Research Catalog

Title

A primer on organizational behavior / James L. Bowditch, Anthony F. Buono, Marcus M. Stewart.

Author

Bowditch, James L.

Publication

Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, [2008], ©2008.

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Additional Authors

• Buono, Anthony F.
• Stewart, Marcus Maharg.

Description

xiv, 482 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

"In today's world, information technology is reshaping organizations and the management practices within them. This new edition provides a complete guide to this changing world, both the practice and the scholarship that surrounds it. In a concise and sophisticated treatment, the 7th Edition gives students all the terms and concepts they need to understand Organizational Behavior in modern organizations. This new edition is thoroughly up-to-date with a new focus on how inforrnation technology and diversity are continuing to reshape business organizations and the management practices within them"--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

Organizational behavior

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents

Ch. 1. Management And Organizational Behavior -- Learning About Organizational Behavior -- Ethics and Organizational Behavior -- A Historical Framework for the Study of Management and OB -- Early Management -- Classical Management -- Neoclassical Management and Organization Theory -- Modern Management and Organization Theory -- Societal Change and Organizational Behavior -- OB and Advanced Information and Manufacturing Technologies -- The Quality Movement -- Discontent, Cynicism, and Fear in the Workplace -- Sociodemographic Diversity in the Workplace -- Fads and Foibles in Management -- Ch. 2. Perception, Attitudes, And Individual Differences -- Basic Internal Perceptual Organizing Patterns -- Gestalt Psychology -- External Factors in Perception -- Social and Interpersonal Perception -- Schemas and Scripts -- Perceptual Distortion -- Attribution Theory -- Perception and Individual Differences -- Personality -- Self-Concept -- Perception, Individual Differences, and Decision Making -- Attitudes and Attitude Formation -- Attitude Formation -- Attitude Change -- Emotional Intelligence -- Conclusion: The Social Context of Judgment and Choice -- Ch. 3. Motivation -- Managerial Assumptions about Human Nature -- Static-Content Theories of Motivation -- Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs -- Alderfer's ERG Theory -- McClelland's Theory of Socially Acquired Needs -- Needs and Goal Orientation -- Herzberg's Motivator-Hygiene Theory -- Managerial Application: Work Design and Job Enrichment -- Process Theories of Motivation -- Expectancy Theory -- Path-Goal Theory of Motivation -- Goal-Setting Theory -- Managerial Application: Management by Objectives -- Environmentally Based Theories of Motivation -- Operant Conditioning and Reinforcement Theory -- Managerial Application: Organizational Behavior Modification -- Punishment and Discipline -- Social Comparison Theory -- Intrinsic and Extrinsic Rewards and Motivation -- Managerial Application: Gainsharing -- Motivation and the Psychological Contract -- Organizational Commitment and the Psychological Contract -- Choosing an Appropriate Motivational Model -- Contrasting Motivation and Learning -- Ch. 4. Communication -- The Communication Process -- Interpersonal Communication -- Communication Modes -- Barriers to Effective Communication -- Improving Interpersonal Communication -- Organizational Communication -- Knowledge Management -- Communication Networks -- Organizational Symbols and Rituals -- In-House Publications -- Communication Roles -- Media Richness and Communication Effectiveness -- Envisioning and Communicating Organizational Change -- Ethics in Organizational Communication -- Ch. 5. Group Dynamics -- Types of Groups -- Primary and Secondary Groups -- Formal and Informal Groups -- Heterogeneous and Homogeneous Groups -- Interacting and Nominal Groups -- Permanent and Temporary Groups -- Basic Attributes of Groups -- Individual and Group Status -- Roles -- Norms -- Cohesiveness -- Group (Organizational) Commitment -- Groupthink -- Choice-Shift (Risky-Shift) Phenomenon -- Social Loafing -- Group Process and Development -- Group Development -- Group and Organizational Socialization -- Observation of Group Process -- Ch. 6. Work Teams And Intergroup Relations: Managing Collaboration And Conflict -- Work Teams -- Managing Teams -- Teams and Social Identity Theory -- Trust Building and Teamwork -- Teams in Action -- Virtual Teams -- Team Conflict -- Intergroup Relations -- Group Interdependence -- Intergroup Conflict -- Conclusion: Implications for Managers -- Ch. 7. Leadership, Power, And The Manager -- Leadership and Power -- Power and Authority -- Types of Power -- The Need for Power in Managerial Performance -- Theories of Leadership -- Trait Theory -- Behavioral and Functional Theories -- Contingency Theories -- Attribution Theory -- Leader-Member Relations -- Leadership and Management -- Mintzberg's Managerial Role Set -- The Role of the General Manager -- Implications for Management and Leadership -- Substitutes for Leadership as Supervision -- Transformational Leadership and Organizational Change -- Gender, Power, and Leadership -- Leadership: A Synthesis -- Ch. 8. Macro-Organizational Behavior: The Organization's Environment -- Organizational Environment -- Defining Organizational Environment -- Environmental Change and Uncertainty -- Organization-Environment Relations -- Controlling the Environment -- The International Environment -- Globalization and Organizational Behavior -- Transferability of Management Practices -- Societal Culture and Management -- Ch. 9. Organization Structure And Design -- Organizational Structure -- Complexity -- Formalization -- Centralization -- Key Organization Structure Challenges -- Determinants of Structure -- Organization Design -- Simple Structure -- The Functional Organization -- The Divisionalized Form -- Adhocracy -- Market-Based, Network Organizational Forms -- Ch. 10. Organizational Culture And Effectiveness -- Organizational Culture -- Uniqueness of Organizational Cultures -- Objective and Subjective Organizational Culture -- Organizational Subcultures -- Diagnosing Organizational Culture -- Culture Change in Organizations -- Culture as Sustained Competitive Advantage -- Ethical Considerations and Organizational Culture -- Organizational Climate -- Organizational Effectiveness -- One-Dimensional Views of Effectiveness -- Competing Values and Organizational Effectiveness -- Ch. 11. Organization Development And Change -- Organization Development -- Laboratory Training -- Survey Research and Feedback -- Sociotechnical Systems -- The Nature of Organization Development -- Intervention Strategies and Change -- Managing Organizational Change -- Changemakers -- Approaches to Organizational Change -- Enabling Large-Scale Organizational Change -- Interventions and Organizational Politics -- Resistance, Support, and Coping with Change -- Organizational Downsizing, Retrenchment, and Resizing -- Appendix A. The Research Process In Organizational Behavior -- Appendix B. Statistical Analysis -- Appendix C. How To Read A Research-Oriented Journal Article.

ISBN

• 9780470086957 (pbk.)
• 0470086955 (pbk.)

LCCN

2007035570

OCLC

• ocn168718516
• SCSB-9456540

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries