Publisher's Synopsis
This book starts by focusing on diagnostic (describing, understanding, and explaining) behaviour in organizations. Secondly, it considers action - controlling, managing or influencing. The diagnostic approach combines theory and practice by encouraging students to learn organizational theories, experience behaviour in organizations, and then apply the theories to the analysis of their experiences. This new edition includes expanded coverage of compensation and reward systems, transformative leadership, organizational coverage of topics including formation, interviews, alliances and trade relations, negotiations, dynamic network organizations, organizational decline and innovation. There is also coverage of international issues.
