This contemporary, skills-based text blends theory and practical examples in its presentation of traditional organizational behavior topics. The Third Edition highlights the changing nature of managerial work and careers, and the demands placed on people to grow and adjust while maintaining health and well being for themselves and their organizations. An overview of six companies is used to illustrate and link key concepts throughout the text. These companies are:Gateway 2000, Starbucks, Southwest Airlines, Ford, Harpo Products, and the American Red Cross. Globalization, cultural diversity, technology and ethics are four themes interwoven through the text presenting current and relevant issues that managers must face on a daily basis.
Dr. Debra L. Nelson is The CBA Associates Professor of Business Administration and Professor of Management at Oklahoma State University. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Arlington, where she was the recipient of the R. D. Irwin Dissertation Fellowship Award. Dr. Nelson is the author of over 70 journal articles focusing on organizational stress management, newcomer socialization, and management of technology. Her research has been published in the Academy of Management Executive, Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, MIS Quarterly, Organizational Dynamics, Journal of Organizational Behavior, and other journals. In addition, she is coauthor/coeditor of several books, including Organizational Behavior: Foundations, Realities, and Challenges (4th ed., South-Western/Thomson Learning, 2003), Gender, Work Stress and Health (American Psychological Association, 2002), Advancing Women in Management (Blackwell, 2002) and Preventive Stress Management in Organizations (American Psychological Association, 1997).
Dr. Nelson has also served as a consultant to several organizations including AT&T, American Fidelity Assurance, Sonic, State Farm Insurance Companies, and Southwestern Bell. She has presented leadership and preventive stress management seminars in a host of organizations, including Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Conoco, Oklahoma Gas and Electric, Oklahoma Natural Gas, and Preview Network Systems. She was honored with the Greiner Graduate Teaching Award in 2001, the Chandler-Frates and Reitz Graduate Teaching Award in 1997, the Regents' Distinguished Teaching Award in 1994, and the Burlington Northern Faculty Achievement Award at OSU in 1991. Dr. Nelson also serves on the editorial review board of the Academy of Management Executive.
