Download or read book Leadership Roles and Management Functions in Nursing written by Bessie L. Marquis and published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. This book was released on 2009 with total page 676 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in its Sixth Edition, this foremost leadership and management text incorporates application with theory and emphasizes critical thinking, problem solving, and decision making. More than 225 case studies and learning exercises promote critical thinking and interactive discussion. Case studies cover a variety of settings, including acute care, ambulatory care, long-term care, and community health. The book addresses timely issues such as leadership development, staffing, delegation, ethics and law, organizational, political, and personal power, management and technology, and more. Web links and learning exercises appear in each chapter. An Instructor's CD-ROM includes a testbank and PowerPoint slides.
Download or read book The Positive Face of Power written by Sunita Singh-Sengupta and published by Northern Book Centre. This book was released on 2001 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provided a model to channelise the power relationships in a constructive way for high performance and greater psychological well-being of the employees. The book will be very useful for OD interventionists.
Download or read book Organizational Behaviour Text and Cases 3rd Edition written by Kavita Singh and published by Vikas Publishing House. This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The third edition of Organizational Behaviour: Text and Cases offers a concise yet comprehensive coverage of the theories that determine behaviour in organizations. The relationship between effective organizational behaviour and the effective functioning of an organization is established through a clear and lucid style of presentation. With the help of necessary concepts, tools and techniques necessary for understanding behaviour in organizations, this book attempts to unfold human behaviour at four levels; starting from the individual processes and moving on to the interpersonal, organizational, and change processes. It encourages active learning through exercises, field projects and case studies, and develops competencies that are essential for becoming successful managers and effective employees in organizations. The three new chapters—Career, Planning and Management; Performance and Reward Management; and Gender Issues in Management—help readers understand organizational behaviour in the current Indian business scenario better. KEY FEATURES • Classroom-tested case studies pertaining to actual incidents from the workplace • Several examples from BPCL, HCL Technologies, Wipro, Infosys and SAP highlighting the best practices in the industry • Caselets focusing on behavioural issues in organizations • Field projects involving students in data collection and analysis • Marginalia summarizing crucial points and serving as quick references • A companion website featuring multiple-choice questions, learning objectives, an instructor’s manual, and PowerPoint lecture slides enabling effective presentation of concepts
Download or read book Competency Mapping Behavioral Evaluations and Testing written by River Forest and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-12-16 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Competency Mapping! Includes Exercises, Tools, Simulations for Competency Models, Framework, Mapping Techniques, Workforce Planning Techniques Integrates competencies with workforce plan aligned slides, strategies, tools, tests, templates, methods to help organizations execute a talent mobility function. In-depth analytically oriented In Basket, Competency Behaviors, BARS, BEI techniques, questions. An exhaustive guide with tools for Competency Mapping. On Time Every Time for Talent Mapping!
Download or read book Organisation Change and Development written by Kavita Singh and published by Excel Books India. This book was released on 2009 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In these times of flux, organisations are compelled to proactively effect changes in their systems to cope with various factors in the external and internal environment. This comprehensive book tackles all the areas where change interventions are necessary. It is divided into three parts: (1) Organisational Change (2) Organisation Development, and (3) Knowledge Management. The first part, comprising five chapters, includes an examination of the imperatives of change in today's environment of competition. The different forces of change political, economic, technological are examined against the backdrop of shifting customer needs, systems dynamics, inadequacy of administration, profitability issues and resource constraints. The various models of change, corporate culture in terms of basic value orientations and norms, techniques of identifying and diagnosing organisational culture, classical leadership skills, and the ten key factors in effective change management have all been thoroughly discussed, as have the techniques of designing tailor-made change programmes. The second part, comprising four chapters, introduces the concept of Organisation Development and dissects the basic assumptions against diagnostic models, skills and methods, change agents, power and control issues, and implications of power politics. Certain categories of ethical dilemmas have been explored. Various types of OD interventions ranging from interpersonal & team development to process, structural and intergroup development are exhaustively discussed. The third part of the book, comprising four chapters, highlights the need for knowledge management in the present business scenario and discusses the roadblocks to the adoption of knowledge management solutions. Principles of knowledge management have been discussed along with the process of maturation of knowledge management techniques. The characteristics of a learning organisation have been diagnosed and steps for initiating the process of organisational learning have been outlined. This book will be an invaluable resource for students, faculty as well as practising professionals.
Download or read book Organization Development written by Mee-Yan Cheung-Judge and published by Kogan Page Publishers. This book was released on 2015-05-03 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by two of the leading experts in the field, Organization Development is a guide to the basic principles of effective organization development. A compendium of theories, practices, diagnostics techniques and figures, it provides practical advice for identifying an organization's needs and determining the most appropriate course of action to maximize organizational capability. It provides an overview of the history and theory of OD and addresses the various phases, the role of the practitioner, aspects of power and politics, and the human resources context. The book also discusses organizational design, culture change, managing transformational change, and developing effective leadership. Bridging the gap between theory and practice, this fully updated new edition of Organization Development now includes coverage of complexity and chaos theory, new case studies describing OD practices and attitudes in countries outside of the US and UK, and new chapters on change and culture and on employee engagement and wellbeing. The authors also have added emphasis on the collaborations between OD and HR functions. It provides a wealth of helpful advice for OD practitioners, HR professionals and those with an interest in helping develop their organization.
Download or read book Dynamics of Political Communication written by Michael Angel Folorunso and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2013 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Effective political communication involves diligent identification of problems on the one hand and proffering solutions on the other using popular images to affect decision making, sharing, and acting. This book is aimed at making readers politicians, students, policy makers, political activists, social actors, and researchers to understand the fact that political communication is not value-free. It shows the ways and means of generating media literacy as well as power literacy. Political communication is a multidisciplinary subject required to elevate and polish language, politically crafted to enable target audience give diverse interpretations to the message conveyed by the source. The book shows also the dissensual value-choosing relationships between politics, communication, rhetorical tropes, and social media. "The primary strength of Folorunso's book resides in its rhetorical emphasis particularly in regard to the uses of images, campaigns, drama, and social media in politics, as essential skills needed in a democratic community consciously driven by charismatic and/or transformational leadership" (Rhetoric Society of Africa).
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Download or read book Three Faces of Power written by Kenneth Ewart Boulding and published by SAGE. This book was released on 1990-05 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Defining power as the ability to get what we want, this volume identifies three major types of power: threat power; economic power; and, integrative power. It argues that threat power should not be seen as fundamental since it is not effective unless reinforced by economic and integrative power.
Download or read book The Use and Abuse of Power written by Annette Y. Lee-Chai and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2015-12-03 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compilation of works from prominent researchers, promoting both a panoramic and multilevel understanding of this complex construct, with focus on power as a cause of social ills and remedies to prevent corruption and abuse.
Download or read book Organisation Management And Business Communication written by Sampat Mukherjee and published by New Age International. This book was released on 2005 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Book Is A Sincere Attempt To Explain The Operating Functions Of Management And Tools Of Communications In A Simple And Lucid Language. The Primary Object Of Writing This Book Is To Meet The Requirements Of C.A. (Professional Examination-One) Students. However, This Book Will Also Be Very Useful For The Students Doing B.Com., M.Com., Mba And Other Professional Courses. Even A Layman Who Is Interested In Knowing Basics Of Management Principles And Communication Skill Will Find This Book Extremely Useful.
Download or read book Power written by Steven Lukes and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-04-14 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The third edition of this seminal work includes the original text, first published in 1974, the updates and reflections from the second edition and two groundbreaking new chapters. Power: A Radical View assesses the main debates about how to conceptualize and study power, including the influential contributions of Michel Foucault. The new material includes a development of Lukes's theory of power and presents empirical cases to exemplify this. Including a refreshed introduction, this third edition brings a book that has consolidated its reputation as a classic work and a major reference point within Social and Political Theory to a whole new audience. It can be used on modules across the Social and Political Sciences dealing with the concept of power and its manifestation in the world. It is also essential reading for all undergraduate and postgraduate students interested in the history of Social and Political Thought. New to this Edition: - A revised and refreshed introduction - Two new chapters on 'Domination and Consent' and 'Exploring the Third Dimension'
Download or read book Power and Interdependence in Organizations written by Dean Tjosvold and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2009-02-26 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Capitalizing on significant developments in social science over the past twenty years, this book explores both the positive and negative aspects of power, identifying opportunities and threats. It shows how managers and employees can manage power in order to make it a constructive force in organizations.
Download or read book Biblical Perspectives on Leadership and Organizations written by J. Lee Whittington and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-04-29 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biblical Perspectives on Leadership and Organizations links biblically-based principles to the study of organizational practices by examining topics including motives, meaningful work, and spiritual leadership from a biblical perspective integrated with findings from contemporary research.
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Download or read book ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR written by SAMANTA, SASMITA RANI and published by PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd.. This book was released on 2023-10-01 with total page 650 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is a comprehensive text designed to explain the application of Organisational Behaviour (OB) knowledge at the workplace to maximise operational efficiency through effective and efficient use of human talent to accomplish organisational growth and competitiveness. Students, managers-in-the-making, will get a taste of exciting world of OB and also gain in terms of meeting their knowledge-and-examination needs and carving out a promising professional career after completing their studies. Members of the teaching fraternity will find the text material useful in enriching their teaching-learning processes and sharpening diagnostic and problem-solving skills of their students. TARGET AUDIENCE • MBA • M.Com • BBA • B.Com
Download or read book Leadership Roles and Management Functions in Nursing written by Carol J. Huston and published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. This book was released on 2022-12-29 with total page 934 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Combining an equal focus on leadership and management with a proven experiential approach, Leadership Roles and Management Functions in Nursing: Theory and Application, 11th Edition, delivers the knowledge, understanding, and realistic leadership experience today’s students need to confidently transition to nursing practice. This best-selling text clarifies theoretical content with a wealth of application-based learning exercises that put students into nursing leadership roles and challenge them to think critically, solve problems, and make sound clinical decisions before embarking on their nursing careers. The updated 11th Edition reflects the latest evidence-based content and incorporates engaging online resources that help students establish a foundation for successful nursing practice in any role or clinical setting.
