Individuals and groups in organizations - Turniansky, Bobbie (Sage Publications, 1998)
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
Includes bibliographical references (p. [174]-196) and index
Cover13; -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction13; -- 1 People -- Stress, Burnout and Coping -- Emotional Labour -- Between Two Worlds -- Home and Work -- People -- Some Final Words -- 2 Gender -- Work and Gender -- Women and their Technology -- Women and Stress -- Sexual Issues in the Workplace -- Gender -- Some Final Words -- 3 Flexibility -- Life Pattern Flexibility -- Employment Flexibility -- Functional Flexibility -- Technological Flexibility -- Flexibility in Time and Space -- Flexibility -- Some Final Words -- 4 Groups -- Groups and What They Do -- Group Development -- Effective Groups -- Organizational Forms -- Groups -- Some Final Words -- 5 Learning -- What is Organizational Learning? -- The Learning Process -- Examples of Organizational Learning -- The Challenge of Organizational Change -- Organizational Culture -- Learning -- Some Final Words -- 6 Creativity -- A Theoretical Perspective on Creativity -- Creative Persons -- Encouraging Creativity -- Managing Creativity -- Creative Organization -- Creativity -- Some Final Words -- Some Final, Final Words -- The First Loop -- The Second Loop -- Internet Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index
Refreshing and accessible, this new text guides student and practitioner alike through the maze of approaches to the way in which people interact in organizational life. By building their text around six topics central to those who manage in organizations: people; gender; flexibility; groups; learning; and creativity; the authors of this text have provided a clear, easily used framework for analysing the role of the individual in the group, the group in the organization, and the organization in the environment