Organizational Behavior : Foundations, Reality and Challenges (with InfoTrac)
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Book Description
Organizational Behavior provides the essential knowledge base and skill set so that future managers can harness the power of employees and teams to successfully navigate the changing world of work. Organizational behavior is the study of individual behavior and group dynamics in organizational settings. It focuses on timeless topics like motivation, leadership, teamwork, and communication. The text presents the opportunity to know concepts, ideas, and theories, and to practice skills, abilities, and behaviors to enhance the management of human behavior at work. To make the book more relevant to the learner, we have enhanced and further integrated the subtitle Foundations, Realities, Challenges into the theme in the 5th edition. The reader will see the tie to the subtitle with new feature titles: Foundations (new title: Science), Realities (new title: The Real World), and Challenges (new title: You) that have a more contemporary and personal feel. This theme will be integrated throughout the text and supplements making a true integrated learning package. In this new edition, six new focus companies have been selected. The authors use the focus companies so that learners can see how one company responds to different organizational situations. The focus companies are a variety of company types, for example, Whole Foods, Pixar, and Canine Companions. The authors also make sure to integrate four organizational behavior key themes into each chapter. These supporting themes are globalization, diversity, technology, and ethics. Sub-themes are designed to arm future managers with the tools they need to meet organizational challenges.
About the Author
Dr. Debra L. Nelson is The CBA Associates Professor of Business Administration and Professor of Management at Oklahoma State University. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Arlington, where she was the recipient of the R.D. Irwin Dissertation Fellowship Award.
Dr. Nelson is the author of over 60 journal articles focusing on organizational stress management, newcomer socialization, and management of technology. Her research has been published in the Academy of Management Executive, Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, MIS Quarterly, Organizational Dynamics, Journal of Organizational Behavior, and other journals. In addition, she is coauthor of several books, including Organizational Behavior: Foundations, Realities, and Challenges (3rd ed., Southwest Publishing, 2000), and Preventive Stress Management in Organizations (American Psychological Association, 1997).
Dr. Nelson has also served as a consultant to several organizations including AT&T, Aerospatiale Helicopter Corporation, American Fidelity Assurance, State Farm Insurance Companies, and Southwestern Bell. She has presented leadership and preventive stress management seminars in a host of organizations, including Conoco, Oklahoma Gas and Electric, Oklahoma Natural Gas, and Preview Network Systems. She was honored with the Chandler-Frates and Reitz Graduate Teaching Award in 1997, the Regents' Distinguished Teaching Award in l994 and the Burlington Northern Faculty Achievement Award at OSU in l99l. Dr. Nelson also serves on the editorial review boards of the Journal of Occupational Health Psychology and the Journal of Organizational Behavior. Dr. James (Jim) Campbell Quick is a Professor of Organizational Behavior at the University of Texas at Arlington, Director of the Doctoral Program in Business Administration, and former Associate Editor of The Academy of Management Executive. He earned an A.B. with Honors from Colgate University, where he was awarded a Harvard Business School Association Internship. He earned an M.B.A. and a Ph.D. at the University of Houston. He completed post-graduate courses in behavioral medicine (Harvard Medical School) and combat stress (University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio).
Dr. Quick is a Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, the American Psychological Association, the American Psychological Society, and the American Institute of Stress.
Organizational Behavior : Foundations, Reality and Challenges (with InfoTrac),Debra L. Nelson,James Campbell Quick,South-Western College Pub,0324224702,Business & Economics,Business / Economics / Finance,Business/Economics,Human Resources & Personnel Management,Organizational Behavior,Business & Economics / Organizational Behavior
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