Student-tested and faculty-approved, ORGB is an innovative approach to teaching organizational behavior. This brief paperback includes a suite of learning aids to accommodate the busy and diverse lifestyles of today's learners, including downloadable flash cards, videos, MP3 review podcasts, and quick quizzes that allow students to study wherever they are and whenever they have time. Designed to reach today's students, ORGB says it all in four letters, reflectinghow this unique solution speaks in the language of today's learner. ORGB started with student conversations, focus groups, interviews, surveys, and input from faculty members like you. This innovative approach unites research and theauthors' unique approach in a visually rich, yet professional design that reads like a business periodical. ORGB provides a streamlined, concepts-driven format with optional exercises, cases, and applications found in the supplement package, which you can use depending on your students' needs. Choose ORGB for the unique principles of management solution that you and your students have created together. Features An innovative combination of content delivery in print and online provides a brief core text and a wealth of comprehensive multimedia teaching and learning assets based on input from student focus groups and surveys and from interviews with instructors like you. Cases, exercises, and end-of-chapter materials that research indicated students did not use consistently are now available online or in your Instructor''s Manual, allowing you to introduce what is most appropriate for your course. A unique, modern design presents content like a business periodical rather than a traditional managementtext. The book''s brief, sophisticated presentation uses numerous photos, visuals, and contemporary examples in a design that encourages students to read and reference the book. Streamlined chapters averaging 18 pages invite studentsto read manageable sections without minimizing coverage of your course. Content is distilled to the best core principles.Chapter Prep Cards at the back of the Instructor''s Edition make preparation simple. These detachable cards for each chapter offer a quick map of chapter content, a list of corresponding PowerPoint® and video resources, additional examples, and suggested assignments and discussion questions to help you organize chapter content efficiently. Chapter Review Cards for students provide a portable study tool for class preparation. Extensive online study tools reflect the multimedia resources instructorsthought students would use most, including downloadable flash cards, MP3 review podcasts, interactive online quizzing, and learning games. INDICE: Part I: INTRODUCTION. 1. Organizational Behavior and Opportunity. 2. Challenges for Managers. Part II: INDIVIDUAL PROCESSES AND BEHAVIOR. 3. Personality, Perception, and Attribution. 4. Attitudes, Emotions, and Ethics. 5. Motivation at Work. 6. Learning and Performance Management. 7. Stress and Well-Being at Work. Part III: INTERPERSONAL PROCESS AND BEHAVIOR. 8. Communication. 9. Work Teams and Groups. 10. Decision Making by Individuals and Groups. 11.Power and Political Behavior. 12. Leadership and Followership. 13. Conflict and Negotiation. Part IV: ORGANIZATIONAL PROCESSES AND STRUCTURE. 14. Jobs and the Design of Work. 15. Organizational Design and Structure. 16. Organizational Culture. 17. Career Management. 18. Managing Change.
- ISBN: 978-0-324-58132-4
- Editorial: South Western
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 352
- Fecha Publicación: 01/03/2009
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés