LSUS MBA 704 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS WITH 100%
CORRECT ANSWERS 2024
Paradigm - -a model; an example
Theory X - -assumes that workers are basically lazy, error-prone, and extrinsically
motivated by money and, thus, should be directed from above.
Organizational Behavior Approach - -Employees are complex, and theoretical
understanding supported by research is needed before applications are made to manage
employees
One-eighth Situation - -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 - -the gap between what people know and what they actually do
evidence-based management - -Using hard facts and empirical evidence to make
decisions
Hawthorne studies - -A series of studies during the 1920s and 1930s that provided
new insights into individual and group behavior
Hawthorne effect - -productivity increases when workers are given special attention
and were enjoying a novel, interesting experienced
meta-analysis - -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.
CORRECT ANSWERS 2024
Paradigm - -a model; an example
Theory X - -assumes that workers are basically lazy, error-prone, and extrinsically
motivated by money and, thus, should be directed from above.
Organizational Behavior Approach - -Employees are complex, and theoretical
understanding supported by research is needed before applications are made to manage
employees
One-eighth Situation - -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 - -the gap between what people know and what they actually do
evidence-based management - -Using hard facts and empirical evidence to make
decisions
Hawthorne studies - -A series of studies during the 1920s and 1930s that provided
new insights into individual and group behavior
Hawthorne effect - -productivity increases when workers are given special attention
and were enjoying a novel, interesting experienced
meta-analysis - -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.
