Organizational Behavior: Management Human-Centered

Author: Shi Xingguo
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Publish Date: 2005-08-01
Features: As a textbook designed to cultivate applied talents, this book maintains the logical system of the discipline while integrating the latest research and practice outcomes from both Eastern and Western studies in human-centered management, harmonious management, team building, corporate culture, knowledge management, comparative management, new organizational models, leadership theory, and sustainable management. It emphasizes strengthening the content on group behavior and organizational behavior, striving to reflect the fundamental principle of human-centered development that promotes the overall harmonious development of relationships among humans, nature, and society. In terms of structure, it offers flexibility to adapt to different teaching hours, emphasizing application, optimizing the system, highlighting key and difficult points, and reinforcing core foundations. While drawing on the strengths of similar textbooks, it innovates in the knowledge system and content arrangement, catering to all teaching needs, including lectures, practical sessions, assignments, reviews, assessments, and extracurricular self-study.
As a professional textbook aimed at cultivating applied talents, this book focuses on the applicability and practicality of theory, the logical coherence and flexibility of knowledge:
· Emphasizes "Human-Centeredness." While preserving the disciplinary logical system of organizational behavior, it integrates the behavioral value orientation of human-centered management, incorporating the latest research outcomes in human-centered management, harmonious management, team building, corporate culture, knowledge management, comparative management, new organizational models, leadership theory, and sustainable management;
· Innovates the structural system. Adopts the structure of "Group and Organizational Behavior Management," focusing on strengthening the content on group behavior and organizational behavior to reflect the fundamental principle of "human-centeredness" in the overall harmonious development of relationships among humans, nature, and society;
· Broadly incorporates diverse strengths in content. Based on extensive references to domestic and international textbooks, combined with the authors' research findings on the latest developments in modern management theory and teaching experience, the content is presented in a standardized and accurate manner, aiming to help students understand not only "what is" but also "why it is." The modular structure adapts to teaching needs, with clearly marked foundational and extended content to suit different teaching hours. The rich sections and layout facilitate both teaching and learning;
· Provides a comprehensive teaching resource package for thorough support. Accompanying the book are free downloadable supplementary electronic teaching materials and answer keys for exercises (download link: www.hxedu.com.cn).
Target Audience: This book can serve as a textbook for undergraduate and "Upgrading from Associate to Bachelor's Degree" programs in management, economics, and teacher education majors in ordinary universities, as well as a reference for postgraduate studies. It is also suitable for reference use by cadres at all levels for learning and training, and can be used as a textbook or reference book for "Management Psychology" in higher education institutions.