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  • 1.  Undergraduate OB textbook recommendation

    Posted 10-03-2016 13:08

    Dear Colleagues,


    I have been using Organization Theory, Design, and Change by Gareth Jones to teach my undergraduate OT course for the past 10 years. Unfortunately, Prentice Hall has discontinued the title and the latest edition is getting old. Could you recommend another textbook for teaching org. theory and design to undergraduates? Textbooks for that level are difficult to find. I'd appreciate any advice you have.


    Thank you!


    -Julie


    Dr. Julie Urda

    Associate Professor of Management

    jurda@ric.edu

    Rhode Island College

    600 Mt. Pleasant Ave.

    Providence, RI 02908




  • 2.  Undergraduate OB textbook recommendation

    Posted 10-03-2016 13:30
    Hi Julie,

    I used Daft & Armstrong's Organization Theory & Design for the couple of times I taught OT. It's pretty good in terms of the extra instructor materials that you get (e.g. test bank, slides) and you can always supplement it with a packages of articles. I liked the way it brought all of the topics back to organizational structure.

    Opal
    Opal Leung, PhD
    Assistant Professor
    Room 393
    Schwartz School of Business,
    St. Francis Xavier University,
    P.O. Box 5000
    Antigonish, NS B2G 2W5
    CANADA
    Tel: (902) 867-4925

    On Oct 3, 2016, at 2:08 PM, Urda, Julie wrote:

    Dear Colleagues,

    I have been using Organization Theory, Design, and Change by Gareth Jones to teach my undergraduate OT course for the past 10 years. Unfortunately, Prentice Hall has discontinued the title and the latest edition is getting old. Could you recommend another textbook for teaching org. theory and design to undergraduates? Textbooks for that level are difficult to find. I'd appreciate any advice you have.

    Thank you!

    -Julie

    Dr. Julie Urda
    Associate Professor of Management
    Rhode Island College
    600 Mt. Pleasant Ave.
    Providence, RI 02908





  • 3.  Undergraduate OB textbook recommendation

    Posted 10-03-2016 19:50
    Hi Julie,

    I have used the book suggested before. But there is one which is not as conventional: Reframing Organizations By Lee G. Bolman and Terrence E. Deal!

    You don't find too many text books in OT because many programs have dropped this course!

    Thanks,
    Ivan

     _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

    Dr. R. Ivan Blanco

    Department of Management - Retired Faculty

    McCoy College of Business Administration    

    Texas State University

    San Marcos, TX 78666

    Phone (512) 754-9581 rb39@txstate.edu dr_r_i_blanco@msn.com

     

    From: Organizational Behavior Division Listserv [OB@AOMLISTS.AOM.ORG] on behalf of Opal Leung [oparu@MAC.COM]
    Sent: Monday, October 03, 2016 12:30 PM
    To: OB@AOMLISTS.AOM.ORG
    Subject: Re: [OB-LIST] Undergraduate OB textbook recommendation

    Hi Julie,

    I used Daft & Armstrong's Organization Theory & Design for the couple of times I taught OT. It's pretty good in terms of the extra instructor materials that you get (e.g. test bank, slides) and you can always supplement it with a packages of articles. I liked the way it brought all of the topics back to organizational structure.

    Opal
    Opal Leung, PhD
    Assistant Professor
    Room 393
    Schwartz School of Business,
    St. Francis Xavier University,
    P.O. Box 5000
    Antigonish, NS B2G 2W5
    CANADA
    Tel: (902) 867-4925

    On Oct 3, 2016, at 2:08 PM, Urda, Julie wrote:

    Dear Colleagues,

    I have been using Organization Theory, Design, and Change by Gareth Jones to teach my undergraduate OT course for the past 10 years. Unfortunately, Prentice Hall has discontinued the title and the latest edition is getting old. Could you recommend another textbook for teaching org. theory and design to undergraduates? Textbooks for that level are difficult to find. I'd appreciate any advice you have.

    Thank you!

    -Julie

    Dr. Julie Urda
    Associate Professor of Management
    Rhode Island College
    600 Mt. Pleasant Ave.
    Providence, RI 02908





  • 4.  Undergraduate OB textbook recommendation

    Posted 10-03-2016 14:50
    I use Robbins & Judge through Pearson. 

    Dr. Tony Daniel 

    On Oct 3, 2016, at 13:08, Urda, Julie <jurda@RIC.EDU> wrote:

    Dear Colleagues,


    I have been using Organization Theory, Design, and Change by Gareth Jones to teach my undergraduate OT course for the past 10 years. Unfortunately, Prentice Hall has discontinued the title and the latest edition is getting old. Could you recommend another textbook for teaching org. theory and design to undergraduates? Textbooks for that level are difficult to find. I'd appreciate any advice you have.


    Thank you!


    -Julie


    Dr. Julie Urda

    Associate Professor of Management

    jurda@ric.edu

    Rhode Island College

    600 Mt. Pleasant Ave.

    Providence, RI 02908




  • 5.  Undergraduate OB textbook recommendation

    Posted 10-03-2016 15:19
    Robbins and Judge has a very thorough text a decent change management chapter.

    Nicole Cundiff PhD
    Associate Professor of Business Administration
    Interim Chair Business Administration
    University of Alaska Fairbanks
    School of Management
    Phone: 907-474-5401


    On Mon, Oct 3, 2016 at 10:49 AM, Dr. Tony Daniel <hightideconsulting@comcast.net> wrote:
    I use Robbins & Judge through Pearson. 

    Dr. Tony Daniel 

    On Oct 3, 2016, at 13:08, Urda, Julie <jurda@RIC.EDU> wrote:

    Dear Colleagues,


    I have been using Organization Theory, Design, and Change by Gareth Jones to teach my undergraduate OT course for the past 10 years. Unfortunately, Prentice Hall has discontinued the title and the latest edition is getting old. Could you recommend another textbook for teaching org. theory and design to undergraduates? Textbooks for that level are difficult to find. I'd appreciate any advice you have.


    Thank you!


    -Julie


    Dr. Julie Urda

    Associate Professor of Management

    jurda@ric.edu

    Rhode Island College

    600 Mt. Pleasant Ave.

    Providence, RI 02908