vu mgt502 Final Term - Quiz No.129
vu mgt502 Organizational Behaviour Quiz
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Question 1: We can expect individuals to work considerably below their potential if which of the following conditions occurs?
if the objectives that employees are expected to achieve are unclear.
if the criteria for measuring those objectives are vague.
if the employees lack confidence that their efforts will lead to a satisfactory appraisal of their performance.
all of the above
Question 2: An Angus Reid poll which surveyed Canadians to find out their attitudes towards their jobs and workplaces determined that almost 40% or the respondents stated that one of the biggest barriers to job satisfaction was
the nature of work itself
bureaucracy and red tape
management practices
poor working conditions
Question 5: Asad and Saad are working in a company. There occurs a conflict between the two due to different views on some decisions. Both are indulging in what type of conflict?
Interpersonal Conflict
Interorganizational Conflict
Intergroup Conflict
Person-role Conflict
Question 6: What is the first step in the Rational Decision-Making Model?
Defining the problem
Weighing the decision criteria
Identifying the decision criteria
Developing alternatives
Question 7: When using bonuses, managers should be mindful of
not recognizing friends within the company
potential unexpected behaviours arising when employees try to ensure they will receive bonuses
the size of the bonus in relation to the event recognized
the amount, so that the bonus does not negatively effect the profits of the company
Question 8: Which of the following is not an example of a hypothesis that has evolved out of path-goal theory?
Directive leadership leads to greater satisfaction when tasks are ambiguous.
Subordinates with an external locus of control will be more satisfied with a participative style.
Supportive leadership results in high employee performance and satisfaction when subordinates are performing structured tasks.
Directive leadership will lead to higher employee satisfaction when there is substantive conflict within a work group.
Question 9: The approach to evaluation that uses feedback from those who have daily contact with an employee (everyone from mailroom personnel to customers to bosses to peers) is termed:
critical incidents.
360-degree evaluation.
BARS.
multiperson comparisons.
