Top Business Psychology Models - by Stefan Cantore & Jonathan Passmore (Paperback)

About the Book

This is a quick, accessible overview to the fundamental theories and frameworks of industrial and organizational psychology that can help explain ideas such as how to develop self-awareness, how to cope with change, and what behaviors improve team performance.

Book Synopsis

Top Business Psychology Models is a quick, accessible overview to the fundamental theories and frameworks that will help you understand human behaviour, emotions and cognition at work. Each model is presented in a short and crisply written summary, which could be easily converted into materials for use in training or in 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.

Review Quotes

"[A]n excellent and practical guide in business and positive psychology, with inspirational ideas that can be quickly understood and implemented." --Cella Payne, Director, Zest4Development Ltd.

"[K]ey 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

From the Foreword:

"We live in an ever complex, global and diverse organizational world where to remain competitive, organizations need to use and apply tools...that help them understand their human capital...That is the motivation behind this volume -- to provide leaders, HR executives, managers and coaches with a practical translation of the most impactful theories and models of human behavior published in organizational science." -- Eduardo Salas, Ph.D. Department of Psychology, University of Central Florida

About the Author

Stefan Cantore is a Senior Teaching Fellow in Organizational Behaviour and Human Resource Management at the University of Southampton Management School, UK. He is an experienced leadership and organizational development consultant with a practice focussed on helping leaders and organizations use conversation as a process for change.

Jonathan Passmore is a business psychologist with five degrees and has an international reputation for his work in coaching, change and leadership. He has published fourteen books on the themes of leadership, personal development and change.