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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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2) Which of the following is NOT a core topic of organizational behavior?
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l communication, group structure and processes, personality, emotions, and values, attitude develo
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pment and perception, change processes, conflict and negotiation, and work design. It does not inc
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lude resource allocation.
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,3) According to a study by Monster (a global employment company), the number one most fr
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A) ethical
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wide job postings to identify skills that were most often sought by employers. At the top of the list
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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 dt . dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt



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eight percent of managers reported they had not received any training and 25% admitted they were
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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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Explanation: Companies such as Lululemon, the Boston Consulting Group, LinkedIn, Zoom Vid
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eo, Google, Facebook, and Southwest Airlines all have incorporated the concepts of organizationa
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l 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 behavior w
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ithin organizations.
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ndividuals, groups, and structure have on behavior within organizations, for the purpose of ap
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plying 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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8) The ultimate goal of organizational behavior is to
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th the ultimate goal of improving effectiveness.
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