organizational behavior correct answers study of peoples actions within an organization
Strategic Management correct answers exploring product choices that bring the organization profitability
individual outcomes
when researching OB, the 2 outcomes of interest are... correct answers job per...
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organizational behavior correct answers study of peoples actions within an organization
Strategic Management correct answers exploring product choices that bring the organization
profitability
individual outcomes
when researching OB, the 2 outcomes of interest are... correct answers job performance
organizational commitment
Job Performance correct answers the value of the set of employee behaviors that contribute,
either positively or negatively, to organizational goal accomplishment
organizational commitment correct answers the degree to which an employee identifies with
a particular organization and its goals and wishes to maintain membership in the organization
Individual Mechanisms
that drive individual outcomes correct answers job satisfaction, stress, motivation, trust
justice and ethics, learning and decision making
job satisfaction correct answers a positive feeling about one's job resulting from an evaluation
of its characteristics
Stress correct answers a psychological response to demands that possess certain stakes for the
person and that tax or exceed the person's capacity or resources
trust, justice, and ethics correct answers reflect the degree to which employees feel that their
company does business with fairness, honesty, and integrity
individual characteristics
that drive individual mechanisms correct answers ability
personality and culture values
personality and culture values correct answers traits and tendencies that describe how people
act, in this case act at work
Group Mechanisms correct answers leadership: styles and behaviors > ACTIONS LEADERS
TAKE TO INFLUENCE THE GROUP
leadership: power and negotiation > HOW SOMEONE ATTAINS AUTHORITY OVER
OTHERS
teams: processes and communication > HOW TEAMS BEHAVE
teams: characteristics and diversity > HOW TEAMS SRE FORMED
ORGANIZATIONAL mechanisms correct answers structure : how each unit links
and culture: shared values within organization
, resource based view correct answers A model that argues that rare and inimitable resources
help firms maintain competitive advantage
inimitable correct answers not capable of being copied or imitated
most firms resources can be imitated, however w enough money, this can be avoided
Rule of One-Eighth correct answers The belief that at best one-eighth, or 12 percent, of
organizations will actually do what is required to build profits by putting people first.
Method of Experience correct answers people hold firmly to some belief because it is
consistent with their own experience and observations
Method of Intuition correct answers People hold firmly to some belief because it "just stands
to reason"—it seems obvious or self-evident.
Method of Authority correct answers people hold firmly to some belief because some
respected official, agency, or source has said it is so
Method of Science correct answers People accept some belief because scientific studies have
tended to replicate that result using a series of samples, settings, and methods
hypotheses correct answers written predictions that specify relationships between variables
a control correct answers what you leave unchanged to compare data too
Correlation correct answers a statistical relation between two or more variables such that
systematic changes in the value of one variable are accompanied by systematic changes in the
other
best way to determine correlation is a scatter plot
casual inferences correct answers establishing that one variable really does cause another
meta-analysis correct answers A method that allows researchers to combine the results of
several different studies on a similar topic in order to establish the strength of an effect.
evidence based management correct answers a perspective that argues that scientific findings
should form the foundation for management education
Analytics correct answers the use of data to guide decision making
socially complex resources correct answers Resources created by people, such as culture,
teamwork, trust, and reputation. The source of competitive advantage is known, but the
method of replicating the advantage is unclear.
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