OB quiz

Teams occur when a number of people have ____________________ and recognise that their personal success is dependent on the success of others.

• Similar jobs
• A common goal
• A shared work environment
• The same manager

Groups which are formed as the consequence of organisational structure and work division are known as:

• Formal groups
• Operational groups
• Informal groups
• Target groups

Reasons for the formation of groups include:

• The provision of guidelines on generally acceptable behaviour.
• The performance of certain tasks which can be performed only through combined efforts of individuals working together.
• The provision of protection for its membership.
• All of the above

Which of the following is not a characteristic of an effective work group?

• The open expression of feelings and disagreements.
• The resolution of conflict by members themselves.
• A belief in shared aims and objectives.
• A sense of commitment by individual member’s to their own goals and objectives.

Which of the following is/are the key features of organization

• Social invention
•  Accomplishing goals
•  Group efforts
•  All of these
  

which of the following is not part of the basic framework for analysing Organisational Behaviour issues

• The process of management
• Organisational context
  
• Gender and ethnic differences
  
• Behaviour of people
  

Forces affecting organisational behaviour are

• People
• Environment
• Technology
• All of the above

Communication begins with

• Encoding
• Idea origination
  
• Decoding
  
• Channel selection

which is the primary group for an individual

• Neighborhood
• Family
• Peers
• School

Which of the following us not a characteristics of a team

• Two or more people
• Share a goal of purpose
• Work together
• Independent of one another