Management And Organizational Behaviour

This long established market leader has set standards that few texts have equalled in terms of accessibility of writing style, clarity of presentation and popularity with students and teachers alike. Written from a managerial perspective and packed with contemporary references to management research and practice, it continues to prove the student's OB text of choice. This eighth edition brings fresh evidence to explore theory in practice, and a wide range of brand new and intriguing examples and case studies on issues and organisations that are engaging, relevant and contemporary. It also provides an abundance of online student self-assessment resources.The breadth of appeal of this text makes it ideal for Management and Organisation courses from HND level through undergraduate and up to MBA.

This book offers a fresh and comprehensive approach to the essentials that constitute the discipline of organizational behaviour with a strong emphasis on the application of organizational behaviour and performance management in practice. It concentrates on the development of effective patterns of behaviour, values and attitudes, and relates these issues to effective organization performance in times of organizational and environmental change and turbulence. The book is divided into four parts, providing a clear structure for the study of the subject: Part One: The context of organizational behaviour Part Two: The disciplines of organizational behaviour Part Three: Organizational behaviour in practice Part Four: Organizational behaviour – expertise and application Organizational Behaviour is packed with references to current topics, practical examples and case studies from large corporations from around the world, including Ryanair, The Body Shop and RBS. This book covers examples of both good and bad practice, making it an interesting and unique introduction to the study of organizational behaviour.

The Seventh Edition ofCanadian Organizational Behaviouris truly a "new and improved" McShane: new trim size, fresh new design, new co-author, reorganized table of contents, improved examples, and even enhanced readability.The McShane brand is known for its cutting edge research and scholarship, recognized for its "for Canadians, by Canadians" approach to content, and respected for its firm anchoring of Canadian material within a global context. No other OB book offers the kind of comprehensive coverage in such an accessible, readable format. Canadian Organizational Behaviour continues to lead the way as the most innovative OB text on the market. McShane was the first OB textbook to include topics such as workplace emotions, appreciative inquiry, social identity theory, future search events, virtual teams, workaholism, and emotional intelligence. The innovation continues in the seventh edition with new and expanded coverage of topics such as employee engagement, resilience, four-drive theory, blogs and wikis, psychological harassment, learning orientation, Schwartz's values model, and separating socioemotional from constructive conflict.The pedagogical features have been completely overhauled to speak to new and emerging topics in OB worldwide, including the opening vignettes, the photo essays in each chapter, and many of the end-of-chapter exercises and end-of-part cases.

Today’s organizations are undergoing immense change and Organizational Behaviour and Management, 4th Edition is changing with them to provide a cutting-edge introduction for all modern courses. Martin Fellenz has joined John Martin in comprehensively reorganizing and updating the text, guided by the very latest developments in theory and industry. Informed by the latest research, Martin & Fellenz walk carefully through the fundamental topics with a focus on key issues – globalization and culture, ethics and corporate social responsibility, competitive pressures, and organizational change – to leave students with a practical and open-minded grasp of organizational behaviour in the twenty-first century.