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TRUE/FALSE - Write 'T' if the statement is true and 'F' if the statement is false.
1) In order to be considered an organization, a business must have buildings and equipment.
⊚ true
⊚ false
2) More than 1,000 years ago, Chinese factories were producing 125,000 tons of iron each
year.
⊚ true
⊚ false
3) All organizations have a collective sense of purpose.
⊚ true
⊚ false
4) Three key features of organizations are that they are collective entities, create profits, and
foster a sense of purpose for their members.
⊚ true
⊚ false
5) The study of organizational behaviour wasn't formally organized until the 1970s.
⊚ true
⊚ false
6) Organizational behaviour emerged as a distinct field around the 1940s.
⊚ true
⊚ false
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,7) Harvard University changed the name of its psychology course to Organizational
Behaviour by the late 1940s.
⊚ true
⊚ false
8) An important principle in organizational behaviour is that OB theories should never be
used to question or rebuild one's mental models.
⊚ true
⊚ false
9) Organizational behaviour knowledge helps us influence people and organizational events.
⊚ true
⊚ false
10) The Bloomberg Skills Report describes communication skills, strategic thinking, and
reasons for involuntary turnover.
⊚ true
⊚ false
11) Companies that apply organizational behavior knowledge are likely to have greater
financial returns than companies that do not apply organizational behavior knowledge.
⊚ true
⊚ false
12) Open systems refer to organizations that operate without dependence on or interaction
with an external environment.
⊚ true
⊚ false
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, 13) Organizational effectiveness, not profitability, is considered the "ultimate dependent
variable" in organizational behaviour.
⊚ true
⊚ false
14) One problem with the term "organizational effectiveness'' is that it has too many
substitute labels, as well as too many different definitions.
⊚ true
⊚ false
15) Almost all organizational behaviour theories share an implicit or explicit objective of
making organizations more effective.
⊚ true
⊚ false
16) The goal attainment definition of effectiveness focuses on whether the organization
achieves its stated goals.
⊚ true
⊚ false
17) At present there is only one organizational behaviour perspective which adequately
defines organizational effectiveness.
⊚ true
⊚ false
18) The major organizational effectiveness perspectives are considered detailed extensions of
the closed systems model.
⊚ true
⊚ false
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TRUE/FALSE - Write 'T' if the statement is true and 'F' if the statement is false.
1) In order to be considered an organization, a business must have buildings and equipment.
⊚ true
⊚ false
2) More than 1,000 years ago, Chinese factories were producing 125,000 tons of iron each
year.
⊚ true
⊚ false
3) All organizations have a collective sense of purpose.
⊚ true
⊚ false
4) Three key features of organizations are that they are collective entities, create profits, and
foster a sense of purpose for their members.
⊚ true
⊚ false
5) The study of organizational behaviour wasn't formally organized until the 1970s.
⊚ true
⊚ false
6) Organizational behaviour emerged as a distinct field around the 1940s.
⊚ true
⊚ false
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,7) Harvard University changed the name of its psychology course to Organizational
Behaviour by the late 1940s.
⊚ true
⊚ false
8) An important principle in organizational behaviour is that OB theories should never be
used to question or rebuild one's mental models.
⊚ true
⊚ false
9) Organizational behaviour knowledge helps us influence people and organizational events.
⊚ true
⊚ false
10) The Bloomberg Skills Report describes communication skills, strategic thinking, and
reasons for involuntary turnover.
⊚ true
⊚ false
11) Companies that apply organizational behavior knowledge are likely to have greater
financial returns than companies that do not apply organizational behavior knowledge.
⊚ true
⊚ false
12) Open systems refer to organizations that operate without dependence on or interaction
with an external environment.
⊚ true
⊚ false
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, 13) Organizational effectiveness, not profitability, is considered the "ultimate dependent
variable" in organizational behaviour.
⊚ true
⊚ false
14) One problem with the term "organizational effectiveness'' is that it has too many
substitute labels, as well as too many different definitions.
⊚ true
⊚ false
15) Almost all organizational behaviour theories share an implicit or explicit objective of
making organizations more effective.
⊚ true
⊚ false
16) The goal attainment definition of effectiveness focuses on whether the organization
achieves its stated goals.
⊚ true
⊚ false
17) At present there is only one organizational behaviour perspective which adequately
defines organizational effectiveness.
⊚ true
⊚ false
18) The major organizational effectiveness perspectives are considered detailed extensions of
the closed systems model.
⊚ true
⊚ false
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