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Teaching Leadership and Organizational Behavior through Humor

Laughter as the Best Teacher

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  • © 2012

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Editors:
  1. Joan Marques
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  2. Satinder Dhiman
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  3. Jerry Biberman
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Table of contents (75 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. The Corporate Workplace

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. There Will Always Be Exceptions to the Rule

      • Joan Marques
      Pages 3-4

    3. I Do Not Need the Footrest Anymore

      • Satinder Dhiman
      Pages 5-6

    4. Where Are We Going?

      • Jerry Biberman
      Pages 7-7

    5. Gorilla in Aisle Two

      • Robert S. Fleming
      Pages 9-12

    6. Just Doing Our Job

      • Joan Marques
      Pages 13-14

    7. And the Deaf Shall Hear

      • Edwina Pio, Isaac Pio
      Pages 15-16

    8. Who’s in My Audience, and What Do They Need?

      • Edward Rockey
      Pages 17-18

    9. Whose Chair Is It Anyway?

      • Edwina Pio, Isaac Pio
      Pages 19-20

    10. Everyone Recognized the People behind the Curtain

      • Edwina Pio, Isaac Pio
      Pages 21-23

    11. Making a Big Impression

      • Joan Marques
      Pages 25-26

    12. Festive Decorations in the Neighborhood

      • Robert S. Fleming
      Pages 27-29

    13. Client Retention with Dogged Determination

      • Tammra Furbee
      Pages 31-33

    14. Feng Shui De-Clutter

      • Edwina Pio, Isaac Pio
      Pages 35-36

    15. How Did We Decide That?

      • Jerry Biberman
      Pages 37-38

    16. There’s No Substitute for an Alarm Clock

      • Robert S. Fleming
      Pages 39-42

    17. A Swift Job

      • Joan Marques
      Pages 43-44

    18. Compliment or Insult?

      • Jerry Biberman
      Pages 45-46

    19. Stripping Down

      • Edwina Pio, Isaac Pio
      Pages 47-48
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About this book

A unique, non-traditional, Organizational Behavioral-oriented book that is geared toward flexible leadership, and that offers a series of funny, yet thought-provoking, motivating, growth-oriented jokes and humor anecdotes that will help readers tap into their internal locus of control.

Reviews

"Finally! A book with serious lessons, presented in a lighthearted, amusing way. This work is perfectly tailored to the needs of current and future generations of learners, who are always searching for a quick but strong message that 'sticks' Humor does! A marvelous idea!" - Marshall Goldsmith, #1 Leadership Thinker in the World, Harvard Business Review

"Thanks to this wonderful book, Organizational Behavior professors and coaches now have a tool to make their workshops interesting from start to end, and contribute to their audience's health at the same time: through laughter!" - Ian I. Mitroff, author, Dirty Rotten Strategies, and A Spiritual Audit of Corporate America

About the authors

Regina Bento, University of Baltimore, USA Bob Lazzarini, Antioch University, USA Tom Conklin, Gannon University, USA M. Eileen Higgins, Frostburg University, USA Marjo Lips-Wiersma, University of Canterbury, New Zealand Ian Mitroff, Alliant University, USA Robert Fleming, Rowan University, USA Lynn D. Bowes-Sperry, Western New England University, USA Lorianne D. Mitchell, East Tennessee State University, USA Jane D. Parent, Merrimack College, USA Kathi Lovelace, Menlo College, USA Michael Morris, University of New Haven, USA Lisa T. Stickney, University of Baltimore, USA Mala Kapadia, S.P. Jain Institute of Management & Research, Mumbai, India Nathan Hartman, John Carroll University, USA Barbara Plester, University of Auckland, New Zealand Chellie Spiller, AUT University, Auckland, New Zealand William Van Buskirk, La Salle University, USA Edwina Pio, AUT University, Auckland, New Zealand Ken Levitt, East Stroudsburg University, USA Varinder Kumar University, Punjab, India

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