MBA 704 EXAM 1| 50 COMPLETE QUESTIONS WITH EXPERT
SOLUTIONS | 2026 LATEST UPDATED | GET A+
Major Issues facing contemporary organizations - (Answer)-Understanding global competition &
diversity
-Trying to solve ethical problems/dilemmas
**The managing of people/HR within an organization will be the major challenge
Environmental/Contextual dimensions for organizational behavior - (Answer)Globalization,
diversity, and ethics
Sam Walton: "People are the key!" In other words, people cannot be copied.
Human Capital - (Answer)-First considered the "cost" within companies.
-WHAT YOU KNOW: education, experience, and skills
Social Capital - (Answer)-WHO YOU KNOW: networks, connections, and friends
Positive psychological capital - (Answer)-WHO YOU ARE IN TERMS OF: confidence, hope,
optimism, resiliency, and who you can become (authentic self)
, Paradigm - (Answer)-from Greek "paradeigma;" meaning model, pattern or example.
-Thomas Kuhn: broad model, framework, way of thinking, or a scheme for understanding reality
-Joel Barker: establishes the rules, defines the boundaries, and tells one how to behave within the
boundaries to be successful.
Paradigm shift - (Answer)-a fundamental change in approach or underlying assumptions; new
challenges and required ways of thinking
-James Brain Quinn: "intellectual enterprise;" org of enterprises will depend more on
develop/deployment of INTELLECTUAL resources then management of PHYSICAL assets
Dimensions of Management - (Answer)Technical, conceptual, and human
Douglas McGregor Theory X - (Answer)-Managers may believe employees were lazy and only
interested in money, happiness=high performance.
Douglas McGregor: Theory Y - (Answer)Belief that people are intrinsically motivated to work.
Includes a great deal of participation of staff. Minimal control and direction by management.
-Theory Y is more for today's organizations.
SOLUTIONS | 2026 LATEST UPDATED | GET A+
Major Issues facing contemporary organizations - (Answer)-Understanding global competition &
diversity
-Trying to solve ethical problems/dilemmas
**The managing of people/HR within an organization will be the major challenge
Environmental/Contextual dimensions for organizational behavior - (Answer)Globalization,
diversity, and ethics
Sam Walton: "People are the key!" In other words, people cannot be copied.
Human Capital - (Answer)-First considered the "cost" within companies.
-WHAT YOU KNOW: education, experience, and skills
Social Capital - (Answer)-WHO YOU KNOW: networks, connections, and friends
Positive psychological capital - (Answer)-WHO YOU ARE IN TERMS OF: confidence, hope,
optimism, resiliency, and who you can become (authentic self)
, Paradigm - (Answer)-from Greek "paradeigma;" meaning model, pattern or example.
-Thomas Kuhn: broad model, framework, way of thinking, or a scheme for understanding reality
-Joel Barker: establishes the rules, defines the boundaries, and tells one how to behave within the
boundaries to be successful.
Paradigm shift - (Answer)-a fundamental change in approach or underlying assumptions; new
challenges and required ways of thinking
-James Brain Quinn: "intellectual enterprise;" org of enterprises will depend more on
develop/deployment of INTELLECTUAL resources then management of PHYSICAL assets
Dimensions of Management - (Answer)Technical, conceptual, and human
Douglas McGregor Theory X - (Answer)-Managers may believe employees were lazy and only
interested in money, happiness=high performance.
Douglas McGregor: Theory Y - (Answer)Belief that people are intrinsically motivated to work.
Includes a great deal of participation of staff. Minimal control and direction by management.
-Theory Y is more for today's organizations.
