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Table of Content
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Chapter a2 1: Introduction to Organizational Behavior: An Evidence-Based Approach
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Chapter a2 2: Environmental Context: Globalization, Diversity, and Ethics
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Chapter a2 3: Organizational Context: Design and Culture
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Chapter a2 4: Organizational Context: Reward Systems
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Chapter a2 5: Personality, Perception, and Employee Attitudes
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Chapter a2 6: Motivational Needs, Processes, and Applications
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Chapter a2 7: Positive Organizational Behavior and Psychological Capital
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Chapter a2 8: Communication and Decision Making
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Chapter a2 9: Stress and Conflict
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Chapter a2 10: Power and Politics
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Chapter a2 11: Groups and Teams
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Chapter a2 12: Behavioral Performance Management
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Chapter a2 13: Effective Leadership Processes
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Chapter a2 14: Great Leaders: An Evidenced-Based Approach
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, Chapter 01 a2
a2 Introduction to Organizational Behavior: An Evidence-Based Approach
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True a2/ a2False a2Questions
1. The major challenge and critical competitive advantage for any organization
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is the human resource of that company.
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True False a2 a2
2. Casey, a relationship manager in a bank creates value for her organization
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through her networks, connections, and friends. These values can be referred
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to as "positive psychological capital."
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True False a2 a2
3. Roger, a sales manager for Heust Pvt. Ltd., is impressed with his new sales
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a2executive, Tim. According to Roger, Tim is optimistic, can perform well under pressure, and
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is very confident about what he does. These qualities can be referred to as "positive
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a2psychological capital." a2
True a2 a2 False
4. The problems with human organizations and the solutions over the ages have
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undergone drastic changes compared to their emphasis and surrounding
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environmental context.
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True a2 a2 False
5. A paradigm establishes only written
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rules. True False
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6. ‘Paradigmshift'refers to the situation in which those in the existing paradigm a2 a2 a2 a2 a2 a2 a2 a2 a2 a2
may not even see the changes that are occurring, and therefore, cannot analyze
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the changes. True False
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, 7. Reasons for considerable resistance to change and difficulty to
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move from the old management paradigm to the new can be explained
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by the "paradigm effect." True
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8. The fact that today's managers are competent in their functional
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specialization is sufficient to reiterate that most of them paid close attention to
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the conceptual and human dimensions of their jobs.
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True False a2 a2
9. According to Theory X, if employees were kept happy,
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they would become high performers.
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True False a2 a2
10. Theory X is the natural choice for most organizations in today's
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environment. True False
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11. Most of the practicing
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a 2 their organizations
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cultures
a 2 believe, fully implement, and consistently adhere to a full-fledged
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HPWPs approach to management. True
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12. The movement to not only recognize, but also do something about the
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"Knowing- Doing Gap" is the movement towards evidence-based
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management.
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True False a2 a2
13. Most of the "new management practices" are essentially a readapted
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version of existing "old management truths."
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True False a2 a2