What Is Organizational Behavior?

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What Is Organizational Behavior?
Personality and Person–Environment Fit
Emotions and Moods
Attitudes and Job Satisfaction
Perception, Decision Making, and Problem Solving
Leadership
Power and Politics
Motivation: Core Concepts
Motivation: Applications
Group Processes and Teams
Managing Conflict and Negotiation
Organizational Communication
Diversity and Cross-Cultural Adjustments
Organizational Culture
Leading Change and Stress Management

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Question 1

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Modern organizational behavior studies started with ______ .

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a 2008 to 2010 Gallup study

Frederick Taylor in the 1900s

Elton Mayo's Hawthorne Studies

Chester Barnard

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Question 2

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The Hawthorne researchers discovered that for workers ______ was more important than previously known in understanding performance.

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an incentive system

the human element

standards of production

dimmed lights

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Question 3

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Organizational behavior is the study of ______ .

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strategic management processes

information technology

individuals at home

individuals and their behaviors at work

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Question 4

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Leadership and organizational behavior falls under the category of ______ psychology.

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cognitive

developmental

applied social

personality

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Question 5

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Kristen manages a group of workers. She wants to see how her employees would handle positive responses to their attitudes and performances. This is called ______ .

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Taylorism

the Hawthorne effect

scientific management

Gallup study

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Question 6

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Applied social psychology is the science of ______ .

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how people address significant challenges

how people interact in groups

how people address insignificant challenges and interact in groups

how people interact in groups and address significant challenges

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Question 7

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Goals of science are ______ .

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description, analysis, explanation, control

description, prediction, explanation, control

analysis, prediction, explanation, control

explanation, control, evidence, description

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Question 8

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Evidence-based management (EBM) can be defined as ______ .

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the ability to translate research to practice

the ability to translate practice to research

the ability to translate theory to research

the ability to translate research to theory

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Question 9

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Which of the following is a discipline that organizational behavior draws from?

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social media

mathematics

information technology

applied psychology

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Question 10

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Empathy wages refers to ______ .

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sick pay

gifts to employees

bereavement pay

performance incentives

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Question 11

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Evidence-based management is originally from the field of ______ .

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management

psychology

medicine

science

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Question 12

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Which of the following is one of the sources of information for EBM?

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the best available hypothetical evidence

the best available statistical evidence

the best available stakeholder evidence

the best available organizational evidence

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Question 13

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Which of the following is a standard for leaders asking questions using EBM?

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be accepting of "breakthrough" ideas

discourage collective brilliance

stop treating old ideas like new ones

always trust new claims of management principles

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Question 14

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How is EBM different in the global world than in North America?

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Nothing differs.

Everything differs.

One needs to question if the North American EBM will apply abroad.

One does not need to question things before going overseas.

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Question 15

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Critical thinking has been around ______ .

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since the 1950s

since the ancient Greeks

since the 1900s

since World War I

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Question 16

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With regard to EBM, leaders are encouraged to emphasize drawbacks as well as ______ .

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failures

hindrances

virtues

deal breakers

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Question 17

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Being able to illustrate sound practices is important but it should never replace ______ with regard to EBM.

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valid research methods

old theories

critical thinking

scientific management

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Question 18

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How are ideologies and theories viewed when it comes to EBM?

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with great care

with neutrality

with concern

with reluctance

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Question 19

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How does EBM improve a leader's decisions?

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It encourages taking everything into consideration.

It encourages taking nothing into consideration.

It encourages being disciplined with application and using current and relevant scientific evidence.

It encourages taking advice from peers and subordinates.

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Question 20

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Fanta has just recently been promoted to a new leadership role with her company. She wants to make sure that she takes the right steps when making decisions. What should she avoid using?

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evidence-based management

critical thinking

collective brilliance

relying on sound practice without research

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