Understanding Organizational Behaviour 2nd Edition By Udai Pareek

This completely revised second edition of Understanding Organizational Behaviour is a comprehensive textbook written specifically for management students. It explores the core concepts and theories of organizational behaviour (OB) through managerial applications.

The book contains well-illustrated chapters on globalization and the changing profiles of employees and customers, as well as the processes of decision making, consensus building, and developing attitudes and values. It provides in depth coverage of issues and challenges faced by organizations in the areas of emotional intelligence, the process approach to OB, the role of personality and leadership styles, and the roles and functions of the individual, team, and organization, and the conflict between traditional culture and modern management. Key concepts like managing work motivation and preventing and managing conflicts in organizations are discussed extensively to sharpen student\'s understanding and appreciation of the concepts.
This edition includes new chapters on current and emerging strategies in organizational structure, leadership, and power and politics. The concepts discussed in each chapter are reinforced with carefully selected case studies to enhance student\'s analytical and problem-solving skills. Landmark cases and case studies such as Cisco\'s Acquisition Strategy, McDonald\'s \'Beef Fries\' Controversy, Acquisition of Arcelor, Netscape\'s Work Culture, Change Management at ICICI, and Leadership Development at Dr Reddy\'s Laboratory Ltd give the reader a feel of actual workplace situations.

About The Author:

Udai Pareek is Chairman of the HR Labs of EMPI, New Delhi, and Distinguished Visiting Professor at the Indian Institute of Health Management Research, Jaipur, India. He is also Advisory Member for Asia and the Middle East of Human Resource Development International. He is also a member of the Academic Advisory Board of the Global Committee on the Future of Organization Development.
He has been L&T Professor of Organisational Behaviour, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.He has authored and edited about 50 books and more than 350 papers. He has been given several national awards and has been cited in a large number of national and international biographical reference books.

Table Of Contents:

 

• Organizational Behaviour: Scope and Processes
• Changing Context
• Societal Culture and Organizations
• Organizational Structure
• Positive Perspective
• The Learning Process
• The Motivational Process
• Perceptual Process
Attributional Process: Internality and Optimism
• Personality and Personal Effectiveness
• Development of Attitudes and Values
• Roles and Role Effectiveness
• Managing Work Motivation
Coping with Frustration, Stress, and Burnout
• Decisional Process
• Managerial Roles, Functions, and Styles
• Interpersonal Communication
• Effective Teams
• Conflict Management
• Developing Collaboration
• Leadership Theories and Styles
• Developing Leadership for Tomorrow
• Power and Politics
• Organizational Culture and Climate
• Organizational Communication
• Organizational Learning and the Learning Organization
• Organizational Change
• Organization Development

 

Special Features:

 

• Extensively revised, enhanced, and updated content from the first edition
• New chapters on organizational structure, leadership for tomorrow, and power and politics
• Classroom-tested case studies at the end of each chapter
• Chapter-end concept-review and critical-thinking questions, field projects, and topics for group discussion and analytical reporting