[Ebook PDF] Essentials of Organizational Behavior: An Evidence-Based Approach, 1st Edition

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[Ebook PDF] Essentials of Organizational Behavior: An Evidence-Based Approach, 1st Edition

ISBN-13: 978-1483345659
ISBN-10: 9781483345659

Author: Terri A. Scandura (Author)

Essentials of Organizational Behavior: An Evidence-Based Approach equips students with the theory, research, and skills they need to be effective leaders and managers in today’s organizations. Author Terri A. Scandura utilizes a toolkit of real-life case studies, assessments, and exercises to teach students how organizational behavior can improve performance at every level in the workplace. With an emphasis on developing critical thinking skills and applying research to real scenarios, this book is a must-have resource for any student looking to enter the professional workforce.

Preface
After decades of using Organizational Behavior (OB) textbooks, I realized they were not communicating the right message for today’s students. They memorized theories and dutifully wrote them down on exams, but I felt they were missing out on how to apply these theories to become a better leader. Students want take-away skills they can put into practice immediately. A new approach to teaching OB is needed and this textbook shows students how to be effective leaders and managers in organizations. With a focus on leadership and management development, students will go beyond memorizing theories and will apply the most relevant concepts to effectively motivate followers, lead their teams, and champion organizational change.
I have researched leadership for over 25 years. During five of those years, I was an acting dean at a major research university undergoing change. With this position, I put OB concepts into practice every day in my administrative position—I hired people, motivated them, set goals, and did annual performance appraisals. I helped employees, students, and faculty cope with organizational change. Based upon my research and the practical experience as an administrator with several direct reports, I began to look at my courses differently. I wanted to translate our rich evidence base into skills that managers can use
every day. I also wanted to show how managers can become effective leaders through applications of course concepts. My process to achieve this was to start incorporating more skill-based assessments, role-plays, and team activities into each class meeting. Feedback from students was extremely positive and many cited these exercises as high points in their learning experience in my course evaluations. I decided to write a textbook that reviewed OB theory and distilled the most relevant concepts for the development of effective leaders in organizations. Keeping a sharp focus on what the evidence base in OB supports, I
searched for and developed exercises and activities that reinforce the key takeaways from each area I taught.
This “essentials” book is not a condensed version of a larger OB textbook. It was written with an eye toward the fundamentals every managerial leader needs to know and how to apply them. I used an evidence-based approach, making prescriptions based on research. Theories are reviewed critically and students are encouraged to think critically about what they read. End-of-chapter assessments and activities make the linkage from theory to practice for students. For example, Chapter 8 includes an activity in which students role-play giving a performance appraisal. Based on my practical experience,
performance appraisal is one of the most challenging scenarios a new manager faces.
The activity is realistic and encourages students to practice the skill set of how to provide feedback in an effective way. This textbook fills another need by adopting an integrative OB textbook approach with a framework of leadership and management development throughout. References are made to other chapters in multiple places so students can see the connections across topics in OB. For example, Chapter 7 discusses core concepts in motivation and refers to the chapter immediately following, which focuses on the role of rewards in motivating followers. As a set, these two chapters compose a learning module
entitled “leaders as motivators.” Chapter 1 contains a figure that is a “map” of the field of OB that allows instructor to create integrated learning modules that can be used in courses of varying lengths (for example, six-week courses and 15-week courses).
The cases at the end of each chapter cover a wide range of organizational situations including small business, hospitals, large corporations, and many other types of organizations. My colleagues and I have tested the cases and exercises with students and they resonate with both MBAs and undergraduates. Regardless of the career paths students choose, they will find these assessments and activities valuable as they develop leadership and management skills.