Question 1

"Productive failures" are mistakes that ineffective managers make and that tend to get repeated.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Your overweight friend Joe has asked for your advice on improving his health and losing weight.Outline a plan for him based on the five behavior-based strategies toward self-management.

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Question 3

According to the work of professors Erich Dierdorff,Robert Rubin,and Fredrick Morgeson,which of the following key general work activities is the most critical to a manager's success?

Accepted Answer

A) Managing administrative activities 
B) Managing strategy/innovation 
C) Managing human capital 
D) Managing the task environment 
E) Managing tools and technology

Question 4

Which of the following is a managerial reality?

Accepted Answer

A) Great managers are born that way;teaching management has limited value. 
B) People generally manage the way they have been taught to manage. 
C) People join managers but they leave organizations. 
D) Managers get rewarded for what they do,not for what their employees do. 
E) People problems are far more complex than any other organizational problem.

Question 5

Easy goals lead to higher effort than challenging goals.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

What is a personal quality checklist (PQC)? What are the specific steps associated with this approach?

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Question 7

List any three myths of personal effectiveness.

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The answer of List any three myths of personal effectiveness....

Question 8

Describe organizational behavior.How does it relate to effective managerial practices?

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Question 9

Describe the three broad categories of competencies required for managing people.

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Question 10

Understanding the various functions of business is categorized as the conceptual competency of a manager.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Describe the four critical components of learning through observation that Albert Bandura has outlined in his social learning theory.

Accepted Answer

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Question 12

Collecting and analyzing an enormous amount of information is an example of an administrative competency.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

As Dion waited to be called in for his job interview,he kept repeating to himself,"I know I'm the best-fit candidate for this job!" What behavior-focused self-management strategy was he practicing?

Accepted Answer

A) Self-observation 
B) Self-set goals 
C) Management of cues 
D) Positive self-talk and rehearsal 
E) Self-reward and punishment

Question 14

Ability and personality are two types of important individual differences to consider in management training.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Which of the following is true about little e evidence?

Accepted Answer

A) Goal setting has substantial little e evidence support. 
B) It represents a systematic form of research. 
C) It is often summarized in meta-analyses. 
D) Quality improvement processes such as Six Sigma provide little e evidence. 
E) It is likely to be the best source for informing practices.

Question 16

Albert Bandura's social learning theory suggests that most learning is actually done through observation and modeling of the behaviors of others.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

List any three managerial realities.

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Question 18

Big E evidence represents organizational specific data collection efforts to inform a specific decision.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Albert Bandura outlines four critical components required to learn through observation: attention,recognition,feedback,and motivation.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Management skills are linked to a more complex knowledge base than other types of skills and are inherently connected to interaction with other people.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 1: Organizational Behavior and Your Personal Effectiveness

"Productive failures" are mistakes that ineffective managers make and that tend to get repeated.

Your overweight friend Joe has asked for your advice on improving his health and losing weight.Outline a plan for him based on the five behavior-based strategies toward self-management.

According to the work of professors Erich Dierdorff,Robert Rubin,and Fredrick Morgeson,which of the following key general work activities is the most critical to a manager's success?

Which of the following is a managerial reality?

Easy goals lead to higher effort than challenging goals.

What is a personal quality checklist (PQC)? What are the specific steps associated with this approach?

List any three myths of personal effectiveness.

Describe organizational behavior.How does it relate to effective managerial practices?

Describe the three broad categories of competencies required for managing people.

Understanding the various functions of business is categorized as the conceptual competency of a manager.

Describe the four critical components of learning through observation that Albert Bandura has outlined in his social learning theory.

Collecting and analyzing an enormous amount of information is an example of an administrative competency.

As Dion waited to be called in for his job interview,he kept repeating to himself,"I know I'm the best-fit candidate for this job!" What behavior-focused self-management strategy was he practicing?

Ability and personality are two types of important individual differences to consider in management training.

Which of the following is true about little e evidence?

Albert Bandura's social learning theory suggests that most learning is actually done through observation and modeling of the behaviors of others.

List any three managerial realities.

Big E evidence represents organizational specific data collection efforts to inform a specific decision.

Albert Bandura outlines four critical components required to learn through observation: attention,recognition,feedback,and motivation.

Management skills are linked to a more complex knowledge base than other types of skills and are inherently connected to interaction with other people.