OB MIDTERM MCMASTER EXAMPREP CERTIFICATION EVALUATION EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026

OB MIDTERM MCMASTER EXAMPREP
CERTIFICATION EVALUATION EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026

◉ organizational behaviour is concerned with groups because
Answer: -informal groups can influence organizational effectiveness


-organizations depend on interaction and coordination among
people to accomplish their goals


-much work is performed by formal work groups


-groups can influence new organizational members


◉ effective management or organizational behaviour
Answer: is predicated on good prediction and explanation of
behaviour


◉ a social invention for accomplishing goals through group effort is
an
Answer: organization

, ◉ the interventions of technologies for change proposed by the field
or organizational behaviour most clearly reflect which goal of the
field
Answer: management


◉ if prediction and explanation constitute analysis, then
management constitutes
Answer: behaviour


◉ when we say the relationship between job satisfaction and
turnover is contingent on the labour market, we mean that
Answer: the condition of the labour market influences the extent to
which satisfaction predicts turnover


◉ when I say that management style is contingent upon the tasks
my employees are performing, i mean that
Answer: the type of task determines my management style


◉ what is one of the most important contingency variables i
organizational behaviour?
Answer: national culture


◉ the Hawthorne studies illustrated how