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BUAD 304 Midterm - USC Cummings | Complete Study Guide | Actual Exam Questions & Correct Answers (Verified Detailed Answers) A Grade2026 | 2027. Quiz_________________? USC-CT - Answer Uncover problems, Select most critical problems, Create potential solutions, Choose solutions with most potential, Translate solutions into implementation plan Quiz_________________? Values - Answer ideals that guide our thinking and behavior across all situations (especially at work), relatively stable across time and most situations Quiz_________________? Where do values come from? - Answer parents, childhood experiences, spiritual beliefs, culture, age generation Quiz_________________? What determines success/failure in an organization? - Answer How well self fits with the organization's values Quiz_________________? When hiring, how do organizations achieve fit? - Answer selection (assessment tests, interviews) and/or socialization (boot camps, training, coaching and counseling) Quiz_________________? In order for you to be satisfied in a job, you should - Answer actively seek a job that best fits you - be as selective as the company is, don't settle Quiz_________________? Schwartz's Value Theory - Answer 2 sets of bipolar values (self-transcendence vs self enhancement, openness to change vs conservation) are what motivate our behavior across any context - values adjacent to each other on diagram are complementary, values across from each other are incongruent Quiz_________________? Self-transcendence - Answer the concern for the welfare/interests of others (universalism, benevolence) Quiz_________________? Openness to change - Answer self-directed independence (hedonism, stimulation, self-direction) Quiz_________________? Self-enhancement - Answer the pursuit of one's own interests, dominance over others (hedonism, achievement) Quiz_________________? Conservation - Answer conformity, resistance to change (conformity, tradition, security) Quiz_________________? Values in Action (VIA) Character Survey - Answer determines the aspects of self that are morally valued Quiz_________________? Workplace attitudes - Answer result from the interaction of various individual, group, and organizational processes - predictors of likely behavior - positive workplace attitudes (job satisfaction, organizational commitment) lead to positive workplace behaviors (productive behavior, high job performance) Quiz_________________? Cognitive dissonance - Answer the discomfort we experience when our attitudes conflict with each other or our behavior - humans are driven to reduce dissonance Quiz_________________? Attitudes - Answer stem from values and represent our feelings or opinions about people, places, and objects - guide our intent to behave, very difficult to change attitudes because they are "comfortable" Quiz_________________? How we reduce cognitive dissonance - Answer change attitude and/or change behavior, but it is much easier to change an attitude than a behavior because you can self-justify your attitude Quiz_________________? Personality - Answer a combination of physical, behavioral, and mental traits that give us our unique identity, approx. 40% derived from genes and 60% determined by our environment, relatively stable over time and across situations

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Quiz_________________?

USC-CT -

Answer✅

Uncover problems, Select most critical problems, Create potential solutions, Choose
solutions with most potential, Translate solutions into implementation plan



Quiz_________________?

Values -

Answer✅

ideals that guide our thinking and behavior across all situations (especially at work),
relatively stable across time and most situations



Quiz_________________?

Where do values come from? -

Answer✅

parents, childhood experiences, spiritual beliefs, culture, age generation



Quiz_________________?

What determines success/failure in an organization? -

1

, Answer✅

How well self fits with the organization's values



Quiz_________________?

When hiring, how do organizations achieve fit? -

Answer✅

selection (assessment tests, interviews) and/or socialization (boot camps, training, coaching
and counseling)



Quiz_________________?

In order for you to be satisfied in a job, you should -

Answer✅

actively seek a job that best fits you - be as selective as the company is, don't settle



Quiz_________________?

Schwartz's Value Theory -

Answer✅

2 sets of bipolar values (self-transcendence vs self enhancement, openness to change vs
conservation) are what motivate our behavior across any context - values adjacent to each
other on diagram are complementary, values across from each other are incongruent



Quiz_________________?

Self-transcendence -

Answer✅

the concern for the welfare/interests of others (universalism, benevolence)



Quiz_________________?

Openness to change -

Answer✅



2

, self-directed independence (hedonism, stimulation, self-direction)



Quiz_________________?

Self-enhancement -

Answer✅

the pursuit of one's own interests, dominance over others (hedonism, achievement)



Quiz_________________?

Conservation -

Answer✅

conformity, resistance to change (conformity, tradition, security)



Quiz_________________?

Values in Action (VIA) Character Survey -

Answer✅

determines the aspects of self that are morally valued



Quiz_________________?

Workplace attitudes -

Answer✅

result from the interaction of various individual, group, and organizational processes -
predictors of likely behavior - positive workplace attitudes (job satisfaction, organizational
commitment) lead to positive workplace behaviors (productive behavior, high job
performance)



Quiz_________________?

Cognitive dissonance -

Answer✅

the discomfort we experience when our attitudes conflict with each other or our behavior -
humans are driven to reduce dissonance

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