Organizational Psychology for Managers

• Main Author: Balzac, Stephen R. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Management for Professionals,
• Subjects: Business.; Organization.; Planning.; Personnel management.; Psychology.; Business and Management.; Human Resource Management.; General Psychology.

No matter how monolithic it may appear, an organization is a collection of moving parts. Whether we are looking at building teams, providing leadership, hiring and training employees, problem solving, managing time effectively, or setting aggressive, inspiring goals, every decision can easily impact...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1: The Vortex: Organizations as Systems
• Chapter 2:  Telling Your Story: Organizational Vision as a Driver of Success
• Chapter 3: The Life Cycle of a Team: Development, Problem Solving, and Decision Making
• Chapter 4: Leadership, Power, and Emotional Intelligence
• Chapter 5: Motivating and Loyalty: Creating a Motivated Work Force.- Chapter 6: Recruiting with Confidence: Developing Effective Strategies and Having the Confidence to Use Them
• Chapter 7: Justice and Fairness in Organizations
• Chapter 8: Organizational Learning
• Chapter 9: The Myth of Productivity: Measurement, Goal Setting, and the High Performance Cycle
• Chapter 10 Master of Time and Space
• Chapter 11: Organizational Stress: A Two-Edged Sword
• Chapter 12: The Success Mind: Building Optimism and Focusing Will.