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Bridges the gap between OB and HRM and shows you how to put effective people management at the heart of your organization Examines the role of corporate governance in shaping the scope of managerial choices in organizations and what this means in practice Looks at the ethical dimensions of OB that are increasingly important to understand in the context of 'good employers' and global employment standards

Table of Contents

• Section - ONE: Introduction;
• • Chapter - 00: Introduction – Stephen Perkins and Raisa Arvinen-Muondo;
• Section - TWO: Individuals at work under an employment relationship;
• • Chapter - 01: Managing diverse identities at work – Janice Johnson and Christina Schwabenland;
  • Chapter - 02: Perception, making decisions and people management – Raisa Arvinen-Muondo;
  • Chapter - 03: Motivation at work: engagement and facilitation – Nahid Rozalin;
• Section - THREE: Employing human resources to work together for a purpose;
• • Chapter - 04: Managing performance – Caroline Bolam and Sarah Jones;
  • Chapter - 05: Leadership, communication and organizational effectiveness – Linda Holbeche;
  • Chapter - 06: Talent management – Raisa Arvinen-Muondo and Qi Wei;
• Section - FOUR: Shifting contexts for organizational behaviour;
• • Chapter - 07: Conflict, power and politics – Philip Davies and Rod Smith;
  • Chapter - 08: Organizational culture – Eliot Lloyd;
  • Chapter - 09: Managing organizational change – Faten Baddar Al-Husan and Konstantinos Kakavelakis;
  • Chapter - 10: Creativity, innovation and the management of knowledge – Pauline Loewenberger;
• Section - FIVE: Summation and reflection;
• • Chapter - 11: Coda: HRM and OB – accenting the social – Stephen Perkins and Raisa Arvinen-Muondo

About the Author

Raisa Arvinen-Muondo works in HR management in Luanda, Angola. She has undertaken doctoral research at the University of Bedfordshire, on the career development of Angolan professionals within Western multinational organizations, focusing on the impact of experiences associated with international living. Stephen J Perkins is Dean of London Metropolitan Business School and a Visiting Research Fellow at Cass Business School. In addition to having served in several universities, he has held senior management posts in industry at times of transformational change and consulted with private and state-owned organizations internationally.

Reviews

"As a BA Honours Business Management student I found this title very well laid out, accessible and full of up to date useful information. It is certainly a title I will recommend in the shop for similar students seeking a good text book on the subject."--Alison Kerridge "Waterstones Bookseller "