ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR: Text and Cases

by A. K. CHITALE, R. P. MOHANTY, N. R. DUBEY

Overview

For creating a balance in the organizational environment, harmonization amongst the employees and the employer is a prerequisite. The factors that help determining an organizational balance are the sociology of an environment, psychology of the people working there, channel of communication and sound and rationalized management. This book underlines the fundamental concepts of Organizational Behaviour and its application in the Indian organizational scenario. The book comprises 29 chapters the concluding chapter devoted to cases from various Indian industry verticals. Chapters 1-3 deal with basics of organizational behaviour, its history and the challenges. Chapters 4-10 are devoted to various aspects of individual behaviour, perception, personality, learning theories, attitude and motivation theory. Chapters 11 to 16 dwell onto the topic of group behaviour like team dynamics, transactional analysis, leadership, emotional and spiritual intelligence and management of conflicts. Chapters 17 to 28 are largely focused on various aspects of organization, such as its structure, its HR policies, International Organizational Behaviour and Corporate Governance and its role in determining the ethical norms for an organization. This book is designed for the postgraduate students of Management and Commerce. Besides, it can be beneficial for the managers and executives, to help them tackle Human Resource and organization-related problems. Key features every chapter is concluded with a real-life case study appendices added to most of the chapters are interpretation-based questionnaire to analyze behavioural traits of employees and employers review questions and case study questions to judge students comprehension of the subject.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9788120346963
Publisher:	PHI Learning
Publication date:	12/10/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

<TABLE border=0 width="100%"><TBODY><TR><TD class=subheading vAlign=top noWrap><B>Author Name</B>&nbsp;</TD><TD class=normal>CHITALE, A. K. &nbsp;</TD></TR><TR><TD class=subheading vAlign=top noWrap><B>About Author</B>&nbsp;</TD><TD class=normal>

<STRONG>A.K. CHITALE</STRONG> (PhD) is Academic Advisor, and former Director, Govindram Seksaria Institute of Management and Research, Indore. Earlier, he was Professor and Head, Department of Industrial Engineering and Manage-ment, Shri Govindram Seksaria Institute of Technology and Science (SGSITS), Indore. Dr. Chitale has authored several books including <EM>Organizational Behaviour: Text and Cases</EM>; <EM>Materials Management: Text and Cases</EM> (2nd ed.); <EM>Product Design and Manufacturing</EM> (5th ed.), and <EM>Textbook of Production Engineering</EM>, published by PHI Learning. </P>&nbsp;</TD></TR><TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR><TR><TD class=subheading vAlign=top noWrap><B>Author Name</B>&nbsp;</TD><TD class=normal>MOHANTY, R. P.&nbsp;</TD></TR><TR><TD class=subheading vAlign=top noWrap><B>About Author</B>&nbsp;</TD><TD class=normal>

<STRONG>Rajendra Prasad</STRONG><STRONG> MOHANTY</STRONG> (PhD) is a Vice Chancellor, Shiksha ‘O’ Anusandhan University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha. Dr. Mohanty has won many awards and has a significant contribution in the field of Human Resource Management. He is a Member of various global professional bodies like Charter Member, British Literati Club, UK; and Advisory Council, Association of Indian Management Scholars. He has got an academic experience of 34 years and has also authored several books.</P>&nbsp;</TD></TR><TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR><TR><TD class=subheading vAlign=top noWrap><B>Author Name</B>&nbsp;</TD><TD class=normal>DUBEY, N. R.&nbsp;</TD></TR><TR><TD class=subheading vAlign=top noWrap><B>About Author</B>&nbsp;</TD><TD class=normal>

<STRONG>NISHITH RAJARAM DUBEY</STRONG> (PhD) is Professor at National Institute of Technical Teacher’s Training &amp; Research Institute, Bhopal. Having 26 years of academic experience, Dr. Dubey has been a member of Indian Society for Training and Development and Former Chairman of Indian Society for Technical Education. He has published/presented many papers in national and international journals.</P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

Table of Contents

<P align=left><EM>Preface</EM>

1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Organizational Behaviour— A Curtain Raiser&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Emerging Challenges and Opportunities to Organizational Behaviour&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; History and Evolution of Organizational Behaviour

4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Fundamentals of Individual Behaviour

5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Personality

6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Attitudes and Job Satisfaction

7.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Learning and Learning Theories

8.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Perception&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

9.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Motivation and Work Performance

10.&nbsp; Practical Motivation Approaches

11.&nbsp; Group and Team Dynamics

12.&nbsp; Transactional Analysis and Organizational Behaviour

13.&nbsp; Leadership&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

14.&nbsp; Emotional and Spiritual Intelligence

15.&nbsp; Authority, Power and Politics

16.&nbsp; Management of Conflict

17.&nbsp; Organizational Structures

18.&nbsp; Organizational Culture and Creative Change&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

19.&nbsp; Dynamics of Change

20.&nbsp; Organizational Development

21.&nbsp; The Dynamics and Management of Stress

22.&nbsp; Organizational Communications

23.&nbsp; Human Resource Policies and Procedures&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

24.&nbsp; Organizational Effectiveness

25.&nbsp; Organizations of the Future

26.&nbsp; International Organizational Behaviour

27.&nbsp; Corporate Governance and Social Responsibility

28.&nbsp; Organizational Behaviour and Knowledge Management

<EM>Case Studies from Corporate World • Index</EM></P>