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Informationen zum Autor James L. Gibson is Department chair of Univ. of Kentuckys Department of Management. Research areas include organizational behavior and development. Klappentext The Fourteenth Edition of the award-winning Organizations: Behavior, Structure, Processes is based on the idea that managing people, structure, and processes in organizations is a challenging, compelling, and crucial set of tasks. This book illustrates how organizational behavior theory leads to research and how both theory and research provide the basic foundation for practical applications in business ¿rms, hospitals, educational institutions, government agencies, and other organizations. Readers are given the opportunity to look inside these organizations and to develop their own perspective and skills for managing organizational behavior. In recognition of its educational effectiveness, in 2005 the book received the Text and Academic Authors Association's McGuffey Longevity Award. Zusammenfassung Based on the idea that managing people! structure! and processes! this book illustrates how organizational behavior theory leads to research and how both theory and research provides the basic foundation for practical applications in business firms! hospitals! educational institutions! government agencies! and other organizations. Inhaltsverzeichnis PART ONE Introduction1 Managing Effective Organizations2 Organizational Culture3 Managing GloballyPART TWO Behavior within Organizations: The Individual4 Individual Behavior and Differences5 Motivation: Background and Theories6 Motivation: Organizational Applications7 Managing Workplace StressPART THREE Behavior within Organizations: Groups and Interpersonal In¿uence8 Group and Team Behavior9 Con¿ict and Negotiation10 Power and Politics11 Leadership: Fundamentals12 Leadership: Emerging PerspectivesPART FOUR The Structure and Design of Organizations13 Work Design14 Organization StructurePART FIVE The Processes of Organizations15 Managing Communication16 Decision Making17 Managing Organizational Change and LearningAPPENDIX A Procedures and Techniques for Studying Organizations: Behavior, Structure, Processes...
