Steven L. McShane is Professor of Management in the Graduate School of Management at the University of Western Australia (UWA). Steve has also taught in the business facilities at Simon Fraser University and Queen's University in Canada. He is a past president of the Administrative Sciences Association of Canada. Steve earned his Ph.D. from Michigan State University, a Master of Industrial Relations from the University of Toronto, and an undergraduate degree from Queen's University in Kingston. He receives high teaching ratings from MBA and doctoral students both in Perth, Australia, and in Singapore, where he teaches senior officers in the Singapore Armed Forces. Steve is also the co-author with Professor Mary Anne Von Glinow of Organizational Behaviour: Emerging Realities for the Workplace Revolution, 2nd edition (2003), McGraw-Hill's highly successful American adaptation of this text. He is co-author with Professor Tony Travaglione of Organisational Behaviour on the Pacific Rim (2003), McGraw-Hill's most recent organizational behaviour book published in that region. Steve has published several dozen articles and conference papers on the socialization of new employees, gender bias in job evaluation, wrongful dismissal, media bias in business magazines, and other diverse issues. Along with teaching and writing, Steve enjoys spending his leisure time swimming, bodysurfing, canoeing, skiing, and travelling with his wife and two daughters.

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Organizational Behavior [Essentials] 2e offers the same quality of contemporary knowledge, excellent readability, and classroom support that has made the hardback book by the same author team one of the best-selling OB books around the world - but in a smaller package. It applies four fundamental principles: linking theory with reality, organizational behavior for everyone, contemporary theory foundation, and active learning support. McShane and Von Glinow have sliced out the extended or secondary topics so students can drill down to what is really essential. Although this book is less than two-thirds the length of their comprehensive hardback textbook, it doesn抰 skimp on classroom support. In this era of active learning, critical thinking, and outcomes-based teaching, these supplements are becoming more 揺ssential?than ever.

New to this edition

All Chapters have been thoroughly updated ?This text remains on the cutting edge of topical coverage in Organizational Behavior, as updated via both examples and recent OB research. New and updated materials include: New section on four perspectives of organizational effectiveness (Ch. 1); New section on the individual抯 self-concept, a topic that is quickly becoming recognized as a powerful influence on individual perceptions, attitudes and behavior (Ch. 2); NEW section on teams trust, which describes the 3 foundations of trust (calculus-based, knowledge-based and identification-based). (Ch. 7); NEW section on choosing the best communication medium (Ch. 8).

Updated Case Lineup ?OB [Essentials] 2e has several new cases not found in the previous edition. Cases have been moved to the end of each part, which gives instructors more flexibility in using the cases as assignment and for discussing the case in terms of theories from more than one chapter.

Expanded Coverage on Conflict Management桾he section on interpersonal conflict, (Ch. 10) includes more detail and an exhibit highlighting the contingencies of each conflict handling style. The chapter now begins with a discussion of the question whether conflict is good or bad. It clarifies the evolution of thinking梚ncluding the all conflict is bad view, the optimal level of conflict (upside-down U) view, and the two types of conflict view.

NEW! Management in the Movies (ISBN: 0073317713) McGraw-Hill is now offering a Management in the Movies DVD loaded with scenes from major Hollywood movies and TV Shows! For example, the clip from Hoosiers has great application to leadership, individual differences (self-efficacy and self esteem), and group dynamics. Each movie has been clipped to highlight a specific scene (each is less than two and a half minutes) and linked to specific topics including groups, ethics, diversity, global management, and more! Along with the DVD, McGraw-Hill provides an instructor抯 manual with suggestions for usage of the clip, clip summaries, and discussion questions to accompany each segment.

New Enhanced Cartridge Content for OB [Essentials] 2e includes chapter pre/post tests with results that auto populate your grade book, narrated chapter summaries, narrated PowerPoint slides, select videos, and key terms all available for students to download to their iPod抯 and study on the go. In addition the Manager抯 Hot Seat Videos will be included in the enhanced cartridge along with 20 self-assessment exercises, interactive exercises, chapter quizzes, and video material. These interactivities help the students?connection to the field of organizational behavior be more personal and immediate through interesting self-assessments that cover such areas as leadership, listening skills, and they type of company in which they would prefer to work.

Updated and Expanded Coverage on Organizational Culture 桽chneider抯 attraction-selection-attribution theory is introduced, which explains how attracting, selecting and socializing employees can strengthen organizational culture. OB [Essentials] 2e, includes a section on whether organizational culture is important. The content of the organizational culture section now includes an exhibit showing O扲eilly, Chatman and Caldwell抯 organizational culture profile dimensions. The sections on the elements of content of organizational culture have been re-written to reflect current thinking on the concepts.

Learning objectives at the beginning of each chapter inform students about what they should understand after reading through the chapter.

Author-Prepared, Prep-Time Reducing Instructor Manual and PPTs ?The author prepared their own Instructor Manual and PPTs with the primary goal to save instructors prep time! Each chapter includes many suggested questions to spur in-class discussion as well as three teaching tips for each chapter to further stimulate debate and practical applications of course concepts.

A complete instructor抯 package is available with OB [Essentials] 2e ensuring the highest quality and reliability of each and every piece of this superlative teaching package梩he instructors manual and PPT presentations are developed by Steve McShane. Each chapter in the Instructor抯 Manual includes the learning objective, key terms with definitions, lecture outline, suggested answers to discussion questions, teaching notes for the chapter case study, teaching notes for the team exercise(s), and teaching notes for the self-assessment(s) related to that chapter as well as for additional self-assessments online.

Self-Assessment ExercisesM at the end of most chapters allow students to diagnose their attitudes, personality, values, and beliefs on a variety of organizational behavior concepts. Topics include active listening skills, upward influence, conflict handling, leadership, Identifying Your Preferred Organizational Structure, Corporate Culture Preference Scale, and Tolerance of Change Scale among others. Additional self-assessments are located online at www.mhhe.com/mcshaneESS2e

Opening vignettes begin each chapter to draw students into the topics with a real organizational incident related to the content of that chapter.

End-of-part video summaries are located in an appendix at the back of the text.

End-of-chapter material includes a chapter summary, key terms, critical thinking questions, case study, team exercises, web exercise, team activity, and self-assessment exercise.

Every chapter has eye-catching photos, usually about specific companies. Detailed captions briefly describe real-life incidents relating to the photo.