Business

For Human Relations, Behavior in Organizations, Organizational Behavior courses.

Widely used and respected, this text has been adopted by hundreds of colleges in the U.S. and Canada since its first inception.  "The Human Side of Organizations" delivers complete, up-to-date, practical information on how people behave in organizations, how organizations and job design affect behavior at work, and places emphasis on the constantly changing nature of the business enviornment.   Real-life rather than theoretical aspects provide students with a complete analysis of behavior. Complete coverage of communications and etiquette for all business situations is included.

Widely used and respected, this text has been adopted by hundreds of colleges in the U.S. and Canada since its first inception.  "The Human Side of Organizations" delivers complete, up-to-date, practical information on how people behave in organizations, how organizations and job design affect behavior at work, and places emphasis on the constantly changing nature of the business enviornment.   Real-life rather than theoretical aspects provide students with a complete analysis of behavior. Complete coverage of communications and etiquette for all business situations is included.

NEW TOPICS: Updated chapter materials, with new applications — Shows students the challenges facing everyone in an organization.

• caustic coworkers
• decision-making in a rapidly changing environment
•  interviewers and how to deal with them
• anti-synergy
• influencing strategies and others
•  power
•  transformation and contingency leaders
•  trust-building
•  stress

NEW—New Focus Box: “FYI”—Includes personal guidelines for students.

• Presents students with useful hints they can apply in their daily work lives.

Four-part organization—Includes: 1) Humans Are People; 2) The Organizational Framework; 3) Inducing Organizational Activity; and 4) Strategies for Improving Organizational Behavior.

• Gives students a complete and understandable text that moves logically forward, promoting the learning experience.

Goals and Objectives—Provided at the start of each chapter and presented just as they are in business and management: broad goals first followed by specific objectives.

• Focuses students’ attention on key points and concepts.

Focus Boxes—Brings the work world as it really is into every chapter with “Reality Checks.” “A Question of Ethics” presents ethical questions related to the particular chapter’s material. “A Global Glance” looks at an international aspect of a chapter’s concepts.

• Introduces students to the real world into which they’ll move, addressing ethics and international issues.

Cartoons, tables, figures, and photos—Maintains the text’s contemporary appearance by including various new items.

• Emphasize for students key points and enhances their interest in the text, especially by including the very popular “Dilbert” vignettes.

Marginal notes—Includes a running glossary in the margins as well as NetNotes.

• Gives students glossaries that contain key terms and concepts and their definitions. NetNotes are Internet and World Wide Web sites containing additional information on various topics.

Checking for Understanding—Includes these questions that are directly linked to the learning objectives at the beginning of each chapter.

• Covers for students the major topics of each chapter and tests their comprehension of the material.

Applications—Included in each chapter.

• Provides students with opportunities to improve their organizational behavior skills through analysis of realistic situations.

Experiential exercises—Appear at the end of each chapter.

• Gives students the opportunity to apply specific chapter concepts.

Annotations—Carefully researched from a variety of sources.

• Provides students with a text that is reliable and relevant, with a greatly expanded citation of sources.

Supplements:

Instructor’s Manual and computerized Test Bank—Provides lecture notes, video teaching notes, suggested answers to end-of-chapter materials, an electronic test item file, and a CD-ROM with PowerPoints.

Companion website: www.prenhall.com/business_studies—Includes this online resource for distance learning courses as well as for extra practice questions, hints for further study, and automatic feedback.

NEW TOPICS: Updated chapter materials, with new applications – Shows students the challenges facing everyone in an organization.

• caustic coworkers
• decision-making in a rapidly changing environment
•  interviewers and how to deal with them
• anti-synergy
• influencing strategies and others
•  power
•  transformation and contingency leaders
•  trust-building
•  stress

NEW–New Focus Box: “FYI”–Includes personal guidelines for students.

• Presents students with useful hints they can apply in their daily work lives.

I. HUMANS ARE PEOPLE.

 1. Work and Its Place in Life.

 2. Perception.

 3. Primary Communications.

 4. Improving Communications and Managing Conflict.

II. THE ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK.

 5. Jobs, from Design to Appraisal.

 6. Formal Organizations: How People Organize.

 7. Understanding Management.

 8. Small Groups and the Informal Organization.

 9. Individuals and Self-Management.

III. INDUCING ORGANIZATIONAL ACTIVITY.

10. Motivation and Morale.

11. Job Satisfaction and the Quality of Work Life.

12. The Dynamics of Change.

13. Leadership.

IV. STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR AND PERFORMANCE.

14. Stress.

15. Ethics and Etiquette.

16. Challenges and Opportunities.

Organizational Behavior  [CAREER TITLES]   (Management)
Human Relations  (Business Studies)

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  Human Side of Organizations, 10/E
  Drafke
  ©2009 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 624 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0135139740 | ISBN-13: 9780135139745
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  For Human Relations, Behavior in Organizations, Organizational Behavior courses.

   

  Widely used and respected, this text has been adopted by hundreds of colleges in the U.S. and Canada since its first inception.  "The Human Side of Organizations" delivers complete, up-to-date, practical information on how people behave in organizations, how organizations and job design affect behavior at work, and how change impacts the business organization. This new edition strives to make material more meaningful to readers through new spot check exercises, student self-assessments, personal point exercises, and skill-building activities that reinforce the material step-by-step.

Companion Website - Drafke, 9/E
Drafke
©2006 | Prentice Hall | On-line Supplement | Instock
ISBN-10: 013119982X | ISBN-13: 9780131199828
URL:  http://www.prenhall.com/drafke

Companion Website - Drafke, 9/E
Drafke
©2006 | Prentice Hall | On-line Supplement | Instock
ISBN-10: 013119982X | ISBN-13: 9780131199828
URL:  http://www.prenhall.com/drafke

Instructor's Manual with Tests (online), 9/E
Drafke
©2006 | Prentice Hall | On-line Supplement | Instock
ISBN-10: 0131199854 | ISBN-13: 9780131199859
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Online TestGen, 9/E
Drafke
©2006 | Prentice Hall | On-line Supplement | Instock
ISBN-10: 0132196417 | ISBN-13: 9780132196413
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PowerPoint Files Website (Online), 9/E
Drafke
©2006 | Prentice Hall | On-line Supplement | Instock
ISBN-10: 0131711210 | ISBN-13: 9780131711211
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Companion Website - Drafke, 9/E
Drafke
©2006 | Prentice Hall | On-line Supplement | Instock
ISBN-10: 013119982X | ISBN-13: 9780131199828
URL:  http://www.prenhall.com/drafke

eHRM: An Internet Guide to Human Resource Management
Gowan
©2001 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 49 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0130912832 | ISBN-13: 9780130912831
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Self Assessment Library 3.4
Robbins
©2009 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 144 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0136083757 | ISBN-13: 9780136083757
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Companion Website - Drafke, 9/E
Drafke
©2006 | Prentice Hall | On-line Supplement | Instock
ISBN-10: 013119982X | ISBN-13: 9780131199828
URL:  http://www.prenhall.com/drafke

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