BU288- OB Midterm 1 Testbank 2024 WvITH CORRECT AND VERRIFFIED ANSWERS
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BU288- OB Midterm 1 Testbank 2024 WITH CORRECT AND VERRIFFIED ANSWERS BU288- OB Midterm 1 Testbank 2024 WITH CORRECT AND VERRIFFIED ANSWERS BU288- OB Midterm 1 Testbank 2024 WITH CORRECT AND VERRIFFIED ANSWERS BU288- OB Midterm 1 Testbank 2024 WITH CORRECT AND VERRIFFIED ANSWERS BU288- OB Midterm 1...
BU288- OB Midterm 1 Testbank 2024
WITH CORRECT AND VERRIFFIED
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,1) The most important goal of virtually all organizations is
A) employee development.
B) profit.
C) increased productivity.
D) survival.
E) cost reduction. - CORRECT ANSWERS-D
2) Organization survival is often dependent on how well the organization can adapt.
Which of the following behaviours on the part of individuals is necessary for the
organization to survive?
A) Being innovative.
B) Being motivated to join and remain with the organization.
C) Performing their work in terms of productivity, quality, and service.
D) Being flexible.
E) All of the above. - CORRECT ANSWERS-E
3) Which of the following statements best defines an "organization"?
A) A social convention for accomplishing individual goals through group effort.
B) A collection of formally organized social entities.
,C) A social invention for accomplishing common goals through group effort.
D) A combination of people and physical capital designed to accomplish a common
goal.
E) A group which accomplishes common goals through social interactions and
individual effort. - CORRECT ANSWERS-C
4) Organizational behaviour is interested in
A) the behaviours of individuals and groups in organizations.
B) the structure of organizations.
C) the formation of groups in organizations.
D) the attitudes of individuals and groups in organizations.
E) all of the above. - CORRECT ANSWERS-E
5) A large Canadian corporation has recently merged with a French company. Which of
the following is least likely to be related to the field of organizational behaviour?
A) The impact of different cultural values on the newly merged company.
B) The adoption of a bilingual communication policy for all announcements in the
employee newsletter.
C) The development of an organizational structure for the newly merged company.
D) The adoption of a new leadership style and the subsequent resignation of two
executives in Canada.
E) The legal restrictions pertaining to share ownership in the newly merged company. -
CORRECT ANSWERS-E
, 6) Management is defined as
A) the art of getting things accomplished through others.
B) the art which prescribes how things get accomplished in organizations.
C) the art of telling people what to do.
D) the art of getting people to do what you want.
E) the art of controlling employees. - CORRECT ANSWERS-A
7) Who was the father of scientific management?
A) Frederick Taylor
B) Lyndall Urwick
C) Elton Mayo
D) Max Weber
E) Henri Fayol - CORRECT ANSWERS-A
8) Scientific Management is the process of
A) using research to develop the optimum degree of specialization and standardization
of work tasks.
B) establishing objective criteria for promotion and selection of employees.
C) developing a strict chain of command.
D) developing a strict set of rules and regulations.
E) centralizing power at the top of organizations. - CORRECT ANSWERS-A
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