1.3 Design of Each Chapter

Each chapter begins with a clear outline of what aspects are covered in the chapter to help students know what the learning objectives are. We then introduce the chapters and expand on the knowledge areas paying attention to the levels of headings so as to allow the text to "breathe" with the reader. Within each chapter we incorporate an International Organizational Behavior in practice which we label "IOB in Practice" so as to allow students to engage with how such theories or knowledge is manifested in the international environment. Each chapter ends with a self-assessment exercise as well as one or more international mini cases connected with the chapter theme. Case studies in each chapter portray real-life International Organizational Behavior or IOB situations in action. As students have to be able to relate to these experiences, these projects have been designed with them in mind. Some are classics reprinted with permission from materials we had developed and published before, others were created by the authors of this book.

We also include vignettes that are original contributions by IOB leaders in the field so as to inspire and help students know some of the interesting, exciting and vibrant work of some of the leaders in the field. These leaders include Henry Mintzberg, Edwin A. Locke, Edward Lawler III, Rosalie L. Tung, Abraham K. Korman, Cary L. Cooper, Edgar H. Schein, Nancy J. Adler, and Chris Argyris.