This revised text includes many new topics and concepts from contemporary organizational behaviour literature and actual practice. In addition to maintaining the style and learning aids of past editions, this edition includes many real company examples. The text covers systems models; employee communication asnd employee attitudes; and empowerment and participation.
Dr. John W. Newstrom is a Morse-Alumni Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus of Management at the University of Minnesota Duluth. He is the coauthor of successful trade books such as the popular Games Trainers Play series for trainers, Transfer of Training, and The Fun Minute Manager. He has jointly prepared The Manager's Bookshelf, Supervision: Managing for Results, Organizational Behavior, and Leaders and the Leadership Process. He and Bob Ford published the popular book, Leading With A Laugh: 101 Funny Stories with 300 Serious Lessons for Managers, Trainers, and Speakers. In total, Newstrom's books have sold over one million copies.
Dr. Newstrom splits his time between his primary home in The Villages, Florida and summer homes in northern Minnesota. For recreation, he enjoys pickleball, golfing, playing cribbage, hunting, genealogy projects, practical jokes, and playing with his granddaughter, Ruth Lillian. He practices the art of neoteny (joyful living), and is an active funologist--someone who studies the nature and effects of fun work environments and personally advocates and uses various forms of humor at work.
