Test Bank for Organizational Behavior, Improving Performance and Commitment in the Workplace 7th Edition Colquitt

TEST BANK FOR ORGANIZATIONAL
BEHAVIOR, IMPROVING PERFORMANCE
AND COMMITMENT IN THE WORKPLACE
7TH EDITION COLQUITT

,Student name:__________
1) Define organizational behavior (OB). How does it differ from human resource
management (HRM)?




Question Details
AACSB : Knowledge Application
Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation
Bloom's : Remember
Difficulty : 1 Easy
Topic : Organizational Behavior (OB)
Learning Objective : 01-01 What is the definition of "organizational behavior" (OB)?
AACSB : Communication




2) According to the integrative model of organizational behavior, what are the two
individual outcomes? What are the goals of most workers? What are the goals of most
managers? Do the feel the goals of the two align?




Question Details
AACSB : Knowledge Application
Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation
Difficulty : 2 Medium
Topic : Organizational Behavior (OB)
Bloom's : Understand
Learning Objective : 01-02 What are the two primary outcomes in studies of OB?
AACSB : Communication
AACSB : Reflective Thinking




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,3) Briefly explain the importance of the individual mechanisms that feature in the
integrative model of organizational behavior. Give an example for each.




Question Details
AACSB : Knowledge Application
Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation
Difficulty : 2 Medium
Learning Objective : 01-03 What factors affect the two primary OB outcomes?
Topic : Organizational Behavior (OB)
Bloom's : Understand
AACSB : Communication




4) Briefly explain the importance of group mechanisms that feature in the integrative model
of organizational behavior. Give an example of each mechanism.




Question Details
AACSB : Knowledge Application
Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation
Difficulty : 2 Medium
Learning Objective : 01-03 What factors affect the two primary OB outcomes?
Topic : Organizational Behavior (OB)
Bloom's : Understand
AACSB : Communication




5) You are asked to analyze two companies using the resource-based view of organizations
and distinguish which company has more valuable resources.




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, Question Details
Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation
Difficulty : 2 Medium
Learning Objective : 01-03 What factors affect the two primary OB outcomes?
Topic : Organizational Behavior (OB)
AACSB : Analytical Thinking
Bloom's : Analyze
AACSB : Communication




6) Explain the Rule of One-Eighth.




Question Details
AACSB : Knowledge Application
Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation
Difficulty : 2 Medium
Topic : Organizational Behavior (OB)
Bloom's : Understand
AACSB : Communication
Learning Objective : 01-04 Why might firms that are good at OB tend to be more profitable?




7) Briefly describe the four different ways of knowing things. Give an example of each.
Which way do you believe provides the soundest explanation and most compelling support?




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