Welcome to the emerging knowledge and practice of organisational behaviour! Social networks and virtual teams are replacing committee meetings. Knowledge is replacing infrastructure. Values and self-leadership are replacing command-and-control management. Companies are looking for employees with emotional intelligence and team competencies, not just technical smarts. Globalisation has become the mantra of corporate survival. Co-workers aren’t down the hall; they’re at the other end of an internet connection located somewhere else on the planet.
Organisational Behaviour on the Pacific Rim, 3rd edition, is written in the context of these emerging workplace realities. It prepares students for this new era by discussing the latest OB concepts and practices, such as self concept, four-drive theory, appreciative inquiry, Schwartz’s values model, social networking, learning orientation and employee engagement.
Active learning, critical thinking and outcomes-based teaching have become important foundations of classroom learning, and Organisational Behaviour on the Pacific Rim sets the standard of support by providing dozens of cases, team exercises, self-assessments, video programs and online support materials. Dismissing the traditional model that OB is for managers alone, this book also pioneered the more realistic view that OB is for everyone who works in and around organisations.