Exam 1: Organizational Behavior

The triple bottom line refers to evaluating organizations against the three performance criteria of __________,___________,and ___________ viability.

Research by Gallup indicates that only 20% of employees are disengaged from their organization.

If you prefer to learn by lectures,conversations and videos,you are an) __________ learner.

Natalia administered a test to a job candidate three different times.She is looking at the scores and sees that they are 85,87 and 85 out of 100.She notes that the scores are fairly consistent.In other words,the test is

Current research suggests that the average employee will change jobs 12 times in their career.

Marcus wants to thoroughly understand the issues that created the severe economic straits General Motors currently finds itself experiencing.He should consider what kind of a research study?

Organizational behavior is:

A "shamrock organization" is comprised of one-third regular employees,one-third temporary employees,and one-third consultants and contractors.

A good habit when attempting to learn something new is

Successful organizations tend to limit the amount of information shared by maintaining a centralized structure.

The systematic study and application of knowledge about how individuals and groups act within the organizations where they work is called ________ _____________.

Outsourcing is becoming an increasingly common practice in many organizations.

Kunal will be serving as a student teacher in a local school district next term.You are meeting with him this afternoon and want to make certain he recognizes that there are three general learning style preferences that students exhibit.Name and describe those three types of learners.

During the first day of an organizational behavior class at your university,the instructor tells the students that during the term they will learn all of the following EXCEPT:

Differentiate between a causal and a correlational relationship.

A primary challenge to be addressed by organizational behavior is managing people of different generations who have different values with regard to teamwork,rewards,and work-life balance.

Glen is interested in finding out how effective a new incentive program might be in an organization.He chooses two departments to focus on in a company.One department works under the incentive program,one does not.This is an experimental design study.

Organizational behavior draws heavily on personality and motivation studies from what other discipline?

A control group

One Big Ten University wanted to determine whether a Wellness Program that focused on walking to enhance employee health would cut down on employees' use of health benefits.Employees in the Liberal Arts department were invited to participate and received a $25 gift card to Best Buy for taking part in the program.Employees in the Engineering department did not participate in the program.Health benefits data was examined for both departments. In the scenario described above,the Liberal Arts school employees are