ANSWERS
CHPT 1 - CORRECT ANSWER-
Manager - CORRECT ANSWER-an individual who achieves
goals through other people
organization - CORRECT ANSWER-A consciously coordinated
socai unit, composed of two or more people. That functions on
a relatively continuous basis to achieve a common goal
Organizing - CORRECT ANSWER-Determining what task are
to be done, wo is to do them, how the tasks are to be done
Leading - CORRECT ANSWER-A function that includes
motivating employees, directing others, selecting the most
effective communication channels, and resolving conflicts
Controlling - CORRECT ANSWER-Monitoring activities to
ensure they are being accomplished as planned and correcting
any significant deviations
Technical skills - CORRECT ANSWER-the ability to apply
specialized knowledge or expertise
,human skills - CORRECT ANSWER-the ability to work with,
understand and motivate other people
conceptual skills - CORRECT ANSWER-the mental ability to
analyze and diagnose complex situations
Organizational behavior - CORRECT ANSWER-A field of study
that investigates the impact individuals groups, and structures
have on behavior within organizations for the purpose of
applying such knowledge toward improving an organizations
effectiveness
Systematic study - CORRECT ANSWER-looking at
relationships attempting to attribute causes and effects and
drawing conclusions based on scientific evidence
Evidence based management - CORRECT ANSWER-the
basing of managerial decisions on the best available scientific
evidence
intuition - CORRECT ANSWER-an instinctive feeling not
necessarily supported by research
Psychology - CORRECT ANSWER-the science that seeks to
measure, explain, and sometimes change the behavior of
humans and other animals
Social psychology - CORRECT ANSWER-an area of
psychology that blends concepts from psychology and
sociology to focus on the influence of people on one another
sociology - CORRECT ANSWER-the study of people in relation
to their social environment or culture
anthropology - CORRECT ANSWER-the study of societies to
learn about human beings and their activities
, Contingency variables - CORRECT ANSWER-situational
factors. variables that moderate the relationship between two or
more variables
Workforce diversity - CORRECT ANSWER-the concept that
organizations are becoming more heterogeneous in terms of
gender, age, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation
Positive organizational scholarship - CORRECT ANSWER-an
area of OB research that concerns how organizations develop
human strengths, foster vitality and resilience and unlock
potential
Ethical dilemmas and ethical choices - CORRECT ANSWER-
situations in which individuals are required to define right and
wrong conduct
Model - CORRECT ANSWER-an abstraction of reality a
simplified presentation of some real world phenomenon
input - CORRECT ANSWER-variables that lead to processes
processes - CORRECT ANSWER-actions that individuals
groups and organizations engage in as a result of inputs and
that lead to certain outcomes
outcomes - CORRECT ANSWER-key factors that are affected
by some other variables
stress - CORRECT ANSWER-an unpleasant psychological
process that occurs in response to environmental pressures
task preformance - CORRECT ANSWER-the combination of
effectiveness and efficiency at doing core job tasks