IO Final Exams

The monitoring, comparing, and potential correcting function of a manager.

• Planning

• Controlling

• Leading

The extent to which members of a group support and validate one another at work.

• Group Cohesion

• Group Effectiveness

• Group Productivity

It studies how organizations develop human strengths, foster vitality and resilience, and unlock potential.

• Organizational Behavior

• Organizational Psychology

• Positive Organizational Scholarship

It encompasses defining an organization's goals,establishing an overall strategy for achieving those goals, and developing a comprehensive set of plans to integrate and coordinate activities.

• Planning

• Leading

• Controlling

The managerial role of transmitting information received from outsiders or from other employees to members of the organization.

• Spokesperson

• Liaison

• Disseminator

What were the significant findings of the Hawthorne studies?

• The Hawthorne Studies were a series of experiments that included the examination of the impact of illumination on productivity.

• The Hawthorne Studies emphasized the importance of team development, group processes, worker morale, supervision, social and psychological conditions, and other organizational phenomena in understanding employee behavior and performance.

• The Hawthorne Studies studied on the factors that resulted in positive behavior change.

Its purpose is to ensure the creation of the right fit between the job and the employee and to determine how employee performance will be assessed.

• Job Evaluation

• Job Analysis

• Job Description

It identifies the duties and human requirements for each of the positions in an organization.

• Personal Data Sheet

• Job Specification

• Job Description

It identifies the competency requirements for each position in an organization.

• Personal Data Sheet

• Job Specification

• Job Description

Which of the following is not true about job analysis?

• An important concept in job analysis is that the job, not the person doing the job, is assessed.

• Job analysis involves grouping jobs with related functions.

• It is a written statement of what the worker actually does in his or her job, how he or she does it, and what the job's working conditions are.