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Freedom Ford is a car dealership, whose managers want their sales staff to
sell more cars every month. Which of the following efforts would be the most
efficient target for management to aim for to get what they want?
Question options:
A. Improving individual job performance
B. Improving individual ability
C. Improving individual organizational commitment
D. Improving organizational culture - ANSWER A. Improving individual job
performance
Company Y is a technology company, and recent reports revealed leaders
(not the CEO) had engaged in fraudulent, bad behaviors. Employees in the
company lost all trust in the company CEO and other executives. According
to the model in Figure 1-1, what variable(s) could Company Y focus their
management efforts on to help recover from this crisis?
Question options:
A. Organizational structure and individual motivation
B. Individual ability and decision-making
,C. Group processes and individual stress
D. Leadership and individual trust - ANSWER D. Leadership and individual
trust
Trains Planes and Jets (TPJ) is a new ride-sharing company that is trying to
compete with an existing ride-sharing company, GoFast. GoFast has invested
a great deal in employee retention and training, and TPJ believes it can
compete well by cutting costs in these areas (i.e., spending a lot less on
human capital investments). TPJ uses the same business model, the same
equipment, and applications, but after 18 months, it fails. Analysts state that
GoFast's success is the result of its resources. According to your textbook,
what relevant resource may have given GoFast success over TPJ?
Question options:
A. Good people (workforce)
B. Business model
C. Green technology
D. Tax breaks - ANSWER A. Good people (workforce)
A professor in Org. Behavior recently conducted a study and discovered a
correlation (r=.76, p <.001) between two measured variables (variable x and
variable y) in a company. Which of the following is an accurate (true) claim
she can make, based on this research?
Question options:
, A. There is a very weak relationship between Variable X and Variable Y
B. A strong relationship exists between Variable X and Variable Y
C. A third variable, Variable Z, actually causes both variable X and variable Y
to increase
D. Variable X causes changes in Variable Y - ANSWER B. A strong relationship
exists between Variable X and Variable Y
A famous professional football figure is known for saying "Just win, baby" If
he said this and meant "I don't care how you do it, I just want to see results
in the win column", which of the following best captures his approach to
understanding individual job performance?
Question options:
A. Job performance should focus on the organizational factors that yield
results
B. Job performance should focus on the motivations that yield results
C. Job performance should focus on behaviors that yield results
D. Job performance should focus only on the results - ANSWER D. Job
performance should focus only on the results
In discussing job performance, your textbook authors state job performance
is different than job performance results. Which of the following analogies
best mirrors the relationship between job performance and job performance
results?
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