Organisational theory and behaviour Books

This book is a passionate and enthusiastic account of the life of a Religious Sister in the twenty first century. As an Educator and Organizational Consultant the author draws on the resources of professional skills in leadership training, facilitation...

Speed of Purpose delivers a powerful step-by-step process to achieve 2.8x productivity gains. This is a must-read, and must-implement, book for every aspiring top-performing team and organization!SPEED OF PURPOSE is launched with the three key Drivers of...

A volume in Research in Management ConsultingSeries Editor Anthony F. Buono, Bentley UniversityThis volume continues the collaboration between the RMC book series and the French management research think tankISEOR (Socio-Economic Institute for Firms and...

The proper balance of managerial "administrative-control" and managerial"team-leadership" depends upon the work context. After organizational proceduresare designed by work-process engineers, managers and their directreportsin the business units, are...

A volume in Research in Social Issues in ManagementSeries Editors: Stephen W. Gilliland, The University of Arizona,Dirk D. Steiner, Université de Nice-Sophia Antipolisand Daniel P. Skarlicki, The University of British ColumbiaThis volume in Research in...

This book exposes two inspiring research categories: digitization and trust. This volume will be of interest to researchers, academics, practitioners, and advanced students in the fields of management of technology and innovation, organizational studies,...

Offering a pathway to vibrant organizations, this book integrates systems thinking, critical thinking, and design thinking, and provides the tools needed to proactively apply them in the social systems where we live and work.

In this book, the authors present unique factors that make hospitality and tourism organizations resilient in the VUCA world.

Can you have it all: a profitable business that’s a dream to run (and doesn’t rely on you)… a valuable asset you can one day sell for top dollar…and a life?ABSOLUTELY.Some owners get a great financial return from their business,...

Sumérgete en el corazón palpitante del periodismo deportivo con "El Corresponsal Deportivo" de AG Deportes. Este libro no es solo una lectura; es una experiencia que te transporta al centro de la acción deportiva. A través de sus páginas, vivirás las...

The Multiplier Effect of Inclusion is a process that systemically creates greater problem-solving, creativity, and innovative ideas resulting in increased market share, process efficiencies, and business growth. When leaders learn to apply inclusion...

Insidious Workplace Behavior (IWB) refers to low-level, pervasive acts of deviance directed at individual or organizational targets. Because of its inherently stealthy nature, scientists have paid little attention to IWB, allowing us to know very little...

This slim motivation guidebook was written to bridge the gap between the academic research on motivation and to present it in a form that is useful to the practicing manager. In essence, the book presents a theory of motivation and how to use it without...

Gaming is increasingly prevalent in our society and everyday lives as a form of leisure or competition. The typical aim of gaming is to gain a pleasant experience from the game. Because of the saturation of gaming in global society, the gamification...

Religion and its effect on individuals in organizations is critical to understand as organizational behavior and culture are dependent upon individual employees. Evaluating the link between religion and organizations is important in today's world in...

Empathy, diversity, inclusion, and soft skills are key building blocks of an innovative workforce challenged to respond to the ever-growing needs of the COVID-19 era. Organizations that value diversity and inclusion are looking for ways to manage the...

Almost all economies have, or are at least starting to, understand the significance of examining and mainstreaming gender issues in the world of work. Sociocultural evolution and various other factors have helped these developments, but there is still so...

Employee share ownership is generally put forward as a method of strengthening social ties in the company and a tool for sharing the fruits of growth. The COVID-19 pandemic has inflicted permanent financial damage to businesses and, unfortunately, forced...

While the concept of teleworking has existed for many years, the COVID-19 pandemic drastically altered the operations of businesses and industries around the world. Through these shifts, there have been many challenges of adapting employees, business...

Despite the ill effects of COVID-19 and the temporary closure of business operations worldwide, some organizations, such as the food and pharmaceutical industries, are still functioning, and their need to resume operations is dire. Managing the workforce...

Behavioral strategy continues to attract increasing research interest within the broader field of strategic management. Research in behavioral strategy has clear scope for development in tandem with such traditional streams of strategy research that...

Redefining Competency-Based Education provides an expanded definition of career competence, based on actual employer hiring and promotion requirements, which enhances university curricula to better prepare students for work and life. Readers will learn...

Positive psychology and positive organizational scholarship have begun to have an impact on the enterprise. It is important for organizational leaders at all levels to understand this powerful new framework. This volume brings together a wide range of...

A fresh, compelling approach to establishing a sustainable, results-driven nonprofit business plan.Nonprofits often use the terms “strategic planning” and “business planning” interchangeably, but a good business plan goes beyond...

This is NOT a leadership book.If you want to be the leader of a growing, profitable business that positively impacts the lives of employees and clients, it’ll take more than leveling up your capacity and capabilities as leader. It will require a...

This book, Empowering the 21st Century Worker, will expose the research, analysis, implications and findings of on the job training for one learning organisation. It takes a close look at the processes and infrastructure in place for employee training...

In all periods of time, there is a perceived shortage of qualified, credible, and robust leadership skills. At the same time, what is regarded as skilled leadership is contingent on economic, political, institutional, and cultural conditions specific for...

Your new VP tells you sales are off by 25 percent; he believes the sales team is dysfunctional and half of them should be fired. Meanwhile, sales team members tell you confidentially the VP is out of control and restricts the team from calling your...

Working together with others in groups and teams is an increasingly common and important part of modern business and contemporary life.  High performing teams demonstrate the characteristic of collective intelligence. Collective intelligence relates...

This book is concerned with the rapid and varied changes in the nature of work and work relationships which have taken place in recent years. While technological innovation has been a key contributor to the nature and pace of change, other social and...

There is growing interest in flexible working, not only as a means to manage labour more efficiently and for greater agility, but also as a response to increasing concerns over well-being, work-life balance, and participation in the labour force of those...

Using a courtroom trial as a metaphor, Training on Trial seeks to get to the truth about why training fails and puts the business partnership model to work for real.

This book concerns how employees consider their work lives, how well they fit their jobs, the work setting, other people, and what is important and valued in their organizations. Perspectives on Organizational Fit, a new book in SIOP's Organizational...

As we become more and more of a global trading world, the challenges of leading and managing within this turbulent environment and its associated, complex, interconnected markets and disconnected relationships are indisputable, so just how far can any...

Certain consultants argue leaders can quickly, easily and considerably alter their organization cultures to improve performance. Conversely, field researchers have described situations where leaders could do little to alter the existing organization...

We used to live in a product-centric world, where companies were built in siloes toeffectively pump out products in a transactional fashion. Companies did not need to be soconnected to customers to succeed. We have now moved into a service-oriented...

In this book, Jutta Eckstein examines how retrospectives -originally a kind of a facilitated workshop for gaining feedback- can be applied conceptually to initiate and implement organizational change. Technically, retrospectives were an instrument for a...

Transform your leadership and shape visionary organizations with World Class Value: Leadership Excellence in the Exponential Age. Uncover the keys to high-performance leadership in this indispensable guide, designed to help you excel in competitive...

For those seeking to achieve service excellence this guide is indispensable. Grounded in IT service management (ITSM) principles from frameworks like ITIL, Lean, DevOps, and Agile, this book provides actionable advice for applying these frameworks...

Throughout history women have struggled to reclaim their bodies from the meanings and assaults imposed on them by cultural practices, sexual mores, victimization, and concepts of how their bodies should be presented and managed in public, to intimate...

Are you feeling overwhelmed, unproductive, and are you having trouble with procrastination? You're not alone! This book will teach you the tips to become more productive and how to stop procrastinating. Learn about the tools that can help you achieve...

Competencies historically have been vital for skill building, and competency-based approaches have demonstrated their impact on business performance and organizational effectiveness in today's marketplace. However, this has been discussed exclusively in...