MGT502 Current Quiz

Question # 1 of 15 ( Start time: 04:34:46 AM ) Total Marks: 1
Which of the following is not a core topic of organizational behavior?
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Motivation
Attitude development
Conflict
Resource Allocation


Question # 2 of 15 ( Start time: 04:35:25 AM ) Total Marks: 1
In the following steps in decision making, which would come first?
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Generate alternatives
Rating of alternative
Make a choice
Implement the decision


Question # 3 of 15 ( Start time: 04:36:00 AM ) Total Marks: 1
Which of the following factors make it imperative that organizations be fast and flexible?
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Temporariness
Corporate excess
Advances in corporate strategy
Globalization


Question # 4 of 15 ( Start time: 04:36:49 AM ) Total Marks: 1
Which one of the following would NOT be considered a human skill in Katz’s structure?
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Decision making
Communicating
Working as part of a team
Listening to others


Question # 5 of 15 ( Start time: 04:37:29 AM ) Total Marks: 1
Sabohi has a job which pays an excellent salary. She has a good relationship with her peers and her supervisors. She also likes the fact that the company policy fits well with what she personally believes, and that she has received considerable recognition for her achievements at the company. Which of these factors is 'MOST likely' responsible for the fact that Sabohi loves her job?
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High compensation
Good nature of peer relationships
Good nature of supervisor relationships
Recognition for her achievements


Question # 6 of 15 ( Start time: 04:38:42 AM ) Total Marks: 1
Which of the following is NOT one of the six universal emotions, as agreed upon by most contemporary researchers?
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Anger
Fear
Hate
Sadness


Question # 7 of 15 ( Start time: 04:39:21 AM ) Total Marks: 1
Which of the following statements is true?
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Older employees have lower rates of avoidable absence than younger workers
Older employees are more likely to quit their job than younger workers
Older employees are perceived to be more flexible than younger workers
Older employees generally have lower productivity than younger workers


Question # 8 of 15 ( Start time: 04:40:08 AM ) Total Marks: 1
Which one of the following is NOT included in the 4-Ps of Continuous Improvement:
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Product
Place
People
Processes


Question # 9 of 15 ( Start time: 04:41:22 AM ) Total Marks: 1
Organizational part having legitimacy and official recognition is called
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Non Governmental Organization
Formal Organization
International Organization
Informal Organization


Question # 10 of 15 ( Start time: 04:42:05 AM ) Total Marks: 1
Robert Katz identified three essential skills that managers need to have in order to reach their goals. What are these skills?
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Technical, decisional and interpersonal
Technical, human, and conceptual
Interpersonal, informational and decisional
Conceptual, communication and networking


Question # 11 of 15 ( Start time: 04:43:24 AM ) Total Marks: 1
Which of the following statement is TRUE about Type B individuals?
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They are extremely competitive.
They have a sense of urgency,impatient and hostile.
They are fast workers and prefer quantity over quality
They are more relax and easy going.


Question # 12 of 15 ( Start time: 04:44:52 AM ) Total Marks: 1
An OB study would be least likely to be used to focus on which of the following problems?
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An increase in absenteeism at a certain company
A fall in productivity in one shift of a manufacturing plant
A decrease in sales due to growing foreign competition
Excessive turnover in volunteer workers at a non-profit organization


Question # 13 of 15 ( Start time: 04:45:24 AM ) Total Marks: 1
Which of the following theories was proposed by Douglas McGregor?
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Hierarchy of needs theory
Theories X and Y
Two-factor theory
Expectancy theory


Question # 14 of 15 ( Start time: 04:45:59 AM ) Total Marks: 1
Eden Corp has installed a new email system, but many staff members do not know of its features. Upper management decides to allocate a small portion of the company’s budget to solving this problem. A team that uses rational decision making to arrive at a solution should be aware that this case deviates from the assumptions of the rational decision making model in what way?
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There are cost constraints
The problem is not clearly defined
The options available to the team are not known
There are constraints on the options available


Question # 15 of 15 ( Start time: 04:47:19 AM ) Total Marks: 1
According to Mintzberg, when a manager searches the organization and its environment for opportunities and initiates projects to bring about change, the manager is acting in which role?
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Negotiator
Entrepreneur
Monitor
Resource allocator