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Fincham & Rhodes: Principles of Organizational Behaviour: 4e

Chapter 01

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www.bfskinner.org: Go here to see how Burrhus Frederick Skinner is being remembered for his ground breaking work on Human behaviour. Web site includes info on books, events and recent developments in the field.

www.nobel.se/medicine/laureates/1904: Go here for information on Ivan Petrovich Pavlov. His legacy in Psychology is enormous and this website gives you a chance to read the lecture he gave in 1904, the year he won the Nobel prize.

www.shef.ac.uk/esrccoi/pdf/whatis/training_eval.pdf: A PDF of the 'What Is?' Training Evaluation fact sheet produced by the IWP (Institute of Work Psychology).

www.hr.com/hrcom/uploads/articlefiles/Stolovitch%20H%20Maximizing%20Transfer%20of%20Training.pdf: Go here to read about some recent research into the way in which people learn in organizations, and how we can improve the effectiveness of this.

www.brembs.net/operant: Go here for information from a lecture on operant conditioning including information on the schedules of reinforcement.

www.emeraldinsight.com/pdfs/awards2003/ijchm.pdf: Go here to read an article about how individuals learn in the workplace and how technology affects the relationship between the organization and the individual.

www.bus.umich.edu/FacultyBios/FacultyBio.asp?id=000119782: Go here to read about Karl E. Weick, professor of organizational behaviour and psychology. There are also some useful links to papers written by members of the department.

www.pitt.edu/~super1/lecture/lec3221/010.htm: Go here for an online lecture on the research method of meta-analysis. This method of analysis was used to assess the effectiveness of behaviour modification programmes in organizational settings.