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Readership: 1st and 2nd year undergraduate Business students and postgraduate Business and Management students.
Robin Fincham, Professor of Organizational Behaviour, University of Stirling, and Peter Rhodes, Management Consultant with OTL Management Consultancy
" Principles of Organizational Behaviour by Robin Fincham and Peter Rhodes is a clear, well-structured and comprehensive textbook that combines a psychological and sociological approach to the subject of organisational studies. The textbook has a long history of being a useful and practical teaching tool, and most educators reading through this text would find its structure, comprehensive treatment of relevant topics and style easy to use and appealing to students. the writing is clear and well argued, presenting students with straightforward study material." - Christopher Stoney, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada, from the Times Higher Educational Supplement, 9th November 2006
Introduction Part One: The Individual and Work 1: Learning 2: Stress 3: Individual Differences 4: Assessing Individual Differences 5: Motivation and Job Satisfaction Part Two: Groups and Work 6: Social Interaction 7: Group and Intergroup Behaviour 8: Leadership Part Three: Patterns of Work 9: Work: The Basic Theories 10: Conflict and Consent in Work 11: Alternative Working Part Four: Organizational Structures and Systems 12: Structure and Control in Organizations 13: Structure and Performance in Organizations 14: Decision Making and Change Part Five: Organizational Processes 15: Organizational Culture 16: Power and Organizations 17: Management Knowledge Part Six: Divisions of Labour 18: Markets and Occupations 19: Gender and Employment 20: Technology in the Workplace 21: New Systems of Work Organization
