Product Description
This new edition builds on the strengths of the previous edition, and offers students a concise but broad coverage of the main theories informing organisational behaviour. The book moves from the individual to the organisational and the global context, and critically examines the three themes of change, communication and conflict in each. It promotes critical evaluation of theory and practice to enable students and managers to interpret and deal with organisational problems.
This book is suitable for students requiring an introduction to organisational behaviour on business and management undergraduate degrees, post-experience and postgraduate courses, and professional courses. It is also designed as a focused and lively general reader on the subject.
From the Back Cover
Organisational Behaviour: Individuals, Groups and the Organisation
Ian Brooks
‘One of the great strengths of this text, in my view, is that in every single chapter I found something new or different. . . . Another strong point of this book, which ran through every chapter, was the author’s ability to make sense of theories in relation to current practice.’
Linda Horner, Coventry University
This new edition builds on the strengths of the previous edition, and offers students a concise but broad coverage of the main theories informing organisational behaviour. The book moves from the individual to the organisational and the global context, and critically examines the three themes of change, communication and conflict in each. It promotes critical evaluation of theory and practice to enable students and managers to interpret and deal with organisational problems.
Features of the new edition of Organisational Behaviour: Individuals, Groups and Organisation:
- Clear chapter objectives, key terms, discussion questions and extensive referencing enable readers to assess their learning.
- Updated throughout with references to contemporary work in the field, and new coverage of emotions in organisations, diversity management, technology and management development.
- Fully updated case studies with many new additions develop critical analysis of ‘real-life’ scenarios.
- New ‘illustration in film’ case studies use examples from well-known films for group discussion.
- Internet references now included at the end of chapters.
- Online lecturer support materials available, including downloadable instructor’s materials and powerpoint slides.
This book is suitable for students requiring an introduction to organisational behaviour on business and management undergraduate degrees, post-experience and postgraduate courses, and professional courses. It is also designed as a focused and lively general reader on the subject.
Ian Brooks is Head of School of Business and Management at University College Northampton.