Introduction to Organizational Behavior MCQs

Introduction to Organizational Behavior MCQs

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1: The study and practice of how to manage individual and group behavior in business, government, and nonprofit settings is known as Organizational behavior

A.   True

B.   Fasle

2: Occurs where one or more members of a group or organization stimulate others to more clearly recognize their previously latent needs, desires, and __________and to work together toward their fulfillment

A.   Potentialities

B.   Incapabilities

C.   Incapacity

D.   None of these

3: The study and practice of how to manage individual and group behavior in business, government, and nonprofit settings is known as Organizational behavior

A.   True

B.   False

4: Occurs where one or more members of a group or organization stimulate others to more clearly recognize their previously latent needs, desires, and __________and to work together toward their fulfillment

A.   Potentialities

B.   In capabilities

C.   Incapacity

D.   None of these

5: The application of scientific techniques to work processes, as advocated by Frederick Taylor

A.   Scientific management

B.   Hawthorne effect

C.   Formal organization

D.   Theory X

6: ________ is the finding that people change their behavior when they know they are being observed

A.   Scientific management

B.   Hawthorne effect

C.   Formal organization

D.   Theory X

7: ____ is a system of consciously coordinated activities or forces of two or more persons

A.   Scientific management

B.   Hawthorne effect

C.   Formal organization

D.   Theory X

8: The traditional command-and-control approach based on assumptions of people as lazy, uninvolved, and motivated solely by money is known as?

A.   Scientific management

B.   Hawthorne effect

C.   Formal organization

D.   Theory X

9: ________ is a more humanistic form of management based on assumptions of people as active and involved in their work.

A.   Scientific management

B.   Hawthorne effect

C.   Theory Y

D.   Theory X

10: Bureaucracy is a form of organization exhibiting hierarchy, division of labor, impersonal rules, and top-down authority________.

A.   Weber, 1948

B.   Weber, 1946

C.   Weber, 1945

D.   Weber, 1947

11: __________ is an approach to organizational behavior based on positive psychology and emphasizing strengths rather than weaknesses.

A.   Positive organizational behavior

B.   Knowledge workers

C.   Culture behavior

D.   Globalization

12: knowledge workers are those whose primary contribution to the organization is physical but mental

A.   True

B.   False

13: Globalization is the extent to which cultures, _______, and economies are interconnected and integrated

A.   Societies

B.   Aloneness

C.   Cold-heartedness

D.   Hatred

14: ________ is the tendency for modern societies to exhibit more liquid or fluid tendencies

A.   Liquid modernity

B.   Diversity

C.   Especially tending to flow

D.   None of these

15: Diversity is achieving a workforce generally reflective of the social environment surrounding the organization, with special attention to race, gender, sexual orientation, and so on, as well as cultural differences

A.   True

B.   False

16: Corporate social responsibilities are the companies going beyond their top-line economic interests and engaging in activities that promote social well being and environmental sustainability

A.   True

B.   False

17: Sustainability is meeting the needs of the present generation in a way that compromise the capacity of future generations to not meet their needs

A.   True

B.   False

18: The study and practice of how to manage individual and group behavior in business, government, and nonprofit settings is referred to as

A.   Scientific management

B.   Organizational behavior

C.   Sustainability

D.   Globalization

19: Scientific management is the application of scientific techniques to work processes, as advocated by Frederick Taylor

A.   True

B.   False

20: The finding that people change their behavior when they know they are being observed is called the

A.   Liquid Modernity

B.   Hawthorne effect

C.   Theory X

D.   Sustainability

21: An approach to organizational behavior based on positive psychology and emphasizing strengths rather than weaknesses is referred to as ________.

A.   Formal organization

B.   Sustainability

C.   Positive organizational behavior

D.   Scientific management

22: Leaders are expected to develop a vision for the group or organization and encourage the development of gals and performance objectives.

A.   True

B.   False

23: When one or more members of a group or organization stimulate others to more clearly recognize their previously latent needs, desires, and potentialities and work together towards their fulfillment, this is referred to as:

A.   Liquid Modernity

B.   Corporate social responsibility

C.   Hawthorne effect

D.   Leadership

24: The extent to which cultures, societies, and economies are interconnected and integrated is referred to as:

A.   Liquid modernity

B.   Globalization

C.   Diversity

D.   Sustainability

25: Corporate social responsibility refers to companies going beyond their economic interests and engaging in activities that promote social well-being and environmental sustainability.

A.   True

B.   False

26: Meeting the needs of the present generation in a way that doesn’t compromise the capacity of future generations to meet their needs is:

A.   Scientific management

B.   Positive organizational behavior

C.   Hawthorne effect

D.   Sustainability

27: A form of organization exhibiting hierarchy, division of labor, impersonal rules, and top-down authority is a bureaucracy.

A.   True

B.   False

28: Leaders are concerned with problem-solving and getting people to operate efficiently through the organization, whereas managers are not bound to structure or existing goals, ultimately seeking to shape the future of the organization.

A.   True

B.   False

29: Which of the following would be expected of a leader as opposed to a manager of an organization?

A.   Organizing tasks

B.   Creating and maintaining an organizational culture

C.   Staffing

D.   Coordinating

30: A humanistic form of management based on assumptions of people as active and involved in their work is:

A.   Theory X

B.   Theory Y

C.   Human Resource Management

D.   Scientific Management

31: The traditional command-and-control approach based on assumptions of people as lazy, uninvolved, and motivated solely by money is:

A.   Theory X

B.   Theory Y

C.   Human Resource Management

D.   Scientific Management

A.   Bureaucracy

B.   Human Resource Management

C.   Scientific Management

D.   Sustainability

33: According to douglas mcgregor's theory y, a manager assumes that employees ________.

A.   Need to be directed

B.   Prefer to be controlled

C.   Learn to accept responsibility

D.   Need to be micromanaged

E.   Attempt to avoid work

34: The selection process helps sustain the organization's culture by ________.

A.   Establishing and enforcing norms

B.   Hiring candidates who fit well within the organization

C.   Socializing the new employees

D.   Developing performance evaluation criteria

E.   Rewarding conformity

35: Until the late 1980s, business school curricula emphasized the ________ aspects of management.

A.   Ethical

B.   People

C.   Technical

D.   Human

E.   Global