Exam 1: Effective Managers Understand Organizational Behavior

What is adaptiveness and its importance to an organization?

Organizational survival is related to the ability of management to receive,transmit,and file information.

To be successful,managers will need to harness the power of __________ and human capital.

How well a firm _______________ and motivates a skilled workforce will have a major impact on its ability to compete in the global marketplace.

Efficiency is defined as the ratio of outputs to inputs.

The field of organizational behavior focuses on just two levels of analysis: individual and group.

What principles did Fredrick Taylor advocate?

In a general sense,technology is the process that converts raw materials or intellectual capital into products or services.

Describe the findings of the Hawthorne studies.

Fayol's theory of management emphasized the importance of all of the following except:

The introduction of _______________ fostered an era of "information technology."

______________ suggests that an organization is a managed system that changes inputs into outputs.

The overarching criterion that cuts across each effectiveness dimension is _______________.

How have the findings of the Hawthorne studies been criticized?

Which of the following has contributed to the study of organizational behavior?

The ____________ studies are still considered the major impetus behind the emphasis on understanding and dealing with human resources.

The economic data churned out by the government every month fails to identify whether workers are working harder or smarter.

List three ways productivity may be measured.

World trade is growing at a slower rate than is world gross domestic product.

Mary Parker Follett was one of the first management theorists to promote participatory decision making and decentralization.