Question 1

Trust,justice,and ethics capture what employees feel when thinking about their jobs and doing their day-to-day work.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

The resource-based view suggests that a resource is more valuable when it is _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  complex
B)  simple
C)  inimitable
D)  expensive
E)  newF) A) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 3

According to the Rule of One-Eighth,

Accepted Answer

A)  at least 88 percent of organizations will do everything necessary to put people first and thereby build profits.
B)  at best 12 percent of organizations will actually do what is required to build profits by putting people first.
C)  75 percent of organizations won't believe the connection between how they manage their people and the profits they earn.
D)  38 percent of the organizations try to make a single change to solve their problems.
E)  one in eight organizations miserably fails at making the people to profit connection.F) C) and E)
G) B) and D)

Question 4

Strategic management focuses on the product choices and industry characteristics that affect an organization's profitability.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Identify the key individual outcomes in the studies of organizational behavior and describe the factors that affect these key outcomes.

Accepted Answer

The key individual outcomes in studies o...

Question 6

Meta-analyses cannot form the foundation for evidence-based management.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Which of the following takes the theories and principles studied in OB and explores the applications of those principles in organizations?

Accepted Answer

A)  Human resource management
B)  Strategic management
C)  Economic research
D)  Operations management
E)  Financial managementF) D) and E)
G) None of the above

Question 8

According to the method of experience,people hold firmly to some belief because scientific studies have tended to replicate results using a series of samples,settings,and methods.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Which of the following focuses on the product choices and industry characteristics that affect an organization's profitability?

Accepted Answer

A)  Organizational behavior
B)  Process management
C)  Operations management
D)  Strategic management
E)  Human resource managementF) C) and E)
G) B) and D)

Question 10

Proponents of evidence-based management argue that human resources should be transformed into a sort of R&D department for managing people.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

The theories and concepts found in OB are drawn from two disciplines: human resources management and strategic management.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Causal inferences means establishing that one variable really does cause another.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Which of the following methods suggests that people hold firmly to some belief because some respected official,agency,or source has said it is so?

Accepted Answer

A)  Method of intuition
B)  Method of authority
C)  Method of science
D)  Method of experience
E)  Method of behaviorF) All of the above
G) A) and E)

Question 14

Which of these is one of the conditions necessary to establish causal inferences?

Accepted Answer

A)  The two variables are not correlated.
B)  Multiple alternative explanations exist for the correlation.
C)  The presumed cause precedes the presumed effect in time.
D)  The study was conducted in an open environment.
E)  The sample size is large enough.F) B) and C)
G) A) and B)

Question 15

To counter the effects of a bad product,effective management of OB can help make the product get better,incrementally,over the long term.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

The strength of a correlation can be inferred from the "compactness" of its scatterplot.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 1: What Is Organizational Behavior

According to the method of experience,people hold firmly to some belief because scientific studies have tended to replicate results using a series of samples,settings,and methods.

Correct Answer
verified

To counter the effects of a bad product,effective management of OB can help make the product get better,incrementally,over the long term.

Correct Answer
verified

The strength of a correlation can be inferred from the "compactness" of its scatterplot.

Correct Answer
verified

According to the Rule of One-Eighth,

Correct Answer
verified

Which of the following methods suggests that people hold firmly to some belief because some respected official,agency,or source has said it is so?

Correct Answer
verified

Identify the key individual outcomes in the studies of organizational behavior and describe the factors that affect these key outcomes.

Correct Answer
verified
The key individual outcomes in studies o...
View Answer

Proponents of evidence-based management argue that human resources should be transformed into a sort of R&D department for managing people.

Correct Answer
verified

The resource-based view suggests that a resource is more valuable when it is _____.

Correct Answer
verified

Meta-analyses cannot form the foundation for evidence-based management.

Correct Answer
verified

Which of the following focuses on the product choices and industry characteristics that affect an organization's profitability?

Correct Answer
verified

Causal inferences means establishing that one variable really does cause another.

Correct Answer
verified

Strategic management focuses on the product choices and industry characteristics that affect an organization's profitability.

Correct Answer
verified

The theories and concepts found in OB are drawn from two disciplines: human resources management and strategic management.

Correct Answer
verified

Which of these is one of the conditions necessary to establish causal inferences?

Correct Answer
verified

Which of the following takes the theories and principles studied in OB and explores the applications of those principles in organizations?

Correct Answer
verified

Trust,justice,and ethics capture what employees feel when thinking about their jobs and doing their day-to-day work.

Correct Answer
verified

Exam 1: What Is Organizational Behavior

According to the method of experience,people hold firmly to some belief because scientific studies have tended to replicate results using a series of samples,settings,and methods.

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

To counter the effects of a bad product,effective management of OB can help make the product get better,incrementally,over the long term.

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

The strength of a correlation can be inferred from the "compactness" of its scatterplot.

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

According to the Rule of One-Eighth,

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

Which of the following methods suggests that people hold firmly to some belief because some respected official,agency,or source has said it is so?

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

Identify the key individual outcomes in the studies of organizational behavior and describe the factors that affect these key outcomes.

Correct AnswerverifiedThe key individual outcomes in studies o...View AnswerShow Answer

Proponents of evidence-based management argue that human resources should be transformed into a sort of R&D department for managing people.

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

The resource-based view suggests that a resource is more valuable when it is _____.

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

Meta-analyses cannot form the foundation for evidence-based management.

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

Which of the following focuses on the product choices and industry characteristics that affect an organization's profitability?

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

Causal inferences means establishing that one variable really does cause another.

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

Strategic management focuses on the product choices and industry characteristics that affect an organization's profitability.

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

The theories and concepts found in OB are drawn from two disciplines: human resources management and strategic management.

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

Which of these is one of the conditions necessary to establish causal inferences?

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

Which of the following takes the theories and principles studied in OB and explores the applications of those principles in organizations?

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

Trust,justice,and ethics capture what employees feel when thinking about their jobs and doing their day-to-day work.

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified
The key individual outcomes in studies o...
View Answer

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified