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Author: Sunita Singh-Sengupta
Publisher: Northern Book Centre
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 148
ISBN-13: 9788172111168
DOWNLOAD EBOOKProvided a model to channelise the power relationships in a constructive way for high performance and greater psychological well-being of the employees. The book will be very useful for OD interventionists.
Author: Bessie L. Marquis
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 676
ISBN-13: 9780781772464
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNow in its Sixth Edition, this foremost leadership and management text incorporates application with theory and emphasizes critical thinking, problem solving, and decision making. More than 225 case studies and learning exercises promote critical thinking and interactive discussion. Case studies cover a variety of settings, including acute care, ambulatory care, long-term care, and community health. The book addresses timely issues such as leadership development, staffing, delegation, ethics and law, organizational, political, and personal power, management and technology, and more. Web links and learning exercises appear in each chapter. An Instructor's CD-ROM includes a testbank and PowerPoint slides.
Author: Kavita Singh
Publisher: Excel Books India
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 458
ISBN-13: 9788174464422
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn these times of flux, organisations are compelled to proactively effect changes in their systems to cope with various factors in the external and internal environment. This comprehensive book tackles all the areas where change interventions are necessary. It is divided into three parts: (1) Organisational Change (2) Organisation Development, and (3) Knowledge Management. The first part, comprising five chapters, includes an examination of the imperatives of change in today's environment of competition. The different forces of change political, economic, technological are examined against the backdrop of shifting customer needs, systems dynamics, inadequacy of administration, profitability issues and resource constraints. The various models of change, corporate culture in terms of basic value orientations and norms, techniques of identifying and diagnosing organisational culture, classical leadership skills, and the ten key factors in effective change management have all been thoroughly discussed, as have the techniques of designing tailor-made change programmes. The second part, comprising four chapters, introduces the concept of Organisation Development and dissects the basic assumptions against diagnostic models, skills and methods, change agents, power and control issues, and implications of power politics. Certain categories of ethical dilemmas have been explored. Various types of OD interventions ranging from interpersonal & team development to process, structural and intergroup development are exhaustively discussed. The third part of the book, comprising four chapters, highlights the need for knowledge management in the present business scenario and discusses the roadblocks to the adoption of knowledge management solutions. Principles of knowledge management have been discussed along with the process of maturation of knowledge management techniques. The characteristics of a learning organisation have been diagnosed and steps for initiating the process of organisational learning have been outlined. This book will be an invaluable resource for students, faculty as well as practising professionals.
Author: Joseph S Nye Jr
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Published: 2009-04-28
Total Pages: 216
ISBN-13: 0786738960
DOWNLOAD EBOOKJoseph Nye coined the term "soft power" in the late 1980s. It is now used frequently—and often incorrectly—by political leaders, editorial writers, and academics around the world. So what is soft power? Soft power lies in the ability to attract and persuade. Whereas hard power—the ability to coerce—grows out of a country's military or economic might, soft power arises from the attractiveness of a country's culture, political ideals, and policies. Hard power remains crucial in a world of states trying to guard their independence and of non-state groups willing to turn to violence. It forms the core of the Bush administration's new national security strategy. But according to Nye, the neo-conservatives who advise the president are making a major miscalculation: They focus too heavily on using America's military power to force other nations to do our will, and they pay too little heed to our soft power. It is soft power that will help prevent terrorists from recruiting supporters from among the moderate majority. And it is soft power that will help us deal with critical global issues that require multilateral cooperation among states. That is why it is so essential that America better understands and applies our soft power. This book is our guide.
Author: Kenneth Ewart Boulding
Publisher: SAGE
Published: 1990-05
Total Pages: 268
ISBN-13: 9780803938625
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDefining power as the ability to get what we want, this volume identifies three major types of power: threat power; economic power; and, integrative power. It argues that threat power should not be seen as fundamental since it is not effective unless reinforced by economic and integrative power.
Author: Michael Angel Folorunso
Publisher: Author House
Published: 2013-01-31
Total Pages: 227
ISBN-13: 1481782061
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEffective political communication involves diligent identification of problems on the one hand and proffering solutions on the other using popular images to affect decision making, sharing, and acting. This book is aimed at making readers politicians, students, policy makers, political activists, social actors, and researchers to understand the fact that political communication is not value-free. It shows the ways and means of generating media literacy as well as power literacy. Political communication is a multidisciplinary subject required to elevate and polish language, politically crafted to enable target audience give diverse interpretations to the message conveyed by the source. The book shows also the dissensual value-choosing relationships between politics, communication, rhetorical tropes, and social media. The primary strength of Folorunsos book resides in its rhetorical emphasis particularly in regard to the uses of images, campaigns, drama, and social media in politics, as essential skills needed in a democratic community consciously driven by charismatic and/or transformational leadership (Rhetoric Society of Africa).
Author: Steven Lukes
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2021-04-14
Total Pages: 257
ISBN-13: 1352012340
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe third edition of this seminal work includes the original text, first published in 1974, the updates and reflections from the second edition and two groundbreaking new chapters. Power: A Radical View assesses the main debates about how to conceptualize and study power, including the influential contributions of Michel Foucault. The new material includes a development of Lukes's theory of power and presents empirical cases to exemplify this. Including a refreshed introduction, this third edition brings a book that has consolidated its reputation as a classic work and a major reference point within Social and Political Theory to a whole new audience. It can be used on modules across the Social and Political Sciences dealing with the concept of power and its manifestation in the world. It is also essential reading for all undergraduate and postgraduate students interested in the history of Social and Political Thought. New to this Edition: - A revised and refreshed introduction - Two new chapters on 'Domination and Consent' and 'Exploring the Third Dimension'
Author: Dr. F. C. Sharma
Publisher: SBPD Publications
Published: 2021-12-18
Total Pages: 344
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK1. Concept, Nature and Scope of Organisational Behaviour, 2. Organisational Goals, 3. Organisational Behaviour Models, 4. Individual Behaviour, 5. Personality, 6. Perception, 7. Learning, 8. Motivation—Concept and Theories, 9. Interpersonal Behaviour [Transactional Analysis and Johari Window, 10. Communication, 11. Leadership, 12. Group and Group Dynamics, 13. Team Building and Team Work, 14. Management of Conflict, 15. Management of Change [Organisational Change], 16. Organisational Development, 17. Organisational Effectiveness, 18. Organisational Culture, 19. Power and Politics, 20. Quality of Working Life.
Author: Dr. F. C. Sharma
Publisher: SBPD Publications
Published: 2020-12-16
Total Pages: 344
ISBN-13: 9383697873
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAccording to New Syllabus of Various Universities of UP State and Uttarakhand State for B. B. A Classes, also very helpful for the students preparing for various competitive and professional examinations.1. Concept, Nature and Scope of Organisational Behaviour, 2. Organisational Goals, 3. Organisational Behaviour Models, 4. Individual Behaviour, 5. Personality, 6. Perception, 7. Learning, 8. Motivation—Concept and Theories, 9. Interpersonal Behaviour [Transactional Analysis and Johari Window, 10. Communication, 11. Leadership, 12. Group and Group Dynamics, 13. Team Building and Team Work, 14. Management of Conflict, 15. Management of Change [Organisational Change], 16. Organisational Development, 17. Organisational Effectiveness, 18. Organisational Culture, 19. Power and Politics, 20. Quality of Working Life.
Author: Mee-Yan Cheung-Judge
Publisher: Kogan Page Publishers
Published: 2021-06-03
Total Pages: 577
ISBN-13: 1789667925
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOrganization Development (OD) is key to ensuring that organizations and their people can adapt to and engage in ongoing change in today's fast-paced and competitive world. How can those responsible for managing change determine the most appropriate course of action for their organization's needs and maximize capability? Written by two of the leading experts in the field, Organization Development is an essential guide to the theories, practices, tools and techniques for achieving success. It explores the role of HR in relation to OD, and connected areas such as organization design, building organizational agility and resilience, and culture change. Alongside international case studies from organizations including Ernst & Young, Nationwide, Lockheed Martin and the University of Sheffield, UK, this revised third edition of Organization Development contains new chapters on building an adaptive culture of learning and innovation and organization health and 'use of self'. With fresh material on digitization, OD in SMEs, and competence profiles, this is an indispensable handbook to understanding, communicating and implementing organization development approaches for both experienced practitioners and students.
