Organizational Behavior category: 1522 books
What Were They Thinking?
Unconventional Wisdom About Management
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2007
Every day companies and their leaders fail to capitalize on opportunities because they misunderstand the real sources of business success.
Based on his popular column in Business 2.0, Jeffrey Pfeffer delivers wise and timely business commentary that challenges conventional wisdom while providing...
When the Monkeys Run the Zoo
The Pitfalls of Flat Hierarchies
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2017
Every change takes its toll. Stefan Kühl critically examines the blind enthusiasm that continues to celebrate the leveling of hierarchies and the decentralization of organizations. Relying on studies performed in European and U.S. companies, Kühl describes why these management concepts can carry...
The Architecture of Innovation
The Economics of Creative Organizations
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2012
Find the right innovation model
Innovation is a much-used buzzword these days, but when it comes to creating and implementing a new idea, many companies miss the mark-plans backfire, consumer preferences shift, or tried-and-true practices fail to work in a new context. So is innovation just...
Stop Spending, Start Managing
Strategies to Transform Wasteful Habits
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2016
Stop Wasting Precious Time and Money
You have a complex problem at work, and you know the standard solutions: hire a consultant, enlist a superstar employee, have more meetings about it. In short, spend money and hours to dig your way out. But you’ve been down this road before-the so-called...
by Carl Rhodes, Robert Westwood
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2007
This book challenges traditional organizational theory, looking to representations of work and organizations within popular culture and the ways in which these institutions have also been conceptualized and critiqued there. Through a series of essays, Rhodes and Westwood examine popular culture as...
Workplace Democracy
An Inquiry into Employee Participation in Canadian Work Organizations
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1982
This book begins with a historical review of how authority in the Canadian workplace has changed over the past century. It proceeds to outline a theory of organization which provides a broad conceptual framework for the empirical analysis which follows. This theory is based on five concepts: the values...
Trade Unions and Arab Revolutions
The Tunisian Case of UGTT
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2017
This book traces the role of the UGTT (the Tunisian General Labour Union) during Tunisia’s 2011 revolution and the transition period that ensued – Tunisia being the Arab country where trade unionism was the strongest and most influential in shaping the outcomes of the uprising. The UGTT; From...
by Francesco Duina
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2013
Institutions are central to economic life. They have a major impact on consumer preferences, the actions and processes of firms, levels of wealth and poverty in countries, the growth of international trade, and much more. Indeed, none of the preconditions for economic activity - such as the existence...
by Jon R. Katzenbach, Douglas K. Smith
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2016
Teams are fast becoming a flexible and efficient way to enhance organizational performance. This Harvard Business Review collection brings together the ideas and research from Jon Katzenbach and Douglas Smith, who argue that we cannot meet the challenges ahead, from total quality to customer service...
Strategic Benefits Realization
Optimizing Value through Programs, Portfolios and Organizational Change Management
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2014
This desk reference offers practical guidance for program managers, portfolio managers, and business leaders in the implementation of benefits realization management in organizations. Aligned with global standards, this book extends the knowledge contained in these standards through practical implementation...
Leading and Implementing Business Change Management
Making Change Stick in the Contemporary Organization
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2013
Being change capable is the "new normal" for today’s growth-minded organizations. The "do more with less" strategies of the past are no longer effective in preparing organizations to meet the increasing challenges for growth, competitiveness and innovation required of them in...
by Dr. Zeynep Aycan, Rabindra N. Kanungo, Manuel Mendonca
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2014
*Winner in the Management and Leadership Textbook Category at CMI Management Book of the Year Awards 2015*
An ideal course text for Organizational Behaviour, Human Resource Management or Cross-Cultural Management courses.
Chapters present the fundamental theoretical approaches in all key...
Open to Think
Slow Down, Think Creatively and Make Better Decisions
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2018
While it may not occur to us on a daily basis, there is a widespread cultural tendency toward quick decisions and quick action. This pattern has resulted in many of our society's greatest successes, but even more of its failures. Though the root cause is by no means malicious, we have begun to reward...
Reflexive Leadership
Organising in an imperfect world
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2016
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Making a case for a reflexive approach to leadership, the authors draw upon decades of carrying out in-depth studies of professionals trying to “do” leadership. Through interviews with managers and their subordinates, getting...