Organizational Behavior and Operations Management

Organizational Behavior

Author: John R Schermerhorn

With this book as their guide, readers will learn the skills and attributes they'll need in order to become more effective employees in the workplace. Whether it's turning into a stronger communicator, team member, or problem-solver, the Tenth Edition shows them how. They'll also gain a better understanding of the four major dimensions of organizational behavior: leading, communicating, decision making/problem-solving, and team building.

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Presents the following lessons learned from geese: people can get where they are going more quickly and easily when they travel together with a common direction and sense of mutual assistance; it pays to take turns doing the difficult tasks and sharing leadership roles because individuals in organizations are interdependent; and successful organizations in today's global environment are made up of people who are doing just that<-->working together to achieve a common goal. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Table of Contents:

Ch. 1	Introducing organizational behavior	1
Ch. 2	Current issues in organizational behavior	22
Ch. 3	Organizational behavior across cultures	48
Ch. 4	Personality and individual differences	72
Ch. 5	Perception and attribution	98
Ch. 6	Motivation theories	118
Ch. 7	Motivation, job design, and performance	140
Ch. 8	Performance management and rewards	162
Ch. 9	How groups work	192
Ch. 10	Teamwork and team performance	216
Ch. 11	Leadership	238
Ch. 12	Power and politics	264
Ch. 13	Information and communication	292
Ch. 14	Decision making	312
Ch. 15	Conflict and negotiation	336
Ch. 16	Change, innovation, and stress	358
Ch. 17	Organizing for performance	378
Ch. 18	Organizational design for strategic competency	406
Ch. 19	Organizational culture and development	434
	Primer : research methods in organizational behavior	459
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Operations Management

Author: Jay Heizer

This book provides readers with a state-of-the-art overview of operations management. The goal of this book is to show the fundamental principles of operations and how they relate to making a firm more competitive. Operations Strategy for Competitive Advantage, designing operations, managing operations, and quantitative modules (Only available in hardcover version). For individuals in production and operations management.

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In the sixth edition, Heizer (business administration, Texas Lutheran U., Seguin, Texas) and Render (operations management, Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida) have added six sections of quantitative modules that cover decision-making tools, linear programming, transportation models, waiting-line models, learning curves, and simulation, and reworked the remaining chapters to emphasize new trends, especially; strategy, global operation, service operations, and the impact of the internet. The body of the text gives an overview of the subject, using numerous case studies, including an integrated running case study of Southwestern U., to provide examples from the real world. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Table of Contents:

1	Operations and productivity	1
2	Operations strategy in a global environment	25
3	Project management	53
4	Forecasting	103
5	Design of goods and services	155
6	Managing quality	191
7	Process strategy	253
8	Location strategies	309
9	Layout strategy	339
10	Human resources and job design	381
11	Supply-chain management	429
12	Inventory management	473
13	Aggregate planning	515
14	Material requirements planning (MRP) and ERP	549
15	Short-term scheduling	587
16	Just-in-time and lean production systems	625
17	Maintenance and reliability	653
A	Decision-making tools	673
B	Linear programming	691
C	Transportation models	723
D	Waiting-line models	743
E	Learning curves	771
F	Simulation	785