Organizational Behavior Chapter 1 Quiz Question And Answer

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1.

Groups of people who work interdependently toward some purpose. Employees have structured patterns of interaction, complete certain tasks in a coordinated way, and have a sense of purpose.
- A.
  
  Organizational efficiency
- B.
  
  Organizational learning system
- C.
  
  Open systems
- D.
  
  Stakeholders
- E.
  
  Organizations
2.

A broad concept represented by several perspectives, including the organization's fit with the external environment, internal subsystems are configured for a high-performance workplace, when companies are learning organizations, and when companies satisfy the needs of key stakeholders.
- A.
  
  Organizational efficiency
- B.
  
  Organizational citizenship behaviors
- C.
  
  Organizational effectiveness
- D.
  
  Open systems
- E.
  
  Organizational behavior
3.

A perspective that organizations take their sustenance from the environment and, in turn, affect that environment through their output.
- A.
  
  Surface-level diversity
- B.
  
  Open systems
- C.
  
  Organizational learning
- D.
  
  Counterproductive work behaviors
- E.
  
  Organizational efficiency
4.

A perspective that organizational effectiveness depends on the organization's capacity to acquire, share, use, and store valuable knowledge.
- A.
  
  Organizational learning
- B.
  
  High-performance work practices
- C.
  
  Knowledge sharing
- D.
  
  Organizational efficiency
- E.
  
  Knowledge acquisition
5.

The distribution of knowledge throughout the organization.
- A.
  
  Organizational learning
- B.
  
  Knowledge sharing
- C.
  
  Knowledge acquisition
- D.
  
  Organizational efficiency
- E.
  
  Organizational behavior
6.

When information is brought into the organization from the external environment
- A.
  
  Knowledge acquisition
- B.
  
  Organizational learning
- C.
  
  Corporate social responsibility
- D.
  
  Knowledge sharing
- E.
  
  Intellectual capital
7.

The company's stock of knowledge, including human capital, structural capital, and relationship capital.
- A.
  
  Organizational memory
- B.
  
  Knowledge sharing
- C.
  
  Knowledge acquisition
- D.
  
  Intellectual capital
- E.
  
  Organizational learning
8.

The knowledge, skills, and abilities that employees carry around in their heads. An important part of a company's stock of knowledge. The knowledge makes the company effective.
- A.
  
  Intellectual capital
- B.
  
  Human capital
- C.
  
  Relationship capital
- D.
  
  Organizational memory
- E.
  
  Structural capital
9.

The value that is derived from an organization's rapport with customers, suppliers, and others.
- A.
  
  Human capital
- B.
  
  Structural capital
- C.
  
  Intellectual capital
- D.
  
  Relationship capital
- E.
  
  Corporate social responsibility
10.

The storage and preservation of human capital. Includes information that employees possess as well as knowledge embedded in the organization's systems and structures. Transfers knowledge to other employees and also transfers knowledge into structural capital.
- A.
  
  Organizational efficiency
- B.
  
  High-performance work practices
- C.
  
  Intellectual capital
- D.
  
  Organizational memory
- E.
  
  Unlearning
11.

Removes knowledge that no longer adds value to the organization.
- A.
  
  Intellectual capital
- B.
  
  Unlearning
- C.
  
  Organizational memory
- D.
  
  Organizational efficiency
- E.
  
  Structural capital
12.

Individuals, organizations, or other entities who affect or are affected by the organization's objectives and actions. Personalizes the open systems perspective. Identifies specific people and social entities in the external and internal environment. Recognizes that these types of relations are dynamic.
- A.
  
  Human capital
- B.
  
  Stakeholders
- C.
  
  Relationship capital
- D.
  
  Structural capital
- E.
  
  Intellectual capital
13.

A perspective that effective organizations incorporate several workplace practices that leverage the potential of human capital. Human capital helps the organization realize opportunities or minimize threats in the external environment. The two most widely mentioned forms are employee involvement and job autonomy. Another key variable is employee competence. Various forms of financial and non-financial rewards are valued by employees.
- A.
  
  Organization efficiency
- B.
  
  High-performance work practices
- C.
  
  Relationship capital
- D.
  
  Organizational learning
- E.
  
  Organizational memory
14.

Relatively stable, evaluative beliefs that guide a person's preferences for outcomes or courses of action in a variety of situations.
- A.
  
  Ethics
- B.
  
  Values
- C.
  
  Unlearning
- D.
  
  Knowledge acquisition
- E.
  
  Knowledge sharing
15.

The study of moral principles or values that determine whether outcomes are right or wrong and good or bad.
- A.
  
  Unlearning
- B.
  
  Organizational behavior
- C.
  
  Ethics
- D.
  
  Corporate social responsibility
- E.
  
  Values
16.

Organizational activities are intended to benefit society and the environment beyond the firm's immediate financial interests or legal obligations. The view is that companies have a contract with society. Adopts the triple bottom line aimed to survive and be profitable in the marketplace (economic), maintaining or improving conditions for society (social), and environmental spheres of sustainability (physical environment).
- A.
  
  Corporate social responsibility
- B.
  
  Ethics
- C.
  
  Values
- D.
  
  Organizational efficiency
- E.
  
  Organizational memory
17.

Various forms of cooperation and helpfulness to others that support the organization's social and psychological context. Companies require contextual performance along with task performance.
- A.
  
  Organizational citizenship behaviors
- B.
  
  Corporate social responsibility
- C.
  
  Relationship capital
- D.
  
  Human capital
- E.
  
  Knowledge acquisition
18.

Goal-directed behaviours under the individual's control that support organizational objectives.
- A.
  
  High-performance work practices
- B.
  
  Task performance
- C.
  
  Organizational efficiency
- D.
  
  Unlearning
- E.
  
  Organizational behavior
19.

Economic, social, and cultural connectivity with people in other parts of the world. Responsible for increasing work intensification.
- A.
  
  Stakeholders
- B.
  
  Task performance
- C.
  
  Globalization
- D.
  
  Organizational citizenship behaviors
- E.
  
  Organizational efficiency
20.

Observable demographic and other covert differences in people, such as their race, ethnicity, gender, age, and physical abilities.
- A.
  
  Surface-level diversity
- B.
  
  Globalization
- C.
  
  Human capital
- D.
  
  Deep-level diversity
- E.
  
  Organizational learning
21.

The difference in the psychological characteristics of employees, including personalities, beliefs, values, and attitudes.
- A.
  
  Relationship capital
- B.
  
  Work/life balance
- C.
  
  Human capital
- D.
  
  Deep-level diversity
- E.
  
  Surface-level diversity
22.

The degree to which a person minimizes conflict between work and nonwork demands.
- A.
  
  Work/life balance
- B.
  
  High-performance work practices
- C.
  
  Organizational memory
- D.
  
  Task performance
- E.
  
  Structural capital
23.

We can't rely on a particular concept or practice having the same results in every situation. We need to understand and diagnose the situation and select the strategy most appropriate under those conditions.
- A.
  
  The Contingency Anchor
- B.
  
  The Multiple Levels of Analysis Anchor
- C.
  
  Organizational efficiency
- D.
  
  The Multidisciplinary Anchor
- E.
  
  The Systematic Research Anchor
24.

Three levels: individual, team, and organization. Although an organizational behavior topic is typically pegged into one level, it usually relates to multiple levels.
- A.
  
  The Systematic Research Anchor
- B.
  
  The Multiple Levels of Analysis Anchor
- C.
  
  The Multidisciplinary Anchor
- D.
  
  Organizational effectiveness
- E.
  
  The Contingency Anchor