Prepare your students today to become strong, effective managers tomorrow with the powerful concepts and practical applications found in Moorhead/Griffins "Managing Organizational Behavior, 10/e, International Edition". This reader-oriented text helps you equip your students with the skills and solid understanding to meet the management challenges of a new century. The books applied approach balances classic management ideas with the most recent OB developments and contemporary trends, such as the effects of the recession; how to manage people in these challenging times; the new role of stress on motivation and leadership; and, effects of downsizing. Students delve into the core concepts of human behavior and industrial psychology within the help of memorable real examples and cases drawn from relevant organizations and managers such as Steve Jobs, Eddie Bauer, Cirque du Soleil, snopes.com, Whole Foods, Nike, and Goldman Sachs. Fresh new cases, activities, and an optional case and exercises help you equip your students with the assets, tools, and resources to compete effectively amid a world of change.
Students grasp the fundamental of human behavior in organizations and the ability to develop new answers to new challenges as they learn to understand the people who comprise an organization, understand change, and understand how organizations must respond to change. Equip and energize the next generation of managers for the most exciting task of tomorrow: managing people effectively within competitive organizations.
PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR. 1. Introduction to Organizational Behavior. 2. The Dynamic Environment. PART II: ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS. 3. Behavior of Individuals. 4. Motivation of Individuals. 5. Individual Performance. 6. Rewarding Individual Performance. 7. Stress Management. 8. Problem Solving & Decision Making. PART III: GROUPS IN ORGANIZATIONS. 9. Group and Interpersonal Behavior. 10. Organizations and Teams. 11. Organizations and Communication. 12. Leadership. 13. Modern Perspectives on Leadership. 14. Politics, Power and Justice. 15. Conflict and Resolution. PART IV: PROCESSES IN ORGANIZATIONS. 16. Structure in Organizations. 17. Design. 18. Culture. 19. Development and Change.