Exam 1: Managing Effective Organizations

Explain the contingency approach to managing individuals' behavior within an organizational setting.

Multiple fields have contributed to study and application of OB.Identify these fields and their contributions.

The essence of power is control over others.

Managers derive power from both organizational and individual sources.

The three levels of focus or analysis of OB are: ____________,____________,and ____________.

The book presents two behavioral processes that contribute to effective organizational processes.What are these processes,how are they related to effective organizational process and provide examples of each?

Your professors may have stated that it's the management's responsibility to devise integrating methods and processes.What function of management were they referring to?

The _________ approach,in concrete terms,means achieving balance among the various parts of the system by satisfying the interests of the organization's constituency.

The two major categories of inputs are ______ and ______.

According to the classical school of management,the four management functions are ________.

In determining effectiveness Pat has considered the organization's impact on shareholders,employees,customers and the community.What approach to effectiveness has Pat applied?

The pattern of basic assumptions used by individuals and groups to deal with the organization and its environment is called ____________.

Environment,technology and structure have been identified as direct causes of _____________.

The ________ emphasizes that organizations are chartered to accomplish goals.

Recognition that every organization is part of an industry,a society,and a global economy is stressed by ______.

Groups form within organizations exclusively to address formal organizational needs.

Group performance is the foundation of organizational performance.

Sam has reviewed the quarterly performance reports and compared results to planned outcomes.What function of management is Pat fulfilling?

This term has been defined as the blueprint that indicates how people and jobs are grouped together in an organization.

The "basic elements" of a system include which of the following?