Organizational Behavior: Foundations, Realities, and Challenges with CD-ROM and InfoTrac College Edition

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Summary: A Great Book in the Field of Organizational Behavior
Review: "Organizational Behavior: Foundations, Realities, and Challenges" is a great book for anyone studying the field of management! It is very easy to follow and understand. The use of real world examples paints a clear picture of how concepts studied are truely applicable to future endevors!! I appreciated how well organized the chapters were. The main concepts are clearly outlined, which I found to be extremely helpful! One thing I always find helpful is the use of drawings and diagrams and this book has plenty. Most all concepts that could be illustrated through the use visuals are, and this provides multiple opportunites to clearly understand the concepts! I found this book to be very easy and fast reading!! All in all I found this book to be a very useful text in the studies of Organizational Behavior!!

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Summary: Organizational Behavior
Review: I really enjoyed reading this book. There are not many textbooks that I would say this about. I think I enjoyed this book so much because of the way in which it was written. It is very easy to understand and is complemented with numerous figures and tables. Also, the Realities sections helped to relate what we were actually learning in class, to the real world. I think that the definitions along the side of the page were extremely helpful, as well as the page number listed beside the vocabulary word at the back of the chapters. Something else that I appreciated about this book was the Learning Objectives. At the beginning of the chapters, it lists the concepts you should know after reading the chapter. You can then try and answer them on your own, and check with the chapter summary in the back (which covers the same concepts) to measure your mastery of the skills. Overall, I think that this textbook is good, and is ideal in teaching an introduction course to Organizational Behavior.

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Summary: Decent for learning
Review: This book is very good. It is best suited for a student who is willing to put a good amount of time into his/her studying. The reason I say this is because it is very detailed, the diffenitions are very thorough and at times confusing, and there is a wide range of topics covered. It probably would not be good for a first year student unless they really want to learn the material which is a little dry at times. I thought that the opening cases in each chapter was a good way to tie the material to real life situations. Overall, this is a great tool for learning.

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Summary: Evan's Insight
Review: This book provides a very simple and clear layout of Organizational Behavior. The headings and bold words make it easy to understand what is important and necessary for comprehension. The current issues and real life examples also make this book user friendly. However, the multiple use of models in this book can be somewhat confusing. The chapters are somewhat lengthy packing a lot of informatin in. I also feel that this book gives over-detailed definitions of words that can be much simpler defined. Overall this book does a good job of engaging the reader in the material at hand. The review sessions at the end of each chapter were very helpful and a definate bonus to help the reader learn necessary information. If anyone is unclear of what organizational behavoir is then they sould deffinately check out this book.

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Summary: Excellent book for learning Organizational Behavior
Review: This is an excellent book if you are interesting in learning all about organizational behavior. It's easy to read and follow. It's very well-organized and well-written, chapter by chapter. The main points are clearly emphasized, with key definitions on the side of each page. There are specific things I appreciated about the book. First, I found the real life examples throughout the chapters to be very useful in helping me grasp the material. Specifically, the "Thinking ahead" and the "Looking back" sections helped me apply the information to the real world. Also the "Organizational Reality" sections gave useful company examples on the main points of the chapter. Secondly, I appreciated the abundance of diagrams and images throughout the book. Often, books are well written, but lack in the area of diagrams and images. This book, however, supplies ample amount of figures, diagrams, charts, and images to help me better understand the main concepts of the book. Finally, I found the "Chapter Summary" of each chapter useful in helping me understand the main points of each chapter. It recapped the main points of each chapter clearly and concisely. There really isn't a whole lot I disliked about the book. At times, I did feel that some less important points were drawn out too much. That some of the "Challenges" and other figures and digrams were a bit confusing. In any respect, this is a great book for anyone interested in Organizational Behavior. I highly suggest it for anyne going into business.