This applied text, designed to increase the student's human resource is a self-contained text, workbook, and study guide. It contains free-writes, case studies, projects, and covers issues such as stress management, managing time, and ethical professionalism. Personality tests are also included to help the student apply what they have read.
Stress in Turbulent Times
by Ashley Weinberg, Dr Cary L Cooper, and Professor Cary Cooper
Meaningful Work: Viktor Frankl's Legacy for the 21st Century
by Beate von Devivere
This book offers meaningful work as one of the most relevant issues for 21st century workplaces, and organizations seeking to develop leadership and drive positive change. It uses Viktor Frankl's legacy as a scientific and philosophical pioneer, while combining cutting edge research findings from the behavioural sciences, organizational and management research, and human resource development with outstanding examples of new work approaches of leadership from around the globe. In order to respond...
Paradox and Power in Caring Leadership (New Horizons in Leadership Studies)
Why does it matter that our leaders care about us? What might we reasonably expect from a caring leader, and what price are we prepared to pay for it? Is caring leadership something 'soft', or can it be linked to strategy and delivery? International scholars from the fields of ancient and modern philosophy, psychology, organization studies and leadership development offer a strikingly original debate on what it means for leaders to care. At a time when the challenges of leadership are rarely o...
The Uses of Psychoanalysis in Working with Children's Emotional Lives (New Imago)
This volume offers very specific illustrations of psychoanalytic ways of thinking and working in both clinical and pedagogical contexts with children. It is designed for professionals who work with infants, children, and adolescents, and who are seeking modes of working that respects emotions, that embrace context, and that privilege imagination and possibility. For professionals who already practice in ways that are sympathetic to these modes of working, the scholarly underpinning of this work...
Diversity in contemporary society, particularly western societies, is usually taken for granted, whether it’s conceived around ethnicity, gender or culture. But making the most of a diverse workforce on an organisational level, in terms of the challenges and opportunities that managing heterogeneous teams and organizations involves, is only gradually gaining attention. This is the first book to provide both empirical evidence and a theoretical framework to inform effective management across a...
Human Resource Development
Profit doesn't drive purpose. Purpose drives profit. We made some incorrect assumptions about work and those assumptions are killing us. We allowed a narrative that is solely about earnings to replace what we know to be true about human motivation. Human beings are hardwired to seek purpose, but according to data, most people don't feel a sense of purpose in their work. Work has become a grind, an endless series of tasks that lack meaning. Building upon her bestseller Selling with Noble Purp...
Group Decision-Making in a Collectivist Culture (Wirtschaftswissenschaftliches Forum der FOM, #49)
by Lars Speckemeier
Auditing Organizational Communication: A Handbook of Research, Theory and Practice
by Owen Hargie
This edition updates the reader on all the major changes since the book was first published in 1987. This revised and expanded volume examines the psychological underpinnings and management implications of behaviour in organizations. The first section focuses upon the individual, and includes an examination of personality, personal development and motivation. The second section focuses upon the team, and includes an examination of the nature of groups, team building and leadership theory and sty...
This work explores many of evolutionary psychology's central tenets and its implications for business management. The insight that this science provides into human instinct is a key to understanding why people act and think in frequently perplexing and unproductive ways while at work.
Politics in Organizations: Theory and Research Considerations (SIOP Organizational Frontiers)
Dark Personality in the Workplace (Zeitschrift für Psychologie, #4)
This collection of contributions by international experts in the field provides an update on dark personality in the workplace, covering several different aspects including narcissism, power motives, and leadership outcomes of dark personality. Data has been collected in different countries, using different methodological approaches, and all contributions underwent peer review. The volume comprises current reviews of dark personality and narcissism in the workplace, explores innovative methodolo...
This student-friendly textbook, written by a leading researcher at one of the nation's top I/O programs, is unique in its emphasis on how I/O psychologists are trained; its social/contextual approach to performance appraisal; and the strength of its pedagogy, including "practitioner forums." This edition features full integration of changes and events that are currently taking place in today's work environments. Industrial/Organizational Psychology focuses on the psychology of the workforce, emp...
Fehlentscheidungen in der eignungsdiagnostischen Personalauswahl
by Franziska Tiedemann
Schueler Lernen Selbstbewertung (Europaeische Hochschulschriften / European University Studie, #480)
by Felix Winter
Evolving Practices in Human Resource Management (J-B SIOP Professional Practice, #1)
Written for non-experts in jargon-free language, this work shows how to create systems within organizations that preempt the monetary, strategic, and emotional costs associated with on-the-job conflict. Its clear and simple approach translates advanced concepts into practical how-tos and provides readers with four guiding principles they can follow to create conflict control systems of their own. Amply illustrated with real-world examples, it details the policies, procedures, and practices that...
The Multisensory Driver (Human Factors in Road and Rail Transport)
by Cristy Ho and Charles Spence
Driver inattention has been identified as one of the leading causes for car accidents. The problem of distraction while driving is likely to worsen, partly due to increasingly complex in-car technologies. However, intelligent transport systems are being developed to assist drivers and to ensure a safe road environment. One approach to the design of ergonomic automobile systems is to integrate our understanding of the human information processing systems into the design process. This book aims...