LSUS MBA 704 EXAM 1 UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ Theory X.
Answer: assumes that workers are basically lazy, error-prone, and
extrinsically motivated by money and, thus, should be directed from
above.
◉ Organizational Behavior Approach.
Answer: Employees are complex, and theoretical understanding
supported by research is needed before applications are made to
manage employees
◉ One-eighth Situation.
Answer: Only 1/8 of organizations buy into importance and value of
human resources, incorporate high performance work practices, and
stick with these practices
◉ knowing-doing gap.
Answer: the gap between what people know and what they actually
do
◉ evidence-based management.
,Answer: Using hard facts and empirical evidence to make decisions
◉ Hawthorne studies.
Answer: A series of studies during the 1920s and 1930s that
provided new insights into individual and group behavior
◉ Hawthorne effect.
Answer: productivity increases when workers are given special
attention and were enjoying a novel, interesting experienced
◉ meta-analysis.
Answer: A research technique that combines the statistical results of
many studies of the same question, yielding an estimate of the size
and consistency of a variable's effects.
◉ Theory.
Answer: simplification of reality; why something occurs
◉ Research design.
Answer: Primary aim is to establish a cause-and-effect relationship;
survey studies, case studies, and experimental design
◉ Experimental Design.
,Answer: Involves the manipulation of independent variables to
measure their effect on, or the change in, dependent variables, while
everything else is held constant or controlled
◉ Internal validity.
Answer: exists if there are no plausible alternative explanations of
the reported results other than those reported
◉ External validity.
Answer: exists if the results are applicable to a wide range of people
and situations
◉ Organizational Behavior.
Answer: The understanding, prediction, and management of human
behavior in organizations
◉ OB.
Answer: Micro, Theoretical
◉ OT.
Answer: Macro, Theoretical
◉ OD.
, Answer: Macro, Applied
◉ HRM.
Answer: Micro, Applied
◉ Cognitive Framework.
Answer: Gives humans credit and assumes that behavior is
purposeful and goal oriented
◉ Behavioristic Framework.
Answer: framework stresses the importance of dealing with
observable behaviors instead of the elusive mind that had
preoccupied earlier psychologists. Cognitions not needed
◉ Social Cognitive Framework.
Answer: Acknowledges human cognitions and environment role in
behavior; says that cognitions, environment, and behavior interact
and determine each other
◉ Social cognitive theory.
Answer: Organizational behavior results from the reciprocal
interaction among the unique personality characteristics of
organizational participants, organizational environment factors such
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ Theory X.
Answer: assumes that workers are basically lazy, error-prone, and
extrinsically motivated by money and, thus, should be directed from
above.
◉ Organizational Behavior Approach.
Answer: Employees are complex, and theoretical understanding
supported by research is needed before applications are made to
manage employees
◉ One-eighth Situation.
Answer: Only 1/8 of organizations buy into importance and value of
human resources, incorporate high performance work practices, and
stick with these practices
◉ knowing-doing gap.
Answer: the gap between what people know and what they actually
do
◉ evidence-based management.
,Answer: Using hard facts and empirical evidence to make decisions
◉ Hawthorne studies.
Answer: A series of studies during the 1920s and 1930s that
provided new insights into individual and group behavior
◉ Hawthorne effect.
Answer: productivity increases when workers are given special
attention and were enjoying a novel, interesting experienced
◉ meta-analysis.
Answer: A research technique that combines the statistical results of
many studies of the same question, yielding an estimate of the size
and consistency of a variable's effects.
◉ Theory.
Answer: simplification of reality; why something occurs
◉ Research design.
Answer: Primary aim is to establish a cause-and-effect relationship;
survey studies, case studies, and experimental design
◉ Experimental Design.
,Answer: Involves the manipulation of independent variables to
measure their effect on, or the change in, dependent variables, while
everything else is held constant or controlled
◉ Internal validity.
Answer: exists if there are no plausible alternative explanations of
the reported results other than those reported
◉ External validity.
Answer: exists if the results are applicable to a wide range of people
and situations
◉ Organizational Behavior.
Answer: The understanding, prediction, and management of human
behavior in organizations
◉ OB.
Answer: Micro, Theoretical
◉ OT.
Answer: Macro, Theoretical
◉ OD.
, Answer: Macro, Applied
◉ HRM.
Answer: Micro, Applied
◉ Cognitive Framework.
Answer: Gives humans credit and assumes that behavior is
purposeful and goal oriented
◉ Behavioristic Framework.
Answer: framework stresses the importance of dealing with
observable behaviors instead of the elusive mind that had
preoccupied earlier psychologists. Cognitions not needed
◉ Social Cognitive Framework.
Answer: Acknowledges human cognitions and environment role in
behavior; says that cognitions, environment, and behavior interact
and determine each other
◉ Social cognitive theory.
Answer: Organizational behavior results from the reciprocal
interaction among the unique personality characteristics of
organizational participants, organizational environment factors such
