HR Midterm CH.1

entrepreneur

According to Mintzberg's classification of managerial roles, a(n) ________ searches the organization and its environment for opportunities and initiates projects to bring about change.

disseminator

According to Mintzberg's classification of managerial roles, the role of a(n) ________ is to transmit information received from outsiders or from other employees to members of the organization

decision making

According to Fred Luthans and his associates, managers involved in traditional management activities undertook which of the following tasks?

The furniture market contributes to 20 percent of deforestation in the country.

Gould Furniture is one of the leading furniture companies in Indonesia. In the past, the company had a homogeneous workforce of Indonesian employees. The company is desperate to cut operating and manufacturing costs and, hence, is considering outsourcing part of the manufacturing process to low-cost Vietnam. However, local community leaders across the country are strongly opposing this decision. They believe that exporting jobs to other countries is detrimental to their country in every way possible. Which of the following, if true, is the flaw in the local community leaders' opinion?

cohesion

Group ________ is the extent to which members of a group support and validate one another at work.

leading

Johanna Reid, a campaign manager at a child rights organization, recently started working on an illiteracy project. During the project, she needs to motivate team members to attain their project milestones and direct them through different phases of the project. Which of the following kinds of functions will these tasks be covered under?

controlling

Lesley Torres is a project manager for the campaign "Action against Deforestation in Indonesia." She recently faced a glitch when the campaign could not be launched publicly according to schedule. Torres monitored the schedule to find the cause of the delay before speeding up the implementation process by allocating more members for the implementation phase. By doing this, which of the following functions is she performing?

contingency

Raymond Mayer is conducting a study on discrimination against campaign activists based on gender. In his study, he noted that male executives who visited Indonesian villages to promote the use of renewable energy received a highly positive response. In contrast, women who visited the same villages received an antagonistic response. However, Mayer stated that his findings only applied to villages. In this study, the presence of a village is considered a ________ variable.

the availability of Big Data

The bookselling industry was revolutionized by ________

asking employees to think about when they were at their personal best in order to exploit their strengths

The concept of "reflected best-self" involves ________

spokesperson

The role of a(n) ________, according to Mintzberg's classification of managerial roles, is to transmit information to outsiders about an organization's plans, policies, actions, and results and to serve as an expert in the organization's industry.

It involves the study of what people do in a company and how it affects the company's performance.

Which of the following best defines organizational behavior?

attitude

Which of the following is an example of an outcome at an individual level?

It studies how organizations develop human strengths, foster vitality, and unlock potential.

Which of the following is true regarding positive organizational scholarship?

Work-life balance was more important than money, recognition, and autonomy.

Which of the following is true regarding work-life balance for a majority of men and women in a recent survey?

Intuition

________ refers to a gut feeling not necessarily supported by research.

Contingency

________ variables are variables that moderate the relationship between two or more variables.