Organizational Behaviour: Understanding and Managing Life at Work 10th edition by Gary Johns Test ba
A) Management
B) Prediction and explanation
C) Explanation and control
D) Prediction and management
E) Prediction and control
Answer: B
Diff: 2 Type: MC Page Ref: 9
Skill: Applied
Objective: 1.3 Define management and describe what managers do to accomplish goals.
3) If prediction and explanation constitute analysis, then management constitutes
A) change.
B) action.
C) behaviour.
D) structure.
E) reason.
Answer: B
Diff: 2 Type: MC Page Ref: 10
Skill: Recall
Objective: 1.3 Define management and describe what managers do to accomplish goals.
4) Which of the following best represents the meaning of evidence-based management?
A) A manager designs a program to reduce absenteeism based on a program implemented in another organization.
B) A manager designs a program to reduce absenteeism based on his previous experience and intuition.
C) A manager designs a program to reduce absenteeism based on a principle he learned in an OB course.
D) A manager designs a program to reduce absenteeism based on an article he read in the newspaper.
E) A manager designs a program to reduce absenteeism based on a book he read on leadership.
Answer: C
Diff: 2 Type: MC Page Ref: 10
Skill: Applied
Objective: 1.3 Define management and describe what managers do to accomplish goals.
5) Evidence-based management involves the use of management intuition.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 2 Type: TF Page Ref: 10
Skill: Recall
Objective: 1.3 Define management and describe what managers do to accomplish goals.
6) If a manager implements a program to lower employee turnover based on what other companies are doing, he/she is practising evidence-based management.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 2 Type: TF Page Ref: 10
Skill: Applied
Objective: 1.3 Define management and describe what managers do to accomplish goals.
7) Managers acquire, allocate, and utilize physical and ________ resources to accomplish goals.
Answer: human
Diff: 2 Type: SA Page Ref: 10
Skill: Recall
Objective: 1.3 Define management and describe what managers do to accomplish goals.
8) Translating principles based on the best scientific evidence into organizational practices is known as ________.
Answer: evidence-based management
Diff: 2 Type: SA Page Ref: 10
Skill: Recall
Objective: 1.3 Define management and describe what managers do to accomplish goals.
9) Explain what evidence-based management involves and give an example.
Answer: Evidence-based management involves translating principles based on the best scientific evidence into organizational practices. An example: The director of a health care system recalls the principle that human beings can process only a limited amount of information. And, thus, he works on redesigning a feedback system that provides feedback on a small set of critical performance indicators using terms people readily understand.
Diff: 3 Type: ES Page Ref: 10
Skill: Applied
Objective: 1.3 Define management and describe what managers do to accomplish goals.
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