UM MGMT1000 Midterm Exam Questions and Answers All Correct
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UM MGMT1000 Midterm Exam Questions and Answers All Correct
What is ego strength? - Answer- a personality measure of the strength of a person's convictions
What is high ego strength? - Answer- A person is more likely to resist the temptations to act unethically
What is locus of control? - ...
UM MGMT1000 Midterm
Exam Questions and
Answers All Correct
What is ego strength? - Answer- a personality measure of the strength of a person's
convictions
What is high ego strength? - Answer- A person is more likely to resist the temptations to
act unethically
What is locus of control? - Answer- the extent to which people believe they control their
destinies
What is internal locus of control? - Answer- They believe they can control themselves
What is external locus of control? - Answer- Something else controls our destiny,
blames things on external factors.
What is organizational culture? - Answer- A system of shared beliefs and values held by
organizational members that determine how they act towards each other and outsiders.
What What forms organizational culture? - Answer- The mission of the organization's
founder
What the organization has done sucessfully in the past
Why is OC important? - Answer- The actions of top managers influence the
preservation of an orgs culture
An employee fluent in their OC are more enthusiastic and knowledgeable when dealing
with customers
Ongoing socialization programs alo helps maintain the current values and customs of
the org
What are the 2 views of a manager? - Answer- Omnipotent and symbolic
, What is the omnipotent view? - Answer- That managers are directly responsible for a
company's success or failure
What is the symbolic view? - Answer- An orgs failure or sucess is due to external
factors beyond the manager's control. The manager plays a minimal role
Are managers omnipotent or symbolic? - Answer- It's both. They can definitely influence
the company's success or failure, and they also need to be proactive to anticipate
changing trends and competition.
What are the 7 dimensions or organizational culture? - Answer- POSTAIA
People orientation
Outcome orientation
Stability
Team orientation
Attention to detail
Innovation and risk taking
Aggressiveness
What is the stability dimension? - Answer- The extent to which the organization's
actions and decisions maintain the status quo of the org.
What are factors that determine the strength of OC? - Answer- Size of org
Age of org
Employee turnover
Intensity with which the OC originated
What are the benefits of strong OC? - Answer- Higher org performance
More loyal employees
employees are more committed
How does OC continue? - Answer- Action of top managers
Recruiting new employees that fit into OC
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