Organizational Behavior · 10th Edition

Author: (USA) Robinso
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: The most important resource in a company is "people," and the most serious problem is also "people." This book reveals many little-known behavioral patterns and activity mechanisms of "people," providing managers with scientific methods and insights to understand their employees' inner world and create a cohesive corporate culture. — Sun Jianmin, Professor at Renmin University of China
This is a classic management textbook written by Stephen P. Robbins, an authority in organizational behavior in the United States and a professor of management at the University of San Diego. Since its publication, it has been revised and reprinted nine times, remaining a bestseller for 20 years. It has been selected as a textbook by many universities and business schools in the United States and is widely welcomed by management scholars, students, and business professionals around the world.
The book consists of six parts and 19 chapters, focusing on the central topic of organizational behavior. It discusses the behavioral issues of "people" in organizational management from the perspectives of individual behavior, group behavior, organizational systems, and organizational dynamics. Especially, the author has summarized many novel and innovative insights from extensive research cases and data, such as the view on group conflict, where he argues that a certain degree of conflict is beneficial to improving organizational performance. Such discussions often bring readers fresh perspectives.
The book is not only lively and engaging, as if it were a conversation with the reader, but also rich in content and fascinating. For example, topics like "Organizational Behavior in the News" use news reports and popular stories from mass media, allowing readers to grasp the core content of the book while reading in a relaxed and enjoyable way.
The unique feature of the book's format lies in the fact that at the end of each chapter, the author designs "Group Exercises" and "Case Analysis" sections for self-evaluation. Based on the theme of each chapter, he also ingeniously creates debate topics such as "For" and "Against," encouraging readers to summarize answers through debate, making education fun and improving both their theoretical understanding and practical skills in organizational theory. This new edition has added thematic boxes on globalization, diversity, the integration of ethics, and "Myth or Science," aiming to help readers recognize organizational behavior as a field grounded in extensive empirical research, which can provide valuable insights and facilitate their understanding, interpretation, and management of human behavior in the workplace.
The readership of this book is extremely broad, not only suitable for teachers, undergraduate and graduate students, MBA and EMBA students, and management personnel training in various enterprises and institutions across the country, but also for management consultants, organizational research experts, and self-study enthusiasts interested in organizational behavior as a must-read reference.