MBA 704 ACTUAL TEST PAPER 2026
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
●● Theory X.
Answer: assumes that workers are basically lazy, error-prone, and
extrinsically motivated by money and, thus, should be directed from
above.
●● Organizational Behavior Approach.
Answer: Employees are complex, and theoretical understanding
supported by research is needed before applications are made to manage
employees
●● One-eighth Situation.
Answer: Only 1/8 of organizations buy into importance and value of
human resources, incorporate high performance work practices, and
stick with these practices
●● knowing-doing gap.
Answer: the gap between what people know and what they actually do
●● evidence-based management.
Answer: Using hard facts and empirical evidence to make decisions
, ●● Hawthorne studies.
Answer: A series of studies during the 1920s and 1930s that provided
new insights into individual and group behavior
●● Hawthorne effect.
Answer: productivity increases when workers are given special attention
and were enjoying a novel, interesting experienced
●● meta-analysis.
Answer: A research technique that combines the statistical results of
many studies of the same question, yielding an estimate of the size and
consistency of a variable's effects.
●● Theory.
Answer: simplification of reality; why something occurs
●● Research design.
Answer: Primary aim is to establish a cause-and-effect relationship;
survey studies, case studies, and experimental design
●● Experimental Design.
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
●● Theory X.
Answer: assumes that workers are basically lazy, error-prone, and
extrinsically motivated by money and, thus, should be directed from
above.
●● Organizational Behavior Approach.
Answer: Employees are complex, and theoretical understanding
supported by research is needed before applications are made to manage
employees
●● One-eighth Situation.
Answer: Only 1/8 of organizations buy into importance and value of
human resources, incorporate high performance work practices, and
stick with these practices
●● knowing-doing gap.
Answer: the gap between what people know and what they actually do
●● evidence-based management.
Answer: Using hard facts and empirical evidence to make decisions
, ●● Hawthorne studies.
Answer: A series of studies during the 1920s and 1930s that provided
new insights into individual and group behavior
●● Hawthorne effect.
Answer: productivity increases when workers are given special attention
and were enjoying a novel, interesting experienced
●● meta-analysis.
Answer: A research technique that combines the statistical results of
many studies of the same question, yielding an estimate of the size and
consistency of a variable's effects.
●● Theory.
Answer: simplification of reality; why something occurs
●● Research design.
Answer: Primary aim is to establish a cause-and-effect relationship;
survey studies, case studies, and experimental design
●● Experimental Design.
