Organizational Behavior: Integrating Individuals, Groups, and Organizations

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Routledge, Jul 22, 2016 - Business & Economics - 520 pages

Organizational Behavior concisely covers the essential theories and concepts students need to understand about behavior in organizational settings in the twenty-first century. Readers interested in management will find insight into into their own behavior and the behavior of others to help them perform effectively in organizations.

Champoux has carefully selected the topics and built them into frameworks useful for explaining, analyzing, and diagnosing organizational processes. Covering both micro and macro perspectives on organizational behavior, the book includes new topics on leadership styles, generational differences, and technology in the workplace as well as plenty of examples to help students understand the application of various concepts and theories.

Upper-level students of organizational behavior will find the book a useful explanation of managerial and organizational situations. A companion website, featuring instructor manual, test bank, and PowerPoint slides, provides additional support for students and instructors.

 

Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction and Historical Background
What Is an Organization?
Historical Foundations
Chester I Barnard 1938
Summary
The Context of Modern Organizations Diversity Quality
Conflict in Organizations
Conflict Frames and Orientations
Reducing Conflict
Leadership and Management
We Know a Leader When We See One
Summary
Case
ORGANIZATIONAL PROCESSES

Summary
Ethics and Behavior in Organizations
Ethical Values of Individuals
Ethics Theories
International Aspects of Ethics
Organizational Culture
Cultural Symbolism
Organizational Culture and Organizational Performance
Summary
Case
Attitudes
The Big Five Personality Dimensions
Organizational Socialization
Individual and Organizational Perspectives on Socialization
Metamorphosis Settling In
Summary
Motivation Need Theories
E R G Theory
International Aspects of the Need Theories of Motivation
Motivation Cognitive and Behavioral Theories
Behavior Modification
Ethical Issues and the Cognitive and Behavioral Theories of Motivation
Job Design and Intrinsic Rewards
GroupBased Job Design
Case
GROUP AND INTERPERSONAL PROCESSES
International Aspects of Groups in Organizations
Virtual Groups
Majority and Minority Influences in Groups
Summary
Types of Communication
Listening
Communication Networks
DecisionMaking and ProblemSolving Processes
Alternative Social Processes for Decision Making
The Bounded Rationality Model
Escalation of Commitment
Ethical Issues in Decision Making and Problem Solving
Power and Political Behavior
Political Behavior
Deception Lying
Stress in Organizations
International Aspects of Stress in Organizations
Burnout
Summary
Case
Motor Parts Corporation
Generic Forms of Organizational Design
Hybrid Organizational Design
International Aspects of Organizational Design
Organizational Change and Development
Ethical Issues about Organizational Change and Development
Resistance to Change
Organizational Development Interventions
Summary
Case
Using Leadership to Promote
Ethical Issues in Perception Attitudes and Personality
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Joseph E. Champoux is a Regents’ Professor of Management Emeritus at the University of New Mexico, USA. He has published extensively, in such journals as the Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Management Education, Personnel Psychology, and the Journal of Organizational Behavior.

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