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Review: “ an excellent and practical guide in business and positive psychology, with inspirational ideas that can be quickly understood and implemented.”
-Celia Pyne, Director, Zest4Development Ltd.
“key concepts clearly and snappily presented.”
-Professor Binna Kandola, Senior Partner Pearn Kandola
“ A highly informative and concisely written resource combining depth of insight with plenty of practical application for busy professionals and students of management alike.”
-David E Gray, Professor of Management Learning, Surrey Business School,University of Surrey
Description: Top Business Psychology Models is a quick, accessible overview of the fundamental theories and frameworks that will help you understand human behavior, emotions and cognition at work. Each model is presented in a short and crisply written summary, which can be easily converted into materials for use in training or coaching conversations. Clear, succinct and well referenced chapters also offer routes into accessing further information.
Free of academic jargon, Top Business Psychology Models explains all the main theories and models used by psychologists, giving you all the essential information to immediately implement business psychology techniques in your organization.
Contents: Part one:The individual at work: What makes people do things? Maslow’s hierarchy of needs • How can we become more engaged with work? Flow • How can people develop their self-awareness? Mindfulness • Helping others to set goals. The GROW model • How can people learn to be more optimistic? Learned optimism • Why did they do that? Attribution theory • How can we make sense of who we are? Personality trait and type theory • How does psychological testing work? Psychometrics • How do we think about others thinking? Theory of mind and emotional intelligence • How can we manage our negative thinking. Cognitive behavioural model • How can job performance be accurately and fairly assessed? Behaviourally anchored rating scales (BARS) • How do people cope with change? Phrases of change models • How do we understand different types of people? Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) • How do we know if someone is telling us a lie? Facial displays • How can people understand and build on their strengths? Values in Action Inventory of Strengths ( VIA-IS) • What can employers do to improve the mood and commitment of their staff? Psychological capital • How to help people cope well with change. Three phases of transition • Where does motivation come from? Self-determination theory • How can we rely on psychometric tests? Reliability and validity • How can people change their behaviours? Transtheoretical Mode of Change • How do people positively handle trauma? Post-traumatic growth theory. • How can people develop their capacity to cope with adversity? ResilienceISBN - 9780749464653
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Pages : 224
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