Deck 1: Introduction

Question 1

Critical approaches interrogate and challenge received wisdom

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Which of the following list explains the concept of managerialism?

A)Inefficiency and bureaucratic
B)The power for manager to define goals and their means of achievement
C)Unresponsive and inflexible
D)The best approach to managing an organisation

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Which of the following makes the 'concept' view of 'organisation' distinctive?

A)It's view of 'organization' as a process
B)Its view of 'organization' as an entity
C)Its view of organization as social units
D)Its view that there is no one universal or authoritative way to define or study organizations

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Instrumental rationality is politically and morally neutral and is free of specific value

Question 5

Which of the following is a benefit of studying Organizational Behaviour?

A)To gain a better understanding of how and why people are organised
B)To make organisations more efficient
C)To better understand politics and economics
D)To improve employee relations 2.

Question 6

Organisational Behaviour (OB) can be viewed as ordinary practices of organising and sense-making

Question 7

Educating managers in Organisational Behaviour (OB) will make managers more efficient and effective

Question 8

Which of the following can stimulate intellectual reflection and organizational innovation?

A)Debate
B)Compromise
C)Consensus seeking
D)Conflict

Question 9

A process view of organisation focuses upon the concrete activities and interactions that comprise organising as a dynamic activity

Question 10

A diversity of views can provide ways of challenging dominant thinking and practices a more comprehensive understanding of organisations

Question 11

An everyday experience has limited utility to the study of management and organisations

Question 12

Which of the following concepts offer a means of making sense of the complexity of social relations?

A)Identity
B)Power
C)Structure
D)Goals

Question 13

Which of the following aspects of organizational membership institutionalize organizational members?

A)Set starting and finishing times
B)Workplace rules
C)Workplace dress codes
D)All of the above

Question 14

Organisational Behaviour (OB) is multidisciplinary

Question 15

The interrelated concepts of insecurity, identity, power, inequality, knowledge and freedom can provide a conceptual framework for analysing aspects of Organisational Behaviour (OB)

Question 16

Which of the following are characteristics of most organizations?

A)A hierarchy of authority
B)A charismatic leader
C)A division of labour
D)A division of labour

Question 17

The practice of management and organisation involves, above all else, interaction with people

Question 18

Organizational commitment and compliance is heavily dependent on which of the following?

A)Remuneration
B)Legitimacy of organisational demands on members
C)Age of organisational member
D)Number of organisational members

Question 19

Which of the following is a feature of 'instrumental rationality'?

A)A concern with the most efficient means to achieve objectives
B)A focus on the social dimensions of organisational membership
C)A concern for consensus seeking
D)A clear division of labour

Question 20

OB draws extensively on which of the following two disciplines?

A)Physics
B)Sociology
C)Psychology
D)Biology