Handbook of Principles of Organizational Behavior: Indispensable Knowledge for Evidence-Based Management

✍ Scribed by Edwin Locke

• Publisher: Wiley
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 683
• Edition: 2
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

There is a strong movement today in management to encourage management practices based on research evidence. In the first volume of this handbook, I asked experts in 39 areas of management to identify a central principle that summarized and integrated the core findings from their specialty area and then to explain this principle and give real business examples of the principle in action. I asked them to write in non-technical terms, e.g., without a lot of statistics, and almost all did so.The previous handbook proved to be quite popular, so I was asked to edit a second edition. This new edition has been expanded to 33 topics, and there are some new authors for the previously included topics. The new edition also includes: updated case examples, updated references and practical exercises at the end of each chapter. It also includes a preface on evidence-based management. The principles for the first edition were intended to be relatively timeless, so it is no surprise that most of the principles are the same (though some chapter titles include more than one principle).This book could serve as a textbook in advanced undergraduate and in MBA courses. It could also be of use to practicing managers and not just those in Human Resource departments. Every practicing manager may not want to read the whole book, but I am willing to guarantee that every one will find at least one or more chapters that will be practically useful. In this time of economic crisis, the need for effective management practices is more acute than ever.

✦ Table of Contents

Handbook of Principles of Organizational Behavior......Page 5
Contents......Page 7
Contributors and Editor......Page 11
Preface by Denise Rousseau......Page 17
Editor’s Introduction......Page 27
PART I SELECTION......Page 33
1 Select on Intelligence......Page 35
2 Select on Conscientiousness and Emotional Stability......Page 51
PART II TRAINING AND PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL......Page 89
3 Structure Interviews to Recruit and Hire the Best People......Page 73
4 Design Training Systematically and Follow the Science of Training......Page 91
5 Conduct Performance Appraisals to Improve Individual and Firm Performance......Page 117
PART III TURNOVER AND SATISFACTION......Page 137
6 Promote Job Satisfaction through Mental Challenge......Page 139
7 Control Voluntary Turnover by Understanding its Causes......Page 155
PART IV MOTIVATION......Page 175
8 Attain Emotional Control by Understanding What Emotions Are......Page 177
9 Motivate Employee Performance through Goal Setting......Page 193
10 Cultivate Self-efficacy for Personal and Organizational Effectiveness......Page 211
11 Using Empowerment to Motivate People to Engage in Effective Self-and Shared Leadership......Page 233
12 Pay for Performance......Page 249
13 Provide Recognition for Performance Improvement......Page 271
14 Promote Procedural and Interactional Justice to Enhance Individual and Organizational Outcomes......Page 287
PART V TEAM DYNAMICS......Page 305
15 Foster Team Effectiveness by Fulfilling Key Leadership Functions......Page 307
16 Compose Teams to Assure Successful Boundary Activity......Page 327
17 Making Group Process Work: Harnessing Collective Intuition, Task Conflict, and Pacing......Page 341
18 Manage Intra-team Conflict through Collaboration......Page 359
PART VI LEADERSHIP......Page 379
19 Use Power Effectively to Influence People......Page 381
20 Lead through Vision and Values......Page 399
21 Foster Trust through Ability, Benevolence, and Integrity......Page 421
PART VII ORGANIZATIONAL PROCESSES......Page 437
22 Design Structure to Fit Strategy......Page 439
23 Communicate Successfully by Seeking Balance......Page 457
24 Use Participation to Share Information and Distribute Knowledge......Page 477
25 Broaden the Decision Frame to Make Effective Decisions......Page 493
26 Stimulate Creativity by Fueling Passion......Page 513
27 Manage Stress at Work through Preventive and Proactive Coping......Page 531
28 Manage Conflict through Negotiation and Mediation......Page 549
29 Sustain Organizational Performance through Continuous Learning, Change and Realignment......Page 569
PART VIII ENTREPRENEURSHIP......Page 589
30 Gain Entrepreneurship Success through Swiftness and Experimentation......Page 591
PART IX WORK, FAMILY, TECHNOLOGY, AND CULTURE......Page 611
31 Achieve Work–Family Balance through Individual and Organizational Strategies......Page 613
32 Use Information Technology for Organizational Change......Page 627
33 Make Management Practice Fit National Cultures and the Global Culture......Page 647
Index......Page 665