This unique anthology brings together in a complementary way, the ideas, research, and data of a number of leading scientists and authors. Researched based, it is not a textbook of theories waiting to be put into practice nor war stories told by veterans of corporate campaigns. Designed to help readers attain the highest level of managerial excellence, this collection offers proven models for success. The underlying principle is that truly productive managers utilize the competence of their subordinates. --From the book cover.
This comprehensive text providing clear insight into the principles and practices of management with real-life examples and cases, now in its third edition, updates and revise chapters in lights of recent advances in the area. It discusses whole gamut of management beginning from its introduction, evolution, communication to the latest powerful and necessary tools such as QMS and Six Sigma, which are used to drive quality improvement in a company. KEY FEATURES • Case studies at the end of each chapter with related thought-provoking discussion questions. • Clearly labelled, self-explanatory diagrams and tables to support concept. • Review Questions, Chapter Summary, Glossary and List of Abbreviations. WHAT IS NEW TO THIS EDITION • Introduces strategies and issues of Corporate Respect and Corporate Social Responsibilities. • Incorporates a new chapter on ‘Six Sigma’ and revised chapters on Management and Society, TQM and QMS. • Includes several new case studies to give hands-on experience and professional orientation to the students. TARGET AUDIENCE • BBA/MBA • B.Com/M.Com
Essays that pay tribute to the wide-ranging influence of the late Herbert Simon, by friends and colleagues. Herbert Simon (1916-2001), in the course of a long and distinguished career in the social and behavioral sciences, made lasting contributions to many disciplines, including economics, psychology, computer science, and artificial intelligence. In 1978 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in economics for his research into the decision-making process within economic organizations. His well-known book The Sciences of the Artificial addresses the implications of the decision-making and problem-solving processes for the social sciences. This book (the title is a variation on the title of Simon's autobiography, Models of My Life) is a collection of short essays, all original, by colleagues from many fields who felt Simon's influence and mourn his loss. Mixing reminiscence and analysis, the book represents "a small acknowledgment of a large debt." Each of the more than forty contributors was asked to write about the one work by Simon that he or she had found most influential. The editors then grouped the essays into four sections: "Modeling Man," "Organizations and Administration," "Modeling Systems," and "Minds and Machines." The contributors include such prominent figures as Kenneth Arrow, William Baumol, William Cooper, Gerd Gigerenzer, Daniel Kahneman, David Klahr, Franco Modigliani, Paul Samuelson, and Vernon Smith. Although they consider topics as disparate as "Is Bounded Rationality Unboundedly Rational?" and "Personal Recollections from 15 Years of Monthly Meetings," each essay is a testament to the legacy of Herbert Simon—to see the unity rather than the divergences among disciplines.
Part I : Individual Behaviour | Fundamentals Of Human Behaviour | Personality| Perception | Learning & Behaviour Modification| Attitudes And Values | Motivation Part Ii : Groupbehaviour | Interpersonal Behaviour And Transactional Analysis| Group Dynamics | Power, Politics And Status | Leadership Andinfluence | Control | Morale And Job Satisfaction Part Iii :Overall Behaviour | Nature And Types Of Organisations| Organisation And Environment | Nature And Scope Of Organisational Behaviour | Organisational Goals | Organisational Change | Organisation Development | Organisational Climate And Culture| Organisational Conflict | Organisational Effectiveness
