Organizational Behaviour

• 1: Introducing organizational behaviour


• Part 1: The Rational Organization


• 2: Organizational structure, design, and bureaucracy


• 3: Rational work design


• 4: Developments in rational organization


• Part 2: The Social Organization


• 5: Discovering the social organization


• 6: Managing groups and teams


• 7: Organizational culture


• Part 3: Managing the Individual


• 8: Personality and individual differences


• 9: Motivation and the meaning of work


• 10: Knowledge and learning


• 11: Perception and communication


• Part 4: Managing the Organization


• 12: Changing the organization


• 13: Equality, diversity, and inclusion


• 14: Leadership


• 15: Power and politics


• Part 5: The Organization and its Environment


• 16: Work, emotion, and aesthetics


• 17: Globalization


• 18: Corporate social responsibility, sustainability, and business ethics


• 19: Conclusion

Daniel King is Professor of Organization Studies at Nottingham Trent University, UK, and co-director for the People, Work and Organizational Practice research centre. Professor King's research focuses on the contribution of critical perspectives of management in the Third Sector. He has published in Academy of Management Learning and Education , Organization Research Methods, Organization Studies, Human Relations among others, and has been principle investigator on projects funded by the ESRC and the UK Government Equalities Office. Daniel reviews for several leading journals and is an editorial board member for Work Employment and Society, Organization Studies and Organization, and co-series editor of Organizations and Activism, Bristol University Press.

Scott Lawley is Associate Professor in Organization Studies at Nottingham Trent University, and leads undergraduate modules in this subject area at all levels. Dr Lawley's research covers areas of diversity and inclusion, especially in sports organisations. He has led or participated in research projects funded by Sport England and the UK Government Equalities Office, and reviews for several leading journals. He has pioneered the use of active collaborative teaching methods, including the development of online blended learning materials for BA, MBA, and Degree Apprenticeship courses. He is also co-editor of the journal Culture and Organization.

This is an extraordinary textbook - theory is explained clearly, without ever compromising depth and analytic soundness; the cases are appropriate, and the wider resources really helpful. As I tell my students ever since I adopted this textbook, if you read it you will learn everything you need to learn in regards the subject matter. Dr Jose Bento da Silva, University of Warwick