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BU288 OB MIDTERM 1 TESTBANK NEWEST
ACTUAL EXAM WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS (DETAILED
ANSWERS) ALREADY GRADED A+ 100%
GUARANTEED TO PASS CONCEPTS!!!
1) The most important goal of virtually all organizations
is
A) employee development.
B) profit.
C) increased productivity.
D) survival.
E) cost reduction. - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ D
2) Organization survival is often dependent on how well
the organization can adapt. Which of the following
behaviours on the part of individuals is necessary for the
organization to survive?
A) Being innovative.
B) Being motivated to join and remain with the
organization.
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C) Performing their work in terms of productivity,
quality, and service.
D) Being flexible.
E) All of the above. - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ E
3) Which of the following statements best defines an
"organization"?
A) A social convention for accomplishing individual goals
through group effort.
B) A collection of formally organized social entities.
C) A social invention for accomplishing common goals
through group effort.
D) A combination of people and physical capital
designed to accomplish a common goal.
E) A group which accomplishes common goals through
social interactions and individual effort. - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ C
4) Organizational behaviour is interested in
A) the behaviours of individuals and groups in
organizations.
B) the structure of organizations.
C) the formation of groups in organizations.
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D) the attitudes of individuals and groups in
organizations.
E) all of the above. - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ E
5) A large Canadian corporation has recently merged
with a French company. Which of the following is least
likely to be related to the field of organizational
behaviour?
A) The impact of different cultural values on the newly
merged company.
B) The adoption of a bilingual communication policy for
all announcements in the employee newsletter.
C) The development of an organizational structure for
the newly merged company.
D) The adoption of a new leadership style and the
subsequent resignation of two executives in Canada.
E) The legal restrictions pertaining to share ownership in
the newly merged company. - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ E
6) Management is defined as
A) the art of getting things accomplished through others.
B) the art which prescribes how things get accomplished
in organizations.
C) the art of telling people what to do.
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D) the art of getting people to do what you want.
E) the art of controlling employees. - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ A
7) Who was the father of scientific management?
A) Frederick Taylor
B) Lyndall Urwick
C) Elton Mayo
D) Max Weber
E) Henri Fayol - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ A
8) Scientific Management is the process of
A) using research to develop the optimum degree of
specialization and standardization of work tasks.
B) establishing objective criteria for promotion and
selection of employees.
C) developing a strict chain of command.
D) developing a strict set of rules and regulations.
E) centralizing power at the top of organizations. -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ A
9) When we say that organizations are social inventions
we mean that
BU288 OB MIDTERM 1 TESTBANK NEWEST
ACTUAL EXAM WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS (DETAILED
ANSWERS) ALREADY GRADED A+ 100%
GUARANTEED TO PASS CONCEPTS!!!
1) The most important goal of virtually all organizations
is
A) employee development.
B) profit.
C) increased productivity.
D) survival.
E) cost reduction. - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ D
2) Organization survival is often dependent on how well
the organization can adapt. Which of the following
behaviours on the part of individuals is necessary for the
organization to survive?
A) Being innovative.
B) Being motivated to join and remain with the
organization.
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C) Performing their work in terms of productivity,
quality, and service.
D) Being flexible.
E) All of the above. - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ E
3) Which of the following statements best defines an
"organization"?
A) A social convention for accomplishing individual goals
through group effort.
B) A collection of formally organized social entities.
C) A social invention for accomplishing common goals
through group effort.
D) A combination of people and physical capital
designed to accomplish a common goal.
E) A group which accomplishes common goals through
social interactions and individual effort. - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ C
4) Organizational behaviour is interested in
A) the behaviours of individuals and groups in
organizations.
B) the structure of organizations.
C) the formation of groups in organizations.
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D) the attitudes of individuals and groups in
organizations.
E) all of the above. - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ E
5) A large Canadian corporation has recently merged
with a French company. Which of the following is least
likely to be related to the field of organizational
behaviour?
A) The impact of different cultural values on the newly
merged company.
B) The adoption of a bilingual communication policy for
all announcements in the employee newsletter.
C) The development of an organizational structure for
the newly merged company.
D) The adoption of a new leadership style and the
subsequent resignation of two executives in Canada.
E) The legal restrictions pertaining to share ownership in
the newly merged company. - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ E
6) Management is defined as
A) the art of getting things accomplished through others.
B) the art which prescribes how things get accomplished
in organizations.
C) the art of telling people what to do.
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D) the art of getting people to do what you want.
E) the art of controlling employees. - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ A
7) Who was the father of scientific management?
A) Frederick Taylor
B) Lyndall Urwick
C) Elton Mayo
D) Max Weber
E) Henri Fayol - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ A
8) Scientific Management is the process of
A) using research to develop the optimum degree of
specialization and standardization of work tasks.
B) establishing objective criteria for promotion and
selection of employees.
C) developing a strict chain of command.
D) developing a strict set of rules and regulations.
E) centralizing power at the top of organizations. -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ A
9) When we say that organizations are social inventions
we mean that
