Organizational Behavior category: 1522 books
What Happened to Goldman Sachs
An Insider's Story of Organizational Drift and Its Unintended Consequences
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2013
This is the story of the slow evolution of Goldman Sachs-addressing why and how the firm changed from an ethical standard to a legal one as it grew to be a leading global corporation.
In What Happened to Goldman Sachs, Steven G. Mandis uncovers the forces behind what he calls Goldman’s organizational...
Analyzing Workplace Arrogance and Organizational Effectiveness
Emerging Research and Opportunities
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2018
Arrogance plays a problematic role in organizations, and it is a unique and difficult challenge to address. Taking proper steps towards recognizing and measuring the effect of arrogance in job performance becomes an important step in improving workplace environments. Analyzing Workplace Arrogance...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2013
Empathy dissolves the boundaries between self and others, and feelings of altruism towards others are activated. This process results in more compassionate and caring contexts, as well as helping others in times of suffering. This book provides evidence from neuroscience and quantum physics that it...
Sense and Respond
How Successful Organizations Listen to Customers and Create New Products Continuously
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2017
The End of Assembly Line Management
We’re in the midst of a revolution. Quantum leaps in technology are enabling organizations to observe and measure people’s behavior in real time, communicate internally at extraordinary speed, and innovate continuously. These new, software-driven technologies...
The Management Idea Factory
Innovation and Commodification in Management Consulting
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2013
Although there has traditionally been considerable field-level attention on how consultants market their ideas and practices, there is still a lack of research that discusses the earlier intra-organizational phases in the development process. While the present literature provides important insights...
The UCLA Anderson Business and Information Technologies (BIT) Project
A Global Study of Technology and Business Practice (2016)
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2016
This is the fourth of a series of research volume of papers from the Business and Information Technologies global research network. The BIT network comprises 21 partners from 17 countries, and conducts studies on the impact of new information and communication technologies on business practice, industry...
Riding the Leadership Rollercoaster
An observer’s guide
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2016
A collection of short, bite-sized nuggets of insight into the psychological ups and downs of the leadership journey from one of the world’s top thinkers on leadership.
Leadership often means living on the edge, living a life less ordinary, leaving the straight and narrow to take a more exciting...
Problem Solving in Organizations
A Methodological Handbook for Business and Management Students
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2012
This concise introduction to the methodology of problem solving in organizations is an indispensable guide to the design and execution of practical business improvement projects in real organizational settings. The methodology is design-oriented and theory-informed. It encourages students to use the...
The Psychology of Decision Making
People in Organizations
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2005
The Psychology of Decision Making provides an overview of decision making as it relates to management, organizational behavior issues, and research. This engaging book examines the way individuals make decisions as well as how they form judgments privately and in the context of the organization....
Organizations in Depth
The Psychoanalysis of Organizations
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 1999
`The book is a good read. Gabriel has an engaging writing style, liberally interspersed with vignettes, cases, and quotes…. While the reader may not agree with some of what Gabriel is espousing, the author presents his material in a non-judgemental manner…. And who knows ? Maybe Gabriel is foreshadowing...
Organization Development
A Jossey-Bass Reader
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2017
This is the third book in the Jossey-Bass Reader series, Organization Development: A Jossey-Bass Reader. This collection will introduce the key thinkers and contributors in organization development including Ed Lawler, Peter Senge, Chris Argyris, Richard Hackman, Jay Galbraith, Cooperrider, Rosabeth...
Liquid Organization
Zygmunt Bauman and Organization Theory
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2014
Widely known as a leading intellectual, Zygmunt Bauman’s thinking is often categorized as sociology or philosophy. But his work has been hugely influential in other fields as well, not least within organization studies. From increasing management control and growing standardization of work activities,...
Psychological Capital
Developing the Human Competitive Edge
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2006
Although there are as many answers to the question of how organizations can gain competitive advantage in today's global economy as there are books and experts, one lesson seems very clear: traditional answers and resources are no longer sufficient. This seminal book offers not only an answer regarding...
Organizational Stress
A Review and Critique of Theory, Research, and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2001
This book examines stress in organizational contexts. The authors review the sources and outcomes of job-related stress, the methods used to assess levels and consequences of occupational stress, along with the strategies that might be used by individuals and organizations to confront stress and its...