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Essentials of Organizational Behavior - Vantage Learning Platform
An Evidence-Based Approach

Third Edition


March 2021 | SAGE Publications, Inc
ISBN: 978-1-0718-2041-4

About Essentials of Organizational Behavior, Third Edition

Concise, practical, and research-based, Essentials of Organizational Behavior equips students with the necessary skills to become effective leaders and managers. Best-selling author Terri A. Scandura uses an evidence-based approach to introduce students to models proven to enhance the well-being, motivation, and productivity of people in the workplace.

About Essentials of Organizational Behavior, Third Edition - Vantage Digital Option

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Concise, practical, and research-based, Essentials of Organizational Behavior equips students with the necessary skills to become effective leaders and managers. Best-selling author Terri A. Scandura uses an evidence-based approach to introduce students to models proven to enhance the well-being, motivation, and productivity of people in the workplace. Essentials of Organizational Behavior – Vantage Digital Option, Third Edition delivers trusted content from Scandura's text on Sage Vantage, an intuitive digital platform that offers auto-graded assignments and interactive multimedia tools—including assignable video—all carefully designed to ignite student engagement and drive critical thinking. Built with you and your students in mind, it offers easy course set-up and enables students to better prepare for class. For a personalized demo, please contact your Sage representative. For a personalized demo, please contact your Sage representative.


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SECTION I: INTRODUCTION
 
Chapter 1: What Is Organizational Behavior?
 
SECTION II: UNDERSTANDING INDIVIDUALS IN ORGANIZATIONS
 
Chapter 2: Personality and Person–Environment Fit
 
Chapter 3: Emotions and Moods
 
Chapter 4: Attitudes and Job Satisfaction
 
Chapter 5: Perception, Decision Making, and Problem Solving
 
SECTION III: INFLUENCING AND MOTIVATING EMPLOYEES
 
Chapter 6: Leadership
 
Chapter 7: Power and Politics
 
Chapter 8: Motivation: Core Concepts
 
Chapter 9: Motivation: Applications
 
SECTION IV: BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS
 
Chapter 10: Group Processes and Teams
 
Chapter 11: Managing Conflict and Negotiation
 
Chapter 12: Organizational Communication
 
Chapter 13: Diversity and Cross-Cultural Adjustments
 
SECTION V: LEADERS AS CHANGE AGENTS
 
Chapter 14: Organizational Culture
 
Chapter 15: Leading Change and Stress Management

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The LMS cartridge makes it easy to import this title’s instructor resources into your learning management system (LMS).These resources include:
  • Test banks
  • Editable chapter-specific PowerPoint® slides
  • Sample course syllabi
  • Lecture notes
  • All tables and figures from the textbook 
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Previous instructors

That said, the support material - slide deck in particular - was very weak and I had to recreate slides for the entire book. Work on Evidence Based Management is almost a throw away in how the author used.

I will continue to use the book because a) I have invested the time in the slides and b) it is a good book on OB

James Hemsath
Business Administration Dept, University Of Alaska-Anchorage
December 28, 2022
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NEW AND KEY FEATURES OF ESSENTIALS OF ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR, THIRD EDITION

  • New “What’s #Trending in OB?” and Research in Action boxes keep readers up to date on timely topics such as social media addiction and virtual work teams during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • New Toolkit Activities provide additional opportunities for students to apply the material through team exercises and role-playing.
  • New and updated Case Studies cover current issues in organizational behavior such as “Perspective Taking: Health Versus Wealth During the COVID-19 Pandemic.”
  • Discussion Questions have been added for all Toolkit Activities, Case Studies, and self-assessments.
    An organizing framework helps students understand individual behavior and learn how to influence and motivate others, build relationships, and lead change.
  • An evidence-based approach introduces students to theories, models, and concepts that are validated by research with an emphasis on newer approaches.
  • Chapter-opening scenarios feature research on an interesting real-world problem based on research or practice.
  • Leadership Implications at the end of each chapter help students understand how leaders can use OB concepts to affect positive change at the individual, group, and organizational level.
  • Chapter Toolkits in each chapter include key terms, toolkit activities, a short case study, and self-assessments that allow students to review and apply concepts to master the material.

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