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Managing people and their behavior in organizations is one of the most challenging tasks anyone could face. Gibson's "Organizations: Behavior, Structure, Processes, Twelfth Edition", presents theories, research results, and applications that focus on managing organizational behavior in small, large, and global organizations. It is organized and presented in a sequence based on behavior, structure, and processes. Each part is presented as a self-contained unit and can therefore be presented in whatever sequence lecturers prefer. "Organizations" is easily adaptable to individual preferences. This edition emphasizes that the most successful managers in the global economy will be those who can anticipate, adapt, and manage change. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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James L. Gibson is Department chair of Univ. of Kentucky's Department of Management. Research areas include organizational behavior and development. John M. "Jack" Ivancevich is Dean at the University of Houston's College of Business and Administration. He is known worldwide for his research in stress management. Dr. James H. Donnelly, Jr. is the Thomas C. Simons Professor in the Gatton College of Business and Economics at the University of Kentucky. In 1990 he received the first Chancellor's Award for Outstanding Teaching given at the University. Previously, he had twice received the UK Alumni Association's 'Great Teacher Award,' an award one can only be eligible to receive every ten years. He has also received two 'Outstanding Teacher' awards from Beta Gamma Sigma, national business honorary. In 1992 he received an Acorn Award recognizing 'Those Who Shape the Future' from the Kentucky Advocates for Higher Education. In 1995 he became one of six charter members elected to the Bank Marketing Hall of Fame. He has also received a 'Distinguished Alumni Award' from the University of Maryland. During his career he has published in the Journal of Marketing Research, Journal of Marketing, Journal of Retailing, Administrative Science Quarterly, Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Social Psychology, Journal of Business Research, and Operations Research, among others. He is the author of more than a dozen books which have sold more than one million copies. They include both widely adopted academic textbooks as well as professional books. He is very active in the banking industry where he currently serves on the board of directors of the Institute of Certified Bankers and the Bank Marketing Association. He is also the Academic Dean of the ABA's School of Bank Marketing and Management. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

Hardcover: 544 pages
Publisher: Irwin Professional Pub; 10th Pkg edition (June 2000)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0072295872
ISBN-13: 978-0072508307
ASIN: 0072508302
Product Dimensions: 10.5 x 8.2 x 1 inches
Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds

Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)

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1.0 out of 5 stars Recycling outdated material and deceptive, May 6, 2007

By	Dr. Norman W. Fahrer (Richmond, CA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Organizations: Behavior, Structure, Processes (Hardcover)

I am using this as a textbook for an MBA course and it is not lightly that I give this strong opinion. After having read/studied nearly the complete book I find that in its 12th edition this book:
1. Recycles itself with nearly no update of the material and text. E.g. "Recent studies found...." and the reference is from 1995. MANY times the text states that something is brand new or latest or recent etc. and the reference is like the Fortune Magazine from 1990. This is unprofessional and deceptive and serves both, students and teaches, badly. The authors are just harvesting $$$ on merits that are pasted.
2. If you use Wikipedia once in a while you know that they label articles sometimes as containing "weasel words: are words or phrases that seemingly support statements without attributing opinions to verifiable sources, lending them the force of authority without letting the reader decide whether the source of the opinion is reliable." Example: "Scientists say...". "Managers often do ..." "It is common that..."
This textbook is peppered with such expressions.
3. The presentation and the writing style is utterly unimaginative and inadequate for this day and age. Those authors haven't thought anyone anything real in a long time. A book that expensive should be held accountable to current standards.
4. The author are incapable of synthesising the material in something the student can take with him/her. In fact they regularly complain themselves that all the theories and models they just wrote about are actually highly invalidated and critizised by other research that itself has trouble coming up with anything tangible. The result is a dead see of the unusable. If at least the presentation had something valuable but it is cumbersome and boring.
5. Some of the case studies are likely written by the Brother Grimm or Scott Adams. Often they relate insufficiently to the text or are so unreal or crippled that it is agonizing to have to even read them, let alone handle them in homework.

My recommendation is that if you have a choice, you better look around for something that will actually add value to your studies. I had no choice as
it is the textbook for this course, but I will urge my uni to move forward. This textbook is a backset.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great Purchase!!!, September 10, 2008

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This book was new and I definitely feel that I got my money's worth. I received it in a timely fashion.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Managing organizations?, September 4, 2000

By	Umit YILMAZ (Izmir, TURKEY) - See all my reviews

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This book is excellent to understand the behaivor of organizations, groups and their structures. If anyone who needs to manage a group (small or large, does not matter), must not skip these subjects. Every group, every project has different needs and a different management plan. They are different like individual person. That book shows and explains that perfectly.

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