MGMT 310 EXAM ONE CHAPTERS ONE
THROUGH THREE PRACTICE PAPER 2026
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⫸ HR Management. Answer: takes theories/principles studied in OB
& explores the "nuts & bolts" applications of those principles in
organizations
⫸ Strategic Management. Answer: focuses on the product choices &
industry characteristics that affect an organization's profitability
⫸ OB Borrows ___ from industrial/organizational psychology.
Answer: research on job performance/individual characteristic
⫸ OB borrows ___ from social psychology. Answer: research on
satisfaction, emotions, and team processes
⫸ OB borrows ___ from sociology. Answer: research on team
characteristics and organizational structure
⫸ OB borrows ____ from anthropology. Answer: research that helps
inform the study of organizational culture
⫸ OB borrows ____ from economic models. Answer: understanding
of motivation, learning, and decision making
,⫸ Two primary outcomes of OB. Answer: Job Performance and
Organizational Commitment
⫸ Resource-Based View. Answer: what exactly makes resources
valuable, what makes them capable of creating a long-term profit
⫸ When is a resource more valuable. Answer: when it is rare
⫸ Inimitable. Answer: Makes a resource more valuable because it
can't be imitated
⫸ How can competitors mimic resources. Answer: MONEY
⫸ Numerous Small Decisions. Answer: people make many small
decisions day in and day out, week in and week out
⫸ Socially complex resources. Answer: Not always clear how these
resources came to develop
⫸ Rule of 1/8. Answer: Since ½ x ½ x ½ = ⅛, @ best, 12% of
organizations will actually do what is required to build profits by
putting people first.
⫸ Method of Experience. Answer: people hold firmly to some belief
b/c it is consistent w/ their own experience/observations
, ⫸ Method of Intuition. Answer: people hold firmly to some belief b/c
it "just stands to reason" - seems obvious/self-evident
⫸ Method of Authority. Answer: People hold firmly to some belief
b/c some respected official agency, or source has said to
⫸ Method of Science. Answer: people accept some belief b/c
scientific studies have tended to replicate that result using a series of
samples, settings, methods
⫸ 4 Parts to Scientific Methods. Answer: Theory, Hypothesis, Data,
Verification
⫸ Theory. Answer: collection of assertions that specify how/why
variable are related EX: Job demands vs resources, job demands lead
to burnout, resources lead to engagement
⫸ Hypothesis. Answer: Written predictions that specify relationships
between variables
⫸ Data. Answer: Collect actual data that explicitly allows you to test
the hypothesis
⫸ Verification. Answer: Use correlation test to verify
hypothesis/conclude whether our theory was supported or not
THROUGH THREE PRACTICE PAPER 2026
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⫸ HR Management. Answer: takes theories/principles studied in OB
& explores the "nuts & bolts" applications of those principles in
organizations
⫸ Strategic Management. Answer: focuses on the product choices &
industry characteristics that affect an organization's profitability
⫸ OB Borrows ___ from industrial/organizational psychology.
Answer: research on job performance/individual characteristic
⫸ OB borrows ___ from social psychology. Answer: research on
satisfaction, emotions, and team processes
⫸ OB borrows ___ from sociology. Answer: research on team
characteristics and organizational structure
⫸ OB borrows ____ from anthropology. Answer: research that helps
inform the study of organizational culture
⫸ OB borrows ____ from economic models. Answer: understanding
of motivation, learning, and decision making
,⫸ Two primary outcomes of OB. Answer: Job Performance and
Organizational Commitment
⫸ Resource-Based View. Answer: what exactly makes resources
valuable, what makes them capable of creating a long-term profit
⫸ When is a resource more valuable. Answer: when it is rare
⫸ Inimitable. Answer: Makes a resource more valuable because it
can't be imitated
⫸ How can competitors mimic resources. Answer: MONEY
⫸ Numerous Small Decisions. Answer: people make many small
decisions day in and day out, week in and week out
⫸ Socially complex resources. Answer: Not always clear how these
resources came to develop
⫸ Rule of 1/8. Answer: Since ½ x ½ x ½ = ⅛, @ best, 12% of
organizations will actually do what is required to build profits by
putting people first.
⫸ Method of Experience. Answer: people hold firmly to some belief
b/c it is consistent w/ their own experience/observations
, ⫸ Method of Intuition. Answer: people hold firmly to some belief b/c
it "just stands to reason" - seems obvious/self-evident
⫸ Method of Authority. Answer: People hold firmly to some belief
b/c some respected official agency, or source has said to
⫸ Method of Science. Answer: people accept some belief b/c
scientific studies have tended to replicate that result using a series of
samples, settings, methods
⫸ 4 Parts to Scientific Methods. Answer: Theory, Hypothesis, Data,
Verification
⫸ Theory. Answer: collection of assertions that specify how/why
variable are related EX: Job demands vs resources, job demands lead
to burnout, resources lead to engagement
⫸ Hypothesis. Answer: Written predictions that specify relationships
between variables
⫸ Data. Answer: Collect actual data that explicitly allows you to test
the hypothesis
⫸ Verification. Answer: Use correlation test to verify
hypothesis/conclude whether our theory was supported or not
