Principles of Organizational Behaviour FOURTH EDITION

Offering a strong combination of theory and analysis, Organizational Behaviour is an engaging text that looks at the debates surrounding the subject, encouraging students to think critically about the key issues involved.
It been fully revised and updated to include the latest organizational behavior research and has a new chapter on managing knowledge.

Offering a strong combination of theory and analysis, Principles of Organizational Behaviour is an engaging text that looks at the debates surrounding the subject, encouraging students to think critically about the key issues involved. been fully revised and updated to include the latest Drawing on areas of psychology and sociology, the authors take disciple-based approaches, dividing the text into four distinctive levels of analysis: individual, group, organizational, and social (IGOS). This IGOS framework encompasses the approaches to explain social action and behaviour, and provides an insight into this fascinating subject. ONLINE RESOURCE CENTRE For lecturers: an extensive Instructor's Manual PowerPoint slides, seminar exercises, and a test bank of questions. For students: answer outlines to the end-of-chapter study questions, web links, and a glossary.

1 - Learning
2 - Stress
3 - Individual Differences
4 - Assessing Individual Differences
5 - Motivation and Job Satisfaction
6 - Social Interaction
7 - Group and Intergroup Behaviour
8 - Leadership
9 - Work: The Basic Theories
10 - Conflict and Consent in Work
11 - Alternative Working
12 - Structure and Control in Organizations
13 - Structure and Performance in Organizations
14 - Decision Making and Change
15 - Organizational Culture
16 - Power and Organizations
17 - Management Knowledge
18 - Markets and Occupations
19 - Gender and Employment
20 - Technology in the Workplace
21 - New Systems of Work Organization

Professor Robin Fincham is Professor of Organizational Behaviour in the department of Management and Organization at Stirling University Peter Rhodes is a management consultant working for OTL Management Consultancy

This fourth edition of Robin Fincham and Peter Rhodes' introduction to organizational behaviour. Building on the success of previous editions, it continues to provide coverage of all the main topics on organizational behaviour courses for students new to this subject area.This edition has been fully revised and updated to include the latest research and provide example cases,while still maintaining its critical approach and strong coverage of organizational behaviour theory.