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Organizational Behavior

ISBN: 9780538880244 | 0538880244
Edition: 8th
Format: Paperback
Publisher: South-Western College Pub
Pub. Date: 6/25/1997

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SummaryTable of Contents
Organizational Behavior is designed to help students, professionals & managers develop the competencies and skills needed to effectively contribute to the organization. This text's proven strengths lie in its classic research and coverage of contemporary topics. It introduces and emphasizes five core competencies - Mobilizing Innovation and Change, Conceptualization, Creativity, Risk Taking, and Visioning,
Prefacexix
CHAPTER 1 Introduction to Organizational Behavior
2(36)
PREVIEW CASE: Andrea Cunningham
4(5)
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The Many Aspects of Diversity
7(2)
DIVERSITY IN PRACTICE: General Electric's Boundaryless Behavior
9(4)
ACROSS CULTURES: Avon's Global Diversity
13(3)
Additional Organizational Issues
14(2)
QUALITY IN PRACTICE: Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company
16(1)
TECHNOLOGY IN PRACTICE: Banc One's Special Intranet
17(3)
ETHICS IN PRACTICE: Cummins Global Ethics
20(5)
Core Competencies and Their Corresponding Skills
21(4)
MANAGING IN PRACTICE: Ford's Competency Based Recruitment Program
25(12)
Organizational Behavior Framework
26(6)
Developing Competencies
32(5)
Self-Insight: Attitudes Toward Diversity
32(1)
Organizational Insight: Executive Dining?
32(5)
PART I: INDIVIDUAL PROCESSES37(190)
CHAPTER 2 Personality and Attitudes
38(32)
PREVIEW CASE: Individual Differences in Reactions
40(3)
Concept of Personality
41(1)
Sources of Personality Differences
41(2)
DIVERSITY IN PRACTICE: Generational Tension in the Office
43(6)
Personality Structure
45(1)
Personality and Behavior
45(4)
MANAGING IN PRACTICE: Personality and Teams at Hewlett-Packard
49(4)
Concept of Attitudes
50(1)
Attitudes and Behavior
51(2)
Job Satisfaction
53(1)
ACROSS CULTURES: A Comparison of Japanese and U. S. Work Attitudes
53(4)
Organizational Commitment
56(1)
QUALITY IN PRACTICE: Building Commitment at Merck
57(2)
Individual Differences and Ethical Behavior
57(2)
ETHICS IN PRACTICE: Who's Your Phone Company--I Don't Care
59(11)
Developing Competencies
62(8)
Self-Insight: Assessing the Big Five
62(2)
Organizational Insight: Earning Loyalty at A. G. Edwards
64(6)
CHAPTER 3 Perception and Attribution
70(32)
PREVIEW CASE: The Job Training Opportunity
72(1)
The Perceptual Process
72(1)
ACROSS CULTURES: British Budweiser Ads Rankle American Indians
73(5)
Perpetual Selection
74(4)
ACROSS CULTURES: Time Perception
78(3)
Perceptual Organization
80(1)
MANAGING IN PRACTICE: Office Design, Layout, and Decor--What Do They Tell You?
81(6)
Person Perception
82(2)
Perceptual Errors
84(1)
Managing in Practice
85(2)
DIVERSITY IN PRACTICE: Workplace Stereotypes
87(2)
Attributions: Perceiving the Causes of Behavior
89(1)
MANAGING IN PRACTICE: Searching for Causes of Job Applicant Behavior
89(13)
Developing Competencies
96(6)
Self-Insight: Measuring Perceptions of Women as Managers
96(2)
Organizational Insight: Fudge the Numbers or Leave
98(4)
CHAPTER 4 Learning and Reinforcement
102(32)
PREVIEW CASE: Viking Freight
104(5)
Types of Learning
105(4)
MANAGING IN PRACTICE: Empowerment--The Saturn Way
109(1)
ACROSS CULTURES: PepsiCo's Designate Program
110(3)
Contingencies of Reinforcement
111(1)
Positive Reinforcement
112(1)
QUALITY IN PRACTICE: Prudential Makes Wellness Work
113(2)
DIVERSITY IN PRACTICE: Seattle Times
115(5)
MANAGING IN PRACTICE: Discipline Without Punishment
120(3)
Schedules of Reinforcement
121(2)
ETHICS IN PRACTICE: Working at Sears
123(11)
Behavioral Modification
125(6)
Developing Competencies
131(1)
Self-Insight: What's Your Self-Efficacy?
131(1)
Organizational Insight: This Is Going to Cost Me My Job
131(3)
CHAPTER 5 Motivation in the Work Setting
134(36)
PREVIEW CASE: High-Performance Management at UPS
136(9)
The Basic Motivational Process
138(2)
Content Models of Motivation
140(5)
ACROSS CULTURES: Motivating Czech Employees
145(3)
DIVERSITY IN PRACTICE: Petty's Diversity Program
148(2)
MANAGING IN PRACTICE: Mirage Hotels Bets and Wins
150(8)
Process Models of Motivation
153(5)
QUALITY IN PRACTICE: Working at Home Depot
158(3)
ETHICS IN PRACTICE: To Steal or Not: That's the Question
161(9)
Developing Competencies
166(4)
Self-Insight: What Do You Want From Your Job?
166(1)
Organizational Insight: Working at Nordstrom
167(3)
CHAPTER 6 Motivating Performance: Goal Setting and Reward Systems
170(26)
PREVIEW CASE: Papa John's Pizza
172(3)
Fundamentals of Goal Setting
173(2)
QUALITY IN PRACTICE: Service at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel
175(3)
Goal Setting and Performance
176(2)
MANAGING IN PRACTICE: Steve Forbes
178(5)
Management by Objectives
182(1)
ETHICS IN PRACTICE: Misread Pap Tests
183(1)
DIVERSITY IN PRACTICE: Beyond Good Faith
184(4)
Reward Systems for Enhancing Performance
187(1)
MANAGING IN PRACTICE: Tying Pay to Performance--A Mixed Bag
188(2)
ACROSS CULTURES: General Electric Appliances
190(6)
Developing Competencies
192(4)
Self-Insight: Goal-Setting Questionnaire
192(1)
Organizational Insight: General Stair Corporation
193(3)
CHAPTER 7 Work Stress
196(31)
PREVIEW CASE: So Much to Do, So Little Time
198(3)
Nature of Stress
198(3)
Sources of Stress
201(1)
ACROSS CULTURES: Siesta Sunset
201(4)
ETHICS IN PRACTICE: Sexual Harassment Charges at Mitsubishi
205(1)
DIVERSITY IN PRACTICE: The Complex Dance of the Dual-Career Couple
206(4)
Effects of Stress
208(2)
MANAGING IN PRACTICE: "Just Enough but Not Too Much"
210(3)
DIVERSITY IN PRACTICE: The "New-Collar" Workers
213(7)
Personality and Stress
213(3)
Stress Management
216(4)
QUALITY IN PRACTICE: Tenneco's Wellness Program
220(7)
Developing Competencies
223(4)
Self-Insight: Strategies for Coping with Stress
223(1)
Organizational Insight: Stress Management at Metropolitan Hospital
224(3)
PART II: GROUP AND INTERPERSONAL PROCESSES227(206)
CHAPTER 8 Group and Team Behavior
228(40)
PREVIEW CASE: Macy's New Team System
230(2)
Individual-Team Relations
231(1)
MANAGING IN PRACTICE: Individual and Team Pay
232(4)
Varieties of Teams and Groups
233(3)
QUALITY IN PRACTICE: Honeywell's Self-Managed Teams
236(4)
Influences on Teams and Groups
239(1)
TECHNOLOGY IN PRACTICE: Surfacing Options
240(2)
DIVERSITY IN PRACTICE: Standard Motor Products Reduces Barriers
242(4)
ETHICS IN PRACTICE: Texas Instrument's Ethics of Diversity
246(10)
Team Decision Making
252(4)
ACROSS CULTURES: General Motors Work Teams in Mexico
256(3)
Stimulating Team Creativity
257(2)
TECHNOLOGY IN PRACTICE: Brainstorming at North American Life and Casualty
259(9)
Developing Competencies
261(7)
Team Insight: Assessing Team Diversity
261(1)
Organizational Insight: Great Majestic Company
262(6)
CHAPTER 9 Power and Political Behavior
268(30)
PREVIEW CASE: Graziano's Last Stand
270(1)
Power
270(1)
MANAGING IN PRACTICE: The King Is Dead
271(7)
Interpersonal Sources of Power
272(4)
Structural Sources of Power
276(2)
ACROSS CULTURES: Power in Chinese and British Organizations
278(1)
MANAGING IN PRACTICE: Using Networks to Build Support
279(2)
DIVERSITY IN PRACTICE: Bilingual Employees Acquire Power
281(4)
The Effective Use of Power
282(2)
Political Behavior
284(1)
QUALITY IN PRACTICE: The Politics of Innovation
285(3)
ETHICS IN PRACTICE: The Politics of Employee Appraisal
288(10)
Personality and Political Behavior
290(3)
Developing Competencies
293(5)
Team Insight: How Much Power Do You Have in Your Group?
293(1)
Organizational Insight: The NASA Moonlander Monitor
294(4)
CHAPTER 10 Leadership: Foundations
298(38)
PREVIEW CASE: Stirring It Up at Campbell Soup
300(4)
Keys to Effective Leadership
302(2)
ACROSS CULTURES: Grooming Global Leaders
304(5)
Traditional Leadership Models
306(3)
MANAGING IN PRACTICE: A Tale of Two Leaders
309(6)
Contingency Models
310(5)
ACROSS CULTURES: Ricardo Semler
315(3)
ETHICS IN PRACTICE: William Agee
318(4)
QUALITY IN PRACTICE: Bernard Walsh
322(2)
DIVERSITY IN PRACTICE: Brooke McCurdy
324(12)
Developing Competencies
331(5)
Self-Insight: What's Your Leadership Style?
331(1)
Organizational Insight: Herb Kelleher Is No Ordinary Leader at Southwest Airlines
332(4)
CHAPTER 11 Leadership: Contemporary Developments
336(24)
PREVIEW CASE: Orit Gadiesh
338(2)
The Attribution Model
338(2)
ETHICS IN PRACTICE: You Make the Decision
340(3)
Visionary Leaders
341(2)
ACROSS CULTURES: Lars Kolind
343(2)
QUALITY IN PRACTICE: Richard Rosenberg
345(3)
DIVERSITY IN PRACTICE: Emily Morgan
348(4)
The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
350(2)
MANAGING IN PRACTICE: Ofelia Gonzales
352(8)
Does Leadership Matter?
353(2)
Developing Competencies
355(5)
Self-Insight: Are You a Tranformational Leader?
355(1)
Organizational Insight: Malden Mills
356(4)
CHAPTER 12 Conflict and Negotiation
360(34)
PREVIEW CASE: Charlie Olcott
362(3)
Conflict Management
363(2)
QUALITY IN PRACTICE: Motorola's Dilemma with Retailers
365(4)
Levels of Conflict
366(3)
TECHNOLOGY IN PRACTICE: David Kessler at the FDA
369(3)
DIVERSITY IN PRACTICE: Women and Men in the Workplace
372(3)
Conflict Handling Styles
373(2)
ETHICS IN PRACTICE: Whistle-Blowers As Objects of the Forcing Style
375(4)
Negotiation in Conflict Management
378(1)
MANAGING IN PRACTICE: Union-Management Negotiations
379(4)
ACROSS CULTURES: Business Negotiations in Mexico
383(11)
Developing Competencies
387(7)
Self-Insight: Conflict Handling Styles
387(2)
Organizational Insight: The Reluctant Loan Officer
389(5)
CHAPTER 13 Interpersonal Communication
394(39)
PREVIEW CASE: New Employee Encounters
396(7)
Essentials of Interpersonal Communication
397(7)
DIVERSITY IN PRACTICE: Communicating Biases
403(4)
ACROSS CULTURES: Business Communication with Arabs
407(6)
Interpersonal Networks
408(4)
TECHNOLOGY IN PRACTICE: 3M's Video Conferencing
413(3)
Fostering Dialogue
414(2)
ETHICS IN PRACTICE: Individual Privacy Versus Openness
416(3)
QUALITY IN PRACTICE: Pillsbury's Special Listening System
419(14)
Nonverbal Communication
420(4)
Developing Competencies
424(9)
Self-Insight: Individual Communication Practices
424(3)
Organizational Insight: The Irate Customer
427(6)
PART III: ORGANIZATIONAL PROCESSES433(184)
CHAPTER 14 Decision Making in Organizations
434(34)
PREVIEW CASE: Decision ?!
436(3)
Key Ethical Issues
436(3)
DIVERSITY IN PRACTICE: Controversy Over Donnelley's Initiatives
439(5)
ETHICS IN PRACTICE: Consult the Psychologist?
444(3)
Decision-Making Models
445(2)
TECHNOLOGY IN PRACTICE: HR Technology at McCormick & Company
447(3)
ACROSS CULTURES: Political Model in French Organizations
450(8)
Phases of Managerial Decision Making
451(7)
Stimulating Creativity
458(1)
QUALITY IN PRACTICE: Creativity at Hallmark
458(10)
Developing Competencies
463(5)
Self-Insight: Individual Ethics Profile
463(1)
Team Insight: Olson Medical Systems
464(4)
CHAPTER 15 Job Design
468(34)
PREVIEW CASE: Pillars of Job Design at the Fed
470(2)
Introduction to Job Design
471(1)
TECHNOLOGY IN PRACTICE: U. S. Postal Service Pursues High Tech
472(3)
Common Job Design Approaches
473(2)
MANAGING IN PRACTICE: Making Godfather's Pizza
475(2)
DIVERSITY IN PRACTICE: The Brian Capshaw Story
477(3)
Technology and Job Design
478(2)
QUALITY IN PRACTICE: Metz Baking Company
480(6)
Job Characteristics Enrichment Model
481(5)
ETHICS IN PRACTICE: GM's New Ethics Policy
486(8)
Sociotechnical Systems Model
491(3)
ACROSS CULTURES: Volvo's Uddevalla Versus NUMMI
494(8)
Developing Competencies
497(5)
Team Insight: Job of Service Representative
497(2)
Organizational Insight: McGuire Industry
499(3)
CHAPTER 16 Organization Design
502(40)
PREVIEW CASE: Corning, Inc.
504(9)
Key Factors in Organization Design
505(8)
TECHNOLOGY IN PRACTICE: US West
513(2)
QUALITY IN PRACTICE: Ford Reengineers Its Accounts Payable Process
515(4)
Mechanistic and Organic Systems
515(4)
ETHICS IN PRACTICE: Whistle-Blowing at Darling International
519(5)
Functional Design
520(1)
Place Design
521(1)
Product Design
522(2)
MANAGING IN PRACTICE: Johnson & Johnson's Multidivisional Design
524(6)
Integration of Units
525(4)
Multinational Design
529(1)
ACROSS CULTURES: Black & Decker's Worldwide Design
530(2)
Network Design
531(1)
MANAGING IN PRACTICE: Eastman Chemical's Network Design
532(3)
ACROSS CULTURES: Procter & Gamble's New Network Design
535(7)
Developing Competencies
537(5)
Self-Insight: Inventory of Effective Design
537(1)
Organizational Insight: Asea-Brown-Boveri
538(4)
CHAPTER 17 Organizational Culture
542(30)
PREVIEW CASE: "The Firm"
544(5)
Types of Organizational Culture
545(1)
Dynamics of Organizational Culture
546(3)
ACROSS CULTURES: National Cultural Values and Organizations
549(7)
Performance and Organizational Culture
555(1)
QUALITY IN PRACTICE: Gillette's Total Quality Culture
556(2)
Ethical Behavior and Organizational Culture
557(1)
ETHICS IN PRACTICE: Bath Iron Works Enforces Ethics
558(2)
Managing Cultural Diversity
560(1)
DIVERSITY IN PRACTICE: Diversity at Marriott International
560(4)
Organizational Socialization
562(2)
MANAGING IN PRACTICE: Herb Kelleher and Southwest Airlines
564(8)
Developing Competencies
567(5)
Self-Insight: Assessing Ethical Culture
567(1)
Organizational Insight: Cultural Change at Texaco
568(4)
CHAPTER 18 Organizational Change
572(45)
PREVIEW CASE: A Grim Fairy Tale
574(2)
The Challenge of Change
575(1)
ACROSS CULTURES: 12,000 World Managers View Change
576(6)
QUALITY IN PRACTICE: The Chairman's Rice Pudding
582(2)
Resistance to Change
584(1)
MANAGING IN PRACTICE: Resistance to Change at Jaguar
584(14)
Organization Development
591(1)
Change Management
592(6)
TECHNOLOGY IN PRACTICE: The Technology Challenge
598(3)
MANAGING IN PRACTICE: Dumbsizing
601(5)
Ethical Issues in Organizational Change
605(1)
ETHICS IN PRACTICE: Layoff Ethics
606(11)
Developing Competencies
610(7)
Self-Insight: Measuring Support for Change
610(1)
Organizational Insight: Planned Change at the Piedmont Corporation
611(6)
APPENDIX Tools and Techniques for Studying Organizational Behavior617
Integrating CasesC-1
Author IndexI-1
Subject and Organizational IndexI-11
Internet Organization IndexI-27

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