Exam 1: Organizational Behavior

A focus on profits,competition,and productivity are benchmarks of which concept?

Which of the following theories focuses on character and the various ways that people practice moral standards in a community,thereby facilitating happiness?

Explain any four implications of the ideal types.

According to the virtue theory approach,_____ is one of the cardinal virtues.

According to the sustainable OB approach,what should the planning phase of the management process involve?

Which of the following is considered a priority in the conventional OB approach?

A _____ approach of planning emphasizes how managers work alongside others to set goals and design strategies.

_____ refers to explaining human behaviour in organizations,which includes examining the behaviour of individuals,groups,or all the members of an organization as a whole.

_____ are the actions of a person that are noble or have value regardless of the end result or consequences.

From a conventional OB perspective,which of the following management functions uses systems and interpersonal human skills to influence others to achieve organizational goals?

Evidence suggests that the number of practitioners and scholars practicing and promoting a __________________to OB is growing to meet the complex challenges of the future.

Understanding how both sustainable and conventional organizational behavioural approaches involve different values can help students develop their own ________ skills.

From a conventional OB perspective,which of the following management functions focuses on how managers set goals and design strategies to achieve them?

From the _________________ perspective,the purpose of human behaviour is not simply to maximize individual material interests; rather,the purpose of human behaviour is to maximize people's happiness,which Aristotle called the "supreme good."

The virtue of ____________,a hallmark of sustainable organizing,is evident when managers structure work to improve overall happiness even if it might reduce their own status or power.

_____ refer to a person's capability to understand complex issues and underlying causes and to solve problems with broad implications.

What is management and list its various functions?

Because a sustainable approach to _____________recognizes that individual and community well-being are closely related,members strive to make decisions that reflect the needs of multiple stakeholders (an organization's members,customers,owners,suppliers,and neighbours).

One of the priorities in the conventional OB approach involves:

Which of the following statements is true of the conventional perspective of organizational behaviour?