Okładka książki - Organizational Behavior

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Organizational Behavior
Mc Shane

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Organizational Behavior [essentials] offers the same quality of contemporary knowledge, excellent readability, and classroom support that has made the hardback book by the same author team one of the best-selling OB books around the world - but in a smaller package. It applies four fundamental principles: linking theory with reality, organizational behavior for everyone, contemporary theory foundation, and active learning support. McShane and Von Glinow have sliced out the extended or secondary topics so students can drill down to what is really essential. Although this book is less than two-thirds the length of their comprehensive hardback textbook, it doesn't skimp on classroom support. In this era of active learning, critical thinking, and outcomes-based teaching, these supplements are becoming more "essential" than ever.Feature : Cutting-edge topics include employee engagement, appreciative inquiry, corporate blogs, personal resilience, four-drive theory, separating socioemotional conflict from constructive conflict, Schwartzżs values model, learning orientation, and several others. Feature : A complete instructorżs package is available with OB [essentials] ensuring the highest quality and reliability of each and every piece of this superlative teaching package. Each chapter in the Instructorżs Manual includes the learning objective, key terms with definitions, lecture outline, suggested answers to discussion questions, teaching notes for the chapter case study, teaching notes for the team exercise(s), and teaching notes for the self-assessment(s) related to that chapter as well as for additional self-assessments online.Feature : Self-Assessment Exercises at the end of each chapter allow students to diagnose their attitudes, personality, values, and beliefs on a variety of organizational behavior concepts. Topics include active listening skills, upward influence, conflict handling, leadership, Identifying Your Preferred Organizational Structure, Corporate Culture Preference Scale, and Tolerance of Change Scale among others. Additional self-assessments are located online at www.mhhe.com/mcshaneESS Feature : End-of-Chapter Cases- Several new cases have been written by instructors from across the globe. One case appears at the end of each chapter to help students diagnose organizational issues using OB concepts from the chapter. Examples include Ancol Corp., Inhibitor Drugs, From Lippert-Johanson Inc. to Fenway Waste Management, and Buddyżs Snack Company among others.Feature : Opening vignettes begin each chapter to draw students into the topics with a real organizational incident related to the content of that chapter. Some examples include Google, Owens Corning, Indianapolis Power & Light, Fish! Philosophy at Pike Place Fish Market, NASA, WorldCom, Arthur Anderson, and Procter & Gamble among others.Feature : End-of-part video summaries are located in an appendix at the back of the text. New videos from NBC include "Bully Broads" and "Celebrity CEO Charisma" along with Business Week TVżs "Childcare Help"Feature : End-of-chapter material includes a chapter summary, key terms, critical thinking questions, case study, team exercises, web exercise, team activity, and self-assessment exercise Feature : Every chapter has eye-catching photos, usually about specific companies. Detailed captions briefly describe real-life incidents relating to the photo.