Organizational Behavior and Public Management reveals how organizational behavior enables managers to direct resources that advance the programs and policies of public and government. This edition offers a public sector perspective of core topics, such as communication, decision-making, leadership, management ethics, motivation, organizational change, participation and performance appraisal. Contemporary Psychology called this book "skillful and comprehensive…There is a need for a text like this…the device of juxtaposing theory and application is a sound one." The authors discuss such topics as communication, decision making, worker participation and total quality management, organizational change, management systems, information, computers and organization theory in public management.
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The purpose of this book is to provide you with an introduction to advanced study in organizational behavior. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
human behavioral approaches, deliberative listening, financial disclosure laws, defense routines, rational comprehensive model, communication encounter, new public administration, management system implementation, goal displacement, political process models, affirmative responsibilities, administrative ethics, public managers, information richness, mixed scanning, organizational development specialists, participatory management, stringent obligation, role conformity Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Public Administration Review, Journal of Applied Psychology, Harvard Business Review, San Francisco, Englewood Cliffs, Management Review, United States, Administrative Science Quarterly, Public Personnel Management, Academy of Management Journal, Organizational Dynamics, New Jersey, Prentice Hall, International City, Free Press, Personnel Journal, Personnel Psychology, Psychological Bulletin, Public Productivity, Central City, Harvard University Press, Marcel Dekker, Ohio State, Basic Books New!
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human behavioral approaches, deliberative listening, financial disclosure laws, defense routines, rational comprehensive model, communication encounter, new public administration, management system implementation, goal displacement, political process models, affirmative responsibilities, administrative ethics, public managers, information richness, mixed scanning, organizational development specialists, participatory management, stringent obligation, role conformity Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Public Administration Review, Journal of Applied Psychology, Harvard Business Review, San Francisco, Englewood Cliffs, Management Review, United States, Administrative Science Quarterly, Public Personnel Management, Academy of Management Journal, Organizational Dynamics, New Jersey, Prentice Hall, International City, Free Press, Personnel Journal, Personnel Psychology, Psychological Bulletin, Public Productivity, Central City, Harvard University Press, Marcel Dekker, Ohio State, Basic Books New!
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