Organizational Behavior correct answers a field of study devoted to understanding and ultimately improving the attitudes and behaviors of individuals/groups in organizations
HR Management correct answers takes theories/principles studied in OB & explores the "nuts & bolts" applications of those ...
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Organizational Behavior correct answers a field of study devoted to understanding and ultimately
improving the attitudes and behaviors of individuals/groups in organizations
HR Management correct answers takes theories/principles studied in OB & explores the "nuts &
bolts" applications of those principles in organizations
Strategic Management correct answers focuses on the product choices & industry characteristics
that affect an organization's profitability
OB Borrows ___ from industrial/organizational psychology correct answers research on job
performance/individual characteristic
OB borrows ___ from social psychology correct answers research on satisfaction, emotions, and
team processes
OB borrows ___ from sociology correct answers research on team characteristics and
organizational structure
OB borrows ____ from anthropology correct answers research that helps inform the study of
organizational culture
OB borrows ____ from economic models correct answers understanding of motivation, learning,
and decision making
Two primary outcomes of OB correct answers Job Performance and Organizational Commitment
Resource-Based View correct answers what exactly makes resources valuable, what makes them
capable of creating a long-term profit
When is a resource more valuable correct answers when it is rare
Inimitable correct answers Makes a resource more valuable because it can't be imitated
How can competitors mimic resources correct answers MONEY
Numerous Small Decisions correct answers people make many small decisions day in and day
out, week in and week out
Socially complex resources correct answers Not always clear how these resources came to
develop
Rule of 1/8 correct answers Since ½ x ½ x ½ = ⅛, @ best, 12% of organizations will actually do
what is required to build profits by putting people first.
, Method of Experience correct answers people hold firmly to some belief b/c it is consistent w/
their own experience/observations
Method of Intuition correct answers people hold firmly to some belief b/c it "just stands to
reason" - seems obvious/self-evident
Method of Authority correct answers People hold firmly to some belief b/c some respected
official agency, or source has said to
Method of Science correct answers people accept some belief b/c scientific studies have tended
to replicate that result using a series of samples, settings, methods
4 Parts to Scientific Methods correct answers Theory, Hypothesis, Data, Verification
Theory correct answers collection of assertions that specify how/why variable are related EX:
Job demands vs resources, job demands lead to burnout, resources lead to engagement
Hypothesis correct answers Written predictions that specify relationships between variables
Data correct answers Collect actual data that explicitly allows you to test the hypothesis
Verification correct answers Use correlation test to verify hypothesis/conclude whether our
theory was supported or not
Correlation correct answers Measures extent to which 2 variables covary together. DOES NOT
EQAUL CAUSATION
Positive Correlation correct answers 2 variable tend to move in the same direction
Negative correlation correct answers 2 variables tend to move in opposite directions
Correlation Strengths correct answers .50 - considered strong
.30 - considered moderate
.10 - considered weak
Providing Causations Requires: correct answers 1. correlation
2. temporal precedence
3. elimination of alternative explanations
Meta-Analysis correct answers correlations from multiple studies get averaged together, can then
form the foundation for evidence-based management
Evidence-based management correct answers argues that scientific findings should form the
foundation for management education, much as they do for medical education
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