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17) Betty believes that it is best to take the casual or common sense approach to reading others. She needs to remember that ________.A) the casual approach is nonsensical, and should be avoided as much as possibleB) the systematic approach and the casual approach are one and the sameC) laboratory experiments on human behavior often result in unreliable findingsD) the casual or common sense approach to reading others can often lead to erroneous predictionsE) behavior is unpredictable, hence there is no accurate way to analyze it
13) According to Luthans, if you want to be a successful manager, your time would be best spent on which managerial activity?A) Traditional managementB) CommunicationC) Human resource managementD) NetworkingE) Systems
18) Which of the following beliefs explains the usefulness of the systematic approach to the study of organizational behavior?A) Human behavior does not vary a great deal between individuals and situations.B) Human behavior is not random.C) Human behavior is not consistent.D) Human behavior is rarely predictable.E) Human behavior is often not sensible.
8) The purpose of organizational behavior is to ________.A) better understand managementB) improve an organization's effectivenessC) balance diversityD) create boilerplatesE) replace human resources
11) On average, managers spend most of their time doing which managerial activity?A) Traditional managementB) CommunicationC) Human resource managementD) NetworkingE) Systems
16) In order to predict human behavior, it is best to supplement your intuitive opinions with information derived in what fashion?A) common senseB) direct observationC) systematic studyD) speculationE) organizational theory
12) On average, managers spend the least amount of time doing which managerial activity?A) Traditional managementB) CommunicationC) Human resource managementD) NetworkingE) Systems
4) According to a recent large-scale survey, 58 percent of managers did not receive ________.A) pay incentivesB) trainingC) administrative supportD) insuranceE) office space
14) According to Luthans, if you want to be a successful manager, your time would be best spent not focusing on which managerial activity?A) Traditional managementB) CommunicationC) Human resource managementD) NetworkingE) Systems
7) The number of direct reports under a manager has increased from ________ to ________.A) 5; 7B) 4; 10C) 2; 7D) 1; 5E) 3; 4
9) According to Luthans, in addition to Traditional management roles, effective managers engage in all of the following activities except ________.A) Human resource managementB) NetworkingC) CommunicationsD) All of the aboveE) None of the above
15) According to Luthans, if you want to be an effective manager, your time would be best spent on which managerial activity?A) Traditional managementB) CommunicationC) Human resource managementD) NetworkingE) Systems
10) Navar is a manager at a mid-sized consulting first. Within his role, he is responsible for motivating those under him to go out and meet new clients. Which of the four managerial activities is Navar exhibiting?A) Traditional managementB) CommunicationC) Human resource managementD) NetworkingE) Systems
Companies, in order to deal with an aging labor, offer early retirement programs to their older employees, to induce which of the following?- Natural attrition- Hiring freeze- Transfers- Work sharing- Retraining
1) What are the three primary determinants of behavior in organizations?A) profit structure, organizational complexity, and job satisfactionB) individuals, profit structure, and job satisfactionC) individuals, groups, and job satisfactionD) groups, structure, and profit structureE) individuals, groups, and structure
Which of the following best describes a trend referred to as 'dejobbing' in organizations?- It refers to identifying the simplest way to structure work that maximizes efficiency and this most often entails making the work so simple that anyone can be trained quickly and easily to perform it.- It refers to a system which uses a common language that generalizes across jobs to describe more broadly the abilities, work styles, work activities, and work context required for various jobs.- It consists of viewing the organization as a field of work needing to be done rather than a set of discrete jobs held by individuals.- It refers to a standardized job analysis method containing question items that represent work behaviors, work conditions, and job characteristics and can be generalized across a variety of jobs.- It consists of putting more emphasis on detailed job descriptions than on broad worker specifications.
2) Which of the following is not a core topic of organizational behavior?A) motivationB) attitude developmentC) conflictD) resource allocationE) work design
3) Until the late 1980s, business school curricula emphasized the ________ aspects of management.A) ethicalB) peopleC) technicalD) humanE) globalAnswer: C
5) There is a connection between companies which have ________ and the incorporation of organizational behavior principles.A) high turnover ratesB) specialized technical processesC) superior financial performanceD) long-lasting CEO'sE) all of the above
6) is the study of the impact that individuals, groups, and structure have on behavior within organizations.A) LeadershipB) Organizational strategyC) Performance managementD) Employee relationsE) Organizational behavior