Exam 1: What Is Organizational Behavior

Sally Mitchell works as a manager at an environmental organization. She is currently working on a global warming project and decides what tasks related to creating awareness about the issue need to be done. In addition, she is also deciding which members of her team will work on engaging with the public and which will work on lobbying with the government. She is also assigning people as team members to ensure that tasks are undertaken on time. Which of the following categories of functions is Mitchell undertaking?

Which of the following is the major challenge for managers in a fully networked organization?

Which of the following is true of models?

According to Henry Mintzberg, a factory supervisor giving a group of high school students a tour of the plant may be termed as a ________.

One major study area of social psychology is change, how to implement it, and how to reduce barriers to its acceptance.

Human beings are simple in nature and thus, simple, universal principles explain all kinds of organizational behavior.

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 one which serves as an expert in the organization's industry.

Most managers and employees today work in a climate best characterized as "temporary." Explain.

Which of the following is a cause of work-life conflicts?

The role of a ________ is a type of informational role according to Mintzberg's classification of managerial roles.

Which of the following is a result of globalization?

Regina George works as a campaign manager in a not-for-profit organization in Hampshire. For the upcoming campaign against genetic engineering, she is networking with managers who are working on the issue of food safety. Through her network of contacts, she strives to gain information about the stakeholders in the food industry and other lobby groups. Which of the following roles is George most likely to be playing according to Mintzberg's classification of managerial roles?

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?

Explain workforce diversity. What key managerial skill do you think is most important when dealing with workforce diversity?

Managers who oversee the movement of jobs to countries with low-cost labor are most likely to ________.

________ seeks to measure, explain, and sometimes change the behavior of humans and other animals.

Analyzing relationships, determining causes and effects, and basing conclusions on scientific evidence, all constitute aspects of ________ study.

What is organizational behavior?

The ability to understand, communicate with, motivate, and support other people, both individually and in groups, may be defined as ________ .

________ refers to the heterogeneity of organizations in terms of gender, age, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, and inclusion of other diverse groups.