Organizational Behavior: A Strategic Approach

Hitt, Michael A.; Miller, Chet; Colella, Adrienne

ISBN 10: 0470920904 ISBN 13: 9780470920909

Publisher: Wiley, 2010

Synopsis

This text is an unbound, binder-ready edition.

Managing Organizational Behavior (OB) involves acquiring, developing, managing, and applying the knowledge, skills, and abilities of people. Best-selling author Michael Hitt, together with co-authors C. Chet Miller and Adrienne Colella, wrote Organizational Behavior 3rd edition to help students understand how effectively managing behavior in organizations at the individual, group, and organization level effects organizational performance. In Organizational Behavior 3rd edition the authors emphasize the importance of how people contribute to the success of organizations. Managing organizational behavior is critical to implementing an organization's strategy, gaining an advantage over competitors, and ensuring positive organizational performance. Hitt/Miller/Colella's approach provides a big-picture framework that helps students appreciate and understand the value of OB to organizational performance and to their future careers.

About this title

From the Back Cover

A bright idea

People are the source of bright ideas in every organization. They power the organization’s performance, competitive advantages, and long-term financial success. And when they are plugged into the firm’s strategic goals, the results can be extraordinary.

By emphasizing the connection between organizational behavior and performance, Hitt, Miller, and Colella help you understand the value of OB to today’s organizations and your future career.

About the Author

Michael A. Hitt, a past president of the Academy of Management, is a professor and Weatherup/Overby Chair in Executive Leadership at Arizona State University.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0470920904
• ISBN 13: 9780470920909
• Binding: Loose Leaf
• Language: English
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 688