O.B. - Pre-Quiz #4

People with a high need for power can be successful managers if they:

Curb their desires when they might interfere with organizational relationships

The role of participation and empowerment in motivation can be expressed in terms of all of the following theoretical perspectives EXCEPT:

Diversity Theory

All of the following statements regarding flextime are true EXCEPT:

It is desirable for people who want to work part-time

Justine is highly concerned about monotony and boredom plaguing his employees at work. If he starts to systematically move workers from one job to another in an attempt to minimize monotony and boredom, it refers to which of these?

Job Rotation

Which of these was the first widespread model of how individual work should be designed?

Job specialization

The most difficult performance factor to manage is often

MOTIVATION

OB modification attempts to use:

Positive

The critical psychological states of the job characteristics theory include all of the following EXCEPT:

Recognition for work Outcomes.

Empowerment will enhance organizational effectiveness under all the following conditions EXCEPT:

Renewed concentration of authority in the hands of top managers

In the job characteristics theory, autonomy affect which critical psychological state?

(I put meaningful outcomes of the work) It was supposed to be responsibility

Which of the following usually is change our own outcome option when attempting to correct an inequitable situation?

*THIS IS A SECOND OPTION* Seek additional avenues for growth and development

When Sarah is ready to implement the job characteristics theory, she can use all of these guidelines (EXCEPT:)

-Task identity -Task significance -Feedback -Autonomy

All of the following methods can be used to enhance individual performance at work (EXCEPT:)

-performance management -employee participation -goal setting -job design

All of the following methods can be used to enhance individual performance at work EXCEPT:

-performance management -employee participation -goal setting -job design (all of these)

If Marco is interested in utilizing job specialization as motivational technique at work, you should advise him that the primary problem associated with the specialization of jobs is

Boredom

When a construction worker decides to work additional hours on a typical workday so that he can have a three-day weekend, he is likely taking advantage of a ____ program.

Compressed work week

Quality circles are an example of organizational attempts at

Empowerment

____ theory assumes that people are motivated to work toward a goal if they want that goal and think they can achieve it.

Expectancy

Participation occurs when employees

Have a voice in decisions about their own work

Which of these suggests that favorable employee attitudes result in motivation to work hard?

Human Relations Approach

Which of these assumes that people want to contribute and are able to make genuine contributions?

Human Resource Approach

Which of the following is first step in OB modification?

Identify Performance-Related Behavioral Events

Why do high-need achievers tend not to make good top managers?

Top managers seldom receive immediate feedback.

Organizations may benefit from allowing employee participation in all of the following areas EXCEPT:

corporate investment decisions.

Alternative work arrangements are intended to:

enhance employee motivation and performance.

In the job characteristics theory, skill variety, task identity, and task significance affect which critical psychological state?

experienced meaningfulness

According to Herzberg, once a state of no dissatisfaction has been reached,

further attempts to enhance motivation via the hygiene factors will be a waste of time.

Porter and Lawler's extension of the expectancy model argues that

high levels of performance may lead to satisfaction

The problems encountered when implementing job rotation in the workplace include all of the following EXCEPT:

it increases flexibility in transferring workers to new jobs

Herzberg's dual-structure theory was a response to the prevailing thinking that

job satisfaction ranged from satisfaction to dissatisfaction.

Job enlargement involves the process of horizontal job loading, meaning that

the employee is assigned more tasks to perform

In order for social learning to take place,

the employee must possess the physical attributes needed to perform the job.

A famous study was conducted in the automotive industry. The purpose of the study was to assess how satisfied automobile workers were with various aspects of their jobs. The facets that the workers complained about including all of the following EXCEPT

the low pay