Author Profile

Astha Rajak is an HR Officer at a multinational corporation in the UAE, where she channels her passion for solving real-world human-resource challenges and building thriving workplace cultures. With an MBA (Honours) in Human Resources and Operations and a B.Tech (Honours) in Information Technology, she brings a rare blend of business insight, technical acumen and people-focus to her work."""Her interest in the HR domain goes beyond routine tasks. She is passionate about designing solutions that improve employee engagement, optimise talent development, enhance change-management and support positive organisational behaviour. Her latest educational book, Organizational Behaviour, reflects this passion and draws on her experience and insights to explore how people think, feel and behave in organisations."""Having published 10 research papers in the field of HR, she contributes thoughtfully to academic and practitioner conversations on topics such as talent strategy, workplace culture and human-resource innovation. This is her second published work; her first book was a collection of poetry, reflecting her creative side and her belief in the power of language and expression. Driven by a desire to make the workplace more human, more inclusive and more effective, she writes to share her experience, provoke thought and empower HR professionals and students alike to approach human-resource problems with both heart and strategy.

About The Book

Organizational Behaviour is the study of individual behaviour in isolation, when in group and as a part of an organisation. The study of individual behaviour only, would be incomplete because behaviour is affected by the people surrounding us as well as by the organisation, in which we work. Studying only individuals or only organisations would be of no use. It is essential to study both simultaneously. Personality, perception, learning, attitude, family background, training, motivation, job satisfaction, performance appraisal, leadership effectiveness, norms, values and ethics are the factors which affect the individual behaviour. Group dynamics, communication, organisational environment. individual and organisational culture affect group behaviour. Organisational structure, power and politics, status, relation with juniors and se niors, conflicts and culture affect the individual behaviour in the organisation.

Table of Contents

Preface
Section 1
Chapter 1 Concept and Development of Organisation
Chapter 2 Organizational Behaviour: Scope and Processes
Chapter 3 Societal Culture and Organizations
Chapter 4 Organizational Structural
Chapter 5 Organization Development.
Chapter 6 Organizational Change
Chapter 7 Organizational Culture and Climate
Chapter 8 Psychological Process in Understanding Individual ...
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Section 2
Chapter 9 Attitude and Formation of Organisation Culture..
Chapter 10 Development of Attitudes and Values.
Chapter 11 Motivational Process
Chapter 12 Personality and Personal Effectiveness
Chapter 13 Effective Teams
Section 3
Chapter 14 Conflict Management.
Chapter 15 Developing Collaboration
Chapter 16 Leadership Theories and Styles
Chapter 17 Power and Politics
Section 4
Chapter 18 Concept, Process and Models of Communication.
Chapter 19 Interpersonal Communication.
Chapter 20 Organizational Communication
Chapter 21 Managing Work Motivation
Chapter 22 Coping with Frustration, Stress, and Burnout.
Chapter 23 Decisional Process.
Chapter 24 Managerial Roles, Functions, and Styles
Bibliography
Index