Organizational Behavior : Experiences and Cases
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Book Description
This text is a compilation of 67 engaging, flexible, and tested exercises for active learning of organizational behavior. Exercises range from the simple to the complex and can be implemented as individual or group activities. Self-inventories, role-plays, and case studies provide a diversity of experiences. A section of 11 short readings serves as an anchor to students new to experiential methods, group processes, and case analysis.
About the Author
Professor Dorothy Marcic, Ed. D. and M.P.H., is on faculty at Vanderbilt University, in the department of Leadership and Organizations, Peabody College. She also serves as Director of Graduate Programs in Human Resource Development at Vanderbilt. A recent Fulbright scholar at the University of Economics-Prague, where she taught MBA students and practicing managers, her consulting practice has grown to include multinationals and governmental agencies in the Czech Republic. In addition to Organizational Behavior: Experiences and Cases, she is the author of several other books, including Organizational Behavior and Management International, Women and Men in Organizations, and Managing with the Wisdom of Love: Uncovering Virtue in People and Organizations. She began her extensive and varied academic career at Arizona State University, with additional academic postings at St. Bonaventure University, the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, and La Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara, Mexico. Joseph Seltzer is Professor of Management at La Salle University, where he teaches courses in organizational behavior, managerial skills, and interpersonal communication. Currently Associate Editor of the Journal of Management Education, he is a Past-President of the Eastern Academy of Management and has served on the Board of the Organizational Behavioral Teaching Society and several other professional organizations. Professor Seltzer consults with a range of organizations, from Fortune 500 firms to small non-profit agencies, in the areas of time management, the nature of organization vision, managerial skills, and building effective organizational teams. Peter B. Vaill holds the Distinguished Chair in Management Education at the University of St. Thomas, Minneapolis. Cited by Training and Development Journal as one of the top ten organization development specialists in the United States, he has consulted with universities, health systems, professional associations, and multinational corporations around the world. For over twenty-five years, Peter Vaill has profoundly influenced what is studied and practiced in the field of leadership and organizational development. One of the early voices on spirituality in the workplace, Vaill has consistently broken new ground in such areas as adult learning, culture, and systems thinking.
Organizational Behavior : Experiences and Cases,Dorothy Marcic,Joe Seltzer,Peter Vaill,South-Western College Pub,0324048505,Business & Economics,Business / Economics / Finance,Business/Economics,Leadership,Management - General,Organizational Behavior,Organizational Behavior In Business,Problems, exercises, etc,Business & Economics / Organizational Behavior
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