Organizational Behavior category: 1522 books
Visual Culture in Organizations
Theory and Cases
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2010
Vision and visuality are two concepts widely discussed and debated in philosophy and social science literature. Some authors even suggest that the entire Western intellectual tradition is strongly shaped by the paradigm of vision; the inspection and analysis of specimens collected from social reality...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2018
The Cambridge Handbook of the Global Work-Family Interface is a response to growing interest in understanding how people manage their work and family lives across the globe. Given global and regional differences in cultural values, economies, and policies and practices, research on work-family management...
Shift
Indigenous Principles for Corporate Change
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2014
Many of our greatest business thought leaders proclaim that the most powerful way to transform a business is to transform its culture. In Shift: Indigenous Principles for Corporate Change, author Glenn Geffcken offers a culturally based process and path to help move companies from stagnation to change,...
Management of Team Leadership in Extreme Context
Defending Our Homeland, Protecting Our First Responders
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
The proper balance of managerial “administrativecontrol” and managerial “teamleadership” depends upon the work context. After organizational procedures are designed by workprocess engineers, managers and their directreports in the business units, are charged to “save our ship” (SOS) by their...
Organizing for Reliability
A Guide for Research and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2018
Increasingly, scholars view reliability—the ability to plan for and withstand disaster—as a social construction. However, there is a tendency to evoke this concept only in the face of catastrophes, such as the British Petroleum oil spill or the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion. This book frames...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2015
Mergers and acquisitions (M&As) are events that attract considerable interest from academics and practitioners, and much research has been conducted into their impact on individuals, organizations and societies. Yet, despite all the existing research and the varied theoretical and methodological...
Gender Stereotypes in Corporate India
A Glimpse
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
A stereotype is a conceptual image that may lead to a simplified view of a person or a thing. Inaccurate stereotypes serve to constrict and limit vision and perception. Gender Stereotypes in Corporate India: A Glimpse explores the theme of 'understated' gender stereotypes in the corporate domain in...
Breaking Free from Bias
Preventing Costly Complaints, Conflict and Talent Loss
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2017
Learn how to break free from bias at work. Awareness is not enough!
We all harbor unconscious bias that create barriers to success.
You may think “not me,” but neuroscience research shows we are all impacted.
You can learn how...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2009
This scholarly book in SIOP’s Organizational Frontier series looks at research on enhancing knowledge acquisition and its application in organizations. It concentrates on training, design and delivery given the changing nature of work and organizations. Now that work is increasingly complex, there...
by Raffaella Cagliano, Frederico Caniato, Christopher Worley
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2016
The sustainability of agri-food supply chains is particularly relevant for global sustainable development. Many existing food production systems do more harm than good. They compromise the natural rhythms of the Earth, introduce toxins, and therefore sacrifice future capability for current demands...
I Am Accountable
Ten Choices that Create Deeper Meaning in Your Life, Your Organization, and Your World
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2019
What if you could transform your relationship with yourself, your family and friends, your colleagues and clients, and your larger community through the power of commitment? What if ten simple choices enabled you to enhance your leadership skills, improve your organizational culture, and make a local,...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2016
Perhaps the best word to describe the past fifteen or so years of the twenty first century is “change.” Spurred on by the massive layoffs, and reorganizations that took place during the recessionary period starting in late 2007, to changes in labor demographics, technology, competitiveness, and the...
Creating Paths of Change
Managing Issues and Resolving Problems in Organizations
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 1997
Individuals, organizations and communities constantly engage in change. Creating Paths of Change provides the reader with a proven strategy for making changes and resolving issues more effectively. The book: addresses the problems faced in the daily operations of organizational life; provides a foundation...
by Ana Maria Davila Gomez
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2016
The last few decades have seen significant changes in the structure of business organizations, including downsizing, outsourcing and flattened management structures. The effects on employees have been considerable. In this context the importance of the psychological contract between employer and employee...