Product Description

Helps students of today become effective managers of tomorrow by truly understanding organisational behaviour.

For undergraduate and graduate courses in Organisational Behaviour and Management.

Taking a managerial approach and demonstrating the application of behavioural science within the workplace, this text emphasises the role of management as a core integrating activity. 

This long established market leader has set standards that few texts have met in terms of accessibility of writing style and clarity of presentation, by making unfamiliar theory relevant, easily understood and logically applied to the world of work.

New to this Edition:

Personal Skills Section at the end of every chapter.  Contains personal skill development questions that will assist students in identifying and developing essential management skills.

Technology on the web icons throughout, refers students to the companion website, where relevant technological issues and debates are explored in depth.

Greater range of international cases.  Allows students to explore the differences in organisational behaviour around the world.

Enhanced full colour design.  Full colour examples and photographs are integrated throughout the text to provide a pictorial representation of how organisations work in practice.

New examples from a range of organisations, will help students relate the content covered in the chapter to current examples.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #77593 in Books
• Published on: 2004-06-17
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 1095 pages

Review

"Mullins is distinctive because it covers not just organisational behaviour but management as well. It combines a great breadth of coverage with an accessible writing style and attractive layout and design. To myself and to my students, it's a trusted friend."
Anna Lee, Lecturer in HRM and OB at Manchester Metropolitan University

"I've been a fan of Mullins for years. The book is packed with relevant concepts, examples and exercises that are readily accessible to students at a variety of levels. Students tell me they like the layout, plenty of diagrams and illustrations that help bring bring the concepts to life. The secret of the book's success is that it is so versatile - it can either be read cover to cover as the definitive management textbook, or it can be used as a reference work, enabling students to dip into relevant sections as required."
Brian Good, School of Management, University of Surrey

From the Back Cover

This market leading text guides students to a thorough understanding of organisational behaviour and relates this to effective management practice. It is an invaluable resource, which provides a clear and insightful introduction to management studies and acts as a comprehensive point of reference thereafter.

"Mullins is distinctive because it covers not just organisational behaviour but management as well. It combines a great breadth of coverage with an accessible writing style and attractive layout and design. To myself and to my students, it's a trusted friend."

"I recommend Mullins because of its readability and straightforward style. This is very important when teaching multicultural classes where English is not their first language."

"I recommend Mullins because of its depth of coverage of topics which I consider central to management and OB, and in particular for its focus on leadership. The book encourages students to form their own conclusions by considering multiple points of view and brings clarity to this often complex subject by avoiding jargon and technical terminology."

"The book is packed with relevant concepts, examples and exercises that are readily accessible to students at a variety of levels. Students tell me they like the layout, with plenty of diagrams and illustrations to help bring the concepts to life. The secret of the book's success is that it is so versatile – it can either be read cover to cover as the definitive management textbook, or it can be used as a reference work, enabling students to dip into relevant sections as required."

Customer Reviews

Very helpful
I purchased this book because it was recommended by a tutor as a good accompaniment for a course I was taking in management studies. Personally I find management studies mind-numbing and was only taking this course to propel me onto a course I really wanted to do in library studies. So the kind of book I needed was one that wouldn't send me into a coma but would explain what I needed to know about management studies in plain English. That's exactly what I got in this book. It's a text book that is well thought-out, easy to read and a great reference book for anything to do with management or organizing a business. It helped me ace my exams in management studies and has been pulled out again for this years HR Management modules of my information & library studies course.

One of the best texts on the subject
First remember that this is generally a textbook. It does reference a lot of other work and it is not really designed for you to sit and read straight-through, but on that note it is one of the best collections of OB material anywhere. Only the Stephen P Robbins text can match this, and that is very US-centric.

management and organisational behaviour
This is an excellent and very readable summary of much of the management and organisational behaviour theory that has been written over the last few decades. One of its main strengths is that it acts as a tremendous synopsis of this vast body of material. I have found this book exceptionally helpful, and of immediate use in my professional life.