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,Essentials of Organizational Behavior, 16e (Robbins)
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Chapter 1 What Is Organizational Behavior?
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1) The impact of what three areas are investigated in the study of Organizational Behavior?
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A) Profit structure, organizational complexity, and job satisfaction
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B) Individuals, profit structure, and job satisfaction nf nf nf nf nf


C) Individuals, groups, and job satisfaction nf nf nf nf


D) Groups, structure, and profit structure nf nf nf nf


E) Individuals, groups, and structure nf nf nf n


Answer: E
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Explanation: OB investigates the impact that individuals, groups, and structures have on behav
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ior within organizations.
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2) Which of the following is NOT a core topic of organizational behavior?
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A) Motivation
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C) Conflict
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Answer: D
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Explanation: OB includes the core topics of motivation, leader behavior and power, interpers
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onal communication, group structure and processes, personality, emotions, and values, attitude d
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evelopment and perception, change processes, conflict and negotiation, and work design. It doe
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s not include resource allocation.
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,3) According to a study by Monster (a global employment company), the number one most
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frequently desired skill in applicants was
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A) ethical
B) technical
C) communication
D) computer
E) accounting
Answer: C
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Explanation: Monster mined data from nearly one million market-
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wide job postings to identify skills that were most often sought by employers. At the top of the
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list was communication skills. This was also reiterated by Jeff Weiner, the CEO of LinkedIn.
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4) According to a recent large-scale survey, 58% of managers did NOT receive
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A) pay incentives nf


B) training
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D) insurance
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Answer: B
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eight percent of managers reported they had not received any training and 25% admitted they w
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ere not ready to lead others when they were given the role.
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5) There is a connection between companies which have
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and their attention to organizational behavior principles.
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A) high turnover rates nf nf


B) specialized technical processes nf nf


C) superior financial performance nf nf


D) long-lasting CEOs nf


E) both high turnover rates and long-
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lasting CEOs Answer: C
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Explanation: Companies such as Lululemon, the Boston Consulting Group, LinkedIn, Zoom V
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ideo, Google, Facebook, and Southwest Airlines all have incorporated the concepts of organizat
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ional behavior and attribute it to their ability to generate high financial outcomes.
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, 6) is the study of the impact that individuals, groups, and structure have on behavio
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r within organizations.
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A) Leadership
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C) Performance management nf


D) Employee relations nf


E) Organizational behavior nf


Answer: E
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Explanation: Organizational behavior is the field of study that investigates the impact tha
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t individuals, groups, and structure have on behavior within organizations, for the purpose
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of applying such knowledge toward improving an organization's effectiveness.
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7) What are the four main activities managers engage in?
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A) Planning, budgeting, networking, hiring nf nf nf


B) Planning, organizing, leading, controlling nf nf nf


C) Controlling, innovating, hiring, quality control nf nf nf nf


D) Monitoring, scheduling, fund raising, leading nf nf nf nf


E) Interpersonal, informational, decisional, planning nf nf nf n


Answer: B
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Explanation: Managers' work can be categorized into four different activities: planning, organi
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zing, leading, and controlling.
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8) The ultimate goal of organizational behavior is to
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A) better understand management nf nf


B) improve an organization's effectiveness nf nf nf


C) balance diversity nf


D) create boilerplates nf


E) replace human resources nf nf n


Answer: B
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Explanation: OB studies the impact individuals, groups, and structure have on an organization
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with the ultimate goal of improving effectiveness.
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