MANA 3315 Test 1
What is the field of study devoted to understanding and explaining the attitudes and
behaviors of individuals and groups in organizations? - answer Organizational Behavior
What takes the theories and principles studied in organizational behavior and explores
the "nuts and bolts" applications of those principles in organization? - answer Human
Resource Management
What focuses on the product choices and industry characteristics that affect an
organization's profitability?
Might examine the difference between firm diversification and firm profitability. - answer
Strategic Management
What are the two primary outcomes in studies of organizational behavior? - answer Job
Performance and Organizational Commitment
Most employees have two primary goals for their working lives: - answer To perform
their jobs well.
Remain a member of an organization that they respect.
Most managers have two primary goals for their employees: - answerTo maximize their
performance.
Ensure that they stay with the firm for a significant length of time.
What captures what employees feel when thinking about their jobs and doing their day-
to-day work? - answerJob Satisfaction
Another individual mechanism is ____, which reflects employees' psychological
responses to job demands that tax or exceed capacities. - answerStress
What is the first individual mechanism that captures the energetic forces that drive
employees' work effort? - answerMotivation
What is the second individual mechanism that reflects the degree to which employees
feel that their company does business with fairness, honesty, and integrity. -
answerTrust, Justice, and Ethics
What is the final individual mechanism shown in the model that deals with how
employees gain job knowledge and how they use that knowledge to make accurate
judgements on the job? - answerLearning and Decision Making
What is the field of study devoted to understanding and explaining the attitudes and
behaviors of individuals and groups in organizations? - answer Organizational Behavior
What takes the theories and principles studied in organizational behavior and explores
the "nuts and bolts" applications of those principles in organization? - answer Human
Resource Management
What focuses on the product choices and industry characteristics that affect an
organization's profitability?
Might examine the difference between firm diversification and firm profitability. - answer
Strategic Management
What are the two primary outcomes in studies of organizational behavior? - answer Job
Performance and Organizational Commitment
Most employees have two primary goals for their working lives: - answer To perform
their jobs well.
Remain a member of an organization that they respect.
Most managers have two primary goals for their employees: - answerTo maximize their
performance.
Ensure that they stay with the firm for a significant length of time.
What captures what employees feel when thinking about their jobs and doing their day-
to-day work? - answerJob Satisfaction
Another individual mechanism is ____, which reflects employees' psychological
responses to job demands that tax or exceed capacities. - answerStress
What is the first individual mechanism that captures the energetic forces that drive
employees' work effort? - answerMotivation
What is the second individual mechanism that reflects the degree to which employees
feel that their company does business with fairness, honesty, and integrity. -
answerTrust, Justice, and Ethics
What is the final individual mechanism shown in the model that deals with how
employees gain job knowledge and how they use that knowledge to make accurate
judgements on the job? - answerLearning and Decision Making
