OB Chapter 1 Test Questions and Answers Rated A
The description of an organization as more like a concerned with
snake pit, with daily conflict, distress and struggle
would come from which level within the a. psychosocial, interpersonal, and organizational
organization structure
b. psychosocial, interpersonal, and work design
a. group level c. interpersonal, group dynamics in
b. organizational level organizations, and work design
c. individual level d. psychosocial, interpersonal, and group
d. department level - ANSWER -individual dynamics in organizations - ANSWER -
level psychosocial interpersonal and group dynamics
in organizations
the snake pit metaphor of organization behavior
conveys the Which organizational variable is important to the
study of group dynamics
a. dark side of organizations
b. the dark side of human behavior a. organization structure
c. the dark side of competition b. the design of work
d. the dark side of the globalization of markets - c. job task
ANSWER -dark side of human behavior d. hierarchy of authority - ANSWER -design
of work
The study of individual and group dynamics in
organization settings describes the content of An internal perspective of human behavior tends
studying in to explain a persons action in terms of
a. job demands
a. organization theory b. personal value system
b. organization design c. task design
c. organizational behavior d. organization communication channels -
d. organizational development - ANSWER - ANSWER -personal value system
organizational behavior
All of the following are behavioral processes
The description of an organization as a clock except:
works in which human behavior is logical and
rational would come from which level within the a. cognition
organization b. perceiving
c. judging
a. individual level d. leading - ANSWER -leading
b. group or department level
c. organizational level
d. internal level - ANSWER -organization cognition perceiving and judging are examples of
level ______ - ANSWER -behavioral processes
THe study of organizational behavior is The internal or external perspectives offer what?
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, OB Chapter 1 Test Questions and Answers Rated A
What did KURT LEWIN state behavior is a
a. complementary explanations for human function of? - ANSWER -person and the
behavior environment
b. similar explanations for human behavior
c. conflicting explanations for human behavior
d. alternative explanations for human behavior - The science of human behavior and individual
ANSWER -alternative explanations for differences is
human behavior
a. anthropology
b. sociology
When a manager states, "Mary is an outstanding c. engineering
employee because she has a high need for d. psychology - ANSWER -psychology
achievement," the manager is using which
explanation for Mary's behavior?
When black and decker placed a special
a. internal emphasis on human productivity and efficiency
b. external through the application of organizational goal
c. interactive setting and differential piece rate systems, they
d. cultural - ANSWER -internal were borrowing ideas from the discipline of
a. psychology
When Mary's manager states"MAry is an b. anthropology
outstanding employee because she is paid c. sociology
extremely well" the manager is using which d. engineering - ANSWER -engineering
perspective for MArys behavior?
a. internal Black and Decker borrowed ideas from what
b. external discipline? - ANSWER -engineering
c. interactive
d. cultural - ANSWER -external
Research focusing on the variety of roles within a
society or culture highlights which disciplines
Kurt Lewin may have best captured alternative contribution to organizational behavior?
explanations for human behavior when he stated
behavior is a function of a. psychology
b. sociology
a. the individual personality and preferences for c. anthropology
leadership style d. medicine - ANSWER -Sociology
b. the consequences of compliant and deviant
behavior within social groups
c. culture and the systemic properties of the Culture and the study of learned behavior
organization
comprise the domain of - ANSWER -
d. the person and the environment -
anthropology
ANSWER -the person and the environment
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The description of an organization as more like a concerned with
snake pit, with daily conflict, distress and struggle
would come from which level within the a. psychosocial, interpersonal, and organizational
organization structure
b. psychosocial, interpersonal, and work design
a. group level c. interpersonal, group dynamics in
b. organizational level organizations, and work design
c. individual level d. psychosocial, interpersonal, and group
d. department level - ANSWER -individual dynamics in organizations - ANSWER -
level psychosocial interpersonal and group dynamics
in organizations
the snake pit metaphor of organization behavior
conveys the Which organizational variable is important to the
study of group dynamics
a. dark side of organizations
b. the dark side of human behavior a. organization structure
c. the dark side of competition b. the design of work
d. the dark side of the globalization of markets - c. job task
ANSWER -dark side of human behavior d. hierarchy of authority - ANSWER -design
of work
The study of individual and group dynamics in
organization settings describes the content of An internal perspective of human behavior tends
studying in to explain a persons action in terms of
a. job demands
a. organization theory b. personal value system
b. organization design c. task design
c. organizational behavior d. organization communication channels -
d. organizational development - ANSWER - ANSWER -personal value system
organizational behavior
All of the following are behavioral processes
The description of an organization as a clock except:
works in which human behavior is logical and
rational would come from which level within the a. cognition
organization b. perceiving
c. judging
a. individual level d. leading - ANSWER -leading
b. group or department level
c. organizational level
d. internal level - ANSWER -organization cognition perceiving and judging are examples of
level ______ - ANSWER -behavioral processes
THe study of organizational behavior is The internal or external perspectives offer what?
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, OB Chapter 1 Test Questions and Answers Rated A
What did KURT LEWIN state behavior is a
a. complementary explanations for human function of? - ANSWER -person and the
behavior environment
b. similar explanations for human behavior
c. conflicting explanations for human behavior
d. alternative explanations for human behavior - The science of human behavior and individual
ANSWER -alternative explanations for differences is
human behavior
a. anthropology
b. sociology
When a manager states, "Mary is an outstanding c. engineering
employee because she has a high need for d. psychology - ANSWER -psychology
achievement," the manager is using which
explanation for Mary's behavior?
When black and decker placed a special
a. internal emphasis on human productivity and efficiency
b. external through the application of organizational goal
c. interactive setting and differential piece rate systems, they
d. cultural - ANSWER -internal were borrowing ideas from the discipline of
a. psychology
When Mary's manager states"MAry is an b. anthropology
outstanding employee because she is paid c. sociology
extremely well" the manager is using which d. engineering - ANSWER -engineering
perspective for MArys behavior?
a. internal Black and Decker borrowed ideas from what
b. external discipline? - ANSWER -engineering
c. interactive
d. cultural - ANSWER -external
Research focusing on the variety of roles within a
society or culture highlights which disciplines
Kurt Lewin may have best captured alternative contribution to organizational behavior?
explanations for human behavior when he stated
behavior is a function of a. psychology
b. sociology
a. the individual personality and preferences for c. anthropology
leadership style d. medicine - ANSWER -Sociology
b. the consequences of compliant and deviant
behavior within social groups
c. culture and the systemic properties of the Culture and the study of learned behavior
organization
comprise the domain of - ANSWER -
d. the person and the environment -
anthropology
ANSWER -the person and the environment
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