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Ropes to Skip and the Ropes to Know Studies in Organizational Behavior

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ISBN-10: 0471736465

ISBN-13: 9780471736462

Edition: 7th 2007 (Revised)

Authors: R. Richard Ritti, Steven Levy

List price: $97.95
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Now in it's seventh edition, this OB reader continues to both instruct and entertain the current generation of students and professionals about workplace realities. This book consists of a series of short, interwoven stories about the operations at a single, mythical company seen through the eyes of an employee. It reveals the psychological processes and social mores at work in a company, and it is uniquely valuable for helping to bridge the gap between theory and practice. It immerses readers in the "real-world" workplace as no other text does, and provides just enough theory to make sense of it. The new edition will continue with the same premise and will contain updated stories and…    
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Book details

List price: $97.95
Edition: 7th
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/7/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English

Steven Levy is a senior editor for "Newsweek." For ten years he wrote the "Iconoclast" column for "MacWorld" magazine. His previous books include "Hackers" & "Artificial Life."

Prologue
Celebrating Your Layoff
Enter the Men's Hut: Corporate Culture and Socialization
Of Culture and Matreshka Dolls
De Gustibus Non Disputandum Est: Socialization and Perception
Hi, Call Me _
The Power of Positive Thinking
Cleanliness Is Next To ...?
Look of a Winner
Almost Too Good to Be True?
Just in Case
The Sincerest Form of Flattery
Hi, Sweetie ...
But Some are More Equal Than Others: Socialization and Attribution
Bad Apples at Abu Ghraib?
Cat in the Hat
Rocky
My Brother's Keeper
You Can't Be Too Careful
Scarlet Letter
What Can't Be Cured Must Be Obscured: The Myth and Mystery of Motivation and Decision Making
Mr. Li's Gong: Motivating with Shame
Doin' What Comes Natcherly: Motivation and Reinforcement Theory
Fair Day's Work
Player Piano
Am I Invisible?
Back to the Drawing Board
Saga of the IBM PC-Part I
Rite of Passage
Finishing School at Salomon Brothers
Sunrise Service
Who Could Have Known?
Made to Measure
Measurement of Results and the Results of Measuring
Spend It, Burn It ...
To Be or not to Be: Managerial Decision Making and Motivation
Excess Inventory
Like It Is
Hold That Line
The Rating Game
Innovation in Appraisals
Watchdogs
Top Secret
Safe Driving Tips
As I Recall
Figures Don't Lie ...?
Giving Your Best
Fixing the Facts
Whatsoever Ye Soweth, That Shall Ye Also Reap: The Romance of Leadership and the Forms of Communication
Skate Fast Over Thin Ice: The Myth of Leadership, Perception, and Attribution
Creating the Illusion of Control
The Men's Hut
Better the Devil You Know ...
Success Story
A Model Corporate Career
Stitch in Time
By Your Works Shall Ye Be Known
The Million Dollar Misunderstanding
The Pearl
The Saga of the IBM PC-Part II
Most Valuable Player
Actions Speak Louder Than Words: Communication as Myth, Symbol, and Ritual
No Threat Here to the Theory of the System
Coffee Break
Society of Equals
Praise/Criticism
Bite of the Apple
Beyond the Call of Duty
Spacemen
Extra Effort
Incredible
My Object all Sublime, I Shall Achieve in Time: Power, Stratification, and Managerial Mobility
The Race is Not to the Swift, Nor the Battle to the Strong: Mobility and the Power of Lower Organizational Participants
Your Job? My Reputation!
Ted's Boy
Rightsizing
Convenants and Carnage
Friday Go to Meetin'
More "Exercise" for the Faithful
Ghosting for Gain
Don't Ask
Point of No Return
To Everything There Is a Season
Haste Makes Waste
There, But for the Grace of God, Go I: Power, Status, and Cooling Out the Mark
All for the Best in This Best of All Possible Worlds
Cool Green
Small Is Beautiful
More Bang for the Buck
Individual Contributor
Drug Bust
The Threefold Way
Conclusion
Epilogue
Endnotes
Selected Readings
Index