Managerial psychology : an introduction to individuals, pairs, and groups in organizations / Harold J. Leavitt.
By: Leavitt, Harold J.
Material type: BookPublisher: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [1972]Edition: 3rd ed.Description: viii, 366 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0226469824.Subject(s): Psychology, IndustrialDDC classification: 658.3Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 658.3 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00032959 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 350-360) and index.
1: People one at a time the units of management -- Introductory note -- People are alike: Some basic ideas -- People are different: The growth of individuality -- Perception: From the inside looking out -- Frustration: The roadblock -- Psychological conflict: Roadblocks on the inside -- Learning, thinking, problem-solving: Some reasoning parts of people -- Thinking and problem solving II: My style and yours -- Attitudes and values: Motherhood, Old glory and off the pigs -- The assessment of people: One application of personality theory -- 2: People two at a time problems of influence and authority -- Introductory note -- Relationships: The forest and the trees -- Communication: Getting information from A into B -- Influencing behavior: Some dimensions of the problem -- Authority: One model for influence -- Pressure and coercion: A second model for influence -- Manipulation: Another model for influence -- Collaborative models: Influence without power -- Money incentives: One effort to influence -- 3: People in threes to twenties efficiency and influence in groups -- Introductory note -- Communication networks in groups: Designs for getting the word around -- The content of communication in groups: Getting valid words around -- Operating problems of groups: Getting words around efficiently -- Independence and conformity: the problem of truth in the face of pressure -- Conflict and competition among groups: My team can beat your team -- Developing managers: Applied ideas about influence, learning and groups -- 4: People in hundreds and thousands Problems of organizational design -- Introductory note -- The volatile organization: Everything triggers everything else -- Structure, people and technology: Some key ideas and where they came from -- Organizational decision-making: Goals, problems, tasks -- Organizations and individuals: The people part of the system -- Organizational structure: The fall guy -- Technology and organization: Brave new organizational world -- Organizations and their environments: From back then to out there.