Organizational Behavior - Rilegato

Schermerhorn, John R.; Hunt, James G.; Osborn, Richard N.

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ISBN 10: 0471681709 ISBN 13: 9780471681700

Casa editrice: John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2005

Riassunto

Now revised to address the recent changes in the workplace, Schermerhorn, Hunt, and Osborn’s Organizational Behavior, Ninth Edition sets organizational behavior within a framework of personal and organizational transformation, while retaining its solid base of theory and application. Prepare yourself for the changing workplace. The Ninth Edition features the theme of organizational behavior in changing times, anchored by a new Chapter 2 that introduces you to current issues in organizational behavior. Edition after edition, this text has established a reputation for its effective presentation of current theory and research in a student-centered context. The Ninth Edition further strengthens that tradition with new Research Insight boxes in each chapter that summarize relevant cutting-edge research reports. Changing times offer new insights from real-life change agents. Leaders on Leadership features for every chapter in the Ninth Edition bring you face-to-face with the experiences and perspectives of today’s change leaders––Rudy Giuliani, Carly Fiorina, Earl Graves, and others.

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L'autore:

Dr. John R. Schermerhorn Jr. is the Charles G. O'Bleness Professor of Management in the College of Business Administration at Ohio University. He holds a PhD in organization behavior from Northwestern University, and MBA ( with distinction) from New York University, and a BS from the State University of New York at Buffalo. He received an honorary doctorate from the University of Pecs (Hungary) in recognition of his international contributions to management research and education, and presently serves as Adjunct Professor of Management at the National University of  Ireland at Galway and a member of the Graduate faculty at Bangkok University in Thailand. He has also held appointments as the Kohei Miura Visiting Professor at Chubu University Japan, Visiting Professor o9f Management at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and Visiting Scholar at Liaoning University in China and the Technical University of Wroclaw in Poland. At Ohio University he has been Director of the Center for Southeast Asia Studies and on-site Coordinator of EMBA and MBA programs in Malaysia,. Dr. Schermerhorn has won awards for teaching excellence at Tulane University, the University of Vermont, and Ohio University, where he has been named a University Professor, the university's leading award for undergraduate teaching. He is the author or co-author of numerous journal articles, book chapters, and proceedings. His other Wiley books include Management (Eighth Edition, 2005 ), Core Concepts of Management (2004), and Core Concepts of Organizational Behavior (Wiley, 2004). 

Dr.James G. (Jerry) Hunt is the Paul Whitfield Horn Professor of Management, Trinity Company Professor in Leadership, Professor of Health Organization management, Director, Institute for Leadership Research, and Former department chair of Management, Texas Tech University. He received his PhD and master's degrees from the University of Illinois after completing a BS (with honors) at Michigan Technological University. Dr. Hunt has co-authored an organization theory text and Basic Organizational Behavior (Wiley , 1998) and has authored or co-authored three leadership monographs, He founded the Leadership Symposia Series and co-edited the eight volumes based on the series. He has presented or published nearly 200 articles, papers, and book chapters, and among his most recent books are Leadership: A New Synthesis, published by sage, and out-of-the-Box Leadership, published by JAI. The former was a finalist for the Academy of Management's 1993 Terry Distinguished Book Award. Recently, Dr. Hunt received the Distinguished Service Award from the Academy of Management, the Sustained Outstanding Service Award from the Southern Management Association, and the Barnie E. Rushing. Jr. Distinguished Researcher Award from Texas Tech University for his long-term contributions to management  research and scholarship. He has lived and taught in England and Finland, and taught in China.

Dr. Richard N. Osborn is a Distinguished Professor at Wayne State University in the School of Business Administration and formerly a Board of Governors Faculty Fellow. He has received teaching awards at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale and Wayne State University, and he has also taught at Monash University (Australia), Tulane University, and the University of Washington. He received a DBA from Kent State University after earning an MBA at Washington State University and a BS from India University. With over 175 presentations and publications, he is a charter member of the Academy of Management Journals Hall of Fame. Dr. Osborn is a leading authority on international alliances in technology-intensive industries and is co-author of an organization theory text and Basic Organization Behavior (John Wiley & Sons 1995, 1998). He has served as a member of the editorial boards of the Academy of Management Journal, Technology Studies, Journal of High Technology Management, The Academy of Management Review, The Journal of Management Review, The Journal  of Management and editor of international strategy for the Journal of World Business. He is very active in the Academy of Management, having served a divisional program chair and president, as well as the Academy representative for the International Federation of Scholarly Association of Management. Dr. Osborn's research has been sponsored by the Department of Defense, Ford Motor Company, National Science Foundation, Nissan , and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, among others, In addition to teaching, Dr. Osborn spent a number of years in private industry, including a position as a  senior research Scientist with the Battelle Memorial Institute in Seattle, where he worked on improving the safety of commercial nuclear power.

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In your hands, anything is possible.

In today’s rapidly changing organizations, anything is possible. With the right personal skills and a strong foundation in research and theory, you can shape your future and the future of our society––no matter how challenging things become.

Now revised to address the recent changes in the workplace, Schermerhorn, Hunt, and Osborn’s Organizational Behavior, Ninth Edition sets organizational behavior within a framework of personal and organizational transformation, while retaining its solid base of theory and application.

Prepare yourself for the changing workplace. The Ninth Edition features the theme of organizational behavior in changing times, anchored by a new Chapter 2 that introduces you to current issues in organizational behavior.

Edition after edition, this text has established a reputation for its effective presentation of current theory and research in a student-centered context. The Ninth Edition further strengthens that tradition with new Research Insight boxes in each chapter that summarize relevant cutting-edge research reports.

Changing times offer new insights from real-life change agents. Leaders on Leadership features for every chapter in the Ninth Edition bring you face-to-face with the experiences and perspectives of today’s change leaders––Rudy Giuliani, Carly Fiorina, Earl Graves, and others.

Now is the time for you to build the skills needed for personal and career success in our demanding, changing environment. Revised with new materials from Jossey-Bass/Pfeiffer, the innovative end-of-text OB Skills Workbook features many enriching learning opportunities from a selection of cases for critical thinking, experiential exercises, and self-assessments.

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• Editore: John Wiley & Sons Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0471681709
• ISBN 13: 9780471681700
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 696