Description Hitt/Miller/Colella, Organizational Behavior helps students understand the impact of effective management of people, teams and groups on organizational performance. Through this strategic framework, the authors illustrate organizational behavior as critical to implementing strategy, gaining competitive advantages, and ensuring positive organizational results.
The 4 Edition includes the latest research and literature pertaining to pressing topics like global contexts, motivation and leadership. With features that offer managerial advice, highlight strategic initiatives and provide opportunities for self-assessment and analysis, the text encourages students to understand the value of OB to organizational success and to their future careers.
Features
Unique Focus: Unlike other OB texts, the authors use the perspective of an organization’s strategy as a guide, emphasizing how effective behavioral management relates to organizational strategy and performance.
Big-picture Framework: Helps students understand the value of OB to organizational performance and to their future careers, through sections like "The Strategic Importance of...," "Managerial Advice," and "Experiencing Strategic Organizational Behavior."
New To This Edition
Cutting-Edge Research: The Fourth Edition includes over 500 new references from organizational behavior research literature and popular press articles on managerial practice.
Coverage of Current Issues in OB: New content related to topics like social learning theory, stretch goals, workplace bulling, and mood and emotion on decision making.
New and Revised Communication Coverage: The authors have reorganized the presentation of material to better emphasize individual level issues in communication and have added new sections on communication styles and virtual worlds.
New and Revised Management Coverage: The authors incorporated new content on managerial change capabilities and dynamic capabilities, along with a discussion of goal-based leadership which replaced material on management by objectives.
Table of Contents Opening Case Study: Whole Foods, Whole People Part I: The Strategic Lens Chapter 1: A Strategic Approach to Organizational Behavior Chapter 2: Organizational Diversity Chapter 3: Organizational Behavior in a Global Context Part II Individual Processes Chapter 4: Learning and Perception Chapter 5: Personality, Intelligence, Attitudes, and Emotions Chapter 6: Work Motivation Chapter 7: Stress and Well-Being Part III Groups, Teams, and Social Processes Chapter 8: Leadership Chapter 9: Communication Chapter 10: Decision Making by Individuals and Groups Chapter 11: Groups and Teams Chapter 12: Conflict, Negotiation, Power, and Politics Part IV: The Organizational Context Chapter 13: Organizational Structure and Culture Chapter 14: Organizational Change and Development