Organizational Behavior [Hardcover]

Fred Luthans (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 007039184X | ISBN-13: 978-0070391840 | Publication Date: August 1, 1997 | Edition: 8th

Aimed at professors who take a research based and conceptual approach to organizational Behaviour. Luthans demonstrated why a thorough understanding and implementation of organizational Behaviour applications must be a part of a successful business' overall strategy. To reflect and reinforce the applications orientation of the text real world examples appear in each chapter. Revision includes the results of meta-analysis (a statistical pooling technique that draws general conclusions from many different studies). Revised chapters concentrate on the new workplace (chapter 1); information technology, total quality and organizational learning (chapter 2); diversity and ethics (chapter 3); and international organizational Behaviour (chapter 19).

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About the Author

Fred Luthans, University of Nebraska.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 704 pages
• Publisher: Mcgraw-Hill College; 8th edition (August 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 007039184X
• ISBN-13: 978-0070391840
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 8 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 1.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,530,396 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Terrible book!, February 10, 2004

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This review is from: Organizational Behavior (Hardcover)

I thought this book was one of the worst textbooks I have ever picked up. The best thing about it was finishing it! Organizational Behavior is not the only class I am taking and yet I poured way more time and effort into reading this book than it deserved. It is NOT student friendly. There are no callouts and I simply believe there is a better way to deliver this information than I experienced in this text. That's not to say there isn't a ton of good information in it, but that it's poorly organized and assumes that the reader is familiar with organizational behavior and will know the references the author names by last name only. Also, the entire first chapter was spent telling the reader what he will learn in the remaining 17 chapters. Get on with it. Throughout, the author continues to reference what the reader will learn in upcoming chapters. STOP IT. Revise this piece of junk to something more student-friendly. When I am a teacher, I will not come close to asking my students to use this. I do not recommend this book for someone who is not planning on becoming an organizational behavior major. If you're a teacher, please don't ask your student to read this. Terrible.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Incredibly difficult to get through..., January 11, 2006

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This review is from: Organizational Behavior (Hardcover)

I used this book for an Organizational Behavior graduate course. The overall topic is very interesting, however, the book is incredibly hard to get through. It seems that all of the long drawn out chapters could be cut down easily to a tenth of their size, while still conveying all the necessary information. I found myself spending several hours reading each of the chapters, only to find that the same information was just being regurgitated over and over again. And I had to read many of the sentences over and over until they made sense. Though such an interesting topic, it was difficult, time consuming, and frustrating to get through the whole book.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars An awful textbook!, February 4, 2006

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This review is from: Organizational Behavior (Hardcover)

This was one of the worst textbooks I've ever read. It drones on in excruciating detail for pages before finally stating the main point or idea. People don't think that way. State what you're talking about and then give the supporting details and examples. Not the other way around. It is a very frustrating read. I had to reference other resources in order understand the theories and concepts presented in this book.