Quiz on Organizational Behavior

Which of the following means that they actually measure something of direct relevance to job performance?

• Merit pay

• Performance-contingent pay

• Reliability

• Validity.

Which of the following describe the "Performance-contingent pay"?

• Earns more when you produce more and earns less when produce less.

• Extra pay for the performance that goes over and above expectations

• links an individual's salary or wage to the performance outcomes

• Reward employees in some proportion to productivity gains

Which of the following is exerted by persons appointed or elected to positions of authority in organizations?

• Formal leadership.

• Informal leadership

• Romance of leadership

• Upward leadership

What are the three levels of cultural analysis?

• Manifest culture, latent culture, and observable artifacts

• Observable culture, shared values, and common assumptions.

• Observable culture, shared values, and stories

• Shared values, rituals, and common assumptions

Which of the following occur when important people are excluded from the decision-making process.?

• Lack of decision support

• Lack of knowledge

• Lack of participation error.

• Lack of team management

Who serve as links between structural holes in a network, providing greater access to resources, information and opportunities?

• Brokers.

• Compliance

• Power Bases

• Reciprocal Alliances

Which of the following conflict results in benefits to individuals, the team, or the organization?

• Destructive conflict

• Dysfunctional conflict

• Functional conflict.

• Intrapersonal conflict

Which of the following are unproven and frequently unstated beliefs that are accepted without criticism?

• Counterculture

• Organizational culture

• Organizational myths .

• Subculture

Which of the following are characterized as more easygoing and less competitive in relation to daily events?

• Authoritarian individuals

• Intuitive-type individuals

• Type A personality individuals

• Type B personality individuals.

Which of the following calls for the organization and its managers to stress freedom and radical thinking and opens the firm to big changes or what some call radical innovations?

• Exploitation

• Exploration

• Mission statements

• Organizational myth