Question 1

Comment on the accuracy of the following statement: 'Creativity increases with the individual's years of experience in that field of activity.'

Accepted Answer

(Note: This is similar to discussion question 8 in the textbook.)The best answer here might be 'it depends' or 'yes,to some extent'.It is certainly not a clear-cut 'yes' or 'no'.The textbook explains that people are most creative after about 10 years in a field of activity.The reason is that discovering new ideas requires knowledge of the fundamentals.On the other hand,lengthy experience isn't always an asset in creativity.Some experts suggest that the more experience we gain,the more we form mental models.These mental models eventually become so ingrained that we cease to question them,so we fail to consider alternative world views.For this reason,some firms claim that they are successful by hiring people with no experience in the same industry.

Question 2

The incubation stage of creativity is more effective when the decision maker sets aside all other activities and focuses attention on the issue or problem.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 3

Scenario planning improves decision making by encouraging:

Accepted Answer

A)  employees to engage in satisficing. 
B)  people to think about preferred solutions to problems long before they occur. 
C)  people to focus on solutions during the process of identifying problems. 
D)  bounded rationality. 
E)  employees to use their implicit favourite. 
A)  employees to engage in satisficing. 
B)  people to think about preferred solutions to problems long before they occur. 
C)  people to focus on solutions during the process of identifying problems. 
D)  bounded rationality. 
E)  employees to use their implicit favourite. B

Question 4

People are the most creative when management puts intense pressure on them to produce creative ideas.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Creative ideas can emerge when asking people unfamiliar with the problem to explore the problem with you.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

An important resource for creativity is:

Accepted Answer

A)  open communications. 
B)  programmed decision routines. 
C)  a job where you work alone. 
D)  a performance-based reward system. 
E)  a high level of pressure to perform. 
A)  open communications. 
B)  programmed decision routines. 
C)  a job where you work alone. 
D)  a performance-based reward system. 
E)  a high level of pressure to perform.

Question 7

The textbook argues that problem identification is usually the least important step in the rational choice paradigm.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

You have just received seed money for a new internet business and you want to hire a dozen people with a lot of creative potential.To hire the most creative people,you would select applicants who:

Accepted Answer

A)  have no experience in this industry, have high analytic intelligence, and have a relatively low need for achievement. 
B)  value self-direction, have a high degree of nonconformity, and have a relatively low need for affiliation. 
C)  have strong mental models regarding their field of knowledge, have high synthetic intelligence, and have a relatively low need for social approval. 
D)  try to avoid taking risks, have a high need for achievement, and have a high need for social approval. 
E)  have none of these sets of characteristics. 
A)  have no experience in this industry, have high analytic intelligence, and have a relatively low need for achievement. 
B)  value self-direction, have a high degree of nonconformity, and have a relatively low need for affiliation. 
C)  have strong mental models regarding their field of knowledge, have high synthetic intelligence, and have a relatively low need for social approval. 
D)  try to avoid taking risks, have a high need for achievement, and have a high need for social approval. 
E)  have none of these sets of characteristics.

Question 9

When should decision makers bypass the search for alternative solutions and development of new solutions?

Accepted Answer

A)  Never; bypassing these stages results in poorer decisions. 
B)  When the decision has ethical implications. 
C)  In most nonprogrammed decision situations. 
D)  In most programmed decision-making situations. 
E)  Only under conditions of bounded rationality. 
A)  Never; bypassing these stages results in poorer decisions. 
B)  When the decision has ethical implications. 
C)  In most nonprogrammed decision situations. 
D)  In most programmed decision-making situations. 
E)  Only under conditions of bounded rationality.

Question 10

A learning orientation is:

Accepted Answer

A)  an important condition for creativity. 
B)  one of four causes of escalation of commitment. 
C)  one of the outcomes of the prospect theory effect. 
D)  a personal characteristic of someone who has low creative potential. 
E)  the label given to people who learn but are not creative in their learning. 
A)  an important condition for creativity. 
B)  one of four causes of escalation of commitment. 
C)  one of the outcomes of the prospect theory effect. 
D)  a personal characteristic of someone who has low creative potential. 
E)  the label given to people who learn but are not creative in their learning.

Question 11

Employee involvement mainly refers to controlling resources for one's own job.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Escalation of commitment is more likely to occur when the perceived costs of terminating the project are high or unknown.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

_________ heuristic is a natural tendency to evaluate probabilities of events or objects by the degree to which they resemble other events or objects rather than on objective probability information.

Accepted Answer

A)  Insufficient 
B)  Anchoring and adjustment 
C)  Informational 
D)  Representativeness 
E)  Resemblance 
A)  Insufficient 
B)  Anchoring and adjustment 
C)  Informational 
D)  Representativeness 
E)  Resemblance

Question 14

Employees should not make the final decision alone when conflict is likely among employees.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Associative play,morphological analysis,and cross-pollination are three strategies to:

Accepted Answer

A)  increase group polarization. 
B)  apply brainstorming more exactly as originally described by Osborn. 
C)  increase conformity to peer pressure. 
D)  improve creativity. 
E)  make the problem-finding stage of decision making less emotional. 
A)  increase group polarization. 
B)  apply brainstorming more exactly as originally described by Osborn. 
C)  increase conformity to peer pressure. 
D)  improve creativity. 
E)  make the problem-finding stage of decision making less emotional.

Question 16

Employees tend to be less creative in organizations that punish failure.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Organizations can improve creativity by:

Accepted Answer

A)  discouraging employees from making mistakes. 
B)  giving employees the freedom to pursue novel ideas and accepting they will make reasonable mistakes. 
C)  giving employees tight deadlines to develop new ideas. 
D)  all of these statements are correct. 
E)  none of these actions improve creativity. 
A)  discouraging employees from making mistakes. 
B)  giving employees the freedom to pursue novel ideas and accepting they will make reasonable mistakes. 
C)  giving employees tight deadlines to develop new ideas. 
D)  all of these statements are correct. 
E)  none of these actions improve creativity.

Question 18

Millions of dollars were wasted on the development of a new machine-made potato chip,at Fancy Chips Ltd.As a result,the Board of Directors of the food-processing firm fired the CEO who had proposed and championed the product's development.The new CEO's first task is to find out why this monumental waste of money had occurred and how it can be prevented in the future.Provide three possible explanations why this escalation of commitment occurred at Fancy Chips Ltd.

Accepted Answer

(Note: This question is similar to discu

Question 19

According to bounded rationality theory,people make better decisions when their perceptions are "bounded" or framed by past experience.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Creative people tend to have a high need for social approval.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Comment on the accuracy of the following statement: 'Creativity increases with the individual's years of experience in that field of activity.'

The incubation stage of creativity is more effective when the decision maker sets aside all other activities and focuses attention on the issue or problem.

Scenario planning improves decision making by encouraging:

People are the most creative when management puts intense pressure on them to produce creative ideas.

Creative ideas can emerge when asking people unfamiliar with the problem to explore the problem with you.

An important resource for creativity is:

The textbook argues that problem identification is usually the least important step in the rational choice paradigm.

You have just received seed money for a new internet business and you want to hire a dozen people with a lot of creative potential.To hire the most creative people,you would select applicants who:

When should decision makers bypass the search for alternative solutions and development of new solutions?

A learning orientation is:

Employee involvement mainly refers to controlling resources for one's own job.

Escalation of commitment is more likely to occur when the perceived costs of terminating the project are high or unknown.

_________ heuristic is a natural tendency to evaluate probabilities of events or objects by the degree to which they resemble other events or objects rather than on objective probability information.

Employees should not make the final decision alone when conflict is likely among employees.

Associative play,morphological analysis,and cross-pollination are three strategies to:

Employees tend to be less creative in organizations that punish failure.

Organizations can improve creativity by:

According to bounded rationality theory,people make better decisions when their perceptions are "bounded" or framed by past experience.

Creative people tend to have a high need for social approval.

Introduction to the Field of Organizational Behaviour

Individual Behaviour, Personality, and Values

Perceiving Ourselves and Others in Organizations

Workplace Emotions, Attitudes, and Stress

Foundations of Employee Motivation

Applied Performance Practices

Team Dynamics

Communicating in Teams and Organizations

Power and Influence in the Workplace

Understanding and Managing Workplace Conflict

Leadership in Organizational Settings

Designing Organizational Structures

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Exam 7: Decision Making and Creativity

Comment on the accuracy of the following statement: 'Creativity increases with the individual's years of experience in that field of activity.'

The incubation stage of creativity is more effective when the decision maker sets aside all other activities and focuses attention on the issue or problem.

Scenario planning improves decision making by encouraging:

People are the most creative when management puts intense pressure on them to produce creative ideas.

Creative ideas can emerge when asking people unfamiliar with the problem to explore the problem with you.

An important resource for creativity is:

The textbook argues that problem identification is usually the least important step in the rational choice paradigm.

You have just received seed money for a new internet business and you want to hire a dozen people with a lot of creative potential.To hire the most creative people,you would select applicants who:

When should decision makers bypass the search for alternative solutions and development of new solutions?

A learning orientation is:

Employee involvement mainly refers to controlling resources for one's own job.

Escalation of commitment is more likely to occur when the perceived costs of terminating the project are high or unknown.

_________ heuristic is a natural tendency to evaluate probabilities of events or objects by the degree to which they resemble other events or objects rather than on objective probability information.

Employees should not make the final decision alone when conflict is likely among employees.

Associative play,morphological analysis,and cross-pollination are three strategies to:

Employees tend to be less creative in organizations that punish failure.

Organizations can improve creativity by:

According to bounded rationality theory,people make better decisions when their perceptions are "bounded" or framed by past experience.

Creative people tend to have a high need for social approval.

Introduction to the Field of Organizational Behaviour

Individual Behaviour, Personality, and Values

Perceiving Ourselves and Others in Organizations

Workplace Emotions, Attitudes, and Stress

Foundations of Employee Motivation

Applied Performance Practices

Team Dynamics

Communicating in Teams and Organizations

Power and Influence in the Workplace

Understanding and Managing Workplace Conflict

Leadership in Organizational Settings

Designing Organizational Structures

Organizational Culture

Organizational Change Additional Cases

Filters