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Managerial psychology : an introduction to individuals, pairs, and groups in organizations / Harold J. Leavitt.

By: Leavitt, Harold J.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [1972]Edition: 3rd ed.Description: viii, 366 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0226469824.Subject(s): Psychology, IndustrialDDC classification: 658.3
Contents:
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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
General Lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 658.3 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00032959
Total holds: 0

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.

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