MGT 043 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Organizational behavior - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅a field of study devoted to understanding, explaining,
and ultimately improving the attitudes and behaviors of individuals and groups in organizations
Human Resource Management - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅explores "nuts + bolts" of theories/principles
studied in OB
Strategic Management - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅focuses on the product choices and industry
characteristics that affect an organization's profitability
Researched-Based view - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅what exactly makes resources valuable (capable of
generating long-term profits)
inimitable - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅cannot be imitated (makes resources more valuable)
-history:experience, wisdom, knowledge of employees
-numerous small decisions: big decisions can be copied, it's hard to copy many small ones
-socially complex resources: culture, teamwork, trust, reputation
Rule of 1/8 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the belief that at best 1/8 or 12% of organizations will actually do
what is required to build profits by putting people first (several different practices of OB are important
along with commitment to improving those practices)
Method of Experience - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅consistent with their own experience and observations
Method of Intuition - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅"Just stands to reason" (it seems obvious or self-evident)
Method of Authority - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅people hold firmly to some belief because some respected
official, agency, or source has said it is so
, Method of Science - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅People accept some belief because scientific studies have
tended to replicate that result using a series of samples, settings, and methods
Theory - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅well-tested explanation that unifies a broad range of observations
Hypothesis - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅written predictions that specify relationship between variables
Correlation - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅a statistical relation between two or more variables
causal inference - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅establishing that one variable really does cause another
meta-analysis - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅calculating a weighted average from results
evidence-based management - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅argues that scientific findings should form the
foundation for management education
Analytics - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the use of data to guide decision making
Job Performance - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the value of the set of employee behaviors that contribute,
either positively or negatively, to organizational goal accomplishment
task performance - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅employee behaviors that are directly involved in the
transformation of organizational resources into the goods or services that the organization produces
Routine Task Performance - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅well-known responses to demands that occur in a
normal, routine, or otherwise predictable way
adaptive task performance - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅employee responses to task demands that are
novel, unusual, or unpredictable
Organizational behavior - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅a field of study devoted to understanding, explaining,
and ultimately improving the attitudes and behaviors of individuals and groups in organizations
Human Resource Management - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅explores "nuts + bolts" of theories/principles
studied in OB
Strategic Management - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅focuses on the product choices and industry
characteristics that affect an organization's profitability
Researched-Based view - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅what exactly makes resources valuable (capable of
generating long-term profits)
inimitable - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅cannot be imitated (makes resources more valuable)
-history:experience, wisdom, knowledge of employees
-numerous small decisions: big decisions can be copied, it's hard to copy many small ones
-socially complex resources: culture, teamwork, trust, reputation
Rule of 1/8 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the belief that at best 1/8 or 12% of organizations will actually do
what is required to build profits by putting people first (several different practices of OB are important
along with commitment to improving those practices)
Method of Experience - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅consistent with their own experience and observations
Method of Intuition - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅"Just stands to reason" (it seems obvious or self-evident)
Method of Authority - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅people hold firmly to some belief because some respected
official, agency, or source has said it is so
, Method of Science - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅People accept some belief because scientific studies have
tended to replicate that result using a series of samples, settings, and methods
Theory - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅well-tested explanation that unifies a broad range of observations
Hypothesis - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅written predictions that specify relationship between variables
Correlation - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅a statistical relation between two or more variables
causal inference - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅establishing that one variable really does cause another
meta-analysis - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅calculating a weighted average from results
evidence-based management - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅argues that scientific findings should form the
foundation for management education
Analytics - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the use of data to guide decision making
Job Performance - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the value of the set of employee behaviors that contribute,
either positively or negatively, to organizational goal accomplishment
task performance - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅employee behaviors that are directly involved in the
transformation of organizational resources into the goods or services that the organization produces
Routine Task Performance - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅well-known responses to demands that occur in a
normal, routine, or otherwise predictable way
adaptive task performance - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅employee responses to task demands that are
novel, unusual, or unpredictable
