Paperback. Pub Date :2013-08-06 Pages: 384 Language: English Publisher: Pearson For one-semester undergraduate and graduate level courses in Organizational Behavior.This Global Edition has been edited to include enhancements making it more relevant to students outside the United States.Concise fundamentals for students. Ultimate flexibility for instructors.This bestselling. brief alternative for the OB course covers all the key concepts needed to understand. predict. and respond to the behavior of people in real-world organizations. This text also includes cutting -edge topics and streamlined pedagogy to allow maximum flexibility in designing and shaping your course.
Stephen P. Robbins received his Ph.D. from the University of Arizona. He previously worked for the shell Oil Company and Reynolds Metals Company and has taughtat 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, behavioral decision making, and the development of effective interpersonal skills. His articles on these and other topics have appeared in such journals as Business Horizons, California Management Review, Business and Economic Perspectives, International Management, Management Review, Canadian Personnel and Industrial relations, and Journal of Management Education.
Dr. Robbins is a best-selling textbook author in the areas of management and organizational behavior. His books have sold in excess of three million copies and are currently used by students in more than a thousand U.S. colleges and universities, and have been translated into16 languages.
Dr. Robbins also actively participates in masters' track competition. Since turning 50 in 1993, he has set numerous indoor and outdoor age-group world sprint records. He has set numerous indoor and outdoor age-group world sprint records. He has won more than a dozen indoor and outdoor U.S. Championships at 60 m, 100 m, 200 m, and 400 m, and won seven gold medals at World Masters Championships. In 2005, he was induced into the Masters track & Field Hall of Fame.
