Cases in Organizational Behaviour provides a bridge between course textbooks and key real-world examples. The case studies covered here provide an insight into how a diverse range of businesses operate and respond to challenges and opportunities.
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Organization Theory is made up of three parts. The first part considers the question ‘what is organization theory?’ and looks at the multiple perspectives within organization theory. It also provides a brief history of organization theory. The second part presents core concepts and theories, including organization–environment relations, organizational social structure, organizational technology, organizational culture, and the physical structure of built space in organizations. The third and final part is about themes and applications of organization theory. It looks at power in and around organizations to shed light on organizational politics, conflict, and control and provides an in-depth look at organizational identity in the Carlsberg Group.
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Daniel King and Scott Lawley
Organizational Behaviour looks at the following questions: What motivates some people to work for free? What the future of work will look like in a post-pandemic world? Why organizational values and culture are so critical to success? Chapters explore the answers and more in this introduction to organizational behaviour. This edition also includes a new chapter on equality, diversity, and inclusion, plus material on wellbeing in the workplace, the climate crisis, ethics in leadership and much more, reflect the importance of these issues to people and organizations today. The book is made up of five parts. The first looks at rational organization. The second is about social organization and considers organizational culture. The next part is about managing the individual and looks into personality and individual difference. The fourth part is about leadership, equality, diversity, and inclusion. The last part is about the organizational environment so looks at work, emotion, aesthetics, and corporate social responsibility (CSR).
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Organizational Behaviour and Work starts by presenting critical approaches to management. It looks at views of work from the perspectives of employees and managers. It also looks at the rationality of management. Finally, this part considers sexuality, sex typing, and gender. The second part of the book examines classic organizational behaviour. It considers motivation, leadership, perception, personality, organizational learning, culture, teams, structure, and change. The last part of the book contains chapters on critical approaches. This part considers managerial power and control, organizational misbehaviour, health, emotion, and stress.
