Thereby, it can be argued here that organizational behavior is a multifactorial dimension of a workplace. The book deals with important aspects of organizational behavior, how overall environment of an organization affects behaviors in an organization and how interpersonal relationships affect the behaviors within the organizations (Griffin, and Moorhead 2011)
Facts and figures have been given in each and every chapter of the book that helps in increasing an understanding of the content of the chapter, but if it were supported by latest published research, it would have been an important strength. Implications for Management Practice The book has highlighted a number of important facts, which if implemented in the organizations can be very helpful in building the required organizational behavior (Harris and Hartman 2011)
Leadership styles are one of the main ingredients of organizational behaviors. It is important that the leadership styles be inclusive of managing and looking after the employees so that commitment and job satisfaction is increased within the employees to enhance better employee experiences (Hellriegel, and Slocum 2007)
It has been mentioned that if the employees are rewarded and motivated in a proper manner by the managers, there are chances that more commitment and job satisfaction will be shown by the employees. This can have better effects on an overall organizational behavior displayed by the employee community (Kreitner, and Kinicki 2009)
Organizational behavior is a group-based practice that is more dependent on the individual as well as group-based behaviors of the employees working in an organization. Organizational behavior is very much dependent on the managerial strategies and the work-based relationships between managers and the employees (Miner 2007)
A number of other studies have also highlighted the same fact that the personalities and the behaviors of employees and authorities as an individual and as a group in the workplace play a great role in the determination of organizational behaviors. How the individual employees behave with the other employees is a strong fact presented by the authors that makes the choice of this book an easier task as compared to the other literature (Robbins, and Judge 2010)
Some of the main forms of the rewards and motivations mentioned by the authors include flexible working hours, and financial incentives. With better commitments and jab satisfaction within the employees, managers have a better chance to manage their subordinates in a better manner (Wagner and Hollenbeck 2009)
These are the libertarian tropes, as espoused by the authors. (Boaz, 1997) But ultimately, the view of business of the authors is just as idealistic in its view of the ability of the market to right itself of excesses, such as child labor in the developing world, as the world view of those government regulators whom they would critique
In fact, they believe that in the ideal business environment, other than protecting property, the government should not regulate business at all, and rather internal ethical systems should govern the organization, ideally in a Friedman-like utilitarian fashion, taking into consideration the fate of stakeholders only so much as need be, for the organization to evolve and survive. (Macham & Chesher, 11-14) Rather than regulate child labor abroad, and advertising directed towards children at home, consumers can always take their dollars elsewhere, and refuse to patronize such companies
No single term exists to describe their thought or the broad movement of which they are part." (Burke, 40) In this way, Burke takes a disparaging look at the religious ideology which his text argues is at the root of a global Islamic movement designed to destroy the modern world
' Bin Laden immediately returned to Saudi Arabia, and before the end of Ramadan, he raised a fortune for the mujahideen -- 'between five and ten million dollars.'" (Wright, 117) It is here that Wright establishes for us some understanding of the global events which precipitated the radicalization of men such as bin Laden
Prussia's success under Frederick allowed for the creation of the state that was to be so influential over the course of the 20th century and today. (Craig, 1964) Frederick's efficiency and attention to detail are remarkable, comprising everything from how soldiers should be positioned during long marches to the placement of cannons
[He is]a genius and a man who talks admirably." (Reiners, 1960, excerpted on Wikipedia) Frederick's occasional lack of concern for the morals of warfare may alienate a modern reader, such as his demand troops be employed at all times to reduce the risk of mutiny, and his calculations of how to overcome a town may be off-putting, but the book is an important snapshot of how warfare was viewed at a particular point in human history, and shows the nascent efficency of the German approach to battle
Mr. Godin states that an entire company should not really be created unless it can tell a very compelling, differentiated and highly valuable story to attract prospects and turn them into customers (Baek, Kim, Yu, 2010)
Godin did not to endorse an entirely unethical and untrustworthy type of messaging with stories. Rather he is saying that for any business and its products to be successful it must tell a unique, compelling and provocative story that engages prospects to evaluate products and then become customers (Blackshaw, 2008)
It is remarkable that story telling can launch entire theme parks, but one extrapolates the messages from Seth Godin in this book, it is clear Walt Disney completely understood these dynamics and quickly moved to create a world-class franchise of characters to support them. Seth Godin is in many ways attempting in this book to inspire his readers to pursue the level of story-telling mastery that Walt Disney clearly understood very well and was a master of (Kim, Morris, Swait, 2008)
The description of Edward's help on his brother's presidential campaign gives a lot of insight into the travelling, speeches, organizing volunteers, interviews, political alliances, and personal contacts that are formed in the process. Another interesting thing learned was that John Kennedy changed through the Bay of Pigs fiasco to be skeptical of military advice (Kennedy 177)
In a sense, they were caught between a rock and a hard place. All of them, to one degree or another, felt that civilian control of the military was "essential to a Democracy" (McMaster's quotation of LeMay)
In the future I hope to reach the height of management and I hope to do so in a corporation with a heightened sense of corporate social responsibility, something that Toyota has proven effective. (Dosi, Nelson, & Winter, 2001, p
The contradiction of emotions toward Che Guevara was very prominent in the description that he made on the book about the effects of Guevara's writing in his youth. Che had no reason to suspect the impact his writing would have on thousands of university students in the ensuing thirty years, as they cheerfully marched off to be massacred (Castaneda 188)