About Book:
Dee Hock-Founder and CEO, Visa Credit Association Organisational Behaviour is the study of individual behaviour is designed to suit the requirements of business students at the undergraduate and post graduate levels. This book lays its emphasis on topics pertinent to OB.It covers individual and group behaviour in detail. It has separate Culture, Organisational Effectiveness, and Organisational Development.Overall the book has 23 chapters.Some of the salient features of the book is its concise but adequate coverage of topics such as the following:
- Emotions and Emotional Intelligence
- Motivation and Motivational Applications
- Transaction Analysis
- Learning
- Counseling and Mentoring
- Change Management
- Stress Management
Significantly, the book does not cover topics that have already been dealt in principles of management and human resource management. So topics on departmentation, delegation, decentralisation, span of control, absenteeism, trade unions etc. have been omitted from this book.(The author’s book on Principles of Management and HRM cover these topics and more in detail.)