Organizational Behavior [Hardcover]

John R. Schermerhorn (Author), James G. Hunt (Author), Richard N. Osborn (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0471681709 | ISBN-13: 978-0471681700 | Publication Date: July 1, 2005 | Edition: 9

Now revised to address the recent changes in the workplace, Schermerhorn, Hunt, and Osborn’s Organizational Behavior, Ninth Edition sets organizational behavior within a framework of personal and organizational transformation, while retaining its solid base of theory and application. Prepare yourself for the changing workplace. The Ninth Edition features the theme of organizational behavior in changing times, anchored by a new Chapter 2 that introduces you to current issues in organizational behavior. Edition after edition, this text has established a reputation for its effective presentation of current theory and research in a student-centered context. The Ninth Edition further strengthens that tradition with new Research Insight boxes in each chapter that summarize relevant cutting-edge research reports. Changing times offer new insights from real-life change agents. Leaders on Leadership features for every chapter in the Ninth Edition bring you face-to-face with the experiences and perspectives of today’s change leaders––Rudy Giuliani, Carly Fiorina, Earl Graves, and others.

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OB Workbook Supplement, Computerized Test Bank for IBM 3.5, Demonstration Video and Instructor's Resource Guide available. -- The publisher, John Wiley & Sons --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

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Discusses the foundations of organizational behavior in a flexible, meaningful way. It provides readers with increased awareness of the changing roles of employees through recent technological advances such as utilizing the Internet. This edition features increased emphasis on globalization and includes US, Canadian, and other international case studies and experiential exercises to heighten sensitivity to international market concerns. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 696 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 9 edition (July 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471681709
• ISBN-13: 978-0471681700
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 7.9 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #745,233 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars There are much better books out there, June 16, 2004

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This review is from: Organizational Behavior (Hardcover)

· Very little focus on individual behavior in organizations - I know this is not a psychology text, but, Jex (2002), or one of the other psych authors (Osland, 2000) could have used for this course with much better coverage and not alter the course objectives to a great extent.
· For a 2003 edition of text, the citations were very much out of date. The chapter on leadership for example (Chapter 14, which had a total of 53 citations) had only seven references within the last five years; 1998 or greater.
· I am not of the opinion that this was a graduate text. The stories, pictures, essay and "effective manager" were not intellectual in their added information. In many cases the added material didn't correspond to the text (see chart on page 48 and subsequent text explanation). Another example would be on page 157 they ask the reader to refer to Figure 8.2 and then explain the chart with text that isn't even related to the major sections of this chart.
o Not one of the Effective Manager boxes has references; where did all this good advice come from?
· Typo's abounded in the text, they always do - but check out page 233 Chapter summary - it's not the right chapter; this appears agan with chapter 19. I really had the feeling that this was written by three people who did not do a line-by-line update of the 7th edition.
· Of very serious concern would be the author's inclusion of sources in their writing. This infuriated me to no end. Page 63 under Gender "However, women are reported to be more conforming and to have lower expectations of success than men do." That is a very serious statement and it contains no citation - what reports, who, where, when? Another example is on page 85 when discussion perceptual differences in managers and employees - not citations given, even when stating that the differences are significant.
o Just to show that I did not cull these examples only from the front of the book, Pg 274 "Recent work on the linkages among corporate culture and financial performance reaffirms the importance of an emphasis on helping employees adjust to environment." What recent work, by who, saying what? This is just poor scholarship in my humble student estimation.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a textbook worth buying, November 6, 2006

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Apple Juice (California, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Organizational Behavior (Hardcover)

I have seen other people's review, and I must say that because people have different needs and expectations, so our ratings and opinions about this book is different.

I used this book one year ago for my class, and after the final, I sold the book, and now I am taking OB again in grad school, and even though I don't have this book anymore, I took detailed notes while reading this book, and the theories and concepts I wrote in my notes enabled me to support my arguments in my analysis paper. When I was writing my paper, I was thinking that if I still had my textbook, it would be great. (I kind of regret now that I sold the book one year ago.) This book tells you all the fundamental things you need to know about OB, and it also has many self-assessment tests at the end of the textbook). The textbook I am using now for my current class is just a composition of a bunch of articles (kind of like a reader). I feel glad that I had read this textbook before and kept the detailed notes on each chapter, because it helps me understand the basics easier than my classmates who have only read the reader.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Adjunct Professor Uses For All His Classes, March 29, 2001

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John E. Anderson (Vandenberg AFB, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Organizational Behavior (Wiley Series in Management) (Hardcover)

This is an outstanding book. It is very easy reading, organized and it communicates information to the student. It is loaded with easy following diagrams which reinforce the material, and it is loaded with real world Corporate America and Military Organizational Behavior examples to support the text work. It has an OUTSTANDING CASE Section which again reinforces the material and makes the student apply the concepts learned in the chapters. Also, this text is complete with alot of Personal Assessment Exercises which make you think about the type of person you are, how to improve yourself in working with others. I've used in now for 3 different schools and the students enjoy it...Mainly for the Easy Reading and the way it introduces the concepts. Price is IRRELEVANT. You can go spend $40 on an Organizational Behavior text and you won't get anything out of it because it is poorly written, no cases and no assessments. Highly recommend for any instructor who wants his students to learn. Great reference book also. Don't sell it!!!