Download or read book Organizational Behavior and Public Management, Revised and Expanded written by Michael L. Vasu and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1998-03-03 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Organizational Behavior and Public Management reveals how organizational behavior enables managers to direct resources that advance the programs and policies of public and government. This edition offers a public sector perspective of core topics, such as communication, decision-making, leadership, management ethics, motivation, organizational change, participation and performance appraisal. Contemporary Psychology called this book "skillful and comprehensive...There is a need for a text like this...the device of juxtaposing theory and application is a sound one." The authors discuss such topics as communication, decision making, worker participation and total quality management, organizational change, management systems, information, computers and organization theory in public management.