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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458292303321

Autore

Shajahan S

Titolo

Organizational behavior [[electronic resource] ] : (tesxt and cases including internet exercises and skill tests) / / S. Shajahan, Linu Shajahan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Delhi, : New Age International, 2004

ISBN

1-282-53183-2

9786612531835

81-224-2854-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (326 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ShajahanLinu

Soggetti

Organizational behavior

Industrial management

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover ""; ""Preface ""; ""Contents ""; ""Chapter 1: Overview of Organization in the Millennium ""; ""1.1 Background ""; ""1.2 Fundamental Concepts in Organization Behaviour ""; ""1.2.1 Major Characteristics ""; ""1.2.2 Nature and Scope ""; ""1.3 Fundamental Theories in Organization Behaviour ""; ""1.3.1 Scientific Management : Frederick W. Taylor  ""; ""1.3.2 Towards a Theory of Administration : Henry Fayol (1919 )""; ""1.3.3 Bureaucracy : Max Weber (1922) ""; ""1.3.4 Mary Parker Follett's Observations on Organizations  and Management (1925) ""

""1.3.5 The Functions of the Executive : Chester I. Barnard (1938) """"1.3.6 Human Relations Approach ""; ""1.3.7 The Hawthorne Studies (1939) ""; ""1.3.8 Theory X and Theory Y : Douglas McGregor (1960) ""; ""1.3.9 The Twentieth Century�s Management Guru : Peter F. Drucker (1995)""; ""1.4 Organizational Behaviour in the 21st Century ""; ""1.4.1 Interactionalism : People and Situations""; ""1.4.2 Virtual Organization""; ""1.4.3 Designing a Global Organization in the New Millennium-some Thought""; ""1.5 Limitations of OB ""; ""1.6 The Framework of the Book ""; ""Summary of Key Points ""



""Test Your Self """"Chapter 2: Learning, Aptitude, Interest and Attention of an Individual   ""; ""Fundamental Concepts-Background ""; ""2.1 Learning ""; ""2.1.1 Theories of Learning""; ""2.1.2 Character of Learning Process""; ""2.1.3 Learning as a Cognitive Process""; ""2.1.4 Teaching Principles""; ""2.1.5 Learning Curve ""; ""2.2 Aptitude ""; ""2.3 Interest ""; ""2.4 Attention ""; ""2.4.1 How to catch and hold oneâ€?s Attention?""; ""2.4.2 Temporary Internal Factors""; ""2.4.3 Some Phenomena of Attention""; ""2.4.4 Determination of Attention""; ""2.4.5 Importance of Attention in Business""

""Summary of Key Points """"Test Your Self ""; ""Chapter 3: Attitude, Value, Perception and Attribution of an Individual  ""; ""3.1 Attitude ""; ""3.1.1 Measurement of Attitude""; ""3.2 Values ""; ""3.3 Perception ""; ""3.3.1 Perception as a Social Information Process: Five Steps""; ""3.3.2 The Perceiver, the Perceived (Target), and the Setting""; ""3.3.3 Factors Influencing Perception""; ""3.3.4 Illusions or Normal Perceptual Inaccuracies""; ""3.3.5 Subliminal Perception""; ""3.3.6 Extra-Sensoryâ€?Perception (E.S.P)""; ""3.3.7 Prejudice and Discrimination""; ""3.3.8 Perceptual Distortions""

""3.4 Attributions and The Attribution Process """"3.5 Perceptions, Attribution and Work Force Diversity ""; ""3.5.1 Perception and Attribution Access International Settings""; ""3.5.2 A Managerial Checklist for Diagonosing Perceptual Biases""; ""3.5.3 Relationships Among Values, Attitudes, and Perceptions""; ""Summary of Key Points ""; ""Test Your Self ""; ""Chapter 4: Personality  ""; ""4.1 Background ""; ""4.2 Definition ""; ""4.3 Determinants to Personality ""; ""4.3.1 Jungâ€?s Psychological Functions""; ""4.4 Individual Differences in Personality ""

""4.5 Approaches to Study Personality ""