Product Description

This masterfully crafted introduction provides balanced coverage of all the key elements comprising the discipline of OB, in a style that readers will find both informative and interesting. This includes not only traditional topics such as personality, motivation, and leadership; but also cutting-edge issues such as emotions, trust, work-life balance, workplace spirituality, and knowledge management. People participating in any group or organizational activity.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #16287 in Books
• Published on: 2007-03-23
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 352 pages

Card catalog description
"Essentials of Organizational Behavior, Sixth Edition provides a reality-based review of organizational behavior in an abbreviated format. Stephen P. Robbins integrates timely topics throughout the book, such as diversity, globalization, and ethics."--BOOK JACKET.

The publisher, Prentice Hall Business Publishing
The Fifth Edition continues to gain popularity/only the most relevant topics in organizational behavior today, such as TQM, reengineering, technology, empowerment, declining employee loyalty, the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, virtual and boundaryless organizations, and 360-degree performance appraisals are included. Lively and informative, this masterfully crafted introduction to the field of organizational behavior (OB) condenses the essential elements of the field into a tightly focused presentation. Its concise format makes it a viable alternative to the core textbook and flexible enough to combine with cases, readings, and experiential materials.

From the Back Cover
Lively and informative, this masterfully crafted introduction to Organizational Behavior condenses the essentials of the field into a tightly focused presentation. Its clear, concise format makes it a viable alternative to the traditional 600-700 page books currently available and flexible enough to combine with outside cases, readings, and experiential materials. Coverage features only the most relevant topics in organizational behavior today, such as TQM; reengineering, technology; empowerment; declining employee loyalty; the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator; virtual and boundaryless organizations; 360-degree performance appraisals; diversity; globalization; ethics; and more. For human resources professionals, business managers/team leaders, and anyone interested in Organizational Behavior and Business Management.

Customer Reviews

Excellent
Product shipped as promised and delivered well before the promised deadline. No problems. Would definitely use again.

Essentials of Org. Behavior
Received book in excellent condition and in a timely manner!I would not hesitate to order from the seller again.

One of the best intro to OB
I find Robbins's OB one of the best introductionary books for OB. Though it does not contain lots of case studies, to get started with concepts, the easy to read layout and the interesting activities that he presents makes it a very good book to get started. I personally started my OB with a much more detailed book, but after I found this one, I used this as the starting point, to get the ideas, and then used more high level books to explore further.
Why not 5 stars, well, coz as I said, I did need to look at other books to explore in detail!