Organizational behavior

Introduction. Introduction to the field of organizational behavior -- Individual behavior and processes. Individual behavior, personality and values ; Perception and learning in organizations ; Workplace emotions, attitudes, and stress ; Foundations of employee motivation ; Applied performance practices ; Decision making and creativity -- Team processes. Team dynamics ; Communicating in teams and organizations ; Power and influence in the workplace ; Conflict and negotiation in the workplace ; Leadership in organizational settings -- Organizational processes. Organizational structure ; Organizational culture ; Organizational change -- Additional cases. Case 1: A Mir Kiss? ; Case 2: Arctic Mining Consultants ; Case 3: Big screen's big failure ; Case 4: Bridging the two worlds : the organizational dilemma ; Case 5: Fran Hayden joins Dairy Engineering ; Case 6: From Lippert-Johanson Incorporated to Fenway Waste Management ; Case 7: Glengarry Regional Medical Center ; Case 8: High noon at Alpha mills ; Case 9 : Keeping Suzanne Chalmers ; Case 10: Northwest Canadian Forest Products Limited ; Case 11: Perfect Pizzeria ; Case 12: Simmons Laboratories ; Case 13: Treetop Forest Products -- Video summaries -- Appendix A. Theory building and systematic research methods -- Appendix B. Scoring keys for self-assessment -- Glossary

This work applies four fundamental principles - linking theory with reality, organizational behaviour for everyone, contemporary theory foundation, and active learning support. There are self-assessment exercises at the end of each chapter