Guided tour of Work and Organizational Behaviour SECOND EDITION

1. Guided tour of Work and Organizational BehaviourSECOND EDITION

2. Introduction • Welcome to the guided tour of the book. This PowerPoint presentation will take you through: • The book’s unique approach • What’s new for this edition • Pedagogical features • A sample chapter is available to download from www.palgrave.com/business/brattonOB2e.

3. What’s so special about Work and OB?

4. “ • Work and Organizational Behaviour is a groundbreaking book that bridges the gap between mainstream OB texts and more critical sociological accounts of work. (Dr Melissa Tyler, Loughborough University, UK) • It offers an illuminating balance between psychological and sociological perspectives: • It takes a critical approach, giving students the tools and prompting they need to evaluate competing viewpoints and become reflective, analytical thinkers: “ • By taking a critical approach, this book offers new perspectives on the workplace and its many facets.(Dr Christian Waldstrøm, Aarhus School of Business, Denmark)

5. “ • It offers a wealth of international case studies and examples, giving students insightful points of comparison with their own experiences in their home country: • It is written in a clear, accessible style: • It is not all US-focused – students will have a more global appreciation of behaviour at work. • (Dr Titus Oshagbemi, Queen’s University Belfast) “ • One of the most positive features of the book is the clarity of the language. • (Dr Donald Hislop, Sheffield University Management School, UK)

6. What’s new for the 2nd edition?

7. New coverage • New chapter on Organizational Culture (Chapter 12) • Extra coverage in key areas: • Work–life balance (Chapter 2) • Identity (Chapter 4) • Emotion in the workplace (Chapter 5) • Innovation (Chapter 6) • Self-concept (Chapter 7) • Organizational change (Chapter 13) • Ethics and CSR (Chapter 15) • Misbehaviour (Chapter 16)

8. New case studies and features • 15 new end-of-chapter case studies – with particular focus on BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China) • 17 new ‘Work and society’ features – focusing on the interface between organizations and their environment and giving students an insight into current research • 12 new ‘OB and globalization’ case vignettes – focusing on the impact of globalization in a range of countries

9. Over 50 new Chapter research questions – to encourage students to develop independent research skills and viewpoints by reading around the subject, and to give lecturers additional group activities for classroom use • New Vocab checklists for ESL students in every chapter – to help non-native speakers of English get to grips with academic terminology and self-check their learning. Each terms will be linked to a definition on this companion website.

10. Plus! • New UK co-author – Martin Corbett from Warwick Business School • Beautiful new page design • Re-ordered chapters for better fit to courses • Improved ancillary offering including extra case studies

11. What’s in the book?

12. Work and Organizational Behaviour is divided into four major • parts, based on the traditional division of behavioural studies. • I: Work and OB • 1 Capitalism and organizational behaviour • 2 The social nature of work • 3 Studying work and organizations • II: Individuals and work • 4 Personality and identity • 5 Perception and emotion • 6 Learning and innovation • 7 Motivation at work • 8 Gender, race, disability and class • III: Groups and social interaction • 9 Groups and teams • IV: Organizational change, processes and performance • 10 Organizational design • 11 Technology in work organizations • 12 Organizational culture • 13 Leadership and change • 14 Communications • 15 Decision making and ethics • 16 Power, politics and conflict • 17 Human resource management

13. Pedagogical features

14. Pedagogical features “ An impressive text... The pedagogical features will help students and more, they help overworked lecturers and tutors to organize their sessions. (Judith Chapman, University of Western Sydney, Australia) • The book’s features complement, supplement and reinforce the main text, and promote self-awareness and critical thinking. • Each chapter follows a similar structure, so that students can orientate themselves within the text.

15. Start-of-chapter features • Chapter outline and chapter objectives, to summarize the key concepts that will be covered and the knowledge students will gain • Introduction, to engage students’ interest by illustrating the relevance of each OB topic to the real world.

16. Features running throughout • Within the main body of each chapter you will find a range of innovative pedagogy, designed to prompt students to reflect on ideas, competing perspectives and implications of organizational behaviour. These include: • Stop and reflect questions • OB in focus boxes • Critical insight boxes • OB and globalization boxes • Work and society boxes • Web links. • In order to help students understand and explore the subject, you will also find graphic exhibits, tables and photographs.

17. Margin features • Stop and reflect features to encourage students to think critically about key issues by relating them to their own experience and considering the broader consequences of human actions and processes on the behaviour of people at work. • On-page glossary for handy quick reference • Web links placed throughout the text and are designed to direct students to relevant online resources to further their knowledge.

18. Box features (1) • OB in focus boxes highlight current developments, practices, applications and issues in OB and give extra insight into issues of particular importance. • Critical insight features direct students to other key writings on the subject, to show differing viewpoints and to encourage analysis and dialogue.

19. Box features (2) • OB and globalization case vignettes exploring the impact of globalization in a range of countries • Work and society boxes focusing on the interface between organizations and their environment and giving students an insight into current research

20. Graphics and images • Photos are used to illustrate ideas and prompt discussion. • Graphic exhibitsand tableshelp explain key concepts.

21. End-of-chapter features (1) • Chapter summary, to draw together the different strands covered in the chapter and offer a reminder of the chapter’s key findings • Key concepts and page references, to be used alongside the chapter outlines and chapter objectives to ensure that key issues have been understood, or as a handy reference tool • Vocab checklist for ESL students, linked to online definitions of key terms

22. End-of-chapter features (2) • Chapter research questions to encourage students to read around the subject, develop independent research skills and engage in group activities • Chapter review questions, to initiate discussion and encourage analytical thinking about what has been learned • Further reading, to aid further exploration of the subject.

23. End-of-chapter features (3) • Case study (including questions and additional reading ideas), to illustrate major concepts of the chapter and show how OB theory can be applied. • Web-based assignment, to develop research skills and provide further examples of OB applied in the workplace. • OB in films, to provide entertaining and enlightening insights into the behaviour of people in the workplace, as well as another opportunity to apply the theories learned in the chapter.

24. Thanks for taking the time to view this presentation. We hope you will consider adopting this exciting new textbook and we look forward to hearing your comments on it. If you would like more information, please contact our Lecturer Services team on: lecturerservices@palgrave.com +44 (0) 1256 302794.