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Classics of Organizational Behavior

Third Edition

Walter E. Natemeyer and J. Timothy McMahon

The most important element in any organization is its people. By utilizing human talent effectively, all of an organization’s other resources become much more feasibly managed. Recognizing this, the behavioral sciences have become an integral part of the field of management and the knowledge base of organizational behavior has proliferated. The forty readings collected in the Third Edition of Classics of Organizational Behavior introduce readers to outstanding contributions to the professional literature of the discipline. This insightful compilation provides broad coverage of over one hundred years of writings on all aspects of organizational behavior, including motivation; performance; interpersonal and group behavior; leadership; power; change and development; and the interaction between organizations, work processes, and people.
 

$33.95 list, 487 pages

10-digit ISBN: 1-57766-172-9

13-digit ISBN: 978-1-57766-172-6

“An excellent sample of the best articles available in the field. These articles will always be relevant. They help young students become aware of the important signals and messages in order to effectively deal with people.”  — Richard Benedetto, Merrimack College

“It is enlightening for students to read the original works that are quoted and referenced in so many textbooks.”  — James Liati, Montclair State University

“The authors’ integration of current concepts, concise style, and matrix guide make this book an excellent resource.”  — Irwin Talbot, St. Peters College

“An excellent resource for business students at all levels. It is one of the few texts that students will keep long term and makes a perfect supplement to pedagogical texts (where those are necessary) or a collection of cases.”  — Jim Lyttle, Long Island College

“This is an excellent work that provides a thorough and fundamental understanding of organizational behavior from its earliest concepts and seminal writers and theorists to a number of the modern-day thinkers and practitioners.”  — Michael E. Scheuerman, Drexel University

“Other ‘classics’ have some of the ‘oldies and goodies’ mixed into less timeless offerings, but this book has ’em all, with not a loser added.”   — Daniel P. Chamberlin, Regent University

“Focused, timely, and relevant to today’s fast-changing environment.”  — Roy Baker, Austin Peay University

“Seminal thoughts in one complete collection.”  — Robert Wolter, Indiana University–Purdue University, Indianapolis

“The classics remind us why we teach management. What an incredible collection.”  — Luis Ortiz, New Mexico Highlands University

“A valuable teaching resource for my MBA students as well as an insightful reminder of the value of firsthand knowledge of sources for myself!”  — John B. Stark, California State University, Bakersfield

Table of Contents

Section I. ORIGINS OF ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR

1. The Principles of Scientific Management (Frederick Winslow Taylor)

2. The Giving of Orders (Mark Parker Follett)

3. The Hawthorne Experiments (Fritz J. Roethlisberger)

4. The Human Side of Enterprise (Douglas M. McGregor)

Section II. MOTIVATION AND PERFORMANCE

1. A Theory of Human Motivation (Abraham H. Maslow)

2. Achievement Motivation (David C. McClelland)

3. One More Time: How Do You Motivate Employees? (Frederick Herzberg)

4. Expectancy Theory (John P. Campbell, Marvin D. Dunnette, Edward E. Lawler, III, and Karl E. Weick Jr.)

5. Existence, Relatedness, and Growth Model (Clayton P. Alderfer)

6. On the Folly of Rewarding A, While Hoping for B (Steven Kerr)

7. Goal Setting—A Motivational Technique That Works (Gary P. Latham and Edwin A. Locke)

Section III. INTERPERSONAL AND GROUP BEHAVIOR

1. Cosmopolitans and Locals (Alvin W. Gouldner)

2. Assets and Liabilities in Group Decision Making (Norman R. F. Maier)

3. Origins of Group Dynamics (Dorwin Cartwright and Alvin Zander)

4. Groups and Intergroup Relationships (Edgar H. Schein)

5. Groupthink (Irving L. Janis)

6. The Johari Window (Jay Hall)

7. The Abilene Paradox: The Management of Agreement (Jerry B. Harvey)

8. Stages of Small-Group Development (Bruce W. Tuckman and Mary Ann C. Jensen)

Section IV. LEADERSHIP AND POWER

1. The Bases of Social Power (John R. P. French, Jr. and Bertram Raven)

2. How to Choose a Leadership Pattern (Robert Tannenbaum and Warren H. Schmidt)

3. Decision Making as a Social Process (Victor H. Vroom and Arthur G. Jago)

4. Participative and Power-Equalized Organizational Systems (J. Timothy McMahon)

5. Who Gets Power—And How They Hold on to It (Gerald R. Salancik and Jeffrey Pfeffer)

6. Situational Leadership and Power (Paul Hersey, Kenneth H. Blanchard, and Walter E. Natemeyer)

7. One Minute Management (Kenneth H. Blanchard)

8. Management and Leadership (John P. Kotter)

Section V. ORGANIZATIONS, WORK PROCESSES, AND PEOPLE

1. Bureaucracy (Max Weber)

2. The Individual and the Organization (Chris Argyris)

3. Mechanistic and Organic Systems (Tom Burns and G. M. Stalker)

4. A Look at Management Systems (Rensis Likert)

5. Environmental Adaptation through Differentiation and Integration (Paul A. Lawrence and Jay W. Lorsch)

6. Reengineering Work Processes (Michael Hammer and James Champy)

Section VI. ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT

1. Overcoming Resistance to Change (Lester Coch and John R. P. French, Jr.)

2. Grid Organization Development (Robert R. Blake and Jane S. Mouton)

3. Organization Development (Wendell French)

4. In Search of Excellence (Thomas J. Peters and Robert H. Waterman)

5. The Learning Organization (Peter M. Senge)

6. Overview of the Deming, Crosby and Juran Quality Programs (V. Daniel Hunt)

7. Competing for the Future (Gary Hamel and C. K. Prahalad)