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Klappentext For 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. Zusammenfassung Forty years in the making, Management of Organizational Behavio r is a readable text that makes behavioral sciences come alive through real life examples and progressive ideology. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 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 Summary Chapter 4 Leadership: An Initial Perspective Leadership Defined The Vision into Performance Model The ACHIEVE Model Background Using the ACHIEVE Model Legacies of the Past Schools of Organizational Theory Scientific Management Movement—Frederick Winslow Taylor Human Relations Movement—Elton Mayo Trait Approaches to Leadership Negative Leadership Traits Attitudinal Approaches Ohio State Leadership Studies Michigan Leadership Studies Group Dynamics Studies Rensis Likert’s Management Systems Theory into Practice The Leadership Grid®—Robert R. Blake and Anne Adams McCanse Is There a Best Style of Leadership? Preview Chapter 5 Leadership: Situational Approaches Situational Approaches to Leadership Tannenbaum-Schmidt Continuum of Leader Behavior Fiedler’s Contingency Model House-Mitchell Path-Goal Theory Vroom-Yetton Contingency Model Hersey-Blanchard Tridimensional Leader Effectiveness Model Effectiveness Dimension Instrumentation What about Consistency? Attitude versus Behavior Summary Chapter 6 Determining Effectiveness Management Effectiveness versus Leadership Effectiveness Successful Leadership versus Ef...
