Test Bank For Organizational Behavior 15th Edition,
By Stephen P. Robbins, Timothy A. Judge,
All Chapters (1-18) |Q&As Verified | Grade A+ Assured
ISBN 9781292406664
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1 What Is Organizational Behavior? ................................................................... 3
Chapter 2 Diversity in Organizations .......................................................................... 22
Chapter 3 Attitudes and Job Satisfaction .................................................................... 38
Chapter 4 Emotions and Moods .................................................................................. 59
Chapter 5 Personality and Values ............................................................................... 80
Chapter 6 Perception and Individual Decision Making .............................................. 99
Chapter 7 Motivation Concepts ................................................................................. 119
Chapter 8 Motivation: From Concepts to Applications ............................................. 138
Chapter 9 Foundations of Group Behavior................................................................ 158
Chapter 10 Understanding Work Teams ................................................................... 179
Chapter 11 Communication ...................................................................................... 197
Chapter 12 Leadership.............................................................................................. 216
Chapter 13 Power and Politics .................................................................................. 235
Chapter 14 Conflict and Negotiation ......................................................................... 254
Chapter 15 Foundations of Organization Structure .................................................. 271
Chapter 16 Organizational Culture ........................................................................... 288
Chapter 17 Human Resource Policies and Practices................................................. 307
Chapter 18 Organizational Change and Stress Management .................................... 322
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Chapter 1 What Is Organizational Behavior?
1) are defined as people who oversee the activities of others and who are responsible for
attaining goals in organizations.
A) Assistants
B) Managers
C) Secretaries
D) Interns
E) Apprentices CORRECT ANSWER B
2) Sally Mitchell works as a manager at an environmental organization. She is currently
working on a global warming project and decides what tasks related to creating awareness
about the issue need to be done. In addition, she is also deciding which members of her team
will work on engaging with the public and which will work on lobbying with the government.
She is also assigning people as team members to ensure that tasks are undertaken on time.
Which of the following categories of functions is Mitchell undertaking?
A) planning
B) organizing
C) scrutinizing
D) controlling
E) envisioning CORRECT ANSWER B
3) Johanna Reid, a campaign manager at a child rights organization, recently started
working on an illiteracy project. During the project, she needs to motivate team members to
attain their project milestones and direct them through different phases of the project. Which of
the following kinds of functions will these tasks be covered under?
A) planning
B) organizing
C) scrutinizing
D) evaluating
E) leading CORRECT ANSWER E
4) Lesley Torres is a project manager for the campaign "Action against Deforestation in
Indonesia". She recently faced a glitch when the campaign could not be launched publicly
according to schedule. Torres monitored the schedule to find the cause of the delay, before
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speeding up the implementation process by allocating more members for the implementation
phase. By doing this, which of the following functions is she performing?
A) controlling
B) planning
C) formulating
D) leading
E) organizing
CORRECT ANSWER A
5) Which of the following functions do managers undertake as part of planning functions?
A) defining an organization's goals
B) implementing strategies for achieving goals
C) executing plans to integrate activities
D) accomplishing goals of a project
E) employing strategies to coordinate tasks CORRECT ANSWER A
6) According to Henry Mintzberg, a factory supervisor giving a group of high school
students a tour of the plant may be termed as a .
A) leader
B) figurehead
C) resource allocator
D) negotiator
E) disturbance handler CORRECT ANSWER B
7) Ellen Ortiz works as a sales manager at a telecom firm. The company has recently
launched a new product in the market. Her work in the next few weeks involves sharing
knowledge about the product with her team members. She will also need to inspire them to
reach their sales targets, and clarify any doubts about the new product. Which of the following
roles is Ortiz playing?
A) leader
B) liaison
C) disseminator
D) spokesperson
E) negotiator CORRECT ANSWER A
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