Test Bank For Managing Organizational Behavior 2nd Edition
Chapter 01: Organizational Behavior and Your Personal Effectiveness
Chapter 01
Organizational Behavior and Your Personal Effectiveness
True / False Questions
1. The reason management skills create a competitive advantage for people and
organizations is because they are hard to master.
True False
2. Collecting and analyzing an enormous amount of information is an example of an
administrative competency.
True False
3. Understanding the various functions of business is categorized as the conceptual
competency of a manager.
True False
4. By and large, managerial work, regardless of the occupation, is more the same than it is
different.
True False
5. On average, great management skills get you noticed in organizations and great technical
skills get you promoted.
True False
6. Evidence-based management of organizational behavior is widely practiced.
True False
7. Learning how to evaluate and use evidence to make decisions is a key learning challenge
in mastering management skills.
True False
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,Test Bank For Managing Organizational Behavior 2nd Edition
Chapter 01: Organizational Behavior and Your Personal Effectiveness
8. Big E evidence represents organizational specific data collection efforts to inform a
specific decision.
True False
9. Little e evidence refers to generalizable knowledge regarding cause and effect
connections derived from scientific methods.
True False
10. Management skills are linked to a more complex knowledge base than other types of
skills and are inherently connected to interaction with other people.
True False
11. Most great managers learn to manage themselves only after they first learn to manage
others effectively.
True False
12. Great managers are born with the necessary skills and abilities; management cannot
actually be "learned."
True False
13. Social learning notions are particularly appropriate for management skills because there
is such a big disconnect between knowing and doing.
True False
14. Albert Bandura's social learning theory suggests that most learning is actually done
through observation and modeling of the behaviors of others.
True False
15. Albert Bandura outlines four critical components required to learn through observation:
attention, recognition, feedback, and motivation.
True False
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,Test Bank For Managing Organizational Behavior 2nd Edition
Chapter 01: Organizational Behavior and Your Personal Effectiveness
16. Feedback is essential for developing any kind of skill.
True False
17. When learning through observation, punishment and reinforcement work equally well.
True False
18. A critical aspect of self-set improvement goals is to learn from mistakes.
True False
19. Mistakes are only problems if you repeat them or do not learn from them.
True False
20. "Productive failures" are mistakes that ineffective managers make and that tend to get
repeated.
True False
21. Easy goals lead to higher effort than challenging goals.
True False
22. High goals frustrate people, and loose deadlines lead to more rapid work pace than tight
deadlines.
True False
23. Positive self-talk and rehearsal are applications of the social learning principle of
motivation.
True False
24. Self-awareness is essential to learning and growth in a management role.
True False
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, Test Bank For Managing Organizational Behavior 2nd Edition
Chapter 01: Organizational Behavior and Your Personal Effectiveness
25. Ability and personality are two types of important individual differences to consider in
management training.
True False
26. Extraversion is a type of cognitive ability.
True False
27. Behavior is solely a function of one's personality.
True False
28. The Big Five Inventory is an example of a commonly used assessment tool for emotional
intelligence.
True False
29. The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator measures personal values.
True False
30. For improving managerial behavior, obtaining feedback from more than one source is
usually a waste of time.
True False
Multiple Choice Questions
31. Which of the following is NOT a managerial reality?
A. People problems are far more complex than any other organizational problem.
B. People generally manage the way they have been taught to manage.
C. People join organizations but they leave managers.
D. Managers get rewarded for what their employees do, not for what managers do.
E. Management is the process of getting things done through others.
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Chapter 01: Organizational Behavior and Your Personal Effectiveness
Chapter 01
Organizational Behavior and Your Personal Effectiveness
True / False Questions
1. The reason management skills create a competitive advantage for people and
organizations is because they are hard to master.
True False
2. Collecting and analyzing an enormous amount of information is an example of an
administrative competency.
True False
3. Understanding the various functions of business is categorized as the conceptual
competency of a manager.
True False
4. By and large, managerial work, regardless of the occupation, is more the same than it is
different.
True False
5. On average, great management skills get you noticed in organizations and great technical
skills get you promoted.
True False
6. Evidence-based management of organizational behavior is widely practiced.
True False
7. Learning how to evaluate and use evidence to make decisions is a key learning challenge
in mastering management skills.
True False
1
,Test Bank For Managing Organizational Behavior 2nd Edition
Chapter 01: Organizational Behavior and Your Personal Effectiveness
8. Big E evidence represents organizational specific data collection efforts to inform a
specific decision.
True False
9. Little e evidence refers to generalizable knowledge regarding cause and effect
connections derived from scientific methods.
True False
10. Management skills are linked to a more complex knowledge base than other types of
skills and are inherently connected to interaction with other people.
True False
11. Most great managers learn to manage themselves only after they first learn to manage
others effectively.
True False
12. Great managers are born with the necessary skills and abilities; management cannot
actually be "learned."
True False
13. Social learning notions are particularly appropriate for management skills because there
is such a big disconnect between knowing and doing.
True False
14. Albert Bandura's social learning theory suggests that most learning is actually done
through observation and modeling of the behaviors of others.
True False
15. Albert Bandura outlines four critical components required to learn through observation:
attention, recognition, feedback, and motivation.
True False
2
,Test Bank For Managing Organizational Behavior 2nd Edition
Chapter 01: Organizational Behavior and Your Personal Effectiveness
16. Feedback is essential for developing any kind of skill.
True False
17. When learning through observation, punishment and reinforcement work equally well.
True False
18. A critical aspect of self-set improvement goals is to learn from mistakes.
True False
19. Mistakes are only problems if you repeat them or do not learn from them.
True False
20. "Productive failures" are mistakes that ineffective managers make and that tend to get
repeated.
True False
21. Easy goals lead to higher effort than challenging goals.
True False
22. High goals frustrate people, and loose deadlines lead to more rapid work pace than tight
deadlines.
True False
23. Positive self-talk and rehearsal are applications of the social learning principle of
motivation.
True False
24. Self-awareness is essential to learning and growth in a management role.
True False
3
, Test Bank For Managing Organizational Behavior 2nd Edition
Chapter 01: Organizational Behavior and Your Personal Effectiveness
25. Ability and personality are two types of important individual differences to consider in
management training.
True False
26. Extraversion is a type of cognitive ability.
True False
27. Behavior is solely a function of one's personality.
True False
28. The Big Five Inventory is an example of a commonly used assessment tool for emotional
intelligence.
True False
29. The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator measures personal values.
True False
30. For improving managerial behavior, obtaining feedback from more than one source is
usually a waste of time.
True False
Multiple Choice Questions
31. Which of the following is NOT a managerial reality?
A. People problems are far more complex than any other organizational problem.
B. People generally manage the way they have been taught to manage.
C. People join organizations but they leave managers.
D. Managers get rewarded for what their employees do, not for what managers do.
E. Management is the process of getting things done through others.
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