COMPLETE
Elaborated Test bank
for
Organizational Behavior
Improving Performance
and
Commitment in the Workplace
ED.8
by
Jason Colquitt,
Jeffrey
... [Show More] LePine
Michael Wessen
Prof.Exams
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART 1 Introduction to Organizational Behavior
CHAPTER 1: What Is Organizational Behavior?
CHAPTER 2: Job Performance
CHAPTER 3: Organizational Commitment
PART 2 Individual Mechanisms
CHAPTER 4: Job Satisfaction
CHAPTER 5: Stress
CHAPTER 6: Motivation
CHAPTER 7: Trust, Justice, and Ethics
CHAPTER 8: Learning and Decision Making
PART 3 Individual Characteristics
CHAPTER 9: Personality and Cultural Values
CHAPTER 10: Ability
PART 4 Group Mechanisms
CHAPTER 11: Teams: Characteristics and Diversity
CHAPTER 12: Teams: Processes and Communication
CHAPTER 13: Leadership: Power and Negotiation
CHAPTER 14: Leadership: Styles and Behaviors
PART 5 Organizational Mechanisms
CHAPTER 15: Organizational Structure
CHAPTER 16: Organizational Culture
CHAPTER 1
1) Define organizational behavior (OB). How does it differ from human resource management (HRM)?
2) According to the integrative model of organizational behavior, what are the two
individual outcomes? What are the goals of most workers? What are the goals of most managers? Do you feel the goals of the two align? Explain.
3) Briefly explain the importance of individual mechanisms featured in the integrative model of organizational behavior. Give an example for each.
4) Briefly explain the importance of group mechanisms featured in the integrative model of
organizational behavior. Give an example of each mechanism.
5) You are asked to analyze two companies using the resource-based view of organizations and distinguish which company has more valuable resources.
6) Explain the Rule of One-Eighth.
7) Briefly describe the four different ways of knowing things. Give an example of each.
Which way do you believe provides the soundest explanation and most compelling support?
8) You have been fired as a consultant to use the scientific method to evaluate a problem at a sandwich shop. The owner currently holds a belief about the root of the problem but has asked. [Show Less]