Synopses & Reviews
Delivering what weve come to expect from this author team, McShane/Von Glinow 5e helps everyone make sense of OB, and provides the conceptual tools to work more effectively in the workplace. In their new Fifth Edition, McShane and Von Glinow continue the trailblazing innovations that made previous editions of Organizational Behavior recognized and adopted by the new generation of organizational behavior (OB) instructors.
McShane and Von Glinow 5e is acclaimed for:
Readability, presentation of current knowledge Strong International/Global orientation Contemporary Theory Foundation (without the jargon) Active Learning and Critical Thinking Support Textbooks philosophy-OB knowledge is for everyone, not just traditional managers. Reality is that everyone: sales representatives, production employees, physicians – needs OB knowledge to successfully thrive in and around organizations. The authors ability to engage students by introducing cutting edge OB topics while providing relevancy to OB concepts through the ‘linking theory with reality approach, is the reason OB 5e remains unparalleled in its ability to engage students. Hundreds of fascinating real-life stories captured from around the world, ‘Linking Theory with Reality, remains one of the texts key, hearty features. The first to bring OB cutting edge topics, OB 5e continues introducing students to the present and future context of emerging workplace realities: social networks and virtual teams replacing committee meetings, knowledge replacing infrastructure, values and self-leadership replacing command-and-control management; companies looking for employees with emotional intelligence and team competencies, not just technical smarts. Diversity and globalization have become challenges as well as competitive opportunities for organizations. Coworkers arent just down the hall; theyre at the other end of an Internet connection located around the world, and much, much, more.
Synopsis
In their new Fourth Edition, McShane and Von Glinow continue the trailblazing innovations that made previous editions of Organizational Behavior recognized and adopted by the new generation of organizational behavior (OB) instructors. Acclaimed for its readability and presentation of current knowledge, this textbooks philosophy is that OB knowledge is for everyone, not just traditional managers. The new reality is that everyone- sales representatives, production employees, physicians –needs OB knowledge to successfully work in and around organizations. Organizational Behavior is unparalleled in its ability to engage students by bringing cutting edge OB concepts closer to reality through the ‘theory-practice link approach. McShane and Von Glinow help readers connect OB theories to emerging workplace realities through hundreds of fascinating real-life stories from across the United States and around the world. McShane/Von Glinows Organizational Behavior 4th Edition also continues to be the source of the hottest topics, such as: employee engagement, resilience, four-drive theory, blogs and wikis, psychological harassment, learning orientation, Schwartzs values model, separating socioemotional from constructive conflict, and much, much, more.
About the Author
Steven L. McShane is Professor of Management in the Graduate School of Management at the University of Western Australia (UWA). He has also served on the business faculties at Simon Fraser University and Queens University in Canada. He received his Ph.D. from Michigan State University, MIR from University of Toronto, and BA from Queens University in Canada. Steve is a past president of the Administrative Sciences Association of Canada (ASAC) and is an Honourary Professor at Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR) in Malaysia.
Steve has published or presented dozens of research articles on such diverse topics as emotions and decision making, pay equity, media bias in business magazines, and organizational learning. He is the lead author of four organizational behaviour textbooks: Organizational Behavior, 3rd edition (2005) and Organizational Behavior: Essentials, 1st edition (2006) with Professor Mary Ann Von Glinow (Florida International University), Organisational Behaviour on the Pacific Rim, Enhanced edition (2005) with Professor Tony Travaglione (Charles Sturt University), and Canadian Organizational Behaviour, 6th edition (2006). These are among the top-selling OB textbooks in North America, Asia, and Oceania, and have been adopted by the top-ranked universities in these regions of the world.
Steve receives high teaching ratings from MBA and doctoral students both in Perth, Australia, and in Singapore, where he also teaches for UWA. He is also a popular visiting speaker, having given over 40 talks between 2003 and 2005 to faculty and students at other universities around the world.
Table of Contents
Organizational Behavior, 4th EditionBy Steven L. McShane and Mary Ann von GlinowTable of ContentsPART 1 INTRODUCTION1 Introduction to the Field of Organizational BehaviorPART 2: INDIVIDUAL BEHAVIOR AND PROCESSES2 Individual Behavior, Values, and Personality3 Perception and Learning in Organizations4 Workplace Emotions and Attitudes5 Motivation in the Workplace6 Applied Performance Practices7 Work-Related Stress And Stress ManagementPART 3: TEAM PROCESSES8 Decision Making and Creativity9 Foundations of Team Dynamics10 Developing High Performance Teams11 Communicating in Teams and Organizations12 Power and Influence in the Workplace13 Conflict and Negotiation in the Workplace14 Leadership in Organizational SettingsPART 4: ORGANIZATIONAL PROCESSES15 Organizational Structure 16 Organizational Culture17 Organizational ChangeAdditional CasesAppendix A: Theory Building and Systematic Research MethodsAppendix B: Scoring Keys for Self-Assessment Activities