Organisational behaviour /
Roger Bennett.
- 3rd ed.
- Harlow : Financial Times Prentice Hall, 1997.
- ix, 337p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Frameworks .
- Frameworks .
Previous ed.: London: Pitman, 1994.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 326-329) and index.
Part 1: Background to Organisational Behaviour. 1.Scope and method of organisational Behoviour -- 2.Scientific management and the classical school -- 3.Human relations, systems and contingency approaches. Part 2: Individuals and the Organisation. 4.Individual differences -- 5.Psychological and achievement testing -- 6.Learning and the acquisition of skills -- 7.Individual orientation to work -- 8.Motivation, incentives and job design -- 9.Role theory and transactional analysis -- 10.Stress and conflict -- 11.Careers. Part 3: Organisation and Management. 12.Groups -- 13.Leadership -- 14.Communication -- 15.Decision making -- 16.The management of organisations -- 17.Change in organisations -- 18.Influence of information technology -- 19.Work study and the behavioural effects of operating systems. Part 4: The Design of Organisations. 20.The nature of organisations -- 21.The design of organisations -- 22.Recent developments in the practice of organisational design.
This concise, comprehensive introduction to organisational behaviour successfully assimilates the wide variety of topics in this area, including: the individual and the organisation, the organisation and its management and the design of organisations.