Organizational Behavior

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Pearson South Africa, 2009 - Business & Economics - 716 pages
Robbins/Judge provide the research you want in the language your students understand; accompanied with the best selling self-assessment software, SAL. Some topics include management functions; the social sciences; helping employees balance work and other responsibilities; improving people skills; improving customer service; motivational concepts; communication; power and politics; conflict and negotiation; culture; and stress management. Globally accepted and written by one of the most foremost authors in the field, this is a necessary read for all managers, human resource workers, and anyone needing to understand and improve their people skills.

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Contents

Contents in Brief
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Disciplines that contribute to the OB field
9
Coping with temporariness
15
Global implications
22
Major religions of Southern Africa
36
SelfAssessment Library How much do I know
42
The Individual
45
Power and Politics
349
Mentoring
355
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368
Conflict and Negotiation
381
The Organisation System
397
Global vs S A Trends
416
SelfAssessment Library Whats
422
Span of control
435

Foundations of Individual Behaviour
47
Tenure
54
Summary and implications for managers
63
Myth or Science? You cant teach an old
80
Experiential exercise Positive reinforcement
86
predictors of behaviour
109
Perception and Individual Decision Making
117
decision making
139
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Questions for review
185
Learning about yourself exercise What
192
The Group
198
SelfAssessment Library Whats my affect
236
Foundations of Group Behaviour
241
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Communication
267
Organisational communication
273
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Basic Approaches to Leadership
289
Contemporary Issues in Leadership
321
Keeping a culture alive
441
Human Resource Policies and Practices
449
SelfAssessment Library How much do I know
450
From concept to skills Selection interviewing
456
OB in the news The rise and fall of forced
462
SelfAssessment Library How spiritual am I? 439
468
Organisational Dynamics
477
Management
479
Performance evaluation
486
Understanding stress and
511
A Odendaal
516
Appendices Glossary and Index
519
Roles norms status size
539
change
543
Mentors
544
Norms
545
Diversity training
551
Global vs S A Trends
553
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