Organizational Behavior: A Management Challenge

This third edition-now from LEA-brings together the challenges faced by managers as they learn to adapt to a more globalized world, as well as to an even-more-technologically sophisticated world. Divided into five parts, this text book has been designed to effectively present an overview of the challenges facing managers and employees in today’s competitive organizations. Part I focuses on the core of the field of organizational behavior. Parts II and III provide foundation knowledge for meeting the challenges of organizational behavior. Part IV applies this foundation knowledge to three primary issues in managing behavior in organizations: acquiring and integrating employees (organizational entry), developing jobs in which these employees will excel (job design), and helping employees succeed within the organization (managing for performance). Part V examines the larger context of organizational behavior. Organizational Behavior, Third Edition incorporates a number of special features to make the process of learning the subject more interesting and comprehensive, including: * Photos and new artwork, with captions, * Focus on boxes and vignettes, with new emphasis on International and Technological issues, * Research in action boxes, with contributions from leading researchers in the field, * End-of-chapter learning aids, and * A new ancillary package, including web page, instructor’s manual, and Power Point presentations.