Organizational behavior a critical thinking approach pdf download

Power-Distributing Leadership Perspectives. Values-Based Leadership Perspectives. Cross-Cultural Leadership. Leadership and Gender. Power: Definition and Overview. Basic Sources of Power. Using Power: Tactics for Influencing Others. Consequences of Influence Tactics. Organizational Politics. Four Different Types of Organizational Politics. What Is Organizational Culture? Artifacts of Organizational Culture. Functions of Organizational Culture. Types of Organizational Cultures.

Adapting Organizational Practices across Cultures. International Assignments and Career Development. Shaping Organizational Culture. The Change Process. Forces for Change. Resistance to Change. Organizational Structure. Organizational Development. Supplements Instructor Resource Site edge. Student Study Site edge. Matthew Peters. Report this review. Key features. New Ethics and Social Responsibility in Organizations chapter examines how to make ethical decisions and build ethical, socially responsible cultures.

New and expanded coverage of diversity and inclusion, trust, group think, virtual teams, stress and wellness, change models, and resistance to change.

New Up For Debate features challenge students to think critically about controversial management issues. New Examining the Evidence boxed features unpack cutting-edge research findings. You Make the Call videos present students with realistic workplace dilemmas they must solve, giving students a chance to practice their critical thinking and decision-making abilities.

Thank you. Text covers the major topics one would expect to see in a level OB course. Comprehensiveness rating: 4 see less. Very readable but still sounds like a textbook.

Chapters are divided into short subsections making it easy to assign only portions of chapter reading. Logical progression. I like that the chapter on managing demographic and cultural diversity is at the beginning. If you are following the order of information in the text, your class would begin with these important concepts.

More elements of diversity and intersectionality, however, could be considered in examples. Using sections of it for a professional business communication class. Many topics covered such as managing conflict and teams, are relevant to professional, business, and organizational communication classes. This book does an excellent job of providing an overview of the major topics associated with organizational behavior. The content included in this book is both accurate and well supported.

It does a good job of connecting important theories and concepts with helpful practical examples. Many of the theories and concepts in this book are up-to-date and will not be obsolete anytime soon. However, many of the examples will fail to be relevant in the near future.

The book could be improved by providing permanent links to some of the external resources. The text is easy to read and flows in a way that is engaging. The presentation of the content is free from technical jargon. The text is consistent in the way the chapters are presented. As the reader moves from section to section, it is clear that the chapters have a unifying theme and format throughout.

The text is chunked into logical and easily readable sections. The various chapters are accompanied by tools and resources to help the reader think critically about the content in the chapter.

I was impressed with the way the book was organized. When thinking about the topic of Organizational Behavior, it can be challenging to decide where to start and how to organize the content. This book does a nice job organizing the various topics by themes and providing appropriate sub-headings to help the reader make sense of the overarching concepts of the book. The website interface seems to be the easiest to use and navigate.

When I downloaded the pdf, there were some issues with the formatting of the content. Some of the pictures were not there anymore and some of the formatting was a little off. I feel like the impact these issues had on the usefulness of the book was minimal, but they were noticeable.

There was nothing in this book that I found to be culturally insensitive or offensive. If anything the book content provided insights into how to be more culturally competent.

I appreciate the time and effort that was put into creating this resource. One of the challenges of using open educational resources is finding a one that is high-quality, and I believe the content in this book to be high-quality. This book includes many topics that others in this area do not, such as interpersonal interaction tactics and diversity considerations.

Segments that are boxed that include applied ideas are especially pertinent for my internship students. In the area of professionalism, the dynamics are always changing, especially with the influence of technology. As a result, I imagine that this book may need updates every 5 years or so to stay relevant. This text is easy to read and follow. Terms are used correctly, and defined if not commonly understood. There is a definite framework to this text.

Information interlaces with cases and applied examples will allow students to connect ideas to real-life scenarios. With just 15 chapters, each is well divided in a predictable fashion. This also aligns well with a typical semester of 16 weeks. The flow of this text makes it easy to follow and to break up into what may be presented in a lecture format and what students can work through on their own.

The flow of topics builds in a logical manner for students learning about working in a professional setting. There do not appear to be any major distortions what would cause confusion. The clarity of some of the graphics or photos are a bit grainy, but not so much so that it is difficult to read or see. With a large section devoted to multicultural diversity, I would rate this text highly for cultural relevance.

It is a challenge to find a text for an internship course, but this text fits the bill nicely. I will likely supplement with a chapter or two from other text or some articles, but plan to use this book in the very near future.

The text covers all areas and Ideas of organizational behavior including aspects of both demographic and cultural diversity, individual differences and perception, individual attitudes and behaviors, and theories of motivation. This text also This text also includes a table of contents. The content includes accurate, error-free, and unbiased information. The content is up-to-date and can be easily updated with more recent information. There is a photo of Ursula Burns, who became president of Xerox Corporation in Her photo can be replaced, for instance, by a photo of another black female who becomes president of a corporation.

In general, the text is free from jargon and US colloquialisms. However, the text defines and expatriate as as someone who is temporarily assigned to a position in a foreign country. Some readers may be sensitive to the use of the term "foreign" to describe a country.

The text is consistent is in terms of terminology and framework. The terms culture and society are used interchangeably to describe national culture and some readers may be confused by the use of both terms. The text is easy to read and divided into sections with headings and subheadings to make it easier for readers to navigate the text. The topics in the text are presented in a logical, clear fashion. However, organizational culture and organizational structure are near the end of the text and student might benefit from learning about those topics before being asked to understand the design of work environments and individual attitudes and behaviors.

The text includes examples of successful individuals from a variety of ethnic backgrounds including Guy Kawasaki. The book includes exercises following each chapter.

However, may of the exercises such as those in Section 2. This book does a good job in covering relevant topics related to organizational behavior. The format is user friendly, along with providing discussion questions, case studies, exercises, and takeaways.

Moreover, I love that there are ongoing references to the importance of ethics with an activity related to an ethical dilemma. The writing in this book is rather clear. However, there are opportunities to improve the grammar and sentence structure. This text is consistent with other text's terminology, structure, and data to support he position offered. I like the book's flow. It's logically organized in a way that each chapter builds on the previous one.

There aren't any noticeable grammar issues, but the sentence structure should be reviewed for better clarity. This is the first open textbook I've reviewed. Previously, I had considerations that open source material might not be that good; however, with this book, I was amazingly surprised. I will seriously consider using this text for my organizational behavior class. This OB textbook covers all major as well as supporting topics related the OB field.

The last two chapters are devoted to macro topics Chapter Organizational Structure and Change and Chapter Organizational Culture ; thus, implying Comprehensiveness rating: 3 see less. The textbook, though, is dated both in terms of scholarly references and the case studies used to inform the reader about the relevance of OB topics. Also, the textbook is more reliant on applied sources to support concepts.

The pdf version of the textbook does not have a list of scholarly references. The HTML version does have these references, but they are included in within the text and, thus, negatively impact the flow and readability. The book reads well and provides good examples to clarify basic concepts. The authors provide unbiased and thoughtful insights from scholarly sources in a very relatable fashion.

This is one of the significant weakness of this textbook. The scholarly sources are dated. Case studies are also old, though still useful. Some of the in-text online links do not work. In short, this textbook is due for a major revision and would require the authors to revise all aspects of the textbook considerably.

This revision would be a major undertaking and a challenge for the authors. Each chapter is divided into several sub-sections. Each sub-section covers a major OB topic. The authors have done an excellent job of providing a logical and clear description of topics within each chapter.

However, there is no overall framework that can easily connect topics across all 15 chapters. This may explain a somewhat random sequence of topics of 15 chapters.

However, these topics are not covered prior to the coverage of motivation. The coverage of each topic within a chapter by the authors is consistent. The formatting and style are also highly consistent throughout the textbook. An addition of an overall framework and an integrative case study would help provide consistency of topics across chapters.

The textbook is very modular. Specifically, the HTML format of this textbook allows each sub-section to act as a module. Any instructor, interested in adopting this textbook should look into HTML format based modules sub-sections as a way to customize the textbook. As I have stated in my review in another section, the textbook can be improved by connecting topics across chapters using a broad framework as well as by incorporating an integrated case study.

The pdf version of the textbook is difficult to navigate. Even though I found the HTML version to be more user-friendly, this format did have some weaknesses as well. The scholarly references in the HTML version are included within the text and negatively impact readability. Many online links do not work anymore.

Since the textbook does not include a subject index or glossary of key terms, it would make it difficult for students to find definitions easily. Overall, the textbook can significantly benefit from a much-improved interface.

Chapter 2 of the textbook offers a comprehensive coverage about the relevance and importance of demographic and cultural diversity.

This issue is clearly a strength of this textbook. Overall, this textbook is a good option for those instructors that already have a good portfolio of instructional resources. The textbook does not appear to provide PowerPoint slides or a Test Bank.

It also provides students with several useful applied examples, though these examples are somewhat dated. This textbook may not work for those instructors that wish to use an OB textbook based on current examples or an OB textbook that cites current scholarly references. Murray right here? Never ever let the extra point goes away from you. Houghton, and Emma L. Murray, provides insight into OB concepts and processes through a first-of-its kind active learning experience.

It contains real life examples that make the concepts understandable and explainable. I would feel that they had been provided with an illustration of critical thinking through the story of Langston, who analyzed his situational circumstances and then made decisions about leading based on leadership theory.

OB in the movies is a great way to connect. I really value the end of chapter material. You have pioneered some enhancements in that arena that will give the Neck text competitive advantage. It offers a fresh take on some familiar material. I like the extended narratives running through the chapters. They provide solid real-life examples of how the theory plays out in practice, which is particularly important for students who have limited experience with or understandings of organizations and work.

Stories are memorable and will help remember and associate concepts. These extended narratives are very useful in linking together the concepts in adjacent chapters to real world situations. The cases and study questions are especially useful to help students learn. About the Author Dr. Christopher P.

Neck is also the coauthor of the principles of management textbook, Management: A Balanced Approach to the 21st Century Wiley ; and the upcoming introduction to entrepreneurship textbook, Entrepreneurship SAGE forthcoming. He has more than publications in the form of books, chapters, and articles in various journals. Because of Dr. Additionally, each semester Dr.

Neck teaches an introductory management course to a single class of anywhere from to 1, students. He is featured on www. Murray for writing an excellent text and reviewing the materials on this site. Order Review Copy. Skip to main content. Rich with thought-provoking content and practical applications, students will walk away with critical thinking skills that help them make effective and thoughtful decisions Acknowledgements We gratefully acknowledge Christopher P.