Exam 1: Introduction to the Field of Organizational Behaviour

Which of the following typically results in a loss of organizational memory?

Which of the following concept is most closely associated with corporate social responsibility?

Psychology and sociology have contributed many theories and concepts to the field of organizational behaviour.

Organizations should ''unlearn'':

Which of the following is NOT an anchor of organizational behaviour?

Virtual work:

Which of the following relates to the perspective that organizations are open systems?

Which of the following is an example of knowledge acquisition?

According to a recent survey,93 percent of Canadians believe that corporate social responsibility is as important to companies as profit and shareholder value.

According to recent surveys about one-third of Canadians would take a pay cut to improve their work-life balance.

Intellectual capital includes relationship capital.

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

Marketing specialists at Napanee Beer Co.developed a new advertising campaign for summer sales.The ads were particularly aimed at sports events where Napanee Beer sold kegs of beer on tap.The marketing group worked for months with a top advertising firm on the campaign.Their effort was successful in terms of significantly higher demand for Napanee Beer's keg beer at sports stadiums.However,the production department had not been notified of the marketing campaign and was not prepared for the increased demand.The company was forced to buy empty kegs at a premium price.It also had to brew some of the lower-priced keg beer in vats that would have been used for higher-priced specialty beer.The result was that Napanee Beer sold more of the lower-priced keg beer and less of the higher-priced products that summer.Moreover,the company could not initially fill consumer demand for the keg beer,resulting in customer dissatisfaction.Use open system perspective to explain what has occurred at Napanee Beer Co.

Experimentation is considered a valid knowledge acquisition strategy.

One problem with the term "organizational effectiveness'' is that it has too many substitute labels,and almost as many definitions.

Structural capital refers to buildings and other depreciable tangible assets.

An aircraft manufacturing company developed a computer simulation representing the very complex processes and subgroups that create an airplane.Teams of production employees would participate in a game where trainers gave them the challenge of reducing costs or minimizing space using the simulation.As the trainers predicted,the team's actions would almost always result in unexpected consequences.Explain how this simulation relates to the open systems perspective of organizational behaviour.

Organizational effectiveness,and not profitability,is considered the "ultimate dependent variable" in organizational behaviour.

Twice each year,a major car parts manufacturer brings together production and engineering specialists from its eight divisions to discuss ideas,solutions,and concerns.This helps to minimize the ''silos of knowledge'' problem that exists in many organizations.This practice is primarily an example of:

The open systems perspective of organizational behaviour states that: