TY - BOOK AU - Huczynski,Andrzej AU - Buchanan,David A. TI - Organizational behaviour: an introductory text SN - 0273651021 (pbk) AV - HD58.7 .H83 2001 PY - 2001/// CY - Harlow PB - Financial Times/Prentice Hall KW - Organizational behavior N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. Prologue. PART 1: THE ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT. 2. The world outside. 3. Technology. PART 2:INDIVIDUALS IN THE ORGANIZATION. 4. Learning. 5. Personality. 6. Communication. 7. Perception. 8. Motivation. PART 3: GROUPS AND TEAMS IN THE ORGANIZATION. 9. Group formation. 10. Group structure. 11. Individuals in groups. 12. Team working. PART 4: ORGANIZATION STRUCTURES. 13. Traditional work design. 14. Elements of Structure. 15. Early organizational design. 16. Organization strategy and design PART 5: ORGANIZATION PROCESSES. 17. Organization development. 18. Organization change. 19. Organization culture. 20. Human Resource Management. PART 6: ORGANIZATION MANAGEMENT. 21. Leadership. 22. Decision-making. 23. Organizational conflict. 24. Power and politics. References. Glossary. Name Index. Subject Index N2 - The fully revised edition of this successful text offers a definitive,multidisciplinary, social science based approach to organizational behaviour.The content is academically rigorous, with an engaging and interesting style. Itprovides readers with concepts, theories, models and frameworks to helpunderstand behaviour in organizations. Readers are encouraged to challengecurrent thinking in relation to their own ideas and experiences, exploring otherperspectives. The text also shows how organizational behaviour ideas and methodsapply in practical settings.Content new to this edition includes:* the organizational context* postmodernism and the post-modern organization* teleworking, call centres and employee surveillance* the learning organization* behavioural self-modification* emotional intelligence* communication theory and organizational communication* neuro-linguistic programming* job sculpting* teamworking trends* contemporary applications of scientific management* corporate strategy and organizational design* interorganizational relationships* network and virtual organizations* human resource management* the new leadership, superleaders and dispersed leadership Pedagogical fea ER -