Description
Book SynopsisKinicki, Organizational Behavior 3e develops students'' problem-solving skills through a unique, consistent, integrated 3-step Problem-Solving Approach that lets them immediately put research-based knowledge into practice in their personal and professional lives. Organizational Behavior 3e explicitly addresses OB implications for students'' core career readiness skills, showing how OB provides them with the higher-level soft skills employers seek, such as problem solving, critical thinking, leadership and decision making. The understanding and application of OB theories and concepts provides tremendous value to students'' lives today and throughout their careers.
Table of ContentsPART ONE: INDIVIDUAL BEHAVIOR
1. Making OB Work for Me
2. Values and Attitudes
3. Individual Differences and Emotions
4. Social Perception and Managing Diversity
5. Foundations of Employee Motivation
6. Performance Management
7. Positive Organizational Behavior
PART TWO: GROUPS
8. Groups and Teams
9. Communication in the Digital Age
10. Managing Conflict and Negotiation
11. Decision Making and Creativity
12. Power, Influence, and Politics
13. Leadership Effectiveness
PART THREE: ORGANIZATIONAL PROCESSES
14. Organizational Culture, Socialization, and Mentoring
15. Organizational Design, Effectiveness, and Innovation
16. Managing Change and Stress
