Balance today's most recent organizational behavior developments and trends with proven classic management ideas when you use Griffin/Phillips' ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR: MANAGING PEOPLE AND ORGANIZATIONS, International Edition14E. This applied, student-oriented approach emphasizes how to think and act like a successful manager as students examine the fundamentals of employee behavior. Updated learning features and chapter-opening 'Real-World Challenges,' the latest research findings and revised content all reflect today's most recent changes in organizational behavior (OB). Current, applied examples from well-known organizations work with in-chapter cases, self-assessments, video cases and exercises to create a reader-friendly focus. Students examine OB's most pressing issues as they develop the skills, tools and resources to personally succeed and effectively lead others in the modern workplace. MindTap digital resources further reinforce critical OB concepts.

As the space age got underway in the wake of Sputnik, one of the earliest areas of science to take advantage of the new observational opportunities it afforded was the study of climate and weather. This book tells the story of Finnish-American educator, inventor, and scientist Verner Suomi, who, in those early days of space science, brought his pragmatic engineering skills to bear on finding ways to use our new access to space to put observational instruments into orbit. In 1959, Suomi's work resulted in the launching of Explorer VII, a satellite that measured the earth's radiation budget, a major step in our ability to understand and forecast weather. Drawing on personal letters and oral histories, the book presents a rounded picture of the man who launched the field of satellite meteorology--in the process changing forever the way we understand and interact with the weather around us.

Companies can find and explore different methods for evaluating current employees in this thorough and systematic guide. Discussing the primary goals of internal assessment--such as determining candidates for training, reassignment, promotion, or dismissal; deciding what developmental projects to assign employees; or effectively establishing who to dismiss and who to work hard to retain during downsizing--this manual relates the importance of this critical staffing function that many employees often do very poorly. Examining two models in-depth, this reference also shows different ways of evaluating a company's actual staffing procedures, making this a comprehensive guide.