Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Organizational Behavior places core concepts of human behavior and industrial psychology in a real-world context. Strong end-of-chapter exercises, activities, plus an optional case and exercise book make this flexible text suitable for students at the undergraduate level. Likewise, the authors' emphasis on the latest organizational behavior research continues to attract graduate students. The Eighth Edition features significant structural and content changes, as well as an enhanced design--with more figures and tables, cartoons with captions, and 50 new color photos--for greater visual appeal. All Opening Cases and chapter-ending OB Cases for Discussion are new, featuring companies such as Ryanair, Merrill Lynch, and the Denver Broncos. Workplaces issues, featured in several new boxed inserts, focus on five pivotal topics in the modern workplace: technology, ethics, change, diversity, and globalization.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Note: Each chapter concludes with Developing OB Internet Skills
• I Introduction to Organizational Behavior
• 1 An Overview of Organizational Behavior
• What Is Organizational Behavior?
• The Historical Roots of Organizational Behavior
• The Emergence of Organizational Behavior
• Contemporary Organizational Behavior
• Contextual Perspectives on Organizational Behavior
• Organizational Behavior Case for Discussion
• The Humanistic Workplace Experiencing Organizational Behavior
• Relating OB and Popular Culture Building Organizational Behavior Skills
• Assessing Your Own Theory X and Theory Y Tendencies
• 2 Managing People and Organizations Managerial Perspectives on Organizational Behavior
• Basic Management Functions, Roles, and Skills
• Organizational Challenges
• Environmental Challenges
• Managing for Effectiveness
• Organizational Behavior Case for Discussion
• Work Hard, or Get a Life?
• Experiencing Organizational Behavior
• Managing in Today's Organization Building Organizational Behavior Skills
• Assessing Your Own Management Skills
• 3 Managing Global and Workforce Diversity
• The Nature of Diversity in Organizations
• The Emergence of International Management Dimensions of Diversity Managing the Multicultural Organization
• Organizational Behavior Case for Discussion
• Texaco Does It Wrong and Then Does It Right Experiencing Organizational Behavior
• Understanding Your Own Stereotypes and Attitudes Toward Others Building Organizational Behavior Skills
• Cross-Cultural Awareness Part I Integrative Running Case
• II Individual Processes in Organizations
• 4 Foundations of Individual Behavior
• People in Organizations
• Personality and Organizations
• Attitudes in Organizations
• Perception in Organizations
• Creativity in Organizations
• Types of Workplace Behavior
• Organizational Behavior Case for Discussion
• Personality and Perception at Sears and Montgomery Ward Experiencing Organizational Behavior
• Matching Personalities and Jobs Building Organizational Behavior Skills
• Assessing Your Locus of Control
• 5 Need-Based Perspectives on Motivation
• The Nature of Motivation
• Historical Perspectives on Motivation
• Need Theories of Motivation
• The Dual-Structure Theory
• Other Important Needs Integrating the Need-Based Perspectives
• Organizational Behavior Case for Discussion
• Motivating Knowledge Workers Experiencing Organizational Behavior
• Relating Your Needs to the Theories of Motivation Building Organizational Behavior Skills
• Assessing Your Own Needs
• 6 Process-Based Perspectives on Motivation
• The Equity Theory of Motivation
• The Expectancy Theory of Motivation
• Learning and Motivation
• Organizational Behavior Modification Attribution and Motivation
• Organizational Behavior Case for Discussion
• Motivation at Mirage Experiencing Organizational Behavior
• Understanding the Dynamics of Expectancy Theory Building Organizational Behavior Skills
• Assessing Your Equity Sensitivity
• 7 Job Design, Employee Participation, and Alternative Work Arrangements
• Motivation and Employee Performance
• The Evolution of Job Design
• The Job Characteristics Approach Participation, Empowerment, and Motivation
• Alternative Work Arrangements
• Organizational Behavior Case for Discussion
• Employee Participation at Chaparral Steel Experiencing Organizational Behavior
• Leaning About Job Design Building Organizational Behavior Skills
• The Job Characteristics Inventory
• 8 Goal Setting, Performance Management, and Rewards
• Goal Setting and Motivation Performance Management in Organizations
• Performance Measurement and Total Quality Management
• Individual Rewards in Organizations Managing Reward Systems
• Organizational Behavior Case for Discussion
• Rewarding the Hourly Worker Experiencing Organizational Behavior
• Using Compensation to Motivate Workers Building Organizational Behavior Skills
• Diagnosing Poor Performance and Enhancing Motivation
• 9 Managing Stress and the Work-Life Balance
• The Nature of Stress
• Individual Differences and Stress
• Common Causes of Stress
• Consequences of Stress Managing Stress in the Workplace Work-Life Linkages
• Organizational Behavior Case for Discussion
• Over the Edge Experiencing Organizational Behavior
• Learning How Stress Affects You Building Organizational Behavior Skills
• Are You Type A or Type B?
• Part II Integrative Running Case
• III Interpersonal Processes in Organizations
• 10 Communication in Organizations
• The Nature of Communication in Organizations
• Methods of Communication
• The Communication Process Electronic
• Information Processing and Telecommunications
• Communication Networks Managing Communication
• Organizational Behavior Case for Discussion
• Is Big Brother Reading Your Email?
• Experiencing Organizational Behavior
• The Importance of Feedback in Oral Communications Building Organizational Behavior Skills
• Diagnosing Your Listening Skills
• 11 Group Dynamics
• Overview of Groups and Group Dynamics
• Types of Groups
• Stages of Group Development
• Group Performance Factors
• Intergroup Dynamics Conflict in Groups and Organizations
• Managing Group and Intergroup Dynamics in Organizations
• Organizational Behavior Case for Discussion
• Procter & Gamble Seeks to Innovate Experiencing Organizational Behavior
• Benefits of a Group Building Organizational Behavior Skills
• Group Cohesiveness
• 12 Using Teams in Organizations
• Differentiating Teams from Groups Why Teams?
• Benefits and Costs of Teams in Organizations
• Types of Teams
• Implementing Teams in Organizations
• Essential Team Issues
• Organizational Behavior Case for Discussion
• Team-Based System at Consolidate Diesel Experiencing Organizational Behavior
• Using Teams Building Organizational Behavior Skills
• Using Teams
• 13 Leadership Models and Concepts
• The Nature of Leadership Early Approaches to Leadership
• The LPC Theory of Leadership
• The Path-Goal Theory of Leadership Vroom's Decision
• Tree Approach to Leadership
• Other Contemporary Approaches to Leadership
• Organizational Behavior Case for Discussion
• Leading for Change at Ford Experiencing Organizational Behavior
• Understanding Successful and Unsuccessful Leadership Building Organizational Behavior Skills
• Applying Vroom's Decision Tree Approach
• 14 Leadership and Influence Processes
• Leadership as Influence
• Influence-Based Approaches to Leadership
• Leadership Substitutes: Can Leadership Be Irrelevant?
• Power in Organizations Politics and Political Behavior Impression Management in Organizations
• Organizational Behavior Case for Discussion
• Leading for Change at adidas Experiencing Organizational Behavior
• Learning About Ethics and Power Building Organizational Behavior Skills
• Are You a Charismatic Leader?
• 15 Decision Making and Negotiation
• The Nature of Decision Making
• The Decision-Making Process Related Behavioral Aspects of Decision Making Group
• Decision Making Negotiation
• Organizational Behavior Case for Discussion
• Encouraging Dissent at AT&T Experiencing Organizational Behavior
• Programmed and Nonprogrammed Decisions Building Organizational Behavior Skills
• Rational Versus Practical Approaches to Decision Making
• Part III Integrative Running Case
• IV Organizational Processes and Characteristics
• 16 Dimensions of Organization Structure
• The Nature of Organization Structure
• Structural Configuration Structure and Operations
• Responsibility and Authority Classic Views of Structure
• Organizational Behavior Case for Discussion
• Disney Reorganizes to Rebound Experiencing Organizat