M: Organizational Behavior Evergreen Release By Steven McShane, Mary Ann Von Glinow
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The M: Organizational Behavior (2024 Release) textbook by Steven McShane and Mary Ann Von Glinow is a student-focused, condensed version of their primary 10th edition textbook. It features real-world business examples, global case studies, and a solid foundation in the latest management literature. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
The book is organized into four structural parts across its major core areas: [1]
Part One: Introduction
- Introduction to the Field of Organizational Behavior: Core principles of organizational effectiveness, the role of human capital, globalization, diversity at the workplace, and work-life balance/remote working arrangements. [1]
Part Two: Individual Behavior and Processes
- Individual Differences: Personality and Values: Explores fundamental workforce personality traits, Schwartz's values model, and deep-level versus surface-level diversity. [1, 2]
- Perceiving Ourselves and Others in Organizations: Understanding self-concept, social identity theory, stereotyping, and perceptual bias in corporate settings. [1]
- Workplace Emotions, Attitudes, and Stress: Examines cognitive and emotional factors influencing job satisfaction, employee engagement, resilience, and work-related stress management. [1]
- Employee Motivation: Theoretical and practical approaches to drive, including the four-drive theory, employee goal setting, and rewards systems. [1]
- Decision Making and Creativity: Exploring design thinking, agile methodologies, bounded rationality, and creative problem-solving paradigms. [1, 2, 3, 4]
Part Three: Team Processes
- Team Dynamics: Exploring team development stages, social loafing, informal groups, and team cohesion dynamics. [1]
- Communicating in Teams and Organizations: Models of corporate communication, interpersonal communication channels, and the rise of emerging digital collaboration channels (such as blogs and wikis). [1, 2]
- Power and Influence in the Workplace: Structural and personal power bases, dependency, political tactics, and contingency models.
- Conflict and Negotiation in the Workplace: Navigating corporate friction, separating socioemotional from constructive conflict, and third-party intervention frameworks. [1]
- Leadership in Organizational Settings: Behavioral, contingency, and transformational leadership theories alongside the impact of global mindsets. [1]
Part Four: Organizational Processes
- Designing Organizational Structures: Departmentalization formats, span of control, and organizational design options matching dynamic environments.
- Organizational Culture: Elements of culture, artifacts, matching culture to corporate strategies, and cultivating a positive workplace atmosphere.
- Organizational Change: Responding to market shifts via Lewin's Force Field Analysis, managing resistance to change, and implementing strategic interventions. [1]
Key Conceptual Updates in the 2024 Release
According to the authors, the 2024 edition contains notable conceptual expansions and brand new introductory opening vignettes in the following core areas: [1]
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