Organizational Behavior

In order to sit a situation, a manager should consider creating behavioral, objective, or task/ project goals as appropriate.

True

The members of the management faculty in the business school go out at the end of the semester to a local restaurant for dining and socializing.

True

_______ is information about performance shared with those in a position to improve the situation

feedback

Balinda takes on the role of _____ she needs to mediate conflict through humor

harmonizer

The tendency to consistently evaluate other people or objects in an extremely positive fashion is what common perceptual error related to performance evaluations?

leniency

The last stage of group development is performing.

False

When a person perceives that his or her outcome to input ratio is greater than that of a relevant comparison person, he or she i experiencing negative inequity.

False

Which of the following statements about goal setting is not true?

Goals should be set at a level just beyond reachable "stretch" goals.

Kara is a very likeable employee. Recently, her boss rated her at the highest level in all areas of performance, even though in some areas her performance did not warrant this judgement. This is an example of a _______ perceptual error

Halo

Lindsey is a new college graduate and has taken a position with an engineering company in its newly formed "rotational program". She will be able to work in different functional areas (manufacturing, finance, quality assurance, and environmental health) for short periods of time and learn many different parts of the business along the way. The company is utilizing a _____ approach

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intristic motivation

A desire to perform a behavior for its own sake

The lack of face-to-face contact actually helps virtual teams to establish strong cohesion.

False

_______ is the act of sharing information and coordinating efforts to achieve a collective outcome.

Collaboration

In your job search you have narrowed it down to two companies. One job offer is from a company that is offering great benefits ina town you'd like to live in and the other job offer is from a company that is offering a salary one and a half times as much as the other company along with a sign-on bonus. You decide to take the second job offer based on the financial rewards. What type of reward system do you value?

Extrinsic

Efficacy is a component of a person's core self-evaluation; it influences how we perceive ourselves but does not influence how we perceive the world.

False

Job enrichment involves giving employees additional tasks of similar difficulty, rather than tasks with more autonomy and responsibility.

False

Performance management involves monitoring, measuring, and evaluating, but does not include providing consequences for employee' performance.

False

_______ states that motivation is a function of five basic needs that are met sequentially.

Maslow's need hierarchy theory

In the framework of POB, ______ is/are a key input to positivity from situation factors

Mindfulness

______ is one characteristic that describes an organization without positive OB

Single-minded focus on winning

As a manager, Haley has established a new workgroup to tackle a particular project. She has introduced all the members to each other and the group has elected a leader. However, lately, Haley has noticed that some group members are procrastinating on their duties. Two cliques have formed within the group and they are frequently arguing with and challenging the group leader's opinions. Which of the following stages of the group development process is Haley observing?

Storming

Employees exhibit higher performance and have higher levels of job satisfaction when their managers display Theory Y behaviors

True

XYZ Inc. brings together specialists from production, marketing, and finance from around the world, and gives each such team the power to make its own decisions. This implies that the firm is creating a(n) _____ team.

cross-functional

Dr. Riley, a professor in the finance department, keeps his office door open only a crack during his office hours, asking visitors to knock before entering. When his door is open, people tend to stop to say hello, and that interrupts what he is doing. He finds that this increases his ability to grade exams quickly but accurately. This is an example of his increasing his:

mindfulness

Jenna and Martin complete their part of Project Zenith. Their progress is best measured against _______ goals.

task

Yuki was dissatisfied with his job. He said that the company policy, supervision, and working conditions were responsible for his dissatisfaction. According to Fredrick Herzberg's theory, ______ are the extrinsic factors that create job dissatisfaction.

wellness factors.