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Test #1 Organizational Behavior Ch1-3
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Management
Undergraduate 4
02/11/2010

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Understanding OB helps to?
Definition
determine manager effectiveness
Term
What kind of interpersonal skills are important?
Definition
technical and quantitative
Term
What kind of interpersonal skills are critical?
Definition
leadership and communication skills
Term
Organizational benefits of skilled managers?
Definition
1. Lower turnover of quality employees
2. higher quality applications for recruitment
3. better financial performance
Term
Name some of the 7 aspects that result in better financial performance?
Definition
1. Employees can organize more effectively
2. Resolve interpersonal conflicts
3. effective communication
4. More efficient employees
5. loyal employees
6. Successful long run goals
7. Make decision in an effective manner
Term
Give an example of people skills?(peep skill= extremely important)
Definition
Ex. a director in a movie needs to know the technical aspects first and then need those people skills to succeed in life
Term
Managers cannot succeed on ______________ alone. They need _________ and ___________ skills.
Definition
technical skills
technical and people skills
Term
What do managers do?
Definition
get work done through others with minimal effort and cost
Term
How do managers get work done through others?
Definition
by efficiency and effectiveness
Term
Efficiency is......?
Definition
a ratio of outputs to inputs
Term
Ex of OUTPUTS and INPUTS?
Definition
Outputs- products and services
Inputs- effort, time, nat resources
Term
What are the Four Management Functions?
Definition
1. Plan
2. Lead
3. Control
4. Organize
Term
Lead is___________________?
Definition
all about the people
Term
Name the 3 interpersonal roles?
Definition
1. Interpersonal
2. Informational
3. Decisional
Term
Describe the interpersonal role of a FIGUREHEAD?
Definition
a symbolic head, required to perform a number of routine duties of a legal or social nature
Term
Describe the interpersonal role of a LEADER?
Definition
responsible for the motivation and direction of employees
Term
What are the 3 interpersonal roles?
Definition
1. F
Term
Describe the interpersonal role of a LIAISON?
Definition
maintains a network of outside contracts who provide favors and information
Term
What is organizational behavior?
Definition
the study of individual behavior and group dynamics in organizations
Term
Three essential management skills?
Definition
Technical Skills
Human Skills
Conceptual Skills
Term
Managers who promoted faster were ___________.
Definition
Successful
Term
__________ managers do their jobs well?
Definition
Effective
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Two perspectives of understanding human behavior?
Definition
1. Internal Perspective
2. External Perspective
Term
Describe Internal Perspective
Definition
Examining individual's history and personal values
Thoughts, feelings and experiences
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Describe External Perspectives?
Definition
examining surrounding external events and environmental forces
external events, behavioral consequences and environmental fctors
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What is intuition study?
Definition
-gut feelings
- individual observation
- commonsense
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What is systematic study?
Definition
-looks at relationships
- scientific evidence
- predicts behaviors
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4 factors of an Open System View of Organization?
Definition
1. Structure
2. Task
3. People ( actors)
4. Technology
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What is formal organization?
Definition
the official, legitimate, and most visible part of the system
Term
What is Hawthorne Studies?
Definition
studies during the 1920s and 1930s that discovered the existence of the informal organization
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discovered the existence of the informal organization
Definition
Hawthorn Studies
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Pedagogical Features
Definition
Science, You and The Real World
Term
Three levels of OB model analysis?
Definition
Individual level...group level...organization systems level
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what is a model?
Definition
an abstraction of reality: a simplified representation of some real- world phenomenon
Term
Types of Study variables?
Definition
Independent (X) Dependent (Y)
Term
A Change in _ equals a change in Y?
Definition
X
Term
What are the six dependent variables?
Definition
1. Productivity
2. Absence
3. Turnover
4. Deviant Workplace Behavior
5. Citizenship
6. Satisfaction
Term
In dependent levels are found in the _____________________?
Definition
Three levels of the OB model
Term
Productivity is_________________?
Definition
effectiveness + efficiency...achieving goals at the lowest cost
Term
Achieving goals at the lowest cost
Definition
Productivity
Term
What is job satisfaction?
Definition
the degree to which you like your job
Term
Satisfied employees__________________?
Definition
work harder
Term
High employees satisfaction tries to _____________________.
Definition
Reduce job turnover
Term
Employee leaves the company
Definition
Voluntary Turnover
Term
You as an employee didnt work hard so you get fired...
Definition
Involuntary Turnover
Term
What threatens the well being of the organization and its behaviors, disrupts organizational norms
Definition
Deviant Workplace Behavior
Term
Discretionary behavior that promotes the effective functioning of the organizations
Definition
Organizational Citizenship Behavior
Term
Four major challenges to managers?
Definition
1. Workforce diversity
2. globalization
3. ethics
4. technological innovation
Term
typical employees are doing three things...
Definition
1. getting older
2. more females workers
3. required to become more flexible with hours
Term
the world is free from national boundaries
Definition
Globalization
Term
the world is free from national boundaries
Definition
Globalization
Term
Dont think globally think_______________
Definition
internationally
Term
Hofstede Understanding Cultural Differences
Definition
Individual vs. Collectivism
High Power distance vs. low power distance
High uncertainty avoidance vs. low uncertainty avoidance
masculinity vs. femininity
long-term orientation vs. short term orientation
Term
Individualism vs. Collectivism
Definition
personal goals/independence vs. cohesiveness andcooperation
Term
High Power Distance
vs.
Low Uncertainty Avoidance
Definition
examine degree to which people accept inequality vs. mngrs and employees viewing themselves as the same
Term
Masculinity vs. Femininity
Definition
reflects reference for achievement vs. values close relationships
Term
Long term orientation vs. Short term orientation
Definition
people are more concerned with the future vs people more concerned with the past and present
Term
all forms of individual differences
Definition
diversity
Term
is one of the biggest challenges is
Definition
appealing to people that are different
Term
The US Cultural Differences are...
Definition
1. Individualism
2. Low Power Distance
3. Low Uncertainty Avoidance
4. Masculinity
5.Short Term Orientation
Term
gender, race, age, economic class, social status, personality
Definition
diversity
Term
Diversity Statistic Workplace
___ White/non hispanic
___ Hispanic
___African American
___ Asian
Definition
68%
14%
11%
5%
Term
What are the benefits of Diversity?
Definition
- promotes creativity and innovation
- improves decision making
- helps recruiting and retention
- allows for an increase of market share
- enhances organizational flexibility
Term
What are some problems with diversity?
Definition
- lack of cohesiveness
- miscommunication
- interpersonal conflicts
- resistance to change
- slowed decision making
Term
a relatively stable set of characteristics that influences an individual's behavior
Definition
Personality
Term
Five personality traits
Definition
1. Extraversion
2. Agreeableness
3. Conscientiousness
4.Emotional Stability
5. Openness to experience
Term
Ex. of Extraversion
Definition
gregarious, assertive, sociable
Term
Ex. of agreeableness
Definition
cooperative, warm, agreeable
Term
Ex. conscientiousness
Definition
hardworking, organized, dependable
Term
Ex. if emotional stability
Definition
calm, self confident, cool
Term
Exl of openness to experience
Definition
creative, curious, cultured
Term
people "see" things in different ways
Definition
Preception
Term
3 Steps of perception
Definition
1. observing information via the senses
2. screening the information and selecting what to process
3. organizing the selected data into patterns for interpretation and response
Term
evaluating an entity with some degree of favor of disfavor
Definition
attitude
Term
3 components of an attitude
Definition
cognitive
affective
behavioral
Term
an individual experience conflict between attitudes
Definition
cognitive dissonance
Term
How to achieve consistency?
Definition
alter attitudes
chase behavior
develop a rationalization
Term
Moderating variables of attitude behavior
Definition
1. attitude relevance
2. attitude specificty
3. measurement timing
4. personality
5. existence of social pressures
Term
the strength of an individual's identification with an organization
Definition
organizational commitment
Term
three components of organizational commitment
Definition
affective commitment
continuance commitment
normative commitment
Term
desire to remain
Definition
affective commitment
Term
cannot afford to leave
Definition
continuance commitment
Term
perceived obligation to remain
Definition
normative commitment
Term
Four employee responses to dissatisfaction
Definition
Exit
Voice
Neglect
Loyalty
Term
behavior directed toward leaving the organization
Definition
exit
Term
active and constructive attempts to improve conditions
Definition
voice
Term
allowing conditions to worsen
Definition
neglect
Term
passively waiting for conditions to improve
Definition
loyalty
Term
enduring beliefs that a specific mode of conduct or end state of existence is personally or socially preferable to an opposite or converse mode of conduct or end state of existence
Definition
values
Term
-represents interpretation of right and wrong
- influence our perception of th world around us
- provide understanding of the attitudes and behavior
- imply that some behaviors or outcomes are preferred over others
Definition
Importance of values
Term
the goals to be achieved
Definition
terminal values
Term
teh acceptable behaviors to be used in achieving some end state
Definition
instrumental values
Term
Ex. honesty, politeness, courage
Definition
instrumental values
Term
a comfortable life, a world at peace, freedom
Definition
terminal values
Term
4 individual work values
Definition
1. achievement
2. concern for others
3. honesty
4. fairness
Term
the process of arousing and sustaining goa- directed behavior
Definition
motivation
Term
3 elements of motivation
Definition
intensity
direction
persistence
Term
Manslow's Hierarchy of Needs
Definition
self actualization
esteen
social
safety
physiological
Term
Theory X
Definition
workers have little ambition
Term
Theory Y
Definition
workers are self directed
enjoy work
accept responsibility
Term
Two distince views of human beings
Definition
theory x and theory y
Term
company policies
salary
work conditions
Definition
hygiene factors
Term
growth
responsibility
achievement
Definition
motivators
Term
the3 basic premise of goal-setting thoery is
Definition
management by objectives MBO
Term
another name of social cognitive theory or social learning theory
Definition
self- efficacy theory
Term
specific goals produce high amounts of inputs the generalized "do you best" goals
Definition
goal setting thoery
Term
an individual's belief that he or she is capable of performaing a task
Definition
self efficacy theory
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Elements of expectancy theory
Definition
effort
performance
outcomes
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