TY  - BOOK
AU  - Altman,Steven
AU  - Valenzi,Enzo
AU  - Hodgetts,Richard M.
AU  - Hodgetts,Richard M.
TI  - Organizational behavior: theory and practice 
SN  - 0120547503
U1  - 658.3 20
PY  - 1985///]
CY  - Orlando
PB  - Academic Press
KW  - Organizational behavior
N1  - Rev. ed. of: Organizational behavior / Richard M. Hodgetts. 1979; Includes bibliographical references and index; Front Cover; Organizational Behavior: Theory and Practice; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; PREFACE; PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF MODERN ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR; CHAPTER 1. ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; GOALS OF THE CHAPTER; ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR IN ACTION; CLASSICAL MANAGEMENT THEORY; HUMAN RELATIONS THEORY; MODERN ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR THEORY; SUMMARY; KEY TERMS; REVIEW AND STUDY QUESTIONS; CHAPTER 2. BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE AND ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR; GOALS OF THE CHAPTER; THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE RESEARCH; CONCEPTUAL MODEL FOR THIS BOOK; SUMMARY. Key termsreview and study questions; what do you know about human behavior?; part ii: individual behavior in organizations; chapter 3. personality, perception, and aititudes; goals of the chapter; the nature of individuals; personality; factors influencing personality development; personality and the workplace; attitudes; summary; key terms; review and study questions; insights to your own personality; chapter 4. learning and reinforcement theory; learning; reinforcement schedules; using behavior modification; results from positive reinforcement programs. Behavior modification: point-counterpointsummary; key terms; review and study questions; how effective are you in using reinforcement principles?; chapter 5. the motivation process; goals of chapter; the nature of motivation; frustration; approaches to motivation; selected content theories of motivation; selected process theories of motivation; summary; key terms; review and study questions; identifying what motivates you ; part ii: comprehensive cases; part iii: group behavior in organizations; chapter 6. group dimensions; goals of the chapter; what is a group?; why do people join groups? Kinds of groupsthe structural components of groups; group development; summary; review and study questions; you and work group; chapter 7. group dynamics; goals of the chapter; the individual and the group; intragroup behavior; intergroup behavior; summary; review and study questions; risk taking and you; chapter 8. the leadership process; goals of the chapter; the nature of leadership; leadership-trait theory; leadership-behavior theory; contingency-determined leadership theory; an integrative model; summary; review and study questions; what type of leader are you? Part iii: comprehensive casespart iv: organizational structure andorganizational behavior; chapter 9. organizational designs; goals of the chapter; basic structural factors affecting organizational design; contingency factors affecting organizational design; designing the ""right"" structure; summary; review and study questions; identifying an organizational design that is ideal for you; chapter 10. job design; goals of the chapter; job design: the challenge; job differences; job design: conditioning factors; job characteristics model; quality of work life: current trends

N2  - Organizational Behavior: Theory and Practice covers the concepts of organizational behavior. The book discusses the foundations of modern organizational behavior and the individual or group behavior in organizations. The text then describes organizational structure and the ways in which individuals, groups, and the structure all come together in an organizational setting. In this part of the book, major consideration is given to basic factors in organizational design, contingency factors in organizational design, and job design. The organizational processes used in bringing together the indivi
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