Decoding the workplace : 50 keys to understanding people in organizations /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Santa Barbara, California :
Praeger, An Imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC,
[2015]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- Using keys to decode the workplace
- Systems : everything is connected
- Perception : don't assume others see the workplace as you do
- Motivation : it's not all about money
- Norms : beware the unwritten rules of the workplace
- Roles : there is more to a job than the job description
- Organizational socialization : new employees act differently
- Groups, teams, and organization structure : when your team should not be a team
- Organizational culture : as fish are to water, people are to culture ? unaware
- Leaders and managers : followers make leaders
- Power and influence : do favors, be an expert, and understand perceptions
- More about power and influence : choose activities carefully and build 360° relationships
- Job satisfaction, conflict, and stress : what?s good, what?s not, what?s hidden
- Meaning : what is important to me may not be important to you ? making sense of our lives and the workplace
- Decoding the workplace : concluding thoughts.