SDSU BA 350 PRACTICE SOLUTION SET
2026 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
GRADED A+
>> What is organizational behavior?
Answer: The study of factors that have an impact on how people and groups
act, think, feel, and respond to work and organizations, and how orgs.
respond
>> How and why does OB determine the effectiveness of an organization?
Answer: If you can predict why an employee will react/act in a certain way,
you'll be able to help manage and control their results/actions
>> Why is a working knowledge of OB important to organizations and
employees?
people to understand, analyze, and describe behavior in orgs & helps managers to
improve, enhance, and change outcomes
Answer: OB provides Tools that allow
>> What is an organization?
Answer: A group of people that come together to achieve a common purpose
or goals
>> What are the different types of organizations & How do you measure success
of each of these types?
Nonprofit - measured by how effective the service they provide is
Answer: For Profit - maximize profits is their measure of success
>> What is Management?
,Answer: The process of planning, organizing, leading, and controlling an
orgs human, financial, material, and other resources to increase its
effectiveness
>> Why do Managers need to study Organizational Behavior?
To learn to use and apply concepts, theories, and techniques to improve, enhance,
change behavior
To enable managers to direct and supervise employee performance
Answer: To understand behavior in orgs
>> What are the roles of a Manager?
Informational
Decisional
Answer: Interpersonal
>> Managerial Roles: Interpersonal
Answer: Motivate, lead, direct, give guidance
>> Managerial Roles: Informational
Answer: Collect info and share with your team
>> Managerial Roles: Decisional
70% of managers daily time = spent on decision making
(ex. Who do i fire? How should I motivate them? When should the new product
be released?)
Answer: Make tough decisions
>> What are the major OB challenges in today's changing environment that
confront organizations?
Evolving global environment (global differences/learning)
Advancing Information Technology (innovation)
Shifting work relationships (leadership/empowerment)
, Answer: Changing social/cultural environment (diversity)
>> What special challenges does managing behavior on a global scale pose for
organizations?
Answer: Managers must learn to understand global differences within the
business world
>> What is personality?
Formulating a description of a person by observing their actions
Personality gives a person his or her identity
Answer: A relatively stable set of characteristics that influence an
individual's behavior
>> What is the nature of personality and why is it important to understand?
a majority between ages 3 and 5
Generally stable; After age 10, it takes up to 10 years to change your personality
Influences individual choices, happiness, stress, emotions, motivation,
performance, etc.
Answer: Develops over a person's lifetime
>> What are the components of "The Big Five" personality traits?
Neuroticism
Agreeableness
Conscientiousness
Openness to Experience
Answer: Extraversion
>> Extraversion
Answer: Personality trait that predisposes individuals to experience positive
emotional states and feel good about themselves and the world around them
>> Neuroticism
(High = negative attitude, Low = positive)
2026 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
GRADED A+
>> What is organizational behavior?
Answer: The study of factors that have an impact on how people and groups
act, think, feel, and respond to work and organizations, and how orgs.
respond
>> How and why does OB determine the effectiveness of an organization?
Answer: If you can predict why an employee will react/act in a certain way,
you'll be able to help manage and control their results/actions
>> Why is a working knowledge of OB important to organizations and
employees?
people to understand, analyze, and describe behavior in orgs & helps managers to
improve, enhance, and change outcomes
Answer: OB provides Tools that allow
>> What is an organization?
Answer: A group of people that come together to achieve a common purpose
or goals
>> What are the different types of organizations & How do you measure success
of each of these types?
Nonprofit - measured by how effective the service they provide is
Answer: For Profit - maximize profits is their measure of success
>> What is Management?
,Answer: The process of planning, organizing, leading, and controlling an
orgs human, financial, material, and other resources to increase its
effectiveness
>> Why do Managers need to study Organizational Behavior?
To learn to use and apply concepts, theories, and techniques to improve, enhance,
change behavior
To enable managers to direct and supervise employee performance
Answer: To understand behavior in orgs
>> What are the roles of a Manager?
Informational
Decisional
Answer: Interpersonal
>> Managerial Roles: Interpersonal
Answer: Motivate, lead, direct, give guidance
>> Managerial Roles: Informational
Answer: Collect info and share with your team
>> Managerial Roles: Decisional
70% of managers daily time = spent on decision making
(ex. Who do i fire? How should I motivate them? When should the new product
be released?)
Answer: Make tough decisions
>> What are the major OB challenges in today's changing environment that
confront organizations?
Evolving global environment (global differences/learning)
Advancing Information Technology (innovation)
Shifting work relationships (leadership/empowerment)
, Answer: Changing social/cultural environment (diversity)
>> What special challenges does managing behavior on a global scale pose for
organizations?
Answer: Managers must learn to understand global differences within the
business world
>> What is personality?
Formulating a description of a person by observing their actions
Personality gives a person his or her identity
Answer: A relatively stable set of characteristics that influence an
individual's behavior
>> What is the nature of personality and why is it important to understand?
a majority between ages 3 and 5
Generally stable; After age 10, it takes up to 10 years to change your personality
Influences individual choices, happiness, stress, emotions, motivation,
performance, etc.
Answer: Develops over a person's lifetime
>> What are the components of "The Big Five" personality traits?
Neuroticism
Agreeableness
Conscientiousness
Openness to Experience
Answer: Extraversion
>> Extraversion
Answer: Personality trait that predisposes individuals to experience positive
emotional states and feel good about themselves and the world around them
>> Neuroticism
(High = negative attitude, Low = positive)
