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Good overview.
This book presents a good overview of topics in Organizational and Industrial Psychology and was helpful to me in studying for a course. However, I am appalled and irritated with the amount of typographical errors in a book that cost me $100. There's an error on every other page! I've encountered at least five just this evening. The content is good but the proofreading needs a lot of attention. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Human Resources & Personnel Management    2. Industrial & Organizational Psychology    3. Industrial Psychology    4. Personnel And Human Resources Management    5. Personnel management    6. Psychology    7. Psychology, Industrial    8. Occupational & industrial psychology    9. Psychology & Psychiatry / Occupational & Industrial Psychology   

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Systematic approach to career development theories.
This book makes an excellent supplement to any text in a career development course. Swanson and Fouad utilize 7 different theoretical approaches in order to integrate and apply career development theory.Read more

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Career development    3. Career/Job    4. Careers - General    5. Case Studies    6. Industrial & Organizational Psychology    7. Psychology    8. Vocational guidance    9. Labour economics    10. Psychology & Psychiatry / General    11. Social research & statistics   

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A sound theory and practical methods
This is a very readable book for which we intend to build courseware around.The book is laid out in a logical and progressive order.Each chapter table of contents can be used as headers for class notes.At the end of each chapter, there's an excellent summary and graphic diagrams or tables that can be used as jobaids.If you read, understand, and apply the information in this book it will definetely enable you to make more accurate assessements of "undesirable effects" and propose sensible solutions.

Root-Cause Analysis and Reality Trees
Dettmer's discussion on finding root causes of undesirable conditions or effects is the best I've seen.It's easy to go down a rathole when trying to drill into a set of what appears to be causes of the undisirable conditions.He also shows strong value of using reality trees to define what is and how we might be able to get to what ought to be.
Tools for reaching The Goal!
Many readers are familiar with Eliyahu Goldratt's hugely successful business novels The Goal and Its Not Luck. In these two books and his non-fiction work, Goldratt presents his "Theory of Constraints" and examples of how to apply it in practice.Read more

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business / Economics / Finance    3. Business/Economics    4. Industrial & Organizational Psychology    5. Industrial Psychology    6. Management - General    7. Organizational Behavior In Business    8. Organizational behavior    9. Organizational effectiveness    10. Problem solving    11. Psychology, Industrial    12. Quality Control    13. Reference - General    14. Macroeconomics    15. Occupational & industrial psychology    16. Organizational theory & behaviour   

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The textbook on HR coaching
Frederic M. Hudson wrote this exhaustive reference manual and survey of the field of coaching primarily for coaches and aspiring coaches. He focuses on teaching the best practices in coaching and conveying knowledge, extensive resources, thorough book lists and professional programs. The real message underneath all this data is that a good coach is the ultimate human resource. If you're a coach, you'll benefit from the book's thoroughness. If you're unfamiliar with the field, it's a textbook for understanding many facets of professional coaching and its impact on people and organizations. We recommend Hudson's book particularly to coaches, and also to those who want to learn more about coaching, human resource managers, business libraries, and executives who are recruiting coaches or team leaders. Just forget the idea that all you need to know you learned in kindergarten; to thrive, you need to keep learning continuously. Just ask a coach.

Hudson is the real deal.
The author has been working with adult developement and coaching since earning his PhD in the 60's.Hudson shows us how the field of coaching relies on the work from a variety of disciplines. He provides many sources from these disciplines to help aid coaches when working with specific groups or specific problems. For anyone building a strong foundation in coaching, this is a great reference book to have handy on your shelf.It's especially useful for newly-trained coaches who might need a deeper understanding of their profession or a good way to avoid reinventing the wheel.

A Handbook and Silent Coaching Partner
As a Life Skills Coach, based in Melbourne Australia, I am always on the search for coaching texts that will enhance my professional skills and coaching knowledge. 'The Handbook of Coaching' is with out a doubt I believe one of the most valuable coaching resource materials I have discovered. Hudson has covered a great deal of material, yet the insights into the various areas of coaching, methodologies and foundations of coaching, are supported by an excellent bibliography section, relevant to the end of each chapter.Read more

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business / Economics / Finance    3. Business/Economics    4. Coaching of    5. Counseling of    6. Employee Training And Development    7. Employees    8. Executive Management    9. Human Resources & Personnel Management    10. Management - General    11. Mentoring in business    12. Personnel management    13. Training    14. Personnel & human resources management    15. Psychology & Psychiatry / Occupational & Industrial Psychology    16. Business    17. Management    18. Coaching    19. Consulting   

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Very Useful and Informative
Review: This book attempts to describe the major fields in industrial/organizational psychology.For a textbook designed for use in an introductory-level course, it does its job fairly well.Read more

Subjects:  1. Industrial & Organizational Psychology    2. Industrial Psychology    3. Mental Health    4. Psychology    5. Psychology, Industrial    6. Vocational Psychology    7. Business & Management    8. Occupational & industrial psychology    9. Psychology & Psychiatry / General   

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Using Psychology to Enhance Safety Performance
The focus of The Psychology of Safety Handbook is improving safety performance through psychology and methods of applied behavior analysis.Dr. Geller published the Psychology of Safety in 1996, and this Handbook is an extensive revision of that book. Read more

Subjects:  1. Applied Psychology    2. Career/Job    3. General    4. Industrial & Organizational Psychology    5. Industrial Health & Safety    6. Industrial Safety    7. Medicine And Psychology    8. Psychological aspects    9. Technology    10. Technology & Industrial Arts    11. Occupational / industrial health & safety    12. Psychology    13. Technology / Industrial Health & Safety   

Editorial Review

Psychology rules the stock market, according to Hersh Shefrin. In Read more

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Look to market experts for success
So long as market investors are human beings rather than machines, market participants will be governed by emotion.The efficient market theory, as Warren Buffett states, works most of the time.But when unusual or exceptional news comes into play, a stock (and/or markets) nearly always overreacts.
Selective Presentation of the Evidence
I am a behavioral economist with a deep belief in the notion that human decision-makers deviate in important ways from the scientific principles laid down in modern rational choice theory. There is no doubt but that very many investors hold erroneous notions of the dynamics of price movements, and having a correct understanding will, on average lead to better returns on one's portfolio. Sheffrin presents the evidence for this position in an interesting and accessible manner.
Packed with Knowledge !
If only you could bring yourself to ditch those losers from your portfolio, and hang onto your winners. If you can, you are unusual. Unprofitable habits afflict nearly all investors, beginners and pros alike, writes Hersh Shefrin in this intriguing study of the role of emotions in investing. Shefrin balances the jargon with plenty of real-world examples and wisely cautions you not to delude yourself into thinking that his tips will make you rich. Viewing investing through the prism of behavior finance, he analyzes emotionally-laden decisions made by private investors, money managers, bankers and other professionals handling stocks and various other forms of investments including options, foreign currency and futures. Shefrin offers juicy case histories, so his tour of behavioral finance is mostly enjoyable and useful. At times, though, the book bogs down in the author's attempts to legitimize behavior finance, a relatively new school of thought. For instance, he charges failed investors with committing "heuristic bias" or falling prey to "representativeness." That quibble aside, we recommend this intriguing tome to investment decision makers on any level. Whether you are running billions or managing a retirement account (which, as Shefrin notes, most people do badly), maybe this book will buffer you against emotional investing and pocketbook pain. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Business / Economics / Finance    2. Business/Economics    3. Corporate Finance    4. Finance    5. Industrial & Organizational Psychology    6. Investments    7. Investments & Securities - General    8. Psychological aspects    9. Social Science    10. Sociology    11. Stock exchanges    12. Women's Studies - General    13. Business & Economics / Investments & Securities    14. Finance | Investments    15. Investment & securities    16. Occupational & industrial psychology   

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A Good Introductory Book
It covers a breadth of various topics in Group Dynamics. It doesn't go into too much depth though but it suffices in getting the reader's feet wet on the subject. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Group Psychology    2. Human Relations In Business    3. Industrial & Organizational Psychology    4. Management - Teams    5. Psychology    6. Teams in the workplace    7. Organizational theory & behaviour    8. Psychology & Psychiatry / Social Psychology    9. Social work    10. Social, group or collective psychology   

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Osland is genius
I got this book after attending her EMBA class at Sabanci University. She is truly one of the 'all stars' in the field. She has the know-how and the right attitude. If you have a chance to attend to her course do it; if not get the book. Very highly recommended.

Well-grounded OB course basics
"The organizational behavior reader" contains twenty chapters, each with two or three readings by recognized academic experts, usually adapted from the original source, e.g., Harvard Business Review. Chapters begin with the psychological contract (1), theories of managing people (2), individual and organizational learning (3), individual and organizational motivation (4), ethics and values (5), personal growth and work stress (6), and later topics include managing diversity (12), leadership (13), decision making (15), performance appraisal (18), and managing change (20). The pantheon of authors features experts such as Henry Mintzberg, Jay Conger, Denise Rousseau, Ed Lawler, Peter Senge, Cary Cooper, Deborah Tannen, Geert Hofstede, Hank Sims, Victor Vroom, Jeffrey Pfeffer, Ray Miles, and Rosabeth Moss Kanter. There are numerous charts, diagrams, graphs and models. Anecdotes and examples are plentiful. Self-assessments are rare. Few of the readings offer empirical data; the emphasis is on mental models, images, and concepts. An Excellent Book!
An Excellent Book.. A Must For All The Managers In Any Organistaion. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business / Economics / Finance    3. Business/Economics    4. Industrial & Organizational Psychology    5. Organizational Behavior    6. Organizational Behavior In Business    7. Strategic Planning    8. Business & Economics / Systems & Planning    9. Organizational theory & behaviour   

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Comprehensive and Thorough
An excellent source of information.If you are an Industrial-Organizational Psychologist, this book is very helpful. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business / Economics / Finance    3. Business/Economics    4. Decision making    5. Employees    6. Human Resources & Personnel Management    7. Industrial & Organizational Psychology    8. Personnel And Human Resources Management    9. Personnel management    10. Prediction of occupational suc    11. Prediction of occupational success    12. Rating of    13. Personnel & human resources management    14. Psychology & Psychiatry / Occupational & Industrial Psychology   

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Good,but with Keynes included it would have been better
The authors of this book,like so many other psychologists in the area of decision making under uncertainty(ambiguity)in the real world ,as opposed to risk,appear to think that "modern"behavioral decision theory started with Daniel Ellsberg and advanced on the shoulders of Tversky and Kahneman with Hogarth and Einhorn close behind.They do a good job covering the conventional wisdom of that view.Unfortunately,they ignore the seminal and path breaking contributions made to the field of decision making under uncertainty by John Maynard Keynes in his classic work,titled A Treatise on Probability in 1921.Keynes was the first to systematically develop an interval estimate(set) approach to the calculation of probabilities.Keynes was the first to specify an index to measure the ambiguity of the potential available evidence upon which a decision maker would attempt to make reliable probability estimates.Keynes called this problem the weight of the evidence problem.Forty years before Ellsberg(1961),Keynes had already specified an index to measure the completeness of the relevant available evidence,w.w was defined on the unit interval between 0 and 1,i.e.,0<=w<=1.Keynes's w index is practically the same as Ellsberg's rho index.Keynes successfully generalized the expected value rule(maximize pA=EMV)and the expected utility rule(maximize pU(A))where p is a probability,A is the outcome,and U is an appropriately differentiable utility function with his decision weight model that he called a conventional coefficient of weight and risk,c.The goal of the decision maker is to maximize cA,where c equals p/(1+q)[2w/(1+w}].Keynes's decision weight rule ,c, not only solves all ofthe Ellsberg paradox problems,but also the certainty ,reflection , and translation effect problems,as well as the preference reversal problems.

An interesting read
I read this book as part of a college course on cognition.It was defintely the most interesting of the 3 books we read in this class. Helps you understand decisions -- and life, too
The authors emphasize that decision-making is a skill that can be learned and improved. As I work with career changers, I have become convinced that most of us have not learned this skill, and most of us could benefit from a careful reading of this book. Read more

Subjects:  1. Cognitive Psychology    2. Decision making    3. General    4. Industrial & Organizational Psychology    5. Judgment    6. Psychology    7. Cognition & cognitive psychology    8. Psychology & Psychiatry / Cognitive Psychology   

Subjects:  1. Complex organizations    2. Entrepreneurship    3. Industrial & Organizational Psychology    4. Industrial Psychology    5. Psychology    6. Psychology, Industrial    7. Business & Economics / Statistics    8. Organizational theory & behaviour   

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Not in the same league as the Inner Game of Tennis
I read the Inner Game of Tennis in the 70s, found it revolutionary and find myself dipping into it every few years. I picked up the Inner Game of Work with great expectations, particularly after seeing Peter Senge's endorsement as The Fifth Discipline is a great book. However, I am disappointed. The writing style is turgid, the arguments not as tight as the Inner Game of Tennis and overall, the effort to transpose Inner Game concepts to the world of work don't quite come off. Perhaps tighter editing would have made for a more cohesive work?

The "Inner Game" applied to the workplace
This is a descent book including a lot of good advice on how to improve your performance and success within a business and corporate environment.The advice flows naturally from the author's foundation established with his first book `The Inner Game of Tennis.'However, the themes and methods are not too repetitive.The book reads very well and easily.

Observe your job and you will benefit!
Is your job boring or stressful? The author shows you how to overcome the obstacles and make it challenging and managable. By making your job into a game, you can let yourself enjoy your job more. Does that sound refreshing or what?Read more

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business / Economics / Finance    3. Business/Economics    4. General    5. Industrial & Organizational Psychology    6. Psychological aspects    7. Work    8. Business & Economics / General   

Subjects:  1. Industrial & Organizational Psychology    2. Industrial Psychology    3. Organizational Psychology    4. Psychology    5. Psychology, Industrial    6. Psychology & Psychiatry / Occupational & Industrial Psychology   

Editorial Review

Anyone who has sat through a psychology course has seen Abraham H. Maslow's hierarchy of needs, a pyramid capped by the highest human need of all, the need for, what Maslow famously termed, self-actualization. Since his death in 1970, Maslow's voluminous writings have made him one of the most influential thinkers in counseling psychology. He is a revered father figure to the human potential movement. But few know him as a brilliantly insightful analyst of how to lead people and make organizations more productive. Read more

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Insights lost in Maslow's ramblings.
Without the commentary, you would be hard pressed to pick out Maslow's insights in this stream-of-conscience puffery. A TRUE CLASSIC, AS RELEVANT AS EVER�
One of the world's most renowned experts on human behaviour and motivation, Abraham Maslow is most famous for his perspectives on the "hierarchy of human needs" and self-actualization. This book updates the original edition published in 1963, entitled Eupsychian Management. It demonstrates how even today Maslow's seminal concepts of human behaviour are still playing out in the business world. This book offers new generations of managers insights into Maslow's influential theories which have emerged in modern business, approaches such as continuous improvement, enlightened management, Theory X, and empowerment. Maslow's work has powerfully affected managerial theory, organizational development, education, health care, and science as well as psychology. Great
This is a very accessible book of brilliant ideas about management, and human nature in general. U. S. Grant once said, "the best man for thejob doesn't go after the job, he waits to be called." This bookaffirms what I've long thought, that people like Bill Clinton and RichardNixon, who were desperate to be president, so that they lied and cheated,etc., to get that power, are the LAST people who SHOULD be President (orCEO or whatever). Those who WANT the power are psychologically sick in someway. And Clinton and Nixon should have both gone to prison. They both brokethe law. Psychopaths LOVE having power, and both Nixon and Clintondisplayed strong psychopathic characteristics. This book gives one somefaith in human nature because it shows that the best way to motivate humansis to NURTURE them and give them FREEDOM. That if allowed, they will beGOOD and PRODUCTIVE. There is a worthwhile insight on almost every page ofthis book. And Maslow had an IQ of 195. So he was no idiot. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Management Science    2. Entrepreneurship    3. Psychology, Industrial    4. Business / Economics / Finance    5. Management - General    6. Management    7. Industrial & Organizational Psychology    8. Business & Economics / Management    9. Management & management techniques    10. Maslow, Abraham H    11. (Abraham Harold)    12. Industrial Psychology    13. Business & Economics    14. Business/Economics    15. Self-actualization (Psychology)    16. Contributions in management    17. Diaries   

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An invaluable, practical guide for students & practitioners
Organisational Research Methods is an invaluable, practical guide for both students and practitioners in the social sciences. This book is particularly unique as it provides the theoretical/academic bases for research yet translates these into practical steps for how to undertake best practice research. The authors highlight a plethora of issues that researchers themselves may not have considered, and provide constructive advice for addressing each possible problem that may arise during the course of a research project. Based on their expertise and experience as both practitioners and academics, the authors provide helpful examples throughout the book that assist the reader in applying the knowledge directly to their own project.Read more

Subjects:  1. Education & Training    2. General    3. Industrial & Organizational Psychology    4. Methodology    5. Organization    6. Organizational behavior    7. Organizational sociology    8. Psychology    9. Research    10. Research & Methodology    11. Business & Economics / Management    12. Organizational theory & behaviour   

Subjects:  1. General    2. Industrial & Organizational Psychology    3. Psychology    4. Transportation    5. Aviation skills / piloting    6. Occupational & industrial psychology    7. Psychology & Psychiatry / Occupational & Industrial Psychology   

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Excerpt from Personnal Psychology Review!
Personnel Psychology, 2003: As you would expect in a comprehensive handbook, there is something for everyone: perspective, techniques, guidelines, conceptual frameworks, research findings, and comprehensive reference lists. It is a genuine portal into the vast interdisciplinary world of consulting psychology for practitioners, academics, researchers, and students. Bon appetit! Stephen Hrop, Personnel Psychology, 2003, p. 785. Comprehensive Book on Organizational Consulting!
Wow! Incredibly comprehensive coverage of topics in organizational consulting. Destined to be a "classic" for years to come. Shows what works and doesn't in organizational consulting. Assessment, interventions, ethics, outcomes--it's all here!

A must read for every consultant.
The 31 chapters organized into 8 sections are a treasure for any one who serves in a consulting role. The text is written for psychologist but is of extraordinary value for consultants in all domains. Of broad interest are the chapters on "Assessing Candidates for Leadership Positions," "Individual Level Variables," "The Effectiveness of Executive Coaching," "Integrating Individual Assessment, Position Requirements, Team-Based Competencies, and Organizational Vision," "Successfully Implementing Teams," "Proactive Ways to Improve Leadership Performance," and two areas on Organizational Performance. Well worth both the price and the time to read it. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Industrial & Organizational Psychology    2. Mental Health    3. Organizational behavior    4. Organizational change    5. Psychology    6. Psychology, Industrial    7. Occupational & industrial psychology    8. Psychology & Psychiatry / Occupational & Industrial Psychology    9. Social, group or collective psychology   

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Sensemaking fails to translate theory into practice
Weick's book is thoroughly researched, drawing its insights from psychological and organisational studies. Powerful insight into how people work together
This book has a very academic tone but it has some powerful implications for anyone in business. The book makes a number of points that are not intuitive but that are very powerful. For example, he talks about the advantages of speed, confidence, and plausibility in problem solving and why they may be more important than accuracy ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business / Economics / Finance    3. Business/Economics    4. Communication in organizations    5. Industrial & Organizational Psychology    6. Management - General    7. Organizational Behavior    8. Psychology, Industrial    9. Business & Economics / Business Ethics    10. Occupational & industrial psychology    11. Organizational theory & behaviour   

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A milestone integration of applied pyschology
Wickens' book, though slightly dated, provides an integrative review of applied psychological research that remains without peer.It offers students of engineering and design a solid theoretic pillar for therelevant psychological issues.Paired with an applications-oriented textof similar quality, one has much of the material needed for agraduate-level introduction to human factors engineering. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. General    2. Human engineering    3. Human-machine systems    4. Industrial & Organizational Psychology    5. Mental Health    6. Psychology    7. Psychology, Industrial    8. Psychology & Psychiatry / General