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Handbook Principles of Organizational Behavior: Indispensable Knowledge for Evidence-Based Management
The handbook, now in its second edition, fulfills a promise made when the first behavioral research in organizations began (Munsterberg, 1913 ) at the outset of the 20th century. It identifies general principles, validated by science, for managing people, work, and organizations well. Mastering these principles is the essential focus of high- caliber management education and effective workplace practice.
This book helps the reader to close the gap between the mass of scientific knowledge on organizational behavior and the day to day decisions made in organizations. Managers typically make decisions using the knowledge they already possess. Few base their professional decisions on systematic knowledge of organizations and human behavior. Even managers with advanced training often possess little knowledge of scientific facts about the work they do. Further, many management educators do not keep up with the ever accumulating state of knowledge in management research (Rousseau, 2006) . By helping to close the research practice gap, this handbook offers both practitioners and educators the opportunity to bring their own professional practices up to speed, building on the best available scientific evidence.
Scientific evidence is acquired through direct experience, controlled observation, measurement, and experimentation. It is both an epitome of human knowledge and a project involving many thousands of people. The science in this book stands in contrast to the business hype and fads pushed by self appointed gurus, who offer a good story and one size fits all solutions, but not scientific evidence. Acting on unsubstantiated beliefs and trendy claims ultimately wastes an organization’s time and money and the efforts of many well - meaning people. Failed efforts to improve the workplace take a toll on organizational well being and performance and on the relationship between an organization’s leaders and its members.
As Thomas Huxley said, “ The deepest sin against the human mind is to believe things without evidence. ” Managing by evidence and fact means taking action based on core principles and fundamental truths developed through science and systematic observation. Decisions made on this sensible and reliable foundation, in turn, build employee trust that managers are competent and well informed (Colquitt and Salam, Chapter 21 ). The handbook provides this foundation.
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