Understanding People at Work: A Manager's Guide to the Behavioral Sciences

Contents include: Work & Morale, What Motivates People?, Helping People Increase Their Motivation, Changing People's Behavior, What Goes On Between People, People in Groups, The New Leadership, The Effective Organization, Organization Development.  From the Preface: "This book has been conceived and written for anyone who wants a clearer understanding of how research in the behavioral sciences is affecting and improving the quality of our working lives...Much of the work of behavioral scientists today is devoted to studying...objectives and helping us be more effective in achieving them...The purpose of this book is to identify the patterns of that research and to define its direction.

Understanding people at work: A manager's guide to the behavioral sciences

Business & Money

Quick, Thomas L.

Management & Leadership

PRENTICE/HALL

Executive Enterprises

Shows managers how to enhance employee motivation through strategies that include making a job more valuable without paying more, matching employees' personal goals with their work, and coaching, criticizing and rewarding effectively

The Quick Motivation Method

St Martins Pr

Offers advice on dealing with common management problems in areas including leadership, conflicts, communication, firing, sexism, and promotions

Quick Solutions: 500 People Problems Managers Face and How to Solve Them

John Wiley&Sons, Inc.

This is a reference tool for managers to consult when they are dealing with problem behavior or performance in subordinates. The 500 problems discussed are real problems--other managers have had them--and this book provides solutions to them. The problems included are specific and the breadth of problems is wide. Subject categories include problem employees, sexism, meetings, you and your boss, you and your peers, you and your subordinates, you and your career. Material is arranged in an easy-to-locate question-and-answer format. Problems and solutions extensively cross-referenced.

wiley

Presents a systematic approach to enhancing the motivating forces in employees so that they will be able and willing to produce or work more effectively. Written by a veteran manager, consultant and speaker, this is a comprehensive and highly readable handbook for the working manager. Covers the entire spectrum--setting goals, establishing standards, increasing the value of the work, providing feedback, counseling, criticising, etc. Provides many practical options to suit any manager's individual style, the corporate culture, and the needs of the subordinate, and offers practical ``how-to'' information for each situation covered. For the more experienced manager, the book reviews effective ways of dealing with common problems. The author's frequent use of sample dialogue is a refreshing and thorough technique which further captures the immediacy of each problem situation.

The Manager's Motivation Desk Book

Ronald Press

Noted management authority Thomas Quick has identified and solved more than 200 specific situations involving work relationships. Comprises one of the handiest, most useful sources for solving the daily people problems that hinder optimal performance as well as a no-nonsense guide to developing managerial skills including leadership, decision making, motivation, performance appraisal, problem solving, guiding meetings and teams, career advancement and much more.

Managing People at Work: Desk Guide

Human Resources

Executive Enterprises Pubns Co

The Persuasive Manager: How to Sell Yourself and Your Ideas

Chilton Book Company

Making Your Sales Team #1

Discusses how a sales team's performance can be enhanced through continuous training and coaching and how managers can assess their own effectiveness in supporting change and motivating personnel

Amacom Books

Working in teams brings benefits to both team members and organizations for which they work. If you are a team leader, you know that getting commitment isn't always easy. SUCCESSFUL TEAM BUILDING shows you how to motivate team members, and so reap the benefits. You'll learn how to build team commitment, deal with team conflict, use creativity in problem solving and decision making, and evaluate and reward team players. The result? Your team will respond favorably to your efforts. And your boss will notice too.

Successful Team Building (Worksmart Series): A Worksmart Book

Business Culture

AMACOM

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Understanding people at work: A manager's guide to the behavioral sciences

Understanding People at Work: A Manager's Guide to the Behavioral Sciences

The Quick Motivation Method

Quick Solutions: 500 People Problems Managers Face and How to Solve Them

Quick Solutions: 500 People Problems Managers Face and How to Solve Them

The Manager's Motivation Desk Book

Managing People at Work: Desk Guide

The Persuasive Manager: How to Sell Yourself and Your Ideas

Making Your Sales Team #1

Successful Team Building (Worksmart Series): A Worksmart Book