High-involvement management organizations

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Assignment:

Question 1 Human capital is the sum of all of the following except:

• skills
• knowledge
• general attributes
• equipment
• values

Question 2 The strategic approach to OB applies to

• the public sector
• the not-for-profit sector
• technical businesses
• education organizations
• All are correct

Question 3 High-involvement management organizations compensate associates on

• individual performance
• team performance
• business performance
• group performance
• all are correct

Question 4  In a truly inclusive workplace, everyone feels________.

• motivated
• valued
• unmotivated
• under-valued
• both motivated and valued

Question 5  _________ can be defined as a characteristic of a group where differences exist on one or more relevant dimensions.

• Orientation
• Diversity
• Inter-personal differences
• Intra-personal differences
• Intra-group differences

Question 6 Diversity Management Programs:

• target some associates
• target some of the more prominent associates
• target all associates
• target the seasoned associates
• target the underrepresented associates

Question 7  In a global economy _______ move freely across national borders.

• products
• services
• people
• financial capital
• all are correct

Question 8  The three types of risks firms face when expanding into international markets are political, economic, and _______.

• Civil
• Currency decline
• Terrorism
• Managerial
• None are correct

Question 9  International teams that largely rely on electronically mediated communication to coordinate and accomplish their work are referred to as:

• long-distance work teams
• distance challenged teams
• virtual electronic teams
• cross-distance teams
• transatlantic teams

Question 10  The ________ occurs when a person makes a general assessment of another person and then uses this impression to interpret everything the person does.

• Fundament Attribution Error
• Social Learning Theory
• Operant Condition Theory
• Halo Effect
• Self-Serving Bias

Question 11  OB Mod is also referred to as:

• Management training
• Management motivation
• Performance management
• Reinforcement management
• Extinction management

Question 12  The process of deciding what caused a behavior is known as:

• attribution
• overlearning
• perception
• internal perception
• external perception

Question 13 ________ is the degree to which an individual is outgoing and derives energy from being around other people.

• Introversion
• Extraversion
• Agreeableness
• Conscientiousness
• Openness

Question 14 The Big _________ traits have been used to predict job and team performance.

• Two
• Three
• Four
• Five
• Six

Question 15 Individuals with emotional intelligence typically display all of the following EXCEPT:

• self-awareness
• motivation
• empathy
• social skills
• hostility

Question 16 Most motivation theories can be separated into two categories:

• content and process theories
• perception and content theories
• perception and process theories
• cognitive and content theories
• cognitive and process theories

Question 17 The most basic level of need in Maslow's hierarchy is:

• safety needs
• physiological needs
• social needs
• esteem needs
• self-actualization needs

Question 18 When setting goals, managers should address:

• goal difficulty
• goal specificity
• goal commitment
• feedback
• all of these

Question 19  _______ is the feeling that one's capabilities or needs do not match the demands or requirements of the job.

• Eustress
• Role Conflict
• Role ambiguity
• Job Stress
• Chronic Stress

 Question 20 People with a Type A personality are:

• patient
• competitive
• aggressive
• both competitive and aggressive
• both patient and competitive