Organizational Behavior - A Practical, Problem-Solving Approach - 3rd Edition

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Organizational Behavior: A Practical, Problem-Solving Approach, Third Edition, presents a structured 3-Step Problem-Solving Approach integrated throughout the course content and clarified in relation to the Organizing Framework for Understanding and Applying OB. The edition strengthens student engagement through Winning at Work career-readiness boxes, OB in Action real-world examples, and Applying OB how-to guidance. It also adds problem-solving mini-cases, manager and employee takeaways, and end-of-chapter application cases and legal/ethical challenges to practice concepts.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryExam

FormatPDF

Pages781

Reading Time32 h 48 min

AccessFree to download

Dedication

About the Author

Features

Career-readiness and chapter support boxes

Problem-Solving Application components

End-of-chapter exercises

This International Student Edition is for use outside of the U.S. Organizational Behavior A Practical, Problem-Solving Approach 3e Angelo Kinicki Organizational Behavior A Practical, Problem-Solving Approach Third Edition Angelo Kinicki Arizona State University Kent State University ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR Published by McGraw-Hill Education, 2 Penn Plaza, New York, NY 10121. Copyright © 2021 by McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. No part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education, including, but not limited to, in any network or other electronic storage or transmission, or broadcast for distance learning. Some ancillaries, including electronic and print components, may not be available to customers outside the United States. This book is printed on acid-free paper. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 LWI 21 20 ISBN 978-1-260-57037-3 MHID 1-260-57037-1 Cover Image: © malerapaso/Getty Images All credits appearing on page or at the end of the book are considered to be an extension of the copyright page. The Internet addresses listed in the text were accurate at the time of publication. The inclusion of a website does not indicate an endorsement by the authors or McGraw-Hill Education, and McGraw-Hill Education does not guarantee the accuracy of the information presented at these sites. [mheducation.com/highered](mheducation.com/highered) DEDICATION To the thousands of students I encountered during my career. Thank you for making me a better teacher and writer. —Angelo about the author iv Courtesy of Angelo Kinicki Angelo Kinicki is an emeritus professor of management and held the Weatherup/Overby Chair in Leadership from 2005 to 2015 at the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University. He joined the faculty in 1982, the year he received his doctorate in business administration from Kent State University. He was inducted into the W.P. Carey Faculty Hall of Fame in 2016. Angelo currently is the Dean’s Scholar in Residence at Kent State University. He is teaching in the MBA program and serveson the Dean’s National Advisory Board. Angelo is the recipient of six teaching awards from Arizona State University, where he taught in its nationally ranked MBA and PhD programs. He also received several research awards and was selected to serve on the editorial review boards for four scholarly journals. His current research interests focus on the dynamic relationships among leadership; organizational culture; organizational change; and individual, group, and orga- nizational performance. Angelo has published over 95 articles in a variety of academic journalsand proceedings and is co-author of eight textbooks (32 including revisions) that are used by hundreds of universities around the world. Several of his books have been translated into multiple languages, and two of his books were awarded revisions of the year by McGraw-Hill. Angelo also was identified as being among the top 100 most influential (top .6%) Organizational Behavior authors in 2018 out of a total of 16,289 academics. Angelo is a busy international consultant and is a principal at Kinicki and Associates, Inc., a management consulting firm that works with top management teams to create organizational change aimed at increasing organizational effectiveness and profitability. He has worked with many Fortune 500 firms as well as numerous entrepreneurial organizations in diverse industries. His expertise includes facilitating strategic/ operational planning sessions, diagnosing the causes of organizational and work-unit problems, conducting organizational culture interventions, implementing performance management systems, designing and implementing performance appraisal systems, developing and administering surveys to assess employee attitu

FAQs

What problem-solving method is emphasized in this edition?

The edition integrates a 3-Step Problem-Solving Approach throughout the book and clarifies how it relates to the organizing framework for understanding and applying OB.

What kinds of boxed features are included to support learning?

It includes Winning at Work career-readiness boxes, OB in Action real-world illustrations, and Applying OB how-to boxes labeled with Career Readiness.

How does the book help students practice applying OB concepts?

It provides Problem-Solving Application mini-cases, end-of-chapter Takeaways for Me and Takeaways for Managers, and complex Application Cases, plus a legal/ethical challenges exercise in each chapter.

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