Exam 1: What Is Organizational Behavior

Which of the following is not a reason why business schools have begun to include classes on organizational behavior?

According to Luthans' research, successful managers, meaning those that were quickly promoted, spent more of their time on ________ than on any other activity.

Which one of the following would not be considered a human skill of a manager?

Organizational behavior is constructed from all of the following disciplines except ________.

The science that seeks to measure, explain, and sometimes change the behavior of humans and other animals is known as ________.

Which of the following is not one of the four primary management functions?

Which of the following fields has most helped us understand differences in fundamental values, attitudes, and behavior among people in different countries?

Why is it important to complement intuition with systematic study in our attempts to understand behavior within organizations?

Which of the following has not contributed to blurring the lines between employees' work life and personal life?

Analyzing relationships, determining causes and effects, and basing conclusions on scientific evidence all constitute aspects of ________ study.

Describe how one of the sciences that contributes to organizational behavior could be used in EBM. Define the science, some of the science's contributions to OB, and describe a workplace example of how it could be used in EBM.

The manager at a construction site observes that he is spending a great deal of time interviewing prospective employees. This is due to the large amount of absenteeism and turnover among his skilled workers. On questioning exiting employees he discovers that many of them quit because they feel the work place is too dangerous. In particular, several foremen have stated that the need to get the job done quickly is more important than a few rules, and have gone as far as to mock the courage of workers who question this attitude. -Which of the following is an independent variable which is likely to be the root cause of the workplace deviant behavior the manager has observed?

What term is used to describe voluntary and involuntary permanent withdrawal from an organization?

Describe the three essential management skills that differentiate effective managers from ineffective ones. Provide a workplace example of how these skills could be used when dealing with the challenge of a workplace recession.

Allison and Gail both are studying for a final exam. Both have a goal of attaining a grade of 91 or better. Gail studied 6 hours and made a grade of 92. Allison studied for 9 hours and also made a grade of 92. -Which of the students was more productive?

You are bringing together faculty from different behavioral disciplines to author a new textbook in organizational behavior. Represented are professors from psychology, sociology, social psychology, anthropology, political science, and industrial engineering. -You should expect that the faculty member from ________ will probably contribute information about large-scale group behavior.

Individual-level independent variables include all of the following except ________.

What do the authors of the textbook advise?

Monitoring, comparing, and correcting activities are all included in the controlling function.

Jill is valued by her colleagues for her ability to perform effective break-even analysis on upcoming ventures. In this case, her colleagues value her for competencies that fall within which essential management skills categories?