Afsaneh Nahavandi

The Art and Science of Leadership delves into what it takes to be an effective leader. With strong theoretical coverage and cutting-edge research, the text provides a cross-cultural and integrative analysis of leadership in today's organizations. The 8th Edition continues its focus on application, offering numerous opportunities for you to apply and reflect on leadership concepts in your own development. New examples, exercises, research and a THINK-KNOW-DO roadmap ensure you have everything you need to make better managerial decisions in a complex and dynamic global environment.

The phenomenon of global organizations reminds us that cross-cultural management is more prevalent than ever. While it may not be possible to develop in-depth knowledge of all cultures, a person can develop a way of thinking where they integrate culture in all of their deliberations, decisions, and behaviors. Such an approach is transformative and involves adopting a cultural mindset, understanding culture’s power as a frame of reference, and developing a new way of thinking. The book The Cultural Mindset is based on Dr. Nahavandi’s years of teaching, researching, and consulting with many businesses on cross-cultural issues. Built around a think-know-do model, the text enables readers to adopt a cultural mindset that will effectively guide their thinking and behavior as future managers. Through case studies and self-assessments, the book allows students to develop a broader view of culture that is beyond learning skills and competencies. Additionally, by focusing on culture in general, the book allows readers to address both national cultural issues, such as how to work in another country or manage a multi-national team, and diversity issues, such as the glass ceiling or discrimination in the workplace. The key underlying theme for both topics is how culture, national or group-related, impacts our perspective – what we value, how we think, how we behave, and how we manage people effectively. Each chapter will include a focus on both informational and transformational learning through: Cases and examples that will question assumptions and emphasize applicabilitySelf-assessments to make the concepts personal and relevant, and encourage self-reflectionExamples to help students understand those conceptsSpecific exercises and/or reflections to help students apply information to their own personal and professional life

Get 12 months FREE access to an interactive eBook* when you buy the paperback* This new textbook discusses all the major topics of organizational behavior emphasizing how individuals, groups, and organizations interact to contribute to organizational success and achievement. It challenges the readers to develop greater personal, interpersonal, and organizational skills, and utilize these strengths competently in the organizational environment. The book adopts a strengths-based and action-oriented approach while integrating important concepts such as leadership, creativity, and innovation and their role in the global society. Key Features: • Focus on understanding and applying concepts to real world scenarios through creative and innovative thinking • Emphasis on building inner-strength, positive outlook, and improved self-awareness • Encourages self-learning through Cases, Critical Thinking Questions, Self-Assessment Features • ‘Global Perspective' feature in each chapter to illustrate nuances of managing human behavior in a globally integrated society • Chapter-end ‘Applications for Managers' section provides additional practical tips demonstrating how concepts are to be implemented in the real-life situations • Complementary chapters on ‘Fostering Creativity and Innovation' and ‘Communicating Effectively with Others' on the companion web site *interactivity only available through Vitalsource eBook

This unique text thoroughly explores the topic of organizational behavior using a strengths-based, action-oriented approach with a strong emphasis on creativity, innovation, and the global society. By focusing on the interactions among individuals, groups, and organizations this text illustrates how organizational behavior topics fit together. A unique set of pedagogical features challenge students to develop greater personal, interpersonal, and organizational skills in business environments as well as utilize their own strengths and the strengths of others to achieve organizational commitment and success.

The purpose of this interdisciplinary book on the implementation of mergers is to point to the importance of organizational culture and people in the successful management of mergers. The authors provide a framework for analyzing and managing the process of merging cultures, people, and strategies. The framework is based on the concept of acculturation, which has been used extensively in anthropology as a basis for understanding and addressing cultural clashes. The authors demonstrate that similarity between two cultures is neither necessary nor always helpful in easing the tensions between merging partners. Rather, they propose that organizations need to actively negotiate the terms of cultural combination. Such negotiations have to take into account the culture, strategy, leadership, and structure of both firms.The first part of the book lays the foundation for understanding mergers from a strategic and cultural point of view by defining organizational culture, presenting the strategic options in mergers, and by describing the challenges presented by the merger of two structures. The second part of the book focuses on the process of acculturation and the special role of leadership in the formulation and implementation of mergers. The third part of the book presents four case studies and analyses representing the four distinct ways in which two organizations can acculturate to each other. Culture, strategy, structure, and leadership are interwoven in each of the cases. The book ends with a look at the future of mergers in light of the demographic and economic predictions for the next century. This book will help managers and students of mergers better understand and manage mergers.