Organizational Behavior or Guide to Report Writing

Organizational Behavior: Core Concepts

Author: Angelo Kinicki

Organizational Behavior: Core Concepts was written with the goal of creating a short, up-to-date, practical, user-friendly, interesting, and engaging introduction to the field of organizational behavior. Angelo Kinicki accomplished this goal by selecting content on the basis of his experience in teaching and writing OB textbooks and the desire to provide a brief book on organizational behavior. The 14 chapters present concise coverage of key concepts needed to help students gain an understanding about individual, group, and organizational behavior. The focus is more on content than pedagogy in order to allow instructors the flexibility to incorporate their own case selections and supplementary materials into their courses. Another key feature of Organizational Behavior: Core Concepts is a boxed feature that provides information about ancillary materials that can be used to enhance student learning and to facilitate a more interactive learning environment. This box identifies when students can test their mastery of the content or enhance their understanding by taking one of 38 Test Your Knowledge Quizzes or 20 self-assessment surveys. The box also calls out when instructors might use 23 group exercises and 15 Manager’s Hot Seat video segments to supplement their lectures and facilitate student involvement and interactions. Finally, Organizational Behavior: Core Concepts contains coverage of cutting edge topics and timely examples.

Table of Contents:

Ch 1 Organizational Behavior: Why People Matter to Organizations

Part One Managing Individuals in Organizations

Ch 2 Perception and Diversity: Why Viewpoints Differ

Ch 3 Individual Differences: What Makes Employees Unique

Ch 4 Motivations in Theory: What Makes Employees Try Harder

Ch 5 Motivation in Practice: How to Bring Out the Best in People

Part Two Managing Groups and Making Decisions in organizations

Ch 6 Groups and Teamwork: How Groups Work and How to Lead Them

Ch 7 Decision Making: How Individuals and Groups Arrive at Decisions

Ch 8 Conflict and Negotiation: Why Conflict Arises and What to Do about It

Part Three Managing Processes of Organizations

Ch 9 Communication: How to Get Messages Across—Online and Off

Ch 10 Power and Politics: How People Influence One Another

Ch 11 Leadership: What Makes and Effective Leader

Part Four Meeting Organizational Challenges

Ch 12 Organizational Culture: How Organizations Create and Transmit a Culture

Ch 13 Organizational Design: How a Structure Connects Employees and Tasks

Ch 14 Change and Learning Organizations: How to Thrive in a Turbulent World

Endnotes

Glossary

Index

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Guide to Report Writing

Author: Michael Netzley

This concise, practical book is written for you if your professional success is linked to the quality of the reports you produce. You will learn how to. . .

• Manage data, minimize discomfort, and master the report-writing process
• Assure that your reports get read, understood, and acted on—rather than contributing to information overload
• Develop a communication strategy that enables you to design reports to meet the needs of diverse readers and decision-makers
• Write reports that are clear, high in skim-value, and rich in content-value
• Follow a sound approach to report-writing so you will avoid procrastination and use your time productively
• Allow your readers to find it a pleasure—rather than a struggle—to read your reports
• Convey your ideas so clearly and persuasively that you gain recognition and influence within your organization

Like all the books in the Prentice Hall Guides to Advanced Business Communications series, this book is . . .

• Brief: summarizes key ideas only
• Practical: offers clear, straightforward tools you can use
• Reader-friendly: provides easy-to-skim format