Exam 3 MGMT 6311 questions with verified answers
A decision which centers on how things get done is a(n)...
a. tactical decision.
b. operational decision.
c. programmed decision.
d. strategic decision. Ans✓✓✓ a. tactical decision.
A family purchases a house and continually spends money repairing one part of it
after another. A number of times, they should have sold the house, but they kept
thinking that if they did just one more thing, the house would be great. This
situation demonstrates what decision-making trap?
a. framing bias
b. anchoring
c. overconfidence bias
d. escalation of commitment Ans✓✓✓ d. escalation of commitment
A group where there is a great deal of camaraderie is a group experiencing
a. collective efficacy.
b. social loafing.
c. cohesion.
d. high task commitment. Ans✓✓✓ c. cohesion.
According to Gersick's punctuated equilibrium model, groups repeatedly cycle
through which two group development stages?
a. forming and norming
, b. forming and performing
c. storming and performing
d. storming and norming Ans✓✓✓ c. storming and performing
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) includes...
a. arbitration.
b. mediation.
c. other conflict resolution approaches.
d. All of the above. Ans✓✓✓ d. All of the above.
An example of a question requiring an operational decision in response is...
a. Should we develop a new corporate structure?
b. Should we consider a merger with our biggest competitor?
c. How often do I go back to the stockroom to get additional products for display?
d. Which advertising firm should we choose for our fall advertising campaign?
Ans✓✓✓ c. How often do I go back to the stockroom to get additional products
for display?
An organizational behavior class has students working in teams to complete a
final research paper. Taylor's group has divided the paper up into sections,
making each group member responsible for one section. Taylor is responsible for
integrating all those sections. The group is organizing these tasks by using...
a. sequential interdependence.
b. reciprocal interdependence.
c. pooled interdependence.
d. outcome interdependence. Ans✓✓✓ c. pooled interdependence
A decision which centers on how things get done is a(n)...
a. tactical decision.
b. operational decision.
c. programmed decision.
d. strategic decision. Ans✓✓✓ a. tactical decision.
A family purchases a house and continually spends money repairing one part of it
after another. A number of times, they should have sold the house, but they kept
thinking that if they did just one more thing, the house would be great. This
situation demonstrates what decision-making trap?
a. framing bias
b. anchoring
c. overconfidence bias
d. escalation of commitment Ans✓✓✓ d. escalation of commitment
A group where there is a great deal of camaraderie is a group experiencing
a. collective efficacy.
b. social loafing.
c. cohesion.
d. high task commitment. Ans✓✓✓ c. cohesion.
According to Gersick's punctuated equilibrium model, groups repeatedly cycle
through which two group development stages?
a. forming and norming
, b. forming and performing
c. storming and performing
d. storming and norming Ans✓✓✓ c. storming and performing
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) includes...
a. arbitration.
b. mediation.
c. other conflict resolution approaches.
d. All of the above. Ans✓✓✓ d. All of the above.
An example of a question requiring an operational decision in response is...
a. Should we develop a new corporate structure?
b. Should we consider a merger with our biggest competitor?
c. How often do I go back to the stockroom to get additional products for display?
d. Which advertising firm should we choose for our fall advertising campaign?
Ans✓✓✓ c. How often do I go back to the stockroom to get additional products
for display?
An organizational behavior class has students working in teams to complete a
final research paper. Taylor's group has divided the paper up into sections,
making each group member responsible for one section. Taylor is responsible for
integrating all those sections. The group is organizing these tasks by using...
a. sequential interdependence.
b. reciprocal interdependence.
c. pooled interdependence.
d. outcome interdependence. Ans✓✓✓ c. pooled interdependence
