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Organizational Behaviour

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Organizational behavior is the analysis of the impact of individuals, groups and structures on an organization and further evaluates the results in the context of organizational optimization.

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Checkmate Office Politics (2020)

Checkmate Office Politics confronts workplace dynamics head-on and explains the factors that influence it.

Organizational Behaviour and Work: A Critical Introduction (2014)

Fiona Wilson provides an accessible, critical introduction to organizational behaviour. This engagingly written textbook introduces students to key topics, ideas, and research in OB. 

2. Motivation in Organisations: Searching for a Meaningful Work-Life Balance (2020)

This book extends the current motivation models in business education to include motives of human behaviour that have been neglected for decades. 

Organizational Ecology (1993)

This book examines the ecology of organizations by exploring the competition for resources and by trying to account for rates of entry and exit and for the diversity of organizational forms

Making Change Irresistible: Overcoming Resistance to Change in Your Organization (1998)

Building on a clear presentation of the psychological factors that determine whether individuals embrace or resist change, this far-reaching work describes how to identify the source, intensity, and focus of a person's resistance to change in organizations.

Elementary Organizational Behavior (2019)

​​​​​​ In this book, bestselling authors and inclusion experts Frederick A. Miller and Judith H. Katz introduce the concept of “interaction safety” and demonstrate how it can help create a work environment of trust, inclusion, and collaboration.

Safe Enough to Soar: Accelerating Trust, Inclusion, & Collaboration in the Workplace (2018)

In this book, bestselling authors and inclusion experts Frederick A. Miller and Judith H. Katz introduce the concept of “interaction safety” and demonstrate how it can help create a work environment of trust, inclusion, and collaboration. 

The Fulfilling Workplace: The Organization's Role in Achieving Individual and Organizational Health (2013)

This collection, while looking at individuals, places the spotlight on organizational initiatives to support the development of attitudes, values, character and behaviors in employees. 

A Manager's Guide to Human Behavior (2010)

This updated and revised edition of A Manager's Guide to Human Behavior will prepare managers to better understand, motivate, and focus the energies of individual employees and the collective energy of their work teams.

The Dysfunctional Workplace : Theory, Stories, and Practice (2015)

This book explores an aspect of organizational life that is at times difficult to acknowledge and often painful to recall. Stories invite reflection and the development of greater understanding of organizational dynamics. 

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