Ch1 OB

________ are defined as people who oversee the activities of others and who are responsible for attaining goals in organizations.

• Assistants

• Managers

• Secretaries

• Interns

Which of the following functions do managers undertake as part of planning functions?

• defining an organization's goals

• implementing strategies for achieving goals

• executing plans to integrate activities

• accomplishing goals of a project

Tana works as a sales manager at a telecom firm. The company has recently launched a new product in the market. Her work in the next few weeks involves inspiring her team to reach their sales targets . Which of the following roles is Tana playing?

• Leader

• Spokesperson

• Disturbance handler

• Resources allocator

According to Mintzberg's classification of managerial roles, the role of a(n) ________ is to transmit information received from outsiders or from other employees to members of the organization.

• Leader

• Resource allocator

• Disseminator

• Liaison

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

• Technical skills

• Human skills

• Conceptual skills

• Communication skills

Which of the following best defines organizational behavior?

• It involves analyzing different people in an industry with independent profit-centered motives.

• It involves the study of what people do in a company and how it affects the company's output.

• It involves developing exclusively the knowledge of managers and senior-level employees.

• It involves the study of groups of people coming together for collective bargaining.

Which of the following disciplines blends concepts from both psychology and sociology to focus on people's influence on one another?

• parapsychology

• lexicology

• social psychology

• cosmology

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

• Epistemology

• Meteorology

• Psychology

• Anthropology

________ is the study of societies to learn about human beings and their activities.

• Psychology

• Anthropology

• Sociology

• Social psychology

Which of the following is not determinants of behavior does organizational behavior study?

• Individual

• Group

• Organization (structure)

• job satisfaction