BOB Organisational Behaviour AC

Organizational behavior views organizations as:

• non-systems

• a single unitary subsystem

• open systems

• closed systems

The _____ perspective views knowledge as the main driver of competitive advantage.

• open systems

• organizational learning

• stakeholder

• systematic research

Motivation affects a person's _____ of voluntary behavior.

• direction, intensity, and persistence

• size, shape, and weight

• aptitudes, abilities, and competencies

• antecedents, consequences, and reinforces

Which of the following acronyms identifies the "Big Five" personality dimensions?

• SMART

• CANOE

• MARSE

• MBTIA

Which of the following statements about values is true?

• They have fairly low conflict with each other.

• They are not influenced much by socialization.

• They guide our decisions and actions.

• They describe what we naturally tend to do.

Consistency occurs when we are confident about "who we are," can describe our important identities to others, and provide the same description of ourselves across time.

• True

• False

People who believe that their successful completion of a project is due to their skill and hard work are making an internal attribution.

• True

• False

The self-serving bias is the tendency to take credit for our successes and blame others or the situation for our mistakes.

• True

• False

A global mindset includes the capacity to empathize and act effectively across cultures.

• True

• False

Recent studies suggest that we have a(n) _________ self (our personal traits), _________ self (interpersonal relations), and _________ self (our membership in identifiable social groups).

• character; collective; social

• collective; perceived; reflective

• individual; relational; collective

• summary; character; social