Organizational Behavior: Emerging Knowledge and Practice for the Real World

by Steven L. McShane, Mary Ann Von Glinow

Delivering what we've come to expect from this author team, McShane/Von Glinow 5e helps everyone make sense of OB, and provides the conceptual tools to work more effectively in the workplace. In their new Fifth Edition, McShane and Von Glinow continue the trailblazing innovations that made previous editions of Organizational Behavior recognized and adopted by the new generation of organizational behavior (OB) instructors. McShane and Von Glinow 5e is acclaimed Readability, presentation of current knowledge Strong International/Global orientation Contemporary Theory Foundation (without the jargon) Active Learning and Critical Thinking Support Textbook's philosophy-OB knowledge is for everyone, not just traditional managers. Reality is that sales representatives, production employees, physicians -- needs OB knowledge to successfully thrive in and around organizations. The authors' ability to engage students by introducing cutting edge OB topics while providing relevancy to OB concepts through the 'linking theory with reality' approach, is the reason OB 5e remains unparalleled in it's ability to engage students. Hundreds of fascinating real-life stories captured from around the world, 'Linking Theory with Reality', remains one of the text's key, hearty features. The first to bring OB cutting edge topics, OB 5e continues introducing students to the present and future context of emerging workplace social networks and virtual teams replacing committee meetings, knowledge replacing infrastructure, values and self-leadership replacing command-and-control management; companies looking for employees with emotional intelligence and team competencies, not just technical smarts. Diversity and globalization have become challenges as well as competitive opportunities for organizations. Coworkers aren't just down the hall; they're at the other end of an Internet connection located around the world, and much, much, more.

Genres: Business, School, Textbooks, Psychology, Nonfiction, Communication

633 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 1999

About the author

Steven L. McShane is Professor of Management in the Business School at the University of Western Australia (UWA), where he receives high teaching ratings from students in Perth, Singapore, Manila, and other cities where UWA offers its programs.

He is also an Honorary Professor at Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR) in Malaysia and previously taught in the business faculties at Simon Fraser University and Queen’s University in Canada. Steve has conducted executive programs with Nokia, TÜV-SÜD, Wesfarmers Group, Main Roads WA, McGraw-Hill, ALCOA World Alumina Australia, and many other organizations.

He is also a popular visiting speaker, having given presentations to faculty and students in almost a dozen countries over the past four years.

Steve earned his Ph.D. from Michigan State University in organizational behavior, human resource management, and labor relations. He also holds a Master of Industrial Relations from the University of Toronto, and an undergraduate degree from Queen’s University in Canada. Steve has served as President of the Administrative Sciences Association of Canada (the Canadian equivalent of the Academy of Management) and Director of Graduate Programs in the business faculty at Simon Fraser University.

Along with coauthoring Organizational Behavior, Fifth Edition, Steve coauthors with Mary Ann Von Glinow on Organizational Behavior: Essentials, Second Edition (2009).

He is also the coauthor with Sandra Steen (University of Regina) of Canadian Organizational Behaviour, Seventh Edition (2009), with Tony Travaglione (Curtin University) of Organisational Behaviour on the Pacific Rim, Second Edition (2007), and with Charles Hill (University of Washington) of Principles of Management, First Edition (2008). Steve is also coauthor of Indian, Chinese, and Taiwanese editions or translations of his OB book. Steve has published several
dozen articles and conference papers on workplace values, training transfer, organizational learning, exit-voice-loyalty, employee socialization, wrongful dismissal, media bias in business magazines, and other diverse topics.

Steve enjoys spending his leisure time swimming, body board surfing, canoeing, skiing, and traveling with his wife and two daughters.

Reviews

[Jess · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fantastic world building with a deep rich lore of organisational behaviours but was devoid of plot and relatable characters to drive the story forward. Content gets 5/5 “Egg shell business cards, with Roman lettering”📈

[Roger Perales · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read this for my MBA management requirement. Interesting material...most of it I have figured out over the last ten years, although I didn't know the technical names for them. It did fill in several gaps for me related to how I can deal with people-problems in a professional setting.

[William M]

I read this text as part of a business degree curriculum at Liberty University. The text gave me insights and trade verbiage of the organization's parts that I had been part of or had experienced. It was a very good read, only minor textual errors.

[Larashi · Rating 3 out of 5]

buku sakti leadership yang "harusnya" wajib dibaca setiap orang
supaya tau gimana cara memimpin dan mengelola perubahan dengan baik
bahasannya random banget per bab tapi ternyata saling terkait.
nic etext book ;D

[Michelle · Rating 3 out of 5]

While some of this is definitely no-brainer information, the content is backed up with real life scenarios and lots of theories. It's presented in a way that actually keeps you engaged without falling asleep. Be still my heart! It was a decent, albeit mandatory, read for me.

[Brittany · Rating 2 out of 5]

I didn't end up reading much of this book as the power point slides the professor had were more helpful for the type of tests that he had given.

[Yousef Hammoudeh · Rating 5 out of 5]

great book

[Jeremy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pretty decent.

[Dera Ikwuka]

Extraordinary personal development book for those seeking to improve their leadership skills and personal development