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Title: chapter 1 Started: August 20, 2010 2:28 PM Submitted: August 20, 2010 2:36 PM Time spent: 00:07:40 Total score:
70/100 = 70% Total score adjusted by 0.0 Maximum possible score: 100 1. Organizational behavior views organizations as: Student Response A. nonsystems. B. a single unitary subsystem. C. open systems. 100% Value Correct Answer Feedback
D. closed systems. E. none of the above.
Score: 10/10 2. Globalization refers to economic, social, and cultural connectivity with people in other parts of the world.
Score: 10/10 3. The contingency anchor of organizational behavior states that:
Score: 0/10 4. ______ refers to the study of moral principles or values that determine whether actions are right or wrong and outcomes are good or bad.
Score: 0/10 5. Which of the following statements about America's population and workforce is FALSE?
Score: 10/10 6. Globalization may have both positive and negative implications for people working in organizations.
Score: 10/10 7. Psychology and sociology have contributed many theories and concepts to the field of organizational behavior.
Score: 10/10 8. Scenario: Allison and the Anchors of OB Your roommate, Allison Albright, is a nonbusiness major. When she discovered that you are taking a course in Organizational Behavior, she was thoroughly confused as to why one would need to study OB and what it entails. You are trying to explain Allison about the basic conceptual anchors that guide the thinking about organizations and how to study them. She asks you some clarification questions. To collect and analyze information systematically, organizational behavior researchers rely on:
Score: 10/10 9. Which of the following statements is a proposition of highperformance work practices?
Score: 0/10 10. Three challenges organizations are facing are globalization, increasing workforce diversity and emerging employment relationships.
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Title: chapter 1 Started: August 21, 2010 9:21 PM Submitted: August 21, 2010 9:36 PM Time spent: 00:15:16 Total score:
90/100 = 90% Total score adjusted by 0.0 Maximum possible score: 100 1. Three challenges organizations are facing are globalization, increasing workforce diversity and emerging employment relationships. Student Response A. TRUE Value 100% Correct Answer Feedback
B. FALSE
Score: 10/10 2. Deep level diversity is the observable demographics such as age, gender and race.
Score: 10/10 3. The open systems perspective emphasizes that organizations survive by adapting to changes in the external environment.
Score: 10/10 4. Open system organizations are unable to maintain a close alignment of the organization's systems with the external environment.
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5. Scenario: Allison and the Anchors of OB Your roommate, Allison Albright, is a nonbusiness major. When she discovered that you are taking a course in Organizational Behavior, she was thoroughly confused as to why one would need to study OB and what it entails. You are trying to explain Allison about the basic conceptual anchors that guide the thinking about organizations and how to study them. She asks you some clarification questions. All of the following are conceptual anchors in organizational behavior EXCEPT:
Score: 10/10 6. Ethics refers to the study of moral principles or values that determine whether actions are right or wrong and outcomes are good or bad.
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Accounting, OB, and Marketing are three business fields that have a clearlydefined career path.
Score: 0/10 8. Scenario: Allison and the Anchors of OB Your roommate, Allison Albright, is a nonbusiness major. When she discovered that you are taking a course in Organizational Behavior, she was thoroughly confused as to why one would need to study OB and what it entails. You are trying to explain Allison about the basic conceptual anchors that guide the thinking about organizations and how to study them. She asks you some clarification questions. Which of the following is NOT a conceptual anchor in organizational behavior?
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Counterproductive work behaviors include threats and work avoidance.
Score: 10/10 10. Scenario: Allison Albright Your roommate, Allison Albright, is a nonbusiness major. When she discovered that you are taking a course in Organizational Behavior, she was thoroughly confused as to why one would need to study OB and what it entails. Based on what you have studied, can you help Allison answer some of her questions? Allison thinks that organization is the same as an organism. However, in the field of organizational behavior, organizations are best described as:
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Title: chapter 1 Started: August 21, 2010 9:37 PM Submitted: August 21, 2010 9:37 PM Time spent: 00:00:34 Total score:
0/100 = 0% Total score adjusted by 0.0 Maximum possible score: 100 1. Intellectual capital refers to: Student Response A. how much money an organization spends on training and development. B. the stock knowledge that resides in an organization. C. the percentage of information available that is actually used productively by the organization. D. the total cost of computers and other 'intelligent' machines in the organization. E. the cost of hiring a typical employee. Value Correct Answer Feedback
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Which of these statements is consistent with the five anchors of organizational behavior?
Score: 0/10 3. According to the authors of your text, organizational behavior knowledge:
Score: 0/10 4. Generous sick leave policies are known to:
Score: 0/10 5. As part of the knowledge management process, experimentation is conducive to:
Score: 0/10 6. The systematic research anchor relies mainly on qualitative data and subjective procedures to test hypothesis.
Score: 0/10 7. A perspective that effective organizations incorporate several workplace practices that leverage the potential of human capital is called highperformance work practices.
Score: 0/10 8. According to research, telecommuting offers all of these benefits EXCEPT:
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9. The open systems perspective emphasizes that organizations survive by adapting to changes in the external environment.
Score: 0/10 10. Twice each year, a major car parts manufacturer brings together production and engineering specialists from its eight divisions to discuss ideas, solutions, and concerns. This helps to minimize the 'silos of knowledge' problem that exists in many organizations. This practice is primarily an example of:
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Title: chapter 1 Started: August 21, 2010 9:38 PM Submitted: 21, August 2010 9:43 PM Time spent: 00:05:00 Total score:
80/100 = 80% Total score adjusted by 0.0 Maximum possible score: 100 1. The open systems anchor of organizational behavior states that: Student Response Value Correct Answer Feedback
A. organizations affect 100% and are affected by their external environments. B. organizations can operate efficiently by ignoring changes in the external environment. C. people are the only important organizational input. D. organizations basically have only one working part. E. all of the above.
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2. One way organizations can retain intellectual capital is to have high employee turn around.
Score: 10/10 3. In the field of organizational behavior, organizations are best described as:
Score: 10/10 4. Stakeholders are shareholders, customers, suppliers, governments and any other groups with a vested interest in the organization.
Score: 10/10 5. Which of the following relates to the idea that organizations are open systems?
Score: 10/10 6. According to the authors of your text, organizational behavior knowledge:
Score: 10/10 7. Work/life balance refers to minimizing conflict between work and nonwork demands.
Score: 10/10 8. Organizational citizenship refers to:
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9. ACME Software Inc. has developed a training program to make employees more aware of how their job performance affects customers and other employees within the organization. This training program relates most closely with which of the following concepts?
Score: 0/10 10. The best organizational practices are those built on the notion that organizations are closed systems.
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Title: chapter 1 Started: August 21, 2010 9:43 PM Submitted: August 21, 2010 10:02 PM Time spent: 00:19:19 Total score:
60/100 = 60% Total score adjusted by 0.0 Maximum possible score: 100 1. Marketing is one of the disciplines that have not made any contribution to organizational behavior knowledge.
Score: 0/10 2. In the field of organizational behavior, organizations are best described as:
Score: 10/10 3. One widely mentioned highperformance work practice is employee involvement.
Score: 10/10 4. Most organizational events may be studied from all three levels of analysis: individual, team and organization.
Score: 10/10 5. Scenario: Allison and the Anchors of OB Your roommate, Allison Albright, is a nonbusiness major. When she discovered that you are taking a course in Organizational Behavior, she was thoroughly confused as to why one would need to study OB and what it entails. You are trying to explain Allison about the basic conceptual anchors that guide the thinking about organizations and how to study them. She asks you some clarification questions.
Which of the following does NOT represent a belief that anchors organizational behavior?
Score: 10/10 6. Absenteeism is lower in organizations with generous sick leave.
Score: 10/10 7. Scenario: Bob Baldwin As an owner and manager of Tricky Toys, Bob Baldwin has been fascinated by all the changes occurring and transforming the workplace. Bob is concerned about the important OB trends that he can understand and take advantage of in developing and positioning his company in the marketplace. Bob has been interested in this trend of globalization. He should know that globalization occurs when an organization:
Score: 0/10 8. The topic of ethics is most closely associated with:
Score: 0/10 9. Counterproductive work behaviors include threats and work avoidance.
Score: 10/10 10. Which of the following is NOT a conceptual anchor in organizational behavior?
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Title: chapter 1 Started: August 21, 2010 10:03 PM Submitted:
August 21, 2010 10:17 PM Time spent: 00:13:52 Total score:
90/100 = 90% Total score adjusted by 0.0 Maximum possible score: 100 1. Which of these statements is consistent with the five anchors of organizational behavior? Student Value Correct Answer Feedback
Response A. Organizational behavior theories must apply universally to every situation.
B. Organizations are like machines that operate independently of their external environment. C. Each OB topic relates to only one level of analysis. D. The field of 100% organizational behavior should rely on other disciplines for some of its theory development. E. None of these statements is consistent with the OB anchors.
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2. Generous sick leave policies are known to:
Score: 10/10 3. The open systems perspective emphasizes that organizations survive by adapting to changes in the external environment.
Score: 10/10 4. Which of the following is an example of an organizational citizenship behavior?
Score: 10/10 5. If Dave's employees quit their jobs, according to research, the main reason why they quit their jobs may be that:
Score: 10/10 6. Organizational behavior knowledge:
Score: 10/10 7. Organizational citizenship refers to:
Score: 10/10 8. One example of organizational citizenship behaviors is assisting coworkers with their work problems.
Score: 10/10 9. Which of the following typically results in a loss of intellectual capital?
Score: 10/10 10. Working on a selfdirected team actually reduces employee motivation because employees feel they have no direction.
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Title: chapter 1 Started: August 21, 2010 10:18 PM Submitted: August 21, 2010 10:21 PM Time spent: 00:02:52 Total score:
80/100 = 80% Total score adjusted by 0.0 Maximum possible score: 100 1. Task performance refers to goaldirected behaviors under the individual's control that support organizational objectives. Student A. TRUE Value 100% Correct Answer Feedback
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B. FALSE
Score: 10/10 2. Knowledge management is an extension of:
Score: 10/10 3. In the field of organizational behavior, organizations are best described as:
Score: 10/10 4. If Dave's employees quit their jobs, according to research, the main reason why they quit their jobs may be that:
Score: 10/10 5. Globalization may have both positive and negative implications for people working in organizations.
Score: 10/10 6. Which of these describes groups of people who work interdependently towards some purpose?
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7. Employees who experience job dissatisfaction or workrelated stress are more likely to be absent or late for work.
Score: 10/10 8. Deep level diversity is the observable demographics such as age, gender and race.
Score: 10/10 9. According to research, although telecommuting significantly increases employee stress and reduces productivity and job satisfaction, it makes employees feel more empowered.
Score: 0/10 10. Generous sick leave policies are known to:
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