 5 Appreciating individual differences : self-concept, personality, emotions

Ch.6 Motivation I : Needs, job design, and satisfaction

Ch.7 Motivation II : Equity, Expectancy, and goal setting

Ch.8 Improving performance with feedback, rewards, and positive reinforcement

Part III. Making decisions and managing social processes

Ch. 9 Effective groups and teamwork

Ch.10 Making decisions

Ch.11 Managing conflict and negotiating

Part IV. Manging organizational processes

Ch.12 Communicating in the internet age

Ch.13 Influence, power, and politics : an organizational survival kit

Ch.14 Leadership

Part V. Managing evolving organizations

Ch.15 Designing effective organizations

Ch.16 Managing change and organizational learning