Organizational Behavior: Improving Performance and Commitment in the Workplace 8th Edition By Jason
1.
Award: 10.00 points
2.
Award: 10.00 points
Strategic management focuses on the corporate tactics and industry characteristics that affect an
organization’s profitability.
True
False
Strategic management focuses on the corporate tactics and industry characteristics that affect an
organization’s profitability. A strategic management study might examine the relationship between
firm diversification (when a firm expands into a new product segment) and firm profitability.
References
True / False Difficulty: 1 Easy Learning Objective: 01-01 What is the
definition of "organizational behavior"
(OB)?
The theories and concepts found in OB are drawn from two disciplines: human resource
management and strategic management.
True
False
The theories and concepts found in OB are drawn from a wide variety of disciplines, such as
industrial and organizational psychology, social psychology, and anthropology. Models from
economics are used to understand motivation, learning, and decision making. This diversity brings a
unique quality to the study of OB.
References
True / False Difficulty: 1 Easy Learning Objective: 01-01 What is the
definition of "organizational behavior"
(OB)?
3.
Award: 10.00 points
4.
Award: 10.00 points
The two primary outcomes of interest to OB researchers, employees, and managers are job
performance and organizational commitment.
True
False
The two primary outcomes of interest to organizational behavior researchers (and employees and
managers) are job performance and organizational commitment.
References
True / False Difficulty: 1 Easy Learning Objective: 01-02 What are the
two primary outcomes in studies of OB?
Much of what we know about organizational behavior is considered universal and “culture free,”
meaning that managing people presents the same challenges everywhere.
True
False
Research has demonstrated that national cultures affect many of the relationships in the integrative
model of organizational behavior. Much of what we know about OB is not necessarily “universal” or
“culture free.”
References
True / False Difficulty: 1 Easy Learning Objective: 01-03 What factors
affect the two primary OB outcomes?
5.
Award: 10.00 points
6.
Award: 10.00 points
Learning and decision making deal with how employees gain job knowledge and how they use that
knowledge to make accurate judgments on the job.
True
False
Learning and decision making deal with how employees gain job knowledge and how they use that
knowledge to make accurate judgments on the job.
References
True / False Difficulty: 1 Easy Learning Objective: 01-03 What factors
affect the two primary OB outcomes?
Organizational behavior is a field of study taking the theories and principles of OB and exploring the
practical applications of those principles in organizations.
True
False
Human resource management takes the theories and principles studied in OB and explores the
practical applications of those principles in organizations.
References
True / False Difficulty: 1 Easy Learning Objective: 01-01 What is the
definition of "organizational behavior"
(OB)?
7.
Award: 10.00 points
8.
Award: 10.00 points
Like individual characteristics, group mechanisms shape satisfaction, stress, motivation, trust, and
learning.
True
False
The integrative model also acknowledges that employees do not work alone. Instead, they typically
work in one or more work teams. Like individual characteristics, these group mechanisms shape
satisfaction, stress, motivation, trust, and learning.
References
True / False Difficulty: 1 Easy Learning Objective: 01-03 What factors
affect the two primary OB outcomes?
To counter the effects of a bad product, effective management of OB can help improve the product
incrementally over the long term.
True
False
If a firm has a bad enough product, people won’t buy it, regardless of how happy, motivated, or
committed the company’s workforce is. Effective management of OB can help improve a product
incrementally over the long term.
References
True / False Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 01-03 What factors
affect the two primary OB outcomes?
9.
Award: 10.00 points
10.
Award: 10.00 points
According to the resource-based view of organizations, a firm’s resources include only financial and
Award: 10.00 points
2.
Award: 10.00 points
Strategic management focuses on the corporate tactics and industry characteristics that affect an
organization’s profitability.
True
False
Strategic management focuses on the corporate tactics and industry characteristics that affect an
organization’s profitability. A strategic management study might examine the relationship between
firm diversification (when a firm expands into a new product segment) and firm profitability.
References
True / False Difficulty: 1 Easy Learning Objective: 01-01 What is the
definition of "organizational behavior"
(OB)?
The theories and concepts found in OB are drawn from two disciplines: human resource
management and strategic management.
True
False
The theories and concepts found in OB are drawn from a wide variety of disciplines, such as
industrial and organizational psychology, social psychology, and anthropology. Models from
economics are used to understand motivation, learning, and decision making. This diversity brings a
unique quality to the study of OB.
References
True / False Difficulty: 1 Easy Learning Objective: 01-01 What is the
definition of "organizational behavior"
(OB)?
3.
Award: 10.00 points
4.
Award: 10.00 points
The two primary outcomes of interest to OB researchers, employees, and managers are job
performance and organizational commitment.
True
False
The two primary outcomes of interest to organizational behavior researchers (and employees and
managers) are job performance and organizational commitment.
References
True / False Difficulty: 1 Easy Learning Objective: 01-02 What are the
two primary outcomes in studies of OB?
Much of what we know about organizational behavior is considered universal and “culture free,”
meaning that managing people presents the same challenges everywhere.
True
False
Research has demonstrated that national cultures affect many of the relationships in the integrative
model of organizational behavior. Much of what we know about OB is not necessarily “universal” or
“culture free.”
References
True / False Difficulty: 1 Easy Learning Objective: 01-03 What factors
affect the two primary OB outcomes?
5.
Award: 10.00 points
6.
Award: 10.00 points
Learning and decision making deal with how employees gain job knowledge and how they use that
knowledge to make accurate judgments on the job.
True
False
Learning and decision making deal with how employees gain job knowledge and how they use that
knowledge to make accurate judgments on the job.
References
True / False Difficulty: 1 Easy Learning Objective: 01-03 What factors
affect the two primary OB outcomes?
Organizational behavior is a field of study taking the theories and principles of OB and exploring the
practical applications of those principles in organizations.
True
False
Human resource management takes the theories and principles studied in OB and explores the
practical applications of those principles in organizations.
References
True / False Difficulty: 1 Easy Learning Objective: 01-01 What is the
definition of "organizational behavior"
(OB)?
7.
Award: 10.00 points
8.
Award: 10.00 points
Like individual characteristics, group mechanisms shape satisfaction, stress, motivation, trust, and
learning.
True
False
The integrative model also acknowledges that employees do not work alone. Instead, they typically
work in one or more work teams. Like individual characteristics, these group mechanisms shape
satisfaction, stress, motivation, trust, and learning.
References
True / False Difficulty: 1 Easy Learning Objective: 01-03 What factors
affect the two primary OB outcomes?
To counter the effects of a bad product, effective management of OB can help improve the product
incrementally over the long term.
True
False
If a firm has a bad enough product, people won’t buy it, regardless of how happy, motivated, or
committed the company’s workforce is. Effective management of OB can help improve a product
incrementally over the long term.
References
True / False Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 01-03 What factors
affect the two primary OB outcomes?
9.
Award: 10.00 points
10.
Award: 10.00 points
According to the resource-based view of organizations, a firm’s resources include only financial and