MGT 291 EXAM 1 CHAPTERS 1-8
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (VERIFIED
AND UPDATED)
Organizational Behavior - ANS Field of study devoted to understanding, explaining, and
ultimately improving the attitudes and behaviors of individuals and groups in organizations.
What are the two outcomes of Organizational Behavior? - ANS 1.) Job Performance
2.) Organizational Commitment
Job Performance - ANS How Well employees do their job
Organizational Commitment - ANS Whether they reamin with the company
Name all Four Methods of Knowing - ANS 1.) Experience
2.) Intuition
3.) Authroity
4.) Science
Method of Expierence - ANS When people hold firmly to some belief because it is consistent
with their own experience and observations.
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, Method Of Intuition - ANS When people hold firmly to some belief because it "just stands to
reason"—it seems obvious or self-evident.
Method of Authroity - ANS When people hold firmly to some belief because some respected
official, agency, or source has said it is so.
Method of Science - ANS When people accept some belief because scientific studies have
tended to replicate that result using a series of samples, settings, and methods.
Theory - ANS A collection of verbal and symbolic assertions that specify how and why
variables are related, as well as the conditions in which they should (and should not) be related.
Hypothesis - ANS Written predictions that specify relationships between variables.
What is a weak, moderate, strong correlation - ANS 0.1= Weak, 0.3= Moderate, 0.50=Strong
Correlation - ANS The statistical relationship between two variables. Abbreviated r, it can be
positive or negative and range from 0 (no statistical relationship) to 1 (a perfect statistical
relationship).
Causation - ANS Causation does not equal Correlation it just means it is a direct result
Task Performance - ANS Employee behaviors that are directly involved in the transformation
of organizational resources into the goods or services that the organization produces.
Routine Task Performance - ANS Well-known or habitual responses by employees to
predictable task demands.
Adaptive Task Performance - ANS Thoughtful responses by an employee to unique or unusual
task demands.
@2026/2027 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (VERIFIED
AND UPDATED)
Organizational Behavior - ANS Field of study devoted to understanding, explaining, and
ultimately improving the attitudes and behaviors of individuals and groups in organizations.
What are the two outcomes of Organizational Behavior? - ANS 1.) Job Performance
2.) Organizational Commitment
Job Performance - ANS How Well employees do their job
Organizational Commitment - ANS Whether they reamin with the company
Name all Four Methods of Knowing - ANS 1.) Experience
2.) Intuition
3.) Authroity
4.) Science
Method of Expierence - ANS When people hold firmly to some belief because it is consistent
with their own experience and observations.
@2026/2027 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
, Method Of Intuition - ANS When people hold firmly to some belief because it "just stands to
reason"—it seems obvious or self-evident.
Method of Authroity - ANS When people hold firmly to some belief because some respected
official, agency, or source has said it is so.
Method of Science - ANS When people accept some belief because scientific studies have
tended to replicate that result using a series of samples, settings, and methods.
Theory - ANS A collection of verbal and symbolic assertions that specify how and why
variables are related, as well as the conditions in which they should (and should not) be related.
Hypothesis - ANS Written predictions that specify relationships between variables.
What is a weak, moderate, strong correlation - ANS 0.1= Weak, 0.3= Moderate, 0.50=Strong
Correlation - ANS The statistical relationship between two variables. Abbreviated r, it can be
positive or negative and range from 0 (no statistical relationship) to 1 (a perfect statistical
relationship).
Causation - ANS Causation does not equal Correlation it just means it is a direct result
Task Performance - ANS Employee behaviors that are directly involved in the transformation
of organizational resources into the goods or services that the organization produces.
Routine Task Performance - ANS Well-known or habitual responses by employees to
predictable task demands.
Adaptive Task Performance - ANS Thoughtful responses by an employee to unique or unusual
task demands.
@2026/2027 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
