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Organisational Behaviour: An Introduction

Autor Christine Cross, Ronan Carbery
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 14 noi 2021
This lively and comprehensive textbook demonstrates how research into human behaviour can be applied in the workplace. It assumes no prior work experience, instead asking students to draw and everyday occurrences and complete a range of engaging activities to deepen their understanding of key topics such as personality, perception and motivation. With a focus on helping students to develop key skills useful to future employers, it offers a wealth of real-world examples, coverage of contemporary issues and an international approach.

This is an essential textbook for first and second year undergraduate and postgraduate students on Business and Management degrees who are taking introductory modules in organisational behaviour. 
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781352012514
ISBN-10: 1352012510
Dimensiuni: 193 x 260 mm
Greutate: 1.15 kg
Ediția:2nd ed. 2022
Editura: Macmillan Education UK
Colecția Red Globe Press
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Descriere

A refreshing new introduction to organizational behaviour, outlining all of the key concepts and demonstrating how multiple theories can be applied together in practice by being a managerial book with a critical approach and incorporating psychological perspectives. Innovative skills development exercises are integrated along with a focus on employability throughout.

Cuprins

1. Organisational Behaviour and the Business Environment.- 2. Personality.- 3. Perception.- 4. Attitudes and Job Satisfaction.- 5. Motivation and Rewards.- 6. Leadership.- 7. Groups and Teams in the Workplace.- 8. Management Control, Power and Authority.- 9. Managing Healthy Workplaces.- 10. Managing Diversity.- 11. Organisational Socialisation.- 12. Organisational Culture.- 13. Organisational Change.- 14. Communication in the Workplace.

Notă biografică

Christine Cross is Head of Department, Work & Employment Studies and Senior Lecturer in OB and HRM at the Kemmy Business School, University of Limerick. 
 
Ronan Carbery is Senior Lecturer in Management and Marketing at University College Cork, Ireland.

Textul de pe ultima copertă

This fresh and contemporary introduction to Organisational Behaviour shows how research into human behaviour can be applied in the workplace.  Each chapter is written by a subject expert, and includes a range of innovative learning activities designed to deepen your understanding of key topics.
The book offers:
-A focus on the practical application of OB theories, including a ‘Managerial Takeaway’ feature that pulls out the key management strategies from each chapter
-An abundance of real-life case studies and examples, covering companies such as Amazon, Google, Apple and the NHS
·        -A strong emphasis on career development, including a Building Your Employability Skills feature, which helps you to develop the skills needed to succeed in the workplace
·        -Coverage of contemporary issues such diversity, healthy workplaces, the #metoo movement and Covid 19
The second edition has been fully revised and updated and includes:
-New chapters on Managing Healthy Workplaces, Managing Diversity and Organizational Socialisation
-'Ethical Behaviour in the Workplace', a new feature that invites you to consider  how you would respond to ethical dilemmas -'Impact of Technology on Behaviour' a new feature that uncovers how technology is impacting behaviour in the workplace
-Interactive role-play simulations, available on the book's website, which put you in the shoes of a manager making difficult decisions
macmillanihe.com/cross-ob-2e offers a wealth of resources, including interactive simulations, self-test questions, and bespoke video interviews with a range of professionals, as well as a testbank and teaching slides for lecturers. 
Professor Christine Crossis Head of Department, Work and Employment Studies at the University of Limerick (UL).
Dr Ronan Carberyis Senior Lecturer in Management at Cork University Business School, University College Cork (UCC), Ireland


Caracteristici

A global approach to OB, with 'OB in Practice' and 'OB in the News' case studies in every chapter providing examples from the UK, Ireland, the USA, Kenya, China, Europe and Asia
A strong emphasis on career development, with a skills development section and a 'Building Your Skills' feature, which helps prepare students for employment
Coverage of contemporary topics such as diversity, healthy workplaces, the #metoo movement and Covid 19
A free-to-access website featuring self-test questions, interactive simulations and bespoke video interviews with a range of business professionals, as well as a testbank, teaching notes and teaching slides for lectures. 
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New introductory chapter discussing OB in the wider business environment
New chapters on Managing Diversity, Managing Healthy Workplaces and Organizational Socialisation
Exciting new interactive simulations, which put students in the shoes of a manager making difficult decisions 
New part structure to help students understand how topics group together and relate to each other
New 'Ethical Behaviour in the Workplace' feature that invites students to discuss how they would respond to ethical dilemmas
New 'Impact of Technology on Behaviour' feature, which explores topical issues such as AI and computer-mediated communication to uncover hos technology is impacting behaviour in the workplace
Managerial Takeaways - new end-of-chapter summaries pulling out key practical issues