Organizational Behavior, 13ed (An Indian Adaptation)

Description

Organizational Behavior is written to engage and teach readers about the subject. The book presents organizational behavior in the workplace and for life. It introduces the subject, and the text then proceeds to cover a range of topics, including teamwork, individual performance, organizational cultures, and the role of communication. The book describes the importance of interpersonal relationships in organizational behavior, while giving special emphasis to relationship-building processes relative to communication, power, and leadership.

About the Author

Dr. Mary Uhl-Bien is the Howard Hawks Chair in Business Ethics and Leadership at the University of Nebraska. She teaches organizational behavior, leadership, and ethics courses at the undergraduate and graduate (MBA and doctoral) levels, and has been heavily involved in executive education around the world.

Dr. John R. Schermerhorn Jr. is the Charles G. O’Bleness Emeritus Professor of Management in the College of Business at Ohio University where he teaches undergraduate and MBA courses in management, organizational behavior, and Asian business.Dr. Schermerhorn focuses his teaching and textbooks on bridging the gap between the theory and practice of management

Dr. Richard N. Osborn is a Wayne State University Distinguished Professor, Professor of Management Emeritus, and former Board of Governors Faculty Fellow. He has received teaching awards at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale and Wayne State University, and he has also taught at Arizona State University, Monash University (Australia), Tulane University, University of Munich, and the University of Washington.

Sanket Sunand Dash is a faculty in the area of Organizational Behaviour & Human Resource Management (OB&HRM) at Indian Institute of Management Rohtak. He has completed Fellow Program in Management (FPM) from Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad. He worked as a senior analyst with Deloitte US India for four years before joining the FPM program in IIM Ahmedabad. Before joining IIM Rohtak, he was a faculty at Xavier School of Human Resources (XAHR), Xavier University Bhubaneswar.

Table of Contents

Book Review

Part 1 Introducing Organizational Behavior

Introducing Organizational Behavior
Organizational Behavior as a Science
The Context of Organizational Behavior
Management and Organizational Behavior
Leadership and Organizational Behavior

2 Diversity, Personality, and Values

Individual Differences and Diversity
Personality
Personality and Stress
Values

3 Perception, Attribution, and Learning

The Perception Process
Common Perceptual Distortions
Perception, Attribution, and Social Learning
Learning by Reinforcement
Perception Management in Organizations

4 Emotions, Attitudes, and Job Satisfaction

Understanding Emotions and Moods
How Emotions and Moods Inﬂuence Behavior
How Attitudes Inﬂuence Behavior
Job Satisfaction Trends and Issues

5 Motivation

What Is Motivation?
Motivation and Human Needs
Motivation and Equity
Motivation and Expectancy
Motivation and Goals

6 Motivation and Performance

Motivation, Rewards, and Performance
Motivation and Performance Management
Motivation and Job Design
Alternative Work Schedules

Part 3 Teams and Teamwork

7 The Nature of Teams

Teams in Organizations
Team Effectiveness
Stages of Team Development
Input Foundations for Teamwork

8 Teamwork and Team Performance

High-Performance Teams
Improving Team Processes
Improving Team Communications
Improving Team Decisions

9 Decision Making and Creativity

The Decision-Making Process
Decision-Making Models
Decision-Making Traps and Issues
Creativity in Decision Making

10 Conflict and Negotiation

Conﬂict in Organizations
Conﬂict Management
Negotiation
Negotiation Strategies

Part 4 Inﬂuence Processes and Leadership

11 Communication

The Nature of Communication
Communication Barriers
Communication in Organizational Contexts
Communication in Relational Contexts
Developmental Feedback

12 Power, Justice, and Politics

Understanding Power
Sources of Power and Inﬂuence
Responses to Power and Inﬂuence
Understanding Organizational Politics
Navigating the Political Landscape
Theory of Organizational Justice

13 The Leadership Process

Leadership
Followership
The Leader–Follower Relationship
Collective Leadership

14 Leader Traits and Behavioral Styles

Leader Traits and Behaviors
Contingency Theories
Charismatic/Transformational Views
Complexity Leadership Views
Leadership Ethics

Part 5 Organizational Context

15 Organizational Culture and Innovation

Organizational Culture
Understanding Organizational Cultures
Managing Organizational Culture
Culture and Climate
Innovation in Organizations

16 Organizational Structure and Design

Formal Organizational Structure
Organizing and Coordinating Work
Organizational Design
Bureaucracy and Beyond

17 Organizational Change Management

What is Organizational Change?
Barriers to Organizational Change
Planning for Deliberate Change
Change Management Models
Role of Leadership in Organizational Change
Organizations in VUCA Times: Change as the New Normal

Study Guide

Steps to Further Learning

The OB Skills Workbook

Glossary

Self-Test Answers

Notes

Name Index

Organization Index

Subject Index