For creating a balance in the organizational environment, harmonization amongst the employees and the employer is a prerequisite. The factors that help determining an organizational balance are the sociology of an environment, psychology of the people working there, channel of communication, and sound and rationalized management. This book underlines the fundamental concepts of Organizational Behaviour, and its application in the Indian organizational scenario.

The book comprises 29 chapters—the concluding chapter devoted to cases from various Indian industry verticals. Chapters 1–3 deal with basics of organizational behaviour, its history and the challenges. Chapters 4–10 are devoted to various aspects of individual behaviour, e.g., perception, personality, learning theories, attitude and motivation theory. Chapters 11 to 16 dwell onto the topic of group behaviour like team dynamics, transactional analysis, leadership, emotional and spiritual intelligence and management of conflicts. Chapters 17 to 28 are largely focused on various aspects of organization, such as its structure, its HR policies, International Organizational Behaviour and Corporate Governance and its role in determining the ethical norms for an organization.

This book is designed for the postgraduate students of Management and Commerce. Besides, it can be beneficial for the managers and executives, to help them tackle Human Resource and organization-related problems.

1. Organizational Behaviour— A Curtain Raiser

2. The Emerging Challenges and Opportunities to Organizational Behaviour

3. History and Evolution of Organizational Behaviour

4. Fundamentals of Individual Behaviour

5. Personality

6. Attitudes and Job Satisfaction

7. Learning and Learning Theories

8. Perception

9. Motivation and Work Performance

10. Practical Motivation Approaches

11. Group and Team Dynamics

12. Transactional Analysis and Organizational Behaviour

13. Leadership

14. Emotional and Spiritual Intelligence

15. Authority, Power and Politics

16. Management of Conflict

17. Organizational Structures

18. Organizational Culture and Creative Change

19. Dynamics of Change

20. Organizational Development

21. The Dynamics and Management of Stress

22. Organizational Communications

23. Human Resource Policies and Procedures

24. Organizational Effectiveness

25. Organizations of the Future

26. International Organizational Behaviour

27. Corporate Governance and Social Responsibility

28. Organizational Behaviour and Knowledge Management

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