Organizational Behaviour - 14

Organizational Behaviour - 14


Match The Following
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Correct Answer


Theory X
Autocratic organization


Paternalistic attitude
Custodial organization


Participation
Supportive organization


Scientific and professional employees
Collegial organization


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Organization with a strong culture has
Correct Answer
Practices that include employee participation


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In older days employees were referred to as ________
Correct Answer
Hands

True/False
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Any change occurring in our life is a reason to get stressed.
Correct Answer
True


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Individual initiative, flexibility and freedom are encouraged in________culture.
Correct Answer
entrepreneurial


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As per the fundamental concepts of Organizationl Behaviour ________ states that every person in an organization should be respected.
Correct Answer
Human dignity

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Job ________ is an individual phenomenon.
Correct Answer
Satisfaction



True/False
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Morale represents the integration of an individual with the team and ignores the organization itself.
Correct Answer
False



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Sources of organizational commitments are
Correct Answer
Opportunities for advancement , Working condition , Relationships at work place


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Internal integration involves addressing the issue of:
Correct Answer
Determining rules related to power and status


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Factors important for creating a favourable work environment are
Correct Answer
playing of soft music , adequate illumination , a soothing colour scheme

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By derivation personality mean
Correct Answer
An individual only appears to be

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The style of the manager with a 1,1 combination on the managerial grid is sometimes called ________ style.
Correct Answer
Impoverished


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Parity of wages' was advocated by:
Correct Answer
Frederick W Taylor



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It is said that a manager should be so skillful that he should be able to develop and motivate even an inefficient employee. This expectation is said to come from which concept?
Correct Answer
Pygmalion


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All the unique traits and patterns of adjustment of the individual is known as
Correct Answer
Personality


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Identify the situations which reflect upward communication.
Correct Answer
Performance reports of workers, to be reviewed by the supervisor , Suggestion boxes kept in the worker's canteen , Employee attitude surveys

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An aroused attitude consist of
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Affective reaction , Cognition , Action tendency

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Modern psychology personality mean
Correct Answer
The dynamic organization with in the individual of those psycho-physical systems that determine his unique adjustment to his environment.


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Differences in cultural contexts may pose a hurdle to ________ communication in organizations.
Correct Answer
Interpersonal



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Work attitudes can be reflected in an organization through
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Challenge of job , Job satisfaction , Organizational commitment



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The levels at which studies of Organizational Behaviour have been carried out rotate to
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Individual , Small group , Inter-group



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Behavioural scientists are focusing their attention on
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Organizational adaptability , Relationship of organizational structure to human behaviour , Decision making


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________ are the rules of pattern and behaviour that are expected from all team members.
Correct Answer
Norms



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Characteristics of entrepreneurial culture are
Correct Answer
Taking risks , Dynamism , Creativity


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Personality is the organization of
Correct Answer
An individual’s “personal pattern of tendencies”.




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Attitude is
Correct Answer
Tendency to react positively , Tendency to react negatively , Tendency to react in a certain way


True/False
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The challenge relating to management of change can be met only with effective leadership.
Correct Answer
True


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A manager can take corrective action in time if he is able to understand which of the given indicators?
Correct Answer
Morale


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The blue print of human behaviour at work is represented by
Correct Answer
Rules , Regulations , Procedures

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Identify which of the given theories pertain to the category of content theories.
Correct Answer
Maslow's hierarchy theory , Alderfer's ERG needs theory , Fredrick Herzberg's two factor theory


Match The Following
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Correct Answer


Frederick Taylor
Scientific management

Hugo Munsteberg
Industrial accidents


Waller Dill Scot
Industrial psychology


Fred Luthans
Human relations



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To change organizational culture successfully we need to:
Correct Answer
Find the most effective sub-culture and use it as an example , Practice what we preach , Include employees in the change process

True/False
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Norms are often more liberally defined.
Correct Answer
False


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The men on the shop floor are less vulnerable to stress as compared the members of the board of directors.
Correct Answer
False


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A person who is in the habit of whispering something or the other to his neighbour while in a meeting is said to be an ________.
Correct Answer
Interrupter


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________ communication is useful for flatter organizational structure.
Correct Answer
Lateral


True/False
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Once the team reaches the performing stage, the team members become familiar with each other.
Correct Answer
False



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Rest periods are important because
Correct Answer
they help the worker to recover from fatigue , they provide an opportunity to talk about non-job activities , they are a break from a seemingly interminable activity

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External adaptation and survival involves addressing the issue of:
Correct Answer
Mission and strategy

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Features of Maslow's need hierarchy theory are:
Correct Answer
Theory of human motives , Classifies basic human needs in a hierarchy , Theory of human motivation


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The passage of which act made the organized labour movement have an impact on management in America?
Correct Answer
Wagner Act in 1935


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The attributes such as pulling together related ideas and offering a decision for the group to accept or reject, are related to which of the given task oriented roles?
Correct Answer
Summarizing



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The process theories in general lack explanatory power over the complexities of work motivation.
Correct Answer
False


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Attitudes influence by
Correct Answer
Religion , Family , Educational background


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The special meaning assigned to words is called ________.
Correct Answer
Semantics



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Work capacity of an organism is reduced due to the fact that work causes waste products to-
Correct Answer
accumulate




Organizational Behaviour - 13
LIST OF ATTEMPTED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS



True/False
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The super ego acts as a censor on the individual.
Correct Answer
True

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Perceptual selection is based on
Correct Answer
Attention and Set



True/False
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Assessment of an employee’s performance depends on the perception of the person who evaluates
Correct Answer
True


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Size of the stimulus attracts attention
Correct Answer
True


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Affiliation motives
Correct Answer
Acceptance by others



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Rationalization
Correct Answer
Pseudo justification

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Aggression has nothing to do with emotional transference.
Correct Answer
False

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Safety needs are taken (looked) as
Correct Answer
Future needs



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Solitary confinement is known to rupture the human
Correct Answer
Psyche


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Theory Y people are very lazy.
Correct Answer
False


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Accomplishment of goal is influenced by an individual’s ability and role perception.
Correct Answer
True



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The definition of work is very
Correct Answer General
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Collegial Organization
Correct Answer
Provides manager’s role like partner and not leader

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In alarm stage the resistance is
Correct Answer
Lowered



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An atmosphere of objectivity and mutual trust can help reduce
Correct Answer
Distress


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Discouraging undesirable behaviour will enhance value to organizational culture.
Correct Answer
True


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The leadership process is a function of the leader , the follower and other situational variables
Correct Answer
True


True/False
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Democratic leaders take full authority and assume full responsibility
Correct Answer
False



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Illumination experiments study the effect of changed
Correct Answer
Illumination at work

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Perception involves five sub-processes, they are ________ registration, ________ , feedback and consequences
Correct Answer
stimulus, interpretation



Match The Following
Question
Correct Answer

Organizational
Behaviour


How Thorne
Experiments


Goal
Achievement

Division of
Labour

Meaningful
Relationship


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The multinationals which come on the Indian scene enjoyed superior ________ in terms of money ________ as well as market network.
Correct Answer
resources, technology



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Frederick W. ________ came up with “Scientific Management”, created the interest in the ________ and the supervisor.
Correct Answer
Taylor, worker



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Reward & Punishment theory is same as ________ and ________ theory
Correct Answer
carrot, stick


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Vroom ________ model fall under ________ theory
Correct Answer
expantancy, Process



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Relationship between ________ and ________ need not always be direct
Correct Answer
morale, productivity


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High levels of ________ taking, ________ and credibility characterize an entrepreneurial culture.
Correct Answer
risk, dynamism


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Finding the most ________ sub ________ in the organization and using it as an example from which employee can learn.
Correct Answer
effective, culture


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Competing style refers to ________ and uncooperative behaviours and represents a ________ approach to inter personal conflict
Correct Answer
assertive, win – lose


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Many ________ changes bombard the modern organization and make change ________.
Correct Answer
external, inevitable



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Planning is perhaps the most ________ phase in ________ of change.
Correct Answer
crucial, management



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Minimum number of essentials to form group is
Correct Answer
Two



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Several types of communication media are available for
Correct Answer
transmitting and receiving messages


True/False
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Upward communication is more prevalent than downward communication
Correct Answer
False



Match The Following
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Correct Answer


Problem solving teams
Cost problems


Self managed teams
Task rotation


Virtual team
Information technology


Forming stage
Initial stage

Norming stage
Norms established



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Frederick W – Taylor developed
Correct Answer
Wage payment plans , Internal parity of wages , External parity of wages


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Scientific management movement
Correct Answer
Frederick W. Taylor , Supervisory training , Financial incentives


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Internal Set factors are
Correct Answer
Motivation and interest , Learning

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Mismatch between personality and organization may lead to
Correct Answer
Low morale and job satisfaction , Confusion and chaos , Loss of interest by members in organization


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Defence Mechanism
Correct Answer
Fantasy , Rationalization , Aggression

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Music
Correct Answer
Effects on attitude , Improves morale , Increases production


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Styles of leadership
Correct Answer
Autocratic , Democratic , Free rein


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To identify problems for management change manager needs to ask
Correct Answer
What is problem , How to solve the problem , When to solve the problem


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Communication can be
Correct Answer
vertical , horizontal , diagonal


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Fight or flight mechanism
Correct Answer
Raised pulse , Rapid breathing , Dilated pupils


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General adaptation syndrome
Correct Answer
Alarm reaction , Resistance reaction , State of exhaustion



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Stress results in
Correct Answer
Physical deviations , Psychological deviations , Behavioural deviations

Organizational Behaviour - 12
LIST OF ATTEMPTED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS



Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
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What are the categories of stress as stated by Dr.Pestonji?
Correct Answer
Distress , Eustress , Hypo stress

Select The Blank
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The multinationals which come on the Indian scene enjoy superior resources in terms of________technology as well as market network.
Correct Answer
money


True/False
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Usually, the subordinates prefer the democratic leader.
Correct Answer
True


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Which theory assumes that the manager's role is to coerce and control employees?
Correct Answer
Theory X


True/False
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Employees and organization can prosper if they help each other.
Correct Answer
True


True/False
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The purpose should be expressed only after the communication process is completed.
Correct Answer False
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Commanlities and differences suggest in certain respects, every person is like
Correct Answer
All other people , Some other people , No other person

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Basic Organizational Behaviour concepts take into consideration
Correct Answer
Nature of people , Nature of technology , Nature of organization


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The relationship in which one person influences others to work together willingly on related tasks is known as ________.
Correct Answer
Leadership


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In Organizational Behaviour, 'caused behaviour' means
Correct Answer
By his own behaviour, a manager can affect how an employee behaves.


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According to Frend the human mind is composed of
Correct Answer
Preconscious mind , Conscious mind , Unconscious mind


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The cost of tensions and worries created by wrong kind of personalities are enormous in terms of.
Correct Answer
Employee-employer relation. , Supervisor-subordinate relation. , Peers relations.



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"The difference between organizational behaviour and human relations is that of between a pathologist and a physician." Who said this?
Correct Answer
Keith Davis


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In Bank wiring room studies were carried out by:
Correct Answer
an observer and an interviewer


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Identify the process influence personality development.
Correct Answer
Socialization process , Identification process


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Multiple Choice Single Response
Correct Answer
Leader


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What is the other name for vertical job loading?
Correct Answer
Job enrichment


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It can be inferred from Hawthorne studies that in determining productivity a vital role was played by:
Correct Answer
Quality of supervision


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The stage which relates to development of decision making abilities, interpersonal and technical competencies is known as :
Correct Answer
Storming


True/False
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Productivity can be high inspite of morale being low because of the rigid management control system.
Correct Answer
True



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Organizational objectives can be achieved by
Correct Answer
Group work , Division of labour , Hierarchy of authority


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According to Peter F.Drucker, the basic and scarcest resource of any business enterprise is ________.
Correct Answer
Business leaders



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Manager's role changed from that of a leader to that of partner in a ________ type of organization.
Correct Answer
Collegial




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The medium through which the message travels is known as ________.
Correct Answer
Channel



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A communication media is said to rich when which of the given parameters are satisfied?
Correct Answer
It facilitates rapid feedback


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Ego controls
Correct Answer
The gateway of actions , Select the feature of environment , Decides what instincts will be satisfied.


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Select the needs which are discussed by the need hierarch theory.
Correct Answer
Physiological needs , Security needs , Self realization needs

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The major contributors to the development of Organizational Behaviour are:
Correct Answer
Industrial psychology , Scientific management movement , Human relations movement



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Select the organizational stressors which are intrinsic to the job.
Correct Answer
Boredom , Time pressures and deadlines , Exorbitant work demands

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The hypo stress is often experienced by ________ people.
Correct Answer
Retired

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The discipline of Organizational________tries to synchronize internal organizational environment with external social environment.
Correct Answer
Behaviour



Match The Following
Question
Correct Answer

Kurt Lewin
Father of group dynamics


Katz and Kahn
Advocated varied meanings of leadership


Keith Davis
Defined leadership as human factor that binds people together

Ronald Lippitt and Ralph K.
Series of pioneering leadership studies


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Major determinants of personality
Correct Answer
Biological , Situation


True/False
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All parts of the organizational system are independent.
Correct Answer
False

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The Porter-Lawler model states that effort necessarily leads to performance and satisfaction.
Correct Answer
False


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Organizational socialization includes
Correct Answer
Developing competencies , Developing organizational values , Developing social and working relationship


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When an autocratic leader chooses to give rewards to his employees, then his style becomes ________-autocratic style.
Correct Answer
Benevolent



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Cultural diversity brings with it concerns like
Correct Answer
Intra organizational conflicts , Communication difficulties , Intra organizational Turnovers


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The four different models of organizational behaviour denote:
Correct Answer
The responses of the employees to the various orientations of the managers , The general behavioural climate prevailing in the manager-employee relationship , The evolution of the thinking and behaviour of the management and the managers alike

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The ________ job loading is also known as job enlargement.
Correct Answer
Horizontal



True/False
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Promotion is recognition of one's capabilities to shoulder higher responsibilities.
Correct Answer
True


Match The Following
Question
Correct Answer


Wagner Act
Labour movement


Scientific Management movement
Wage payment plans

Hawthorne Experiments
Human relations


Hugo Munsteberg
Psychology and industrial efficiency




True/False
Question
Organisations are defined as group of people, who come together to achieve uncommon objectives.
Correct Answer
False


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Hawthorne studies point out that:
Correct Answer
The need for recognition and security exert greater impact on productivity than the physical working conditions.

True/False
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The research has shown that even the minor or trivial occurrences in life can create stress.
Correct Answer
True



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The features of the relationship oriented role called gate keeping are :
Correct Answer
Helping to keep communication channels open , Facilitatign the participation of others , Suggesting procedures that permit sharing remarks


Multiple Choice Single Answer
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Multiple Choice Single Response
Correct Answer
Authoritarian