Introducing Organizational Behaviour Management

This eagerly awaited new textbook from David Knights and Hugh Willmott explores the key topics of introductory OB courses but addresses them in a distinctive way by: Centralizing students' experience – a basic assumption of the text is that students already know a good deal about work organizations.
Recognizing that knowledge of organization(s) is not independent of people’s preoccupations and priorities and, in this sense, is politically charged. Appreciating how OB draws from a number of academic disciplines, (e.g. sociology, politics, psychology, and economics), and is therefore multidisciplinary.
Considering how the interrelated concepts of power, identity, knowledge, freedom, inequality and insecurity provide a framework for analyzing aspects of OB. Written always with the introductory OB student in mind, this exciting new text uses classic pedagogical features such as real world case studies, OB think points, discussion questions, learning objectives and linked chapter summaries in order to engage students and provide a stimulating learning – and teaching – environment. Lecturers of introductory OB and management modules at all levels of the curriculum, both undergraduate and post-graduate/post-experience, will find this a necessary text.