Work and Organizational Behaviour is a brand new core text for undergraduate and MBA students taking an introductory course in organizational behaviour. It provides both a psychologically and sociologically based view of behaviour in work organisations, from a critical perspective. It is global in coverage and provides students with a comprehensive understanding of organisational behaviour in action.
Thompson, P. and McHugh, D. (2009) Work Organizations, 4th edn, Basingstoke: Palgrave Chapter 3, in particular, asks you to think about the ideology underlying Taylorism, while Chapter 19 is useful on personality testing.
New to this Edition: - New chapters on organizational change, and diversity and people management - Globalization and Organization Misbehaviour feature explores flawed organizational practice, from a host of contemporary international ...
This edition provides a critical approach to the study of work and organizational behaviour, questioning what organizational behaviour is and how it has been researched and discussed.
There is a large body of shared knowledge between the study of Organizational Behaviour and Human Resource Management but despite the crossover, they are often treated as very distinct disciplines.
Tracing the development of work psychology and organizational behaviour from the early 20th century to the present, this book focuses on the relations between knowledge, power and practice.
This book looks at how the physical environment of work shapes organizational behaviour, demonstrating that our physical surroundings at work can have a big influence on employee productivity, performance and wellbeing.
Get the lowdown on OB – find out why understanding psychological and behavioural principles can be so important to success Find out what makes people tick – gain powerful insights into why individuals behave the way they do in the ...
This second edition of the best-selling textbook on Work Motivation in Organizational Behavior provides an update of the critical analysis of the scientific literature on this topic, and provides a highly integrated treatment of leading ...
The new edition of this widely used, best-selling core textbook dissects contemporary management practices and encourages readers to reflect critically on workplace realities.
Reproduced from Thomas (1976) with the permission of John Wiley & Sons. similarities and differences in viewpoint become more clearly focused; and Cooperation, power and ethical behaviour in organizations 405.