BUS 410 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) | ALREADY
GRADED A+ | NEW UPDATE 2025
Identify and define the four functions of managers? - ANSWER o Planning-
Choose appropriate organizational goals and courses of action to best achieve
those goals
o Organizing- Establish task and authority
o Leading
o Controlling
Explain what is organizational behavior and why it matters in the organizational
context? - ANSWER o The area of management that studies the impact that
individuals, groups and structure have on behavior within the organization
o Apply this knowledge toward improving organizational effectiveness. Survive
o Helps- productivity, customer satisfaction, improvements in competitiveness
Explain what are the different social sciences that influence the study of
organizational behavior and how they influence it? - ANSWER o
Pyschology(mind/human behavior), Sociology, Anthropology( origins, cultural
development), Political Science and Communication
Describe the 3 different ways presented in class to evaluate effectiveness. -
ANSWER o Describe the 3 different ways presented in class to evaluate
effectiveness.
• Goal Approach (oldest)
, • Emphasizes goal achievement
• Problems
o Contradicting goals
o Getting consensus on goals
o Difficulty in measuring intangible outputs
• Systems Approach
• Emphasizes on survivability
• Focus is on how well internal and external components work together
• Stakeholder Approach
• Emphasizes satisfying interests of different organizational stakeholders
• Problems
o Incompatibility between expectations of stakeholders
o Effectiveness depends on satisfying the most powerful and their coalitions
Please identify and describe the general factors that influence behavior. -
ANSWER o Attitudes toward behavior, subjective norms, perceived efficacy
→behavior intentions →Behavior
Define what is culture. - ANSWER o Represents the dominant behavioral
patterns, values and ideas of a group of people.
o Provides a framework to organize thoughts, emotions and behaviors
• Teaches how to think
• Conditions to feel
• Instructs how to act
ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) | ALREADY
GRADED A+ | NEW UPDATE 2025
Identify and define the four functions of managers? - ANSWER o Planning-
Choose appropriate organizational goals and courses of action to best achieve
those goals
o Organizing- Establish task and authority
o Leading
o Controlling
Explain what is organizational behavior and why it matters in the organizational
context? - ANSWER o The area of management that studies the impact that
individuals, groups and structure have on behavior within the organization
o Apply this knowledge toward improving organizational effectiveness. Survive
o Helps- productivity, customer satisfaction, improvements in competitiveness
Explain what are the different social sciences that influence the study of
organizational behavior and how they influence it? - ANSWER o
Pyschology(mind/human behavior), Sociology, Anthropology( origins, cultural
development), Political Science and Communication
Describe the 3 different ways presented in class to evaluate effectiveness. -
ANSWER o Describe the 3 different ways presented in class to evaluate
effectiveness.
• Goal Approach (oldest)
, • Emphasizes goal achievement
• Problems
o Contradicting goals
o Getting consensus on goals
o Difficulty in measuring intangible outputs
• Systems Approach
• Emphasizes on survivability
• Focus is on how well internal and external components work together
• Stakeholder Approach
• Emphasizes satisfying interests of different organizational stakeholders
• Problems
o Incompatibility between expectations of stakeholders
o Effectiveness depends on satisfying the most powerful and their coalitions
Please identify and describe the general factors that influence behavior. -
ANSWER o Attitudes toward behavior, subjective norms, perceived efficacy
→behavior intentions →Behavior
Define what is culture. - ANSWER o Represents the dominant behavioral
patterns, values and ideas of a group of people.
o Provides a framework to organize thoughts, emotions and behaviors
• Teaches how to think
• Conditions to feel
• Instructs how to act
