Organizational Behaviour: Understanding and Managing Life at Work 10th edition by Gary Johns Test ba
10) The interventions or technologies for change proposed by the field of organizational behaviour (such as certain forms of supervision and job design) most clearly reflect which goal of the field?
A) Prediction
B) Analysis
C) Explanation
D) Management
E) Innovation
Answer: D
Diff: 2 Type: MC Page Ref: 10
Skill: Applied
Objective: 1.2 Explain the concept of organizational behaviour and describe the goals of the field.
11) A supervisor is aware that a large proportion of his employees are absent on Fridays. However, he doesn't know why they are absent and he can't figure out what to do about it. Which goal of the field of organizational behaviour has the supervisor achieved?
A) Prediction
B) Analysis
C) Explanation
D) Management
E) Diagnosis
Answer: A
Diff: 2 Type: MC Page Ref: 9
Skill: Applied
Objective: 1.2 Explain the concept of organizational behaviour and describe the goals of the field.
12) When we say that the relationship between job satisfaction and turnover is contingent on the labour market, we mean that
A) the condition of the labour market influences the extent to which satisfaction predicts turnover.
B) job satisfaction depends on the condition of the labour market.
C) turnover will result in job dissatisfaction when jobs are plentiful.
D) turnover is wholly determined by the condition of the labour market.
E) workers will be less likely to quit their jobs in a strong labour market.
Answer: A
Diff: 3 Type: MC Page Ref: 14
Skill: Applied
Objective: 1.2 Explain the concept of organizational behaviour and describe the goals of the field.
13) Human resources management refers to
A) the attitudes and behaviours of individuals and groups in organizations.
B) an approach to management that recognizes there is no one best way to manage.
C) programs, practices, and systems for improving the attitudes and behaviours of individuals and groups in organizations.
D) programs, practices, and systems to acquire, develop, and retain employees in organizations.
E) programs, practices, and systems to make an organization more effective.
Answer: D
Diff: 1 Type: MC Page Ref: 5
Skill: Recall
Objective: 1.2 Explain the concept of organizational behaviour and describe the goals of the field.
14) Management and organizational behaviour are two different terms for the same thing.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 1 Type: TF Page Ref: 5
Skill: Recall
Objective: 1.2 Explain the concept of organizational behaviour and describe the goals of the field.
15) The text suggests that, in general, explaining behaviour is a more complex process than predicting behaviour.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 2 Type: TF Page Ref: 9
Skill: Recall
Objective: 1.2 Explain the concept of organizational behaviour and describe the goals of the field.
16) Organizational behaviour is defined, in the text, as those employee behaviours that contribute to the achievement of organizational goals.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 1 Type: TF Page Ref: 5
Skill: Recall
Objective: 1.2 Explain the concept of organizational behaviour and describe the goals of the field.