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Management of Organizational Behavior: Leading Human Resources, 8/E
Paul Hersey, Center for Leadership Studies
Kenneth H. Blanchard, Ken Blanchard Co., Inc.
Dewey E. Johnson, Sid Craig School of Business, California State University, Fresno

ISBN-10: 0130175986
ISBN-13:  9780130175984

Publisher:  Prentice Hall
Copyright:  2001
Format:  Paper; 516 pp
Published:  10/03/2000


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For undergraduate and graduate-level courses in Organizational Behavior, Leadership, and Organizational Development.

Used by more than a million people throughout the world, this highly readable text provides a comprehensive examination of the applied behavioral sciences, and focuses on fundamental ideas which have stood the test of years of application in academic, business, not-for-profit and administrative environments.


Features

  • NEW - Revised applied behavioral science approach (Ch. 1).

    • Familiarizes students with the dramatic trends affecting leading and managing in the 21st century, thus preparing them for leadership roles. Ex.___

  • NEW - Leading the Generations section (Ch. 7).

    • Provides students with a discussion of the changing needs and roles of Generation Y to Generation G. Ex.___

  • NEW - Revised and expanded Situational Leadership Model (Ch. 8).

    • Provides students with the most current research available on the world's number one leadership development model. Ex.___

  • NEW - Transmodel of communication.

    • Provides students with the most up-to-date data on effective communication. Ex.___

  • NEW - 360 Degree Performance Evaluation (Ch. 15).
  • NEW - Baldrige Award criteria (Ch. 18).

    • Familiarizes students with the latest developments in leadership quality trends. Ex.___

  • Human Resource Development concepts and techniques.

    • Offers students practical guidelines so they can become familiar with performance improving techniques. Ex.___

  • Leadership applications (Ch. 18).

    • Introduces students to concepts in quality improvement. Ex.___

  • Transformational leadership (Ch. 19).

    • Provides students with a situational leadership-based approach to developing organizations. Ex.___

  • Real-world examples.

    • Introduces students to relevant situations from a variety of fields and disciplines. Ex.___

  • Research-based approach.

    • Prepares students for real-world situations in the behavioral sciences. Ex.___


New To This Edition

  • Revised applied behavioral science approach (Ch. 1).

    • Familiarizes students with the dramatic trends affecting leading and managing in the 21st century, thus preparing them for leadership roles. Ex.___

  • Leading the Generations section (Ch. 7).

    • Provides students with a discussion of the changing needs and roles of Generation Y to Generation G. Ex.___

  • Revised and expanded Situational Leadership Model (Ch. 8).

    • Provides students with the most current research available on the world's number one leadership development model. Ex.___

  • Transmodel of communication.

    • Provides students with the most up-to-date data on effective communication. Ex.___

  • 360 Degree Performance Evaluation (Ch. 15).
  • Baldrige Award criteria (Ch. 18).

    • Familiarizes students with the latest developments in leadership quality trends. Ex.___


Table of Contents



 1. Management: An Applied Behavioral Sciences Approach.


 2. Motivation and Behavior.


 3. Motivating.


 4. Leadership: An Initial Perspective.


 5. Leadership: Situational Approaches.


 6. Determining Effectiveness.


 7. Diagnosing the Environment.


 8. Situational Leadership.


 9. Situational Leadership, Perception, and the Impact of Power.


10. Situational Leadership: Training and Development.


11. The Situational Leader and Constructive Discipline.


12. Building Effective Relationships.


13. Effective Communication.


14. Leading Effective Teams.


15. Implementing Situational Leadership: Managing People to Perform.


16. Implementing Situational Leadership: Building Commitments.


17. Planning and Implementing Change.


18. Leadership to Achieve Quality.


19. Leadership Strategies for Organizational Transformation.


20. The Organizational Cone.


21. Synthesizing Management Theory: Integrating Situational Leadership with the Classics.


Appendix: Life Cycle Theory of Leadership Revisited.


Recommended Supplementary Reading.


Index.


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    Hersey, Blanchard & Johnson
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