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This book presents a summary and integration of 25 years of research on a theory that is both valued and useful. Beginning with the premise that goals affect action, the authors investigate all avenues of this theory and its implications for organizational psychology and behavior.

A Theory of Goal Setting & Task Performance

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Robert E. Wood

Edwin A. Locke

Gary P. Latham

Ken J. Smith

Psychology & Counseling

Pearson College Div

Becoming the Evidence-Based Manager: Making the Science of Management Work for You

Into this action-ready toolkit, Gary Latham brings his unique perspective as an organizational psychologist and award-winning researcher to translate management research of the past 50 years into everyday examples of proven guidelines for handling the most common challenges managers face in effectively managing people. In simple and practical language, Becoming the Evidence-Based Manager describes field-tested tools and techniques, provides plenty of examples that demonstrate how to apply them, and explains in detail why they work in building high performance.

Business & Money

Business Culture

Davies-Black Publishing / Society for Human Resource Management

NEW 2ND EDITION WILL BE PUBLISHED JUNE 5TH, 2018 Over the past decade, the call for evidence-based management has been on the rise. Managers have become increasingly skeptical of advice that is based soley on anecdotes, otherwise known as the "art of management"; they demand, instead, proof that the management practices espoused by the authors in the field are truly effective. Becoming the Evidence-Based Manager delivers the goods, covering a wide range of critical management skills, such as hiring, inspiring, training, developing, motivating and coaching. Readers are rewarded with a thorough understanding of how to put the science of management to work for themselves and their organizations. An organizational psychologist by training and experience, author Gary Latham brings a unique perspective to the art-versus-science debate as he underscores the critical role that empirical research plays in successfully hiring and managing employees. Latham advocates using the "situational" interview style in the hiring process over the "free-flowing" one, for example, as it's proven more effective in assessing a candidate's skills and aptitude. Written in an accessible, conversational style, Becoming the Evidence-Based Manager draws upon 50 years of management research, and provides front-line managers with key lessons and tips to help them put research to everyday use on the job. From hiring and training to supervising and appraising, managers and leaders will learn proven techniques for achieving high performance from their employees.

Nicholas Brealey Publishing

Developing and Enhancing Teamwork in Organizations: Evidence-Based Best Practices and Guidelines

Deborah Cohen

Scott Tannenbaum

Jossey-Bass

New Developments in Goal Setting and Task Performance

Routledge

Rethinking Peacebuilding: The Quest for Just Peace in the Middle East and the Western Balkans (Routledge Studies in Peace and Conflict Resolution)

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