Key Benefit: THE most comprehensive, reality-based review of organizational
behavior of its kind, this volume prepares readers to explain and predict
behavior in organizations at three levels--the individual, the group, and the
organization system. Features a lively, conversational style, extensive
examples, case applications, skill-building modules, "Ethical" Dilemma
exercises, "Myth or Science?" boxes, and more. Key Topics: Values, Attitudes,
and Job Satisfaction. Personality and Emotions. Perception and Individual
Decision Making. Basic Motivation Concepts. Motivation: From Concepts to
Applications. Understanding Work Teams. Communication. Basic Approaches to
Leadership. Contemporary Issues in Leadership. Power and Politics. Conflict and
Negotiation. Technology and Work Design. Human Resource Policies and Practices.
Organizational Culture. Organizational Change and Stress