Organizational Behaviour - 14

LIST OF ATTEMPTED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS



Match The Following
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Correct Answer
Your Answer
Theory X
Autocratic organization
Autocratic organization
Paternalistic attitude
Custodial organization
Custodial organization
Participation
Supportive organization
Supportive organization
Scientific and professional employees
Collegial organization
Collegial organization

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Organization with a strong culture has
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Practices that include employee participation
Your Answer
Practices that include employee participation

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In older days employees were referred to as ________
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Hands
Your Answer
Hands

True/False
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Any change occurring in our life is a reason to get stressed.
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True
Your Answer
False

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Individual initiative, flexibility and freedom are encouraged in________culture.
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entrepreneurial
Your Answer
entrepreneurial

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As per the fundamental concepts of Organizationl Behaviour ________ states that every person in an organization should be respected.
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Human dignity
Your Answer
Human dignity

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Job ________ is an individual phenomenon.
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Satisfaction
Your Answer
Satisfaction

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Morale represents the integration of an individual with the team and ignores the organization itself.
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False
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False

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Sources of organizational commitments are
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Opportunities for advancement , Working condition , Relationships at work place
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Quality of product , Working condition , Relationships at work place

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Internal integration involves addressing the issue of:
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Determining rules related to power and status
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Determining rules related to power and status

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Factors important for creating a favourable work environment are
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playing of soft music , adequate illumination , a soothing colour scheme
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playing of soft music , adequate illumination , a soothing colour scheme

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By derivation personality mean
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An individual only appears to be
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An individual only appears to be

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The style of the manager with a 1,1 combination on the managerial grid is sometimes called ________ style.
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Impoverished
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Impoverished

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Parity of wages' was advocated by:
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Frederick W Taylor
Your Answer
Frederick W Taylor

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It is said that a manager should be so skillful that he should be able to develop and motivate even an inefficient employee. This expectation is said to come from which concept?
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Pygmalion
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Pygmalion

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All the unique traits and patterns of adjustment of the individual is known as
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Personality
Your Answer
Personality

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Identify the situations which reflect upward communication.
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Performance reports of workers, to be reviewed by the supervisor , Suggestion boxes kept in the worker's canteen , Employee attitude surveys
Your Answer
Performance reports of workers, to be reviewed by the supervisor , Suggestion boxes kept in the worker's canteen , Employee attitude surveys

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An aroused attitude consist of
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Affective reaction , Cognition , Action tendency
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Affective reaction , Action tendency

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Modern psychology personality mean
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The dynamic organization with in the individual of those psycho-physical systems that determine his unique adjustment to his environment.
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The dynamic organization with in the individual of those psycho-physical systems that determine his unique adjustment to his environment.

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Differences in cultural contexts may pose a hurdle to ________ communication in organizations.
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Interpersonal
Your Answer
Interpersonal

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Work attitudes can be reflected in an organization through
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Challenge of job , Job satisfaction , Organizational commitment
Your Answer
Job satisfaction , Organizational commitment

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The levels at which studies of Organizational Behaviour have been carried out rotate to
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Individual , Small group , Inter-group
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Small group , Inter-group , Intra-group

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Behavioural scientists are focusing their attention on
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Organizational adaptability , Relationship of organizational structure to human behaviour , Decision making
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Organizational adaptability , Relationship of organizational structure to human behaviour

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________ are the rules of pattern and behaviour that are expected from all team members.
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Norms
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Norms

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Characteristics of entrepreneurial culture are
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Taking risks , Dynamism , Creativity
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Taking risks , Dynamism , Creativity

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Personality is the organization of
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An individual’s “personal pattern of tendencies”.
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An individual’s “personal pattern of tendencies”.

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Attitude is
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Tendency to react positively , Tendency to react negatively , Tendency to react in a certain way
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None of above

True/False
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The challenge relating to management of change can be met only with effective leadership.
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True
Your Answer
True

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A manager can take corrective action in time if he is able to understand which of the given indicators?
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Morale
Your Answer
Fatigue

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The blue print of human behaviour at work is represented by
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Rules , Regulations , Procedures
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Rules , Regulations , Procedures

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Identify which of the given theories pertain to the category of content theories.
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Maslow's hierarchy theory , Alderfer's ERG needs theory , Fredrick Herzberg's two factor theory
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Maslow's hierarchy theory , Alderfer's ERG needs theory , Fredrick Herzberg's two factor theory

Match The Following
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Correct Answer
Your Answer
Frederick Taylor
Scientific management
Scientific management
Hugo Munsteberg
Industrial accidents
Industrial psychology
Waller Dill Scot
Industrial psychology
Industrial accidents
Fred Luthans
Human relations
Human relations

Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
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To change organizational culture successfully we need to:
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Find the most effective sub-culture and use it as an example , Practice what we preach , Include employees in the change process
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Find the most effective sub-culture and use it as an example , Practice what we preach , Include employees in the change process

True/False
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Norms are often more liberally defined.
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False
Your Answer
True

True/False
Question
The men on the shop floor are less vulnerable to stress as compared the members of the board of directors.
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False
Your Answer
False

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A person who is in the habit of whispering something or the other to his neighbour while in a meeting is said to be an ________.
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Interrupter
Your Answer
Interrupter

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________ communication is useful for flatter organizational structure.
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Lateral
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Lateral

True/False
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Once the team reaches the performing stage, the team members become familiar with each other.
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False
Your Answer
True

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Rest periods are important because
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they help the worker to recover from fatigue , they provide an opportunity to talk about non-job activities , they are a break from a seemingly interminable activity
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they help the worker to recover from fatigue , they provide an opportunity to talk about non-job activities , they are a break from a seemingly interminable activity

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External adaptation and survival involves addressing the issue of:
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Mission and strategy
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Language and concepts

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Features of Maslow's need hierarchy theory are:
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Theory of human motives , Classifies basic human needs in a hierarchy , Theory of human motivation
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Theory of human motives , Classifies basic human needs in a hierarchy , Theory of human motivation

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The passage of which act made the organized labour movement have an impact on management in America?
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Wagner Act in 1935
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Wagner Act in 1935

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The attributes such as pulling together related ideas and offering a decision for the group to accept or reject, are related to which of the given task oriented roles?
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Summarizing
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Summarizing

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The process theories in general lack explanatory power over the complexities of work motivation.
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False
Your Answer
True

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Attitudes influence by
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Religion , Family , Educational background
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Policies of organization , Religion , Family , Educational background

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The special meaning assigned to words is called ________.
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Semantics
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Semantics

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Work capacity of an organism is reduced due to the fact that work causes waste products to-
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accumulate
Your Answer
accumulate