Wiley Organisational Behaviour: Core Concepts and Applications

Product Description Organisational Behaviour: Core Concepts and Applications, Fourth Australasian edition, is the ideal resource for a one-semester Organisational Behaviour course. Fourteen concise, relevant and tightly focused chapters, presented in a highly visual manner, are designed to engage rather than overwhelm students.Numerous case studies and real-world examples throughout the text examine how organisations in the Australian, New Zealand and Asian region are responding to contemporary business issues such as:• sustainable business practices and ethical considerations• the gender pay gap• employee stress and work–life balance• workforce flexibility and casualisation• gen Y and the ageing workforce• skills shortages• globalisation• telecommuting• outsourcing• diversity in the workplace and managing cross-cultural teams• the ‘24/7’ nature of contemporary communication technology, including social media.Complemented by the latest research in the field, this text provides a thorough analysis of contemporary organisational behaviour. From the Inside Flap Organisational Behaviour: Core Concepts and Applications, Fourth Australasian edition is the ideal text for a one-semester Organisational Behaviour course. Fourteen concise, relevant and tightly focused chapters, presented in a highly visual manner, are designed to engage rather than overwhelm students. Numerous case studies and real-world examples throughout the text examine how organisations in the Australian, New Zealand and Asian region are responding to contemporary business issues such as:sustainable business practices and ethical considerationsthe gender pay gapemployee stress and work–life balanceworkforce flexibility and casualisationgen Y and the ageing workforceskills shortagesglobalisationtelecommutingoutsourcingdiversity in the workplace and managing cross-cultural teamsthe ‘24/7’ nature of contemporary communication technology, including social media.Complemented by the latest research in the field, this text provides a thorough analysis of contemporary organisational behaviour. From the Back Cover Organisational Behaviour: Core Concepts and Applications, Fourth Australasian edition is the ideal text for a one-semester Organisational Behaviour course. Fourteen concise, relevant and tightly focused chapters, presented in a highly visual manner, are designed to engage rather than overwhelm students. Numerous case studies and real-world examples throughout the text examine how organisations in the Australian, New Zealand and Asian region are responding to contemporary business issues such as:sustainable business practices and ethical considerationsthe gender pay gapemployee stress and work–life balanceworkforce flexibility and casualisationgen Y and the ageing workforceskills shortagesglobalisationtelecommutingoutsourcingdiversity in the workplace and managing cross-cultural teamsthe ‘24/7’ nature of contemporary communication technology, including social media.Complemented by the latest research in the field, this text provides a thorough analysis of contemporary organisational behaviour. About the Author Professor Jack Wood (PhD, Alberta, Canada) has held numerous senior management positions in higher education, including Deputy ViceÂ]Chancellor International and Corporate at Central Queensland University; Professor of Management, Associate Dean International and Director of International Programs within the Faculty of Business and Economics at Monash University; MBA Director at both the University of Sydney and Monash University; and he was the Foundation Professor in Management at Monash–Mt Eliza BusinessSchool. He has published over ninety articles on management education, and is the author of and a contributor to a number of books in this field. His major research interests are knowledge management, the virtual workplace, work time options and improvements to the performance of Australian expatriate management, with spec