MIDTERM Fall 2016 – STUDY GUIDE 1
MIDTERM Fall 2016 – STUDY GUIDE
BEST PRACTICES
Organize your textbook so that you can quickly access the desired content for example place tabs or
other identiers for each section and topic. Know where each key topic is located in your own book.
Read the complete question and all four answer options very carefully before selecting the answer. You
must select the ONE best answer BASED on the content found in the textbook.
The test is timed (two hours for 50 multi-choice questions).
Do not wait until the last two hours to take this test.
Save your work.
Establish a quiet uninterrupted place and time to take the test.
Part One
Chapter One – Introduction to OB – Please read the entire Chapter several times.
Look carefully at the content contained under the headings below for areas of test question emphasis:
The evolution of Management
When did the formal and modern study of management start?
Systems Theory and Organizational E/ectiveness
Systems Theory
Environmental Forces Reshaping Management Practice
Power
Globalism
Framing the Study of Organizational Behavior