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Organizational culture largely determines how much risk members of an organization
will take.
The ability to control one's own emotions is an important component in emotional
intelligence.
A selection device is valid if it can be proven to accurately measure the abilities of job
applicants.
A business can have 350 employees and still be considered a small business.
The majority of U.S. companies still produce goods rather than services.
A utilitarian view of ethics focuses on consequences and the greatest good for the
greatest number of people.
The behavioral theories of leadership became dominant around the early 1900s.
In global companies, a major cause of the line between work and nonwork getting
blurred is ________.
A) employees needing to commute long distances
B) needing to communicate with overseas operations in different time zones
C) needing to communicate on a face-to-face basis with employees
D) employees needing to work on holidays
Which of the following is typically the most important reason for why managers want
to increase positive job attitudes?
A) lower rates of turnover and absenteeism
B) higher rates of turnover and absenteeism
C) to decrease worker unhappiness
D) to increase worker happiness
Asch's findings show that ________ cultures tend to be more conformist than North
American cultures.
A) individualistic
B) capitalistic
C) collectivistic
D) affluent
Acme Corporation (Scenario)
Acme Corporation's management feels that employees could be more motivated by
their jobs. The jobs were enriched earlier and some improvements were seen in
motivation.
The Acme managers developed a program that allows the employees to have a large
degree of freedom carrying out their jobs. Which core dimension are they providing?
A) task significance
B) autonomy
C) task identity
D) skill variety
A team that lacks new, interesting, exciting ideas needs someone to fulfill this team
role.
A) linker
B) creator-innovator
C) thruster-organizer
D) upholder-maintainer
The key to the proactive personality is that a proactive person feels that he or she can
________ any environment.
A) adapt to
B) change
C) be successful in
D) be well liked in
Theory X assumes that people work hard ________.
A) only when they are forced
B) because they enjoy a sense of accomplishment
C) whether or not they are paid
D) out of a sense of fairness
Factors that can influence the perceiver of a situation include ________.
A) temperature, time, location
B) attitudes, past experiences, expectations
C) size, shape, color
D) lighting, place, date
An important part of the controlling function is ________.
A) evaluating
B) structuring
C) coordinating
D) punishing
Harvesting an entrepreneurial venture occurs when the venture ________.
A) has a hit product
B) is successful
C) is sold
D) becomes profitable
Early users of work specialization in the early twentieth century found that the practice
ultimately resulted in ________.
A) higher profits and better employee morale
B) bored workers with low morale
C) huge and permanent productivity gains
D) better communication among employees
This kind of work group is brought together to accomplish a specific job or single
activity, such as the development of a new product.
A) command group
B) formal group
C) informal group
D) task group
An individual with a college degree earns ________ than a person without a college
degree.
A) over $20,000 more per year
B) over $800,000 more per year
C) almost $28,000 more per year
D) no more
In general, an entrepreneurial venture that sees ________ as its competitive advantage
would tend to be ________ in structure.
A) efficiency; organic
B) efficiency; mechanistic
C) innovation; mechanistic
D) innovation: formal
A factory that has adhered to all pollution control standards has ________.
A) been socially responsive
B) been economically responsible
C) been ethical
D) met its social obligation
