In today's world we rely on formal organizations for almost everything that we do. These organizations in turn shape our expectations of how people should behave. Whether our interaction with an organization is positive or negative will depend on the structure, character, and control of the organization.
The text introduces and explains the central theories, concepts, and models of the field of organizational behaviour; at the same time, it advances the key ideas of competing paradigms, integrating many of their main issues. In this way Organizational Behaviour in a Global Context offers a unique view into twenty-first century organizations.
Featured studies and cases of several major organizations including British Airways, Scandinavian Airlines System, Ontario Hospitals, Pfizer, the Catholic Church, Mountain Equipment Co-operative, Workbrain, Wal-Mart (and many others) allow the reader to understand the context in which to consider specific themes. These themes are also explored in separate chapters-including chapters on gender at work and race/ethnicity in the workplace. Finally, the authors use current research to examine aspects of organizational behaviour from a gender, class, or race/ethnicity approach.
An instructor's manual, available on CD-ROM, includes chapter-by-chapter PowerPoint presentations, a 500-question test bank, additional discussion questions, and previously unpublished case studies drawn from the Dark Side Competition (on Rwanda, Coca-Cola in India, Bhopal, and Nestle).
By:
Albert J. Mills,
Jean C. Helms Mills,
Carolyn Forshaw,
John Bratton
Imprint: Garamond Press
Country of Publication: Canada
Dimensions:
Height: 229mm,
Width: 178mm,
Spine: 30mm
Weight: 1.000kg
ISBN: 9781551930572
ISBN 10: 1551930579
Pages: 277
Publication Date: 01 September 2006
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Primary
,
Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Acknowledgements Part I: Introduction Chapter 1. Introducing Organizational Behaviour Albert J. Mills Chapter 2. Understanding Organizational Behaviour in Context Albert J. Mills Part II: Individual Behaviour and the Organizational Context Chapter 3. Personality and Identity Peggy Wallace Chapter 4. Perception, Stereotyping, and Attribution Elisabeth Wilson and Chris Rees Chapter 5. Values and Attitudes at Work Peter Chiaramonte Chapter 6. Learning in Organizations John Bratton and James D. Grant Chapter 7. Motivation in Organizations Scott MacMillan Chapter 8. Organizational Stress Kelly Dye Part III: Interpersonal Processes in the Workplace Chapter 9. Groups and Teams in Organizations John Bratton and Peter Chiaramonte Chapter 10. Race, Ethnicity, and Workplace Diversity Natalie Vladi Chapter 11. Sex at Work Albert J. Mills and Jean Helms Mills Chapter 12. Organizational Communication Carolyn Forshaw and Amy Thurlow Part IV: Organizational Structure and Change Chapter 13. Power and Organizational Life Gina Grandy Chapter 14. Organizational Culture Albert J. Mills and Jean Helms Mills Chapter 15. Organizational Structure and Design John Bratton and Peter Chiaramonte Chapter 16. Leadership in an Organizational Context John Bratton and Peter Chiaramonte Part V: Organizational Behaviour and the World Economy Chapter 17. Globalization Antenarratives David Boje Glossary Contributors Index
Albert J. Mills is Director of the PhD (Management) program and Professor of Management at the Sobey School of Business, Saint Mary's University, Nova Scotia, Canada. His twelve books include (with T. Simmons) Reading Organization Theory: A Critical Approach, third edition (Broadview Press, 2004) and Sex, Strategy and the Stratosphere: The Gendering of Airline Cultures (Palgrave, 2006). Jean C. Helms Mills is Associate Professor of Management at the Sobey School of Business, Saint Mary's University. She has researched and written extensively on gender and the culture of organizations and is the author and editor of five books. Carolyn Forshaw teaches rhetoric and business communications at Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, BC. She has had over twenty-five years experience in the field in the UK and Canada. John Bratton is an honorary professor at Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Reviews for Organizational Behaviour in a Global Context
Combining traditional and critical perspectives, theory and case application, Organizational Behaviour in a Global Context is an invaluable resource for understanding the increasingly complex organizational issues facing leaders, managers, and employees. A comprehensive, engaging, and contemporary text-highly recommended for undergraduate- and graduate-level courses in organizational studies. - Rosemary A. McGowan, Wilfrid Laurier University