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Summary:
In addition to facilitating active learning, Organizational Behavior: Key Concepts, Skills & Best Practices meets the needs of those instructors looking for a brief, paperback text for their OB course, who do not want to sacrifice content or pedagogy. This book provides lean and efficient coverage of topics such as diversity in organizations, ethics, and globalization, which are recommended by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). Timely chapter-opening vignettes, interactive exercises integrated into each chapter, four-color presentation, lively writing style, captioned color photos, cartoons, and real-world in-text examples make Organizational Behavior: Key Concepts, Skills & Best Practices the right choice for today’s business/management student. The topical flow of this 16-chapter text goes from micro (individuals) to macro (groups, teams, and organizations). Mixing and matching chapters and topics within chapters in various combinations is possible and encouraged to create optimum teaching/learning experiences.
Customer Reviews:
Average Customer Rating:
Accessible
Customer Rating:
As a business student focusing on technology, not OD, I found this text very accessible. The lessons are clear and readily applied in current interactions, as well as easily stashed in the back pocket (metaphorically speaking - the book won't fit!) for future reference.
Enjoyable reading - even for a textbook
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Of course, most of us do not read organizational behavior textbooks for pleasure, but I must say that this book is actually enjoyable to read. The text provides current, relevant examples from known companies, and also cites research results for nearly every point or topic. There are many illustrations and figures to assist the reader in understanding the various OB theories, which I found to be extremely helpful. The authors even make jokes every so often and incorporate personal quips to keep the reader interested. I am in my last semester of graduate school, so I have read plenty of textbooks, and this is by far one of the best.