{"product_id":"management-of-organizational-behavior-9780132556408","title":"Management of Organizational Behavior","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor undergraduate and graduate-level courses in Organizational Behavior, Leadership, and Organizational Development.      Forty years in the making, Management of Organizational Behavior is a readable text that makes behavioral sciences come alive through real life examples and progressive ideology.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1  Management: An Applied Behavioral Sciences Approach        The Purpose of Management        The Impact of These Trends        Organizations as Sources of Competitive Advantage        The Challenges of Leading an Organization       Distinctions between Management and Leadership       Management Defined        Leadership Defined        Are Management and Leadership Really Necessary?        Three Competencies of Leadership        Management Process        Skills of a Manager        Organizations as Social Systems        Ingredients for Effective Human Skills        Understanding Behavior        Predicting Behavior          Directing, Changing, and Influencing Behavior        Learning to Apply Behavioral Science Theory            Chapter 2  Motivation and Behavior        Theories of Behavior        Goal-Oriented Behavior          Motives        Goals        Motive Strength        Changes in Motive Strength        Categories of Activities        Motives, Goals, and Activities        Expectancy Theory        Availability        Hierarchy of Needs        Motivational Research        Physiological Needs          Safety Needs        Social Needs        Esteem Needs          Self-Actualization Needs               Chapter 3  Motivating           The Hawthorne Studies Elton Mayo         Theory X and Theory Y Douglas McGregor           Informal Work Groups George C. Homans           Increasing Interpersonal Competence Chris Argyris            Argyris’s Immaturity-Maturity Theory        Motivation-Hygiene Theory Frederick Herzberg           Hygiene Factors        Motivators        The Relationship of Herzberg’s Theory to Maslow’s Theory        Job Enrichment   ","brand":"Pearson Education","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51138094367063,"sku":"9780132556408","price":254.51,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780132556408.jpg?v=1751917965","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/management-of-organizational-behavior-9780132556408","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}