Organisational Behaviour (3141909) MCQs

MCQs of Focus and Purpose

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1.
________ get things done through other people. They make decisions, allocate resources, and direct the activities of others to attain goals.
(a) Assistants
(b) Managers
(c) Secretaries
(d) Interns
Answer:

Option (b)

2.
Which of the following functions do managers undertake as part of planning functions?
(a) Defining an organization's goals
(b) Implementing strategies for achieving goals
(c) Executing plans to integrate activities
(d) Accomplishing goals of a project
Answer:

Option (a)

3.
Which of the following best defines organizational behavior?
(a) It involves the study of groups of people coming together for collective bargaining.
(b) It involves the study of what people do in a company and how it affects the company's performance.
(c) It involves analyzing different people in an industry with independent profit-centered motives.
(d) It involves developing exclusively the knowledge of managers and senior-level employees.
Answer:

Option (b)

4.
Which of the following determinants of behavior does organizational behavior study?
(a) Profits
(b) Job satisfaction
(c) Perks
(d) Individuals
Answer:

Option (d)

5.
In order to predict human behavior, it is best to supplement intuitive opinions with information derived from ________.
(a) common sense
(b) direct observation
(c) systematic study
(d) speculation
Answer:

Option (c)

6.
________ seeks to measure, explain, and sometimes change the behavior of humans and other animals.
(a) Meteorology
(b) Anthropology
(c) Sociology
(d) Psychology
Answer:

Option (d)

7.
Which of the following disciplines blends concepts from both psychology and sociology to focus on people's influence on one another?
(a) Social psychology
(b) Cosmology
(c) Parapsychology
(d) Anthropology
Answer:

Option (a)

8.
Which of the following is a difference between sociology and psychology?
(a) Sociology studies humans and animals whereas psychology focuses exclusively on humans.
(b) Sociology studies people in relation to their social culture whereas psychology focuses on the individual.
(c) Sociology incorporates research from social sciences, philosophy, and natural sciences; psychology does not.
(d) Sociology uses various methods of empirical investigation whereas psychology uses limited critical analyses.
Answer:

Option (b)

9.
A key issue for managers in good economic times is ________.
(a) employee stress
(b) how to retain employees
(c) employee decision making
(d) helping employees cope
Answer:

Option (b)

10.
Which of the following is a result of globalization?
(a) Organizations being bound by national borders
(b) Lower production of goods in developing nations
(c) Jobs moving to nations with low-cost labor
(d) Shared social value among all cultures
Answer:

Option (c)

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