Organizational Behavior

The text and images in this book are in grayscale. A hardback color version is available. Search for ISBN 9781680922905. The field of management and organizational behavior exists today in a constant state of evolution and change. Casual readers of publications like the New York Times The Economist and the Wall Street Journal will learn about the dynamic nature of organizations in todays ever-changing business environment. Organizational Behavior is designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of the introductory course on Organizational Behavior. This is a traditional approach to organizational behavior. The table of contents of this book was designed to address two main themes. What are the variables that affect how when where and why managers perform their jobs? What theories and techniques are used by successful managers at a variety of organizational levels to achieve and exceed objectives effectively and efficiently throughout their careers? Management is a broad business discipline and the Organizational Behavior course covers many areas such as individual and group behavior at work as well as organizational processes such as communication in the workplace and managing conflict and negotiation. No one individual can be an expert in all areas of management so an additional benefit of this text is that specialists in a variety of areas have authored individual chapters. Finally we all made an effort to present a balanced approach to gender and diversity throughout the text in the examples used the photographs selected and the use of both male and female in alternating chapters when referring to generic managers or employees.