Decoding the workplace : 50 keys to understanding people in organizations /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ballard, John, PhD
Corporate Author: Ebook Library
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: 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.