NOTE: MyManagementLab does not come packaged with this content. If you would like to purchase both the physical text and M yManagementLab search for ISBN-10: 0133973018/ISBN-13: 9780133973013. That package includes ISBN-10: 013392081X/ISBN-13: 9780133920819 and ISBN-10: 013397149X/ISBN-13: 9780133971491.

For courses in Organizational Behavior.

 

Essentials of Organizational Behavior is a comprehensive work that covers key concepts of the Organizational Behavior field while remaining brief in length and easy to absorb. Teaching readers how to understand and interact with people in real organizations, the Thirteenth Edition is an engaging, informative and interesting text that draws many connections to future careers in OB.

 

Essentials of Organizational Behavior helps readers retain and relate only the most necessary information and experiences of Organizational Behavior to their own lives and future careers. Its brevity and coverage of essential concepts allows for a source material that is easily adaptable to a broad range of people.

Also available with MyManagementLab ^®

MyManagementLab is an online homework, tutorial, and assessment program designed to work with this text to engage students and improve results. Within its structured environment, students practice what they learn, test their understanding, and pursue a personalized study plan that helps them better absorb course material and understand difficult concepts.

 

PART 1. UNDERSTANDING YOURSELF AND OTHERS
1. What Is Organizational Behavior?
2. Diversity in Organizations
3. Attitudes and Job Satisfaction
4. Emotion and Moods
5. Personality and Values

PART 2. MAKING AND IMPLEMENTING DECISIONS
6. Perception and Individual Decision Making
7. Motivation Concepts
8. Motivation: From Concept to Applications

PART 3. COMMUNICATING IN GROUPS AND TEAMS
9. Foundations of Group Behavior
10. Understanding Work Teams
11. Communication

PART 4. NEGOTIATING POWER AND POLITICS
12. Leadership
13. Power and Politics

PART 5. LEADING, UNDERSTANDING, AND TRANSFORMING THE ORGANIZATION SYSTEM
14. Conflict and Negotiation
15. Foundations of Organization Structure
16. Organizational Culture
17. Organizational Change and Stress Management