Synopsis
Key Benefit: THE most comprehensive, reality-based review of organizational behavior of its kind, this volume prepares readers to explain and predict behavior in organizations at three levels--the individual, the group, and the organization system. Features a lively, conversational style, extensive examples, case applications, skill-building modules, "Ethical" Dilemma exercises, "Myth or Science?" boxes, and more. Key Topics: Values, Attitudes, and Job Satisfaction. Personality and Emotions. Perception and Individual Decision Making. Basic Motivation Concepts. Motivation: From Concepts to Applications. Understanding Work Teams. Communication. Basic Approaches to Leadership. Contemporary Issues in Leadership. Power and Politics. Conflict and Negotiation. Technology and Work Design. Human Resource Policies and Practices. Organizational Culture. Organizational Change and Stress Management. Market: For anyone interested in organizational behavior, organizational psychology, or human relations.
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About the Author
Stephen P. Robbins received his Ph.D. from the University, of Arizona and has taught at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, Concordia University in Montreal, the University of Baltimore, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, and San Diego State University. Dr. Robbins' research interests have focused on conflict, power, and politics in organizations, as well as on the development of effective interpersonal skills. His articles on these and other topics have appeared in journals such as Business Horizons, the California Management Review, Business and Economic Perspectives, International Management, Management Review, Canadian Personnel and Industrial Relations, and The Journal of Management Education.
In recent years, Dr. Robbins has been spending most of his professional time writing textbooks. These include Essentials of Organizational Behavior, 7th ed. (Prentice Hall, 2003); Training in Interpersonal Skills, 3rd ed., with Phillip Hunsaker (Prentice Hall, 2003); Management, 7th ed. with Mary Coulter (Prentice Hall, 2002); Human Resource Management, 7th ed., with David DeCenzo (Wiley, 2002); The Self-Assessment Library 2.0 (Prentice Hall, 2002); Fundamentals of Management, 3rd ed., with David DeCenzo (Prentice Hall, 2001); Supervision Today!, 3rd ed., with David DeCenzo (Prentice Hall, 2001); Business Today (Harcourt, 2001); Managing Today! 2nd ed. (Prentice Hall, 2000); and Organization Theory, 3rd ed. (Prentice Hall, 1990).
In Dr. Robbins' "other life," he participates in masters' track competition. Since turning 50 in 1993, he has set numerous indoor and outdoor age-group world sprint records; won more than a dozen indoor and outdoor U.S. championships at 60, 100, 200, and 400 meters; and captured seven gold medals at the World Masters Championships. Most recently, he won gold medals at 100 and 200 meters and as the anchor on the U.S. 4 x 100 relay in the Men's 55-59 age group at the 2001 World Championships in Brisbane, Australia.
From the Back Cover
NEW IN STEPHEN P. ROBBINS' 10th EDITION:
- Two Chapters on Leadership with new material on framing, mentoring, self-leadership, online leadership, and finding and creating effective leaders.
- 16 Skill-Building Modules
- Contemporary OB Issues
- Enron and unethical cultures
- The employee's role in creating customer satisfaction
- Work/life balance
- GLOBE measures of national culture
- Silence as communication
- Workplace spirituality
- Knowledge management
- And a New Video Library from BusinessNOW!
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