Managerial and Organizational Reality - Couverture souple

Frost, Peter J.; Nord, Walter R.; Krefting, Linda A.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0131425234 ISBN 13 : 9780131425231

Editeur : Pearson, 2003

Synopsis

Book by Frost Peter J Nord Walter R Krefting Linda A

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur :

Peter J. Frost serves as the Edgar Kaiser Chair of Organizational Behavior in the Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration at the University of British Columbia. He has authored/edited over 10 books, including Organizational Reality: Reports from the Firing Line; HRM Reality: Putting Competence in Context; and Reframing Organizational Culture. Other publications include "Leading in Times of Trauma" (published in the Harvard Business Review), "Why Compassion Counts!" (published in the Journal of Management Inquiry), and "The Toxic Handler, Organizational Hero and Casualty" (published in the Harvard Business Review). His latest book, Toxic Emotions at Work, is published by Harvard Business School Press. He is a former associate dean and was a senior editor of the journal, Organization Science. Dr. Frost received the Financial Post Leaders in Management Education Award in 1997 and the prestigious Distinguished Educator Award from the Academy of Management in 1998.

Walter R. Nord was awarded his Ph.D. in psychology from Washington University. He is a Distinguished University Professor and professor of management at the University of South Florida. His current interests center on developing an agnostic philosophical framework for social science. He has published widely in scholarly journals and edited/authored a number of books including Meanings of Occupational Work (with A. Brief); Implementing Routine and Radical Innovations (with S. Tucker); Organizational Reality: Reports from the Firing Line; and Managerial Reality (with P. Frost and V. Mitchell); and Resistance and Power in Organizations (with J. Jermier and D. Knights); Human Resources Reality: Putting Competence in Context (with P. Frost and L. Krefting). Dr. Nord is currently coeditor of Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal, past and present book review editor for the Academy of Management Review, and a current member of the editorial boards of Organization and Environment and Organization. He has served as consultant on organizational development and change for a variety of groups and organizations. He coedited the Handbook of Organization Studies (with S. Clegg and C. Hardy) that received the 1997 George Terry Award. Dr. Nord received the Distinguished Educator Award at the Academy of Management in 2002.

Linda A. Krefting received her Ph.D. in industrial relations at the University of Minnesota. She has done research in such areas as human resource policies and practices, equal employment opportunity, and compensation for publications such as Industrial Relations; Academy of Management Journal; Journal of Management Inquiry; and Gender, Work, and Organization, among others. She is coeditor (with W. Nord and F Frost) of Human Resource Reality: Putting Competence in Context. Her professional affiliations include the Academy of Management and the Society for Human Resource Management. She is currently an Associate Professor at the Rawls College of Business, Texas Tech University, and teaches survey and advanced courses in human resource management and organizational behavior.

Présentation de l'éditeur :

For undergraduate and graduate courses in Organizational Behavior, and Executive Education courses on Management. Can also be used as a supplement to an Organizational Behavior text.

Written to introduce students to the experiences people have in organizations, this text provides a reality-based perspective on the everyday happenings in organizations at all professional levels. With current and informative readings that provoke reflection and discussion, this text gives students a real-world overview of organizational behavior from executive managerial levels to those of lower level participants.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Pearson
• Date d'édition: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0131425234
• ISBN 13: 9780131425231
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 544