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Table of Content
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Chapter t1 1: Introduction to Organizational Behavior: An Evidence-Based Approach
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Chapter t1 2: Environmental Context: Globalization, Diversity, and Ethics
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Chapter t1 3: Organizational Context: Design and Culture
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Chapter t1 4: Organizational Context: Reward Systems
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Chapter t1 5: Personality, Perception, and Employee Attitudes
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Chapter t1 6: Motivational Needs, Processes, and Applications
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Chapter t1 7: Positive Organizational Behavior and Psychological Capital
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Chapter t1 8: Communication and Decision Making
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Chapter t1 9: Stress and Conflict
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Chapter t1 10: Power and Politics
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Chapter t1 11: Groups and Teams
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Chapter t1 12: Behavioral Performance Management
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Chapter t1 13: Effective Leadership Processes
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Chapter t1 14: Great Leaders: An Evidenced-Based Approach
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1. The major challenge and critical competitive advantage for any organization
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is the human resource of that company.
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2. Casey, a relationship manager in a bank creates value for her organization
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through her networks, connections, and friends. These values can be referred
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to as "positive psychological capital."
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True False t1 t 1
3. Roger, a sales manager for Heust Pvt. Ltd., is impressed with his new sales
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executive, Tim. According to Roger, Tim is optimistic, can perform well under pressure, and is
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very confident about what he does. These qualities can be referred to as "positive
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psychological capital."
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True t1 t 1 False
4. The problems with human organizations and the solutions over the ages have
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undergone drastic changes compared to their emphasis and surrounding
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environmental context.
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True t1 t 1 False
5. A paradigm establishes only written
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rules. True False
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6. ‘Paradigmshift'refers to the situation in which those in the existing paradigm may t1 t1 t1 t1 t1 t1 t1 t1 t1 t1 t1
not even see the changes that are occurring, and therefore, cannot analyze the
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changes. True False
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, 7. Reasons for considerable resistance to change and difficulty to
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move from the old management paradigm to the new can be explained
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by the "paradigm effect." True
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8. The fact that today's managers are competent in their functional
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specialization is sufficient to reiterate that most of them paid close attention to
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the conceptual and human dimensions of their jobs.
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True False t1 t 1
9. According to Theory X, if employees t 1 t 1 t 1 t 1 t 1 t 1 were t 1 kept t 1 happy,
they would become high performers.
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True False t1 t 1
10. Theory X is the natural choice for most organizations in today's
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environment. True False
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11. Most of the practicing tmanagers
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cultures
t 1 believe, fully implement, and consistently adhere to a full-fledged
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HPWPs approach to management. True
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12. The movement to not only recognize, but also do something about the
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"Knowing- Doing Gap" is the movement towards evidence-based
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management.
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True False t1 t 1
13. Most of the "new management practices" are essentially a readapted
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version of existing "old management truths."
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True False t1 t 1