Organizational Behaviour

Organizational Behaviour by Buchanan and Huczynski is one of the best established books in this field.  The authors’ popular blend of social science underpinning, challenging assumptions, applying theory to practice, and using movies to explore topical issues, makes this an ideal introduction to the subject.  This text can be used by undergraduate, postgraduate, and professional students as it assumes no prior knowledge of the social sciences in general, or of organizational behaviour.
 
 
 
What’s new in this edition?
 
New features
 

critical thinking   invitations to question, challenge assumptions, consider other options

cutting edge   summarizing recent key research findings

what did they find?    asking you to predict the results of real life research projects

employability check   relating chapter content to employability competencies

audio box    links to short podcasts exploring topical issues

video box    links to online videos exploring chapter themes in more depth

stop and search    suggestions for YouTube content exploring key topics
 

New content
 

Living to 100 - what are the implications for work and organizations?

Future-proof your career - skills that are still going to be in demand in a digital world

Born to be an entrepreneur - or can you learn how to become one?

Tattoo or not tattoo - how attitudes towards body art are changing

Gastronomic bonding - team building by members preparing and eating food together

Sexual harassment - the hidden costs for employers

Agile organization - rapidly changing management structures in response to a turbulent environment

Dis-org - Google’s experiment of running a company without managers

Do women make better leaders than men? - they have the right personality traits

Detroit, Estée Lauder, McDonald’s, Thai Union - case studies of successful organizational change

Should leaders play politics, or be squeaky clean? - great leaders ‘bend the rules’
 
 
 

David A. Buchanan is Emeritus Professor of Organizational Behaviour, Cranfield University School of Management
 

Andrzej A. Huczynski has held research and lecturing posts at the Universities of Westminster, Edinburgh and Glasgow