Organizational Behavior: An Evidence-Based Guide for MBA Students

This book provides guidelines that students and professionals can relate to, pointing to relevant cases and methods. ​At the MBA Level, students have proven interested and seek further exploration of the concepts learned through college and their personal experiences in the field. As organizations become more diverse, there is a need to discuss and reference updated academic research on all seven major OB topics: Individual differences, motivation, teams, decision making, communication and conflict, leadership, and organizational processes. The book incorporates the post-pandemic perspectives on each topic. Example topics include personal value changes (chapter 2), challenges in motivation (chapter 3), virtual teams (chapter 4), decision making behavior forces during pandemic (chapter 5), zoom communication fatigue (chapter 6), leading in time of crises (chapter 7), and organizational change (chapter 8). This MBA guidebook will help students navigate the rapidly changing work landscape by tapping into some of the fundamental aspects of human behavior, allowing them to approach diverse human interactions from a more personal perspective.

Ning Hou is an associate professor at the department of Management and Entrepreneurship at St. Cloud State University. Her research interests include personalized targeting on social media, personal data value worth, and decision-making biases. Ning’s favorite class to teach is Organizational Behavior, where she collaborated with all the students to turn ideas into books, cases, and research projects.

James Tan is a Professor of Management at St. Cloud State University. He has published research in journals such as the Journal of Management and the Journal of Applied Psychology. His research interests focus on the impact of individual difference variables on various organizational outcomes.

Gustavo Valdez Paez is an Entrepeneur with extensive experience in the hospitality industry, multimodal logistics and multimedia production. His research interests include Cross-Cultural Communication and Supply Chain Automation through AI. His hobbies are DJing and producing Hip-Hop music using hardware samplers, collecting headphones and painting.