LSUS MBA 704 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS LATEST 2025
Paradigm - ANSWER a model; an illustration
Theory X - ANSWER assumes employees to be lazy by nature, error-prone and
extrinsically motivated by salaries and hence ought to be directed from above.
Organizational Behavior Approach - ANSWER Employees are complex, and
knowledge based on theoretical studies is essential before applying it to direct
employees.
One-eighth Situation - ANSWER Only 1/8 of organizations embrace
importance and value of human resources, adopt high performance work
practices, and sustain these practices
knowing-doing gap - ANSWER the gap between what people know and what
they actually do
evidence-based management - ANSWER Referring to the application of hard
facts and empirical data in making decisions
Hawthorne studies - ANSWER A series of studies during the 1920s and 1930s
that provided new insight into individual and group behavior
Hawthorne effect - ANSWER productivity increases when employees are made
to feel special and were experiencing a new, thrilling experience
meta-analysis - ANSWER A statistical process applied to gather together
findings from multiple research questions investigated equally well in order to
create an estimation of magnitude and direction of effect for the impacts of
variables.
ANSWERS LATEST 2025
Paradigm - ANSWER a model; an illustration
Theory X - ANSWER assumes employees to be lazy by nature, error-prone and
extrinsically motivated by salaries and hence ought to be directed from above.
Organizational Behavior Approach - ANSWER Employees are complex, and
knowledge based on theoretical studies is essential before applying it to direct
employees.
One-eighth Situation - ANSWER Only 1/8 of organizations embrace
importance and value of human resources, adopt high performance work
practices, and sustain these practices
knowing-doing gap - ANSWER the gap between what people know and what
they actually do
evidence-based management - ANSWER Referring to the application of hard
facts and empirical data in making decisions
Hawthorne studies - ANSWER A series of studies during the 1920s and 1930s
that provided new insight into individual and group behavior
Hawthorne effect - ANSWER productivity increases when employees are made
to feel special and were experiencing a new, thrilling experience
meta-analysis - ANSWER A statistical process applied to gather together
findings from multiple research questions investigated equally well in order to
create an estimation of magnitude and direction of effect for the impacts of
variables.
