Organizational Behavior category: 1522 books
Passive Addiction or Why We Hate Work
An Investigation of Problems in Organizational Communication
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2013
This work examines various organizational problems that contribute to the phenomenon of passive addiction, problems so entrenched and quotidian that they no longer register in the organizational consciousness as problems. Passive addiction refers to the phenomenon in which the individual is addicted...
Navigating an Organizational Crisis: When Leadership Matters Most
When Leadership Matters Most
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2016
How are leaders facing a crisis supposed to handle and overcome an unknowable set of issues? This book demonstrates how effective leaders under pressure work from an understanding of the situation at hand and of their impact on others, and explains how leaders can best apply their internal strengths.
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Transforming the Clunky Organization
Pragmatic Leadership Skills for Breaking Inertia
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2018
Organizations, like people, get stuck! They get ensnared in routines and processes, and they fall back into old habits. This is the dangerous period of inertia, the period that precedes failure, when organizations show signs of sluggishness.
In Transforming the Clunky Organization Samuel B....
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Implementing Organizational Change Successfully: Five Powerful Strategies to Seduce and Influence Stakeholders, Sell Your Ideas, and Boost Your Career in the Human Resources Department
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2013
*** Award-Winning Finalist in the 'Best New Business Book' category of The 2012 USA Best Book Awards & Honorable Mention in the 2012 New England Book Festival. ***
SEDUCE STAKEHOLDERS.
As an experienced internal HR consultant, project manager, program manager, change manager, or...
In the Interest of Others
Organizations and Social Activism
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2013
In the Interest of Others develops a new theory of organizational leadership and governance to explain why some organizations expand their scope of action in ways that do not benefit their members directly. John Ahlquist and Margaret Levi document eighty years of such activism by the International...
Why Organizational Change Fails
Robustness, Tenacity, and Change in Organizations
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2012
Change in organizations can arise spontaneously, or it can begin in response to a planned process of change. Even planned change is not as predictable as one might like it to be; it is often partial or incomplete, or the results of change may not be what one hoped. The aspects of an organization that...
The Psychology of Work
Insights into Successful Working Practices
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2015
***The Psychology of Work***integrates psychological theory with personal narrative from global industry leaders, as well as those entering the workforce, to offer tangible insights into the real world of work. It is ideal for students, professionals and anyone with an interest in how successful organizations...
by Marco Berti
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2017
Our knowledge and understanding of organizations is both enabled and constrained by invisible relationship of power that are embedded in the ways in which we act and speak. The notion of discourse has been used by many authors to describe and study these phenomena, and this volume offers a succinct but...
Power, Rule and Domination (RLE: Organizations)
A Critical and Empirical Understanding of Power in Sociological Theory and Organizational Life
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2013
This volume presents a critical analysis of sociological theorizing and power which enables the reader to grasp fully the nature of power, rule and domination in organizational life. By making use of the discussions he recorded at a construction site, the author brings the reader into contact with...
The Human Workplace
People-Centred Organizational Development
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2017
Companies spend time and effort developing their employees - their most important asset - but they often forget to consider the company structure, culture, environment and processes required to help the newly upskilled individuals thrive. The Human Workplace is a practical guide which shows how this...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2017
This volume provides readers with a rich source of sports metaphors for understanding organization and management processes and how to use metaphors to become more effective leaders and managers within their organizations. Each chapter discusses how sports may be used to help improved organizational...
Handbook for Strategic HR - Section 3
Use of Self as an Instrument of Change
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2015
“Use of self” is what Organizational Development practitioners call the complex set of awareness and behaviors that make it possible to be genuinely helpful to others. Effective use of self is essential for influencing change in an organization. This section will help you understand how your assumptions...
How To Conduct Organizational Surveys
A Step-by-Step Guide
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 1996
Organizations are increasingly turning to surveys to solve many business-related problems. This book provides those who want to plan organizational surveys with a step-by-step, `how-to' guide. The authors describe the issues that must be addressed at each step in the process, the advantages and disadvantages...
Managing and Organizations
An Introduction to Theory and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2019
A realist's guide to management, the authors capture the complex life of organizations, providing not only an account of theories, but also an introduction to their practice with examples from everyday life and culture discussing the key themes and debates along the way.
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