Organizational Behavior 3: Historical Origins, Theoretical Foundations, and the Future

by John B. Miner

Overview

This is the first comprehensive overview of the development of the field of Organizational Behavior. It belongs on the shelf of every scholar and student in the discipline.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780765615282
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	05/15/2006
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	334
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Jack Miner has written more than 50 books and over 140 articles in leading journals. He is a Fellow and Past President of the Academy of Management and also a Fellow of the American Psychological Association.

Table of Contents

I: Theory, Research, and Knowledge of Organizational Behavior; 1: Science and its Theory; 2: Theory Building and Kinds of Theories; 3: Measurement of Variables and design of Research; 4: Knowledge of Organizational Behavior; 5: The Context of Theory as organizational Behavior Emerged; II: Multidisciplinary Origins of Organizational Behavior; 6: Elton Mayo And Hawthorne; 7: Chester Barnard's Views On Management; 8: Kurt Lewin—Personality Theory Andsocial Psychology Arrive; 9: Mary Parker Follett—Socialphilosopher And Prophetof Management; 10: Max Weber And Histheory Of Bureaucracy; 11: Classical Management Theorists: The Antiheroes—Henri Fayol Andfrederick Taylor; III: Establishing the Groundagainst which Organizational behavior became Figure; 12: The Foundations, Their Reports, and the Aftermath; 13: The Management Laureates; 14: Psychologists in Business Schools; 15: The Uncertainty Factor; 16: A Personal and Theoretical Odyssey; IV: The Importance, Validity, Practical Usefulness, and Institutionalization of Organizational Behavior Theories; 17: Methodology of the Importance, Validity, and Usefulness Analyses; 18: Findings From the Importance, Validity, and Usefulness Analyses; 19: Background and Hypotheses for the Institutionalization Analyses; 20: Methodology of the Institutionalization Analyses; 21: Findings From the Institutionalization Analyses; V: From Generation to Generation; 22: The Historical Core and Inherent Identity of Organizational Behavior; 23: A Vision for Ensuing Generations