Chapter 01
Managing Effective Organizations
True / False Questions
1. To be formally defined as an "organization" the entity must consist of at least two people
and be profit oriented.
True False
2. The formal study of organizational behavior is believed to have begun between 1903 and
1917.
True False
3. The effectiveness of any organization is influenced greatly by human behavior.
True False
4. Anthropology has contributed to the study and application of OB.
True False
5. "Structure" is the formal pattern of how jobs but not people are grouped.
True False
6. "Culture" is the pattern of basic assumptions used by individuals and groups to deal with
the organization and its environment.
True False
,7. The "organizational environment" includes the market and technology but generally
excludes governmental activities due to the "commerce clause."
True False
,8. Group performance is the foundation of organizational performance.
True False
9. Groups form within organizations exclusively to address formal organizational needs.
True False
10. The essence of power is control over others.
True False
11. Managers derive power from both organizational and individual sources.
True False
12. Leadership and quality concepts have been found to be inseparable.
True False
13. Job design refers to the process by which managers specify the contents, methods, and
relationships of jobs to satisfy both organizational and individual requirements.
True False
14. Job design looks at contents, methods and relationships of jobs to the exclusive end of
meeting organizational requirements.
True False
15. Organizational effectiveness is a result of both individual and group effectiveness.
True False
, 16. The text provides stress as a cause of both individual and group effectiveness.
True False
17. The Classical School proposed that management work consists of distinct but unrelated
functions which together constitute the management process.
True False
18. Planning involves establishing where the organization is going but not how it is going to
get there.
True False
19. Mintzberg is known for identifying the four functions of management.
True False
20. The controlling function looks only at the organizational level of effectiveness.
True False
21. The goal approach makes evaluation of success easier in those organizations that do not
produce tangible products.
True False
22. Goal achievement isn't readily measurable for organizations that don't produce tangible
products.
True False
Managing Effective Organizations
True / False Questions
1. To be formally defined as an "organization" the entity must consist of at least two people
and be profit oriented.
True False
2. The formal study of organizational behavior is believed to have begun between 1903 and
1917.
True False
3. The effectiveness of any organization is influenced greatly by human behavior.
True False
4. Anthropology has contributed to the study and application of OB.
True False
5. "Structure" is the formal pattern of how jobs but not people are grouped.
True False
6. "Culture" is the pattern of basic assumptions used by individuals and groups to deal with
the organization and its environment.
True False
,7. The "organizational environment" includes the market and technology but generally
excludes governmental activities due to the "commerce clause."
True False
,8. Group performance is the foundation of organizational performance.
True False
9. Groups form within organizations exclusively to address formal organizational needs.
True False
10. The essence of power is control over others.
True False
11. Managers derive power from both organizational and individual sources.
True False
12. Leadership and quality concepts have been found to be inseparable.
True False
13. Job design refers to the process by which managers specify the contents, methods, and
relationships of jobs to satisfy both organizational and individual requirements.
True False
14. Job design looks at contents, methods and relationships of jobs to the exclusive end of
meeting organizational requirements.
True False
15. Organizational effectiveness is a result of both individual and group effectiveness.
True False
, 16. The text provides stress as a cause of both individual and group effectiveness.
True False
17. The Classical School proposed that management work consists of distinct but unrelated
functions which together constitute the management process.
True False
18. Planning involves establishing where the organization is going but not how it is going to
get there.
True False
19. Mintzberg is known for identifying the four functions of management.
True False
20. The controlling function looks only at the organizational level of effectiveness.
True False
21. The goal approach makes evaluation of success easier in those organizations that do not
produce tangible products.
True False
22. Goal achievement isn't readily measurable for organizations that don't produce tangible
products.
True False
