Question 1

Which of the following are features of critical perspectives of organizational behaviour? Please select all that apply.

Accepted Answer

A)  Finding better ways of helping management increase profit 
B)  Looking from an employee perspective 
C)  Aiming for emancipation 
D)  Managing to increase shareholder value 
A)  Finding better ways of helping management increase profit 
B)  Looking from an employee perspective 
C)  Aiming for emancipation 
D)  Managing to increase shareholder value B,C

Question 2

Psychology seeks to measure, explain, and sometimes change human _______

Accepted Answer

behaviour.
Explanation: One of the underlying philosophical traditions that organizational behaviour is based on is psychology. Psychology is known as the science of the mind. It seeks to measure, explain, and sometimes change human behaviour.

Question 3

Place these in order of thinking in education (of low to high levels of critical thinking):

Accepted Answer

A)  Description, Explanation, Analysis, Critical Analysis 
B)  Understanding, Application, Analysis, Explanation 
C)  Explanation, Analysis, Description, Critical Analysis 
D)  Application, Description, Explanation, Analysis 
A)  Description, Explanation, Analysis, Critical Analysis 
B)  Understanding, Application, Analysis, Explanation 
C)  Explanation, Analysis, Description, Critical Analysis 
D)  Application, Description, Explanation, Analysis A

Question 4

The mainstream perspective assumes that organizations exist to make profit and that the goal of management theory is to achieve performance, efficiency, productivity, order, and control.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Which of the following are key underlying perspectives that inform organizational behaviour? Please select all that apply.

Accepted Answer

A)  Psychology 
B)  Economics 
C)  Sociology 
D)  Anthropology 
A)  Psychology 
B)  Economics 
C)  Sociology 
D)  Anthropology

Which of the following are features of critical perspectives of organizational behaviour? Please select all that apply.

Psychology seeks to measure, explain, and sometimes change human _______

Place these in order of thinking in education (of low to high levels of critical thinking):

The mainstream perspective assumes that organizations exist to make profit and that the goal of management theory is to achieve performance, efficiency, productivity, order, and control.

Which of the following are key underlying perspectives that inform organizational behaviour? Please select all that apply.

Organizational Structure, Design, and Bureaucracy

Rational Work Design

Developments in the Rational Organization

Discovering the Social Organization

Managing Groups and Teams

Organizational Culture

Personality and Individual Differences

Motivation and the Meaning of Work

Knowledge and Learning

Perception and Communication

Changing the Organization

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Leadership

Power and Politics

Work, Emotion and Aesthetics

Globalization

Corporate Social Responsibility

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Exam 1: Introducing Organizational Behaviour

Which of the following are features of critical perspectives of organizational behaviour? Please select all that apply.

Psychology seeks to measure, explain, and sometimes change human _______

Place these in order of thinking in education (of low to high levels of critical thinking):

The mainstream perspective assumes that organizations exist to make profit and that the goal of management theory is to achieve performance, efficiency, productivity, order, and control.

Which of the following are key underlying perspectives that inform organizational behaviour? Please select all that apply.

Organizational Structure, Design, and Bureaucracy

Rational Work Design

Developments in the Rational Organization

Discovering the Social Organization

Managing Groups and Teams

Organizational Culture

Personality and Individual Differences

Motivation and the Meaning of Work

Knowledge and Learning

Perception and Communication

Changing the Organization

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Leadership

Power and Politics

Work, Emotion and Aesthetics

Globalization

Corporate Social Responsibility

Filters