Exam 1: Introduction to the Field of Organizational Behaviour

Communications, marketing, and information systems are three emerging fields from which organizational behaviour is now acquiring knowledge.

Which of the following is a form of knowledge acquisition?

Intellectual capital consists of

The relatively new field of research that has emerged with the objective of identifying internal systems and structures that are associated with successful companies is called:

Ethics refers to the study of moral principles or values that determine whether actions are right or wrong and outcomes are good or bad.

According to the author of Canadian Organizational Behaviour, organizational behaviour knowledge:

Under what conditions should organizations ''unlearn''?

Which of these statements about the field of organizational behaviour is TRUE?

The high-performance work practices perspective supports the idea that organizations should strive to find "one best way" to do things.

Which of the following statements about the field of organizational behaviour is FALSE?

Social entities are called organizations only when their members work interdependently toward some purpose.

Which of the following is NOT a concern expressed with respect to high-performance work practices (HPWP) perspective?

Work-live balance refers to minimizing conflict between work and nonwork demands

An important principle in organizational behaviour is that OB theories should never be used to question or rebuild one's mental models.

Stakeholders include

Sociology is one of the few disciplines that has not made any contribution to organizational behaviour knowledge.

The most efficient companies are not necessarily the most effective ones

All organizations have a collective sense of purpose.

The contingency anchor in organizational behaviour suggests that a particular action may have different consequences in different situations.

Milton Friedman is the greatest advocate of the triple-bottom-line philosophy