From Widgets to Digits or Psychological Dimensions of Organizational Behavior

From Widgets to Digits: Employment Regulation for the Changing Workplace

Author: Katherine V W Ston

Although existing labor and employment laws were built on the assumption of long-term, stable relationships between employees and firms, this book explores the changing nature of the employment relationship and its implications for labor and employment law. The current challenge of labor regulations is to find a means to provide workers with continuity in wages, ongoing training opportunities, sustainable and transferable skills, unambiguous ownership of their human capital, portable benefits, and support structures to enable them to weather career transitions.

Interesting textbook: English Made Easy or Analysis of Financial Time Series

Psychological Dimensions of Organizational Behavior

Author: Barry M Staw

This comprehensive paperback book contains carefully chosen pieces that cover human behavior in organizations, from individual motivation to organizational processes. This anthology offers a broad mix of classic and recent articles; it covers emerging areas of interest such as business ethics and processes of creativity and change. This collection of readings is separated into four clearly defined dimensions: why and how we work; thinking and making decisions; interacting with others: social and group processes; and facing the future: creativity, innovation, and organizational leadership. An excellent resource for managers and other executives who need to know how to effectively lead their departments; this book provides the skills necessary for understanding the organization, and how power, influence, and interpersonal relations affect their businesses.

Table of Contents:

	Preface
Dimension I	Why and How We Work	1
Reading 1	Individual Differences: Personality and Ability	3
Reading 2	Motivation: A Diagnostic Approach	25
Reading 3	Goal-Setting - A Motivational Technique That Works	37
Reading 4	On the Folly of Rewarding A, While Hoping for B	49
Reading 5	A New Strategy for Job Enrichment	59
Reading 6	Fighting the War for Talent Is Hazardous to Your Organization's Health	77
Reading 7	Organizational Psychology and the Pursuit of the Happy/Productive Worker	89
Reading 8	The Subtle Significance of Job Satisfaction	100
Reading 9	Expression of Emotion as Part of the Work Role	106
Dimension II	Thinking and Making Decisions	121
Reading 10	The Rationalizing Animal	123
Reading 11	Escape from Reality: Illusions in Everyday Life	131
Reading 12	The Self-Perception of Motivation	157
Reading 13	The Power of Social Information in the Workplace	172
Reading 14	Common Biases	181
Reading 15	Understanding Behavior in Escalation Situations	206
Reading 16	Napoleon's Tragic March Home from Moscow: Lessons in Hubris	215
Reading 17	Business Ethics: Four Spheres of Executive Responsibility	229
Reading 18	Ethical Leadership and the Psychology of Decision Making	241
Dimension III	Interacting With Others: Social and Group Processes	259
Reading 19	Opinions and Social Pressure	261
Reading 20	Behavioral Study of Obedience	268
Reading 21	Harnessing the Science of Persuasion	279
Reading 22	Commitment and the Control of Organizational Behavior and Belief	287
Reading 23	The Smile Factory: Work at Disneyland	294
Reading 24	Corporations, Culture, and Commitment: Motivation and Social Control in Organizations	307
Reading 25	The Role of the Founder in Creating Organizational Culture	320
Reading 26	Unexpected Connections: Considering Employees' Personal Lives Can Revitalize Your Business	335
Reading 27	Managing Attraction and Intimacy at Work	345
Reading 28	Executive Women and the Myth of Having It All	358
Reading 29	Who Gets Power - And How They Hold On to It: A Strategic-Contingency Model of Power	369
Reading 30	Influence Without Authority: The Use of Alliances, Reciprocity, and Exchange to Accomplish Work	385
Reading 31	Who Tempered Radicals Are and What They Do	395
Reading 32	Suppose We Took Groups Seriously ...	407
Reading 33	Groupthink	416
Reading 34	The Design of Work Teams	424
Dimension IV	Facing the Future: Creativity, Innovation, and Organizational Leadership	445
Reading 35	Within You, Without You: The Social Psychology of Creativity, and Beyond	447
Reading 36	Weirder Than Fiction: The Reality and Myths of Creativity	468
Reading 37	Why No One Really Wants Creativity	476
Reading 38	The Weird Rules of Creativity	481
Reading 39	Managing Innovation: When Less Is More	490
Reading 40	The Political Nature of Innovation	502
Reading 41	Pathfinding, Problem Solving, and Implementing: The Management Mix	513
Reading 42	Managing with Power	524
Reading 43	Ambidextrous Organizations: Managing Evolutionary and Revolutionary Change	529