Product Description: This book is based upon a review of interdisciplinary literature in the fields of medical sociology, health psychology, health education, behavioral health, health prevention, public health, organizational behavior and development, human resources, stress management, marketing, and evaluation research...read more

With over ninety percent of new material, the author has changed the approach of his text to a more readable and practical direction, to be of use to both academics and managers-administrators. The nine chapters explore various information, learning and development strategies for proactively managing and mastering the challenge of change; using open systems thinking and managing; the development of an active learning model to increase personal and organizational effectiveness; stimulating creativity for innovation; self-management strategies for behavioral change, increasing motivation, reaching goals, and learning actively over a lifetime; wellness and stress; organizational health promotion; the challenges of leadership; managing corporate culture; and the uses of human resources management/ development strategies for mastering the future challenges of change.

Product Description: This new second edition has been reconstructed and rewritten to cover emerging issues and trends impacting the modern family, while continuing to analyze important traditional topics. It highlights five themes: family prevention and wellness; family stress, work and personal life; the growing influence of media, computers and high technology; the need for all family members to acquire family resource skills and learn strategies for negotiation, decision-making, managing conflict, and finances; and the process of seeking professional help and therapy...read more

This collection of readings explores some possible blind spots in our traditional thinking about organizations. Emhasizes the need for new concepts and intellectual "handles" that help us grasp some of the essentials of organizational life during turbulent and uncertain times. Useful for the student of sociology, industrial psychology, and management.