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
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
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
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
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
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
