Organizational Behaviour

Multiple Choice and Single choice Question - Answer

Question:In Organizational Behaviour, 'caused behaviour'
Answer:By his own behaviour, a manager can affect how an employee behaves.

Question:From the given information identify the morale indicator.
Answer:Exit interviews

Question: The major contributors to the development of Organizational Behaviour are:
Answer: Industrial psychology , Scientific management movement , Human relations movement

Question: The blue print of human behaviour at work is represented
Answer: Rules , Regulations , Procedures

Question:In the discipline Organizational Behaviour the fundamental concept is:
Answer: Based on the nature of people and organization

Question: High competitiveness and profit orientation is a characteristic of which type of organizational culture?
Answer: Market

Question:Resistance to Cultural Change is directly depends on:
Answer: Magnitude of change , Strength of the prevailing culture

Question: Which of the following situation is expected to last in the long run?
Answer: Low productivity, high morale

Question: The cost of tensions and worries created by wrong kind of personalities are enormous in terms of.
Answer: Employee-employer relation. , Supervisor-subordinate relation. , Peers relations.

Question: The broad categories of stressors are :
Answer: Organizational stressors , Personal stressors , Life stressors

Question: Organizational objectives can be achieved
Answer: Group work , Division of labour , Hierarchy of authority

Question: According to Frend the human mind is composed
Answer: Preconscious mind , Conscious mind , Unconscious mind

Question: Written communication is
Answer: Non-Direct Communication

Question: Identify which of the given theories pertain to the category of content theories.
Answer: Maslow's hierarchy theory , Alderfer's ERG needs theory , Fredrick Herzberg's two factor theory

Question: Scientific management movement sought to improve productivity by:
Answer: Rationalizing the work , Introduction of various wage plans , Introduction of incentive plans

Question: A manager can take corrective action in time if he is able to understand which of the given indicators?
Answer: Morale

Question: The factors which contributed to the rise of human relations movements
Answer: The great depression , The rise of trade unionism , Hawthorne experiments

Question: The levels at which studies of Organizational Behaviour have been carried out rotate to
Answer: Individual , Small group , Inter-group

Question: In Supportive organization model at which level the employee needs are met? Answer:Higher-order

Question: Major determinants of
Answer: Biological , Situation

Question: Select the factors which are treated as motivators by Herzberg in his theory of motivation.
Answer: Achievement , Possibility of growth , Responsibility


True/False

Question:According to Larking, the upward communication will be effective only if the top managers communicated directly with the staff members.
Answer:False

Question: At the supervisory level the requirement of conceptual skill is the highest.
Answer: False

Question: Handling of crises by managers and employees reveals an organizational culture.
Answer: True



Question: Employees and organization can prosper if they help each other.
Answer: True

Question: Laissez faire leader is very directive in his approach.
Answer: False

Question: Illumination Experiment is a part of Hawthorne experiments.
Answer: True

Question: Research states that active smoking is more harmful than passive smoking.
Answer: False

Question: Productivity can be high inspite of morale being low because of the rigid management control system.
Answer: True

Question: Research activity emphasizes least collaboration and team work among workers.
Answer:False

Select The Blank:
Question: In a market culture, the relationship between an individual and the organization is________.
Answer:contractual

Question: The ________ leadership style is an expression of the leader's trust in the abilities of his subordinates.
Answer: Participative

Question: The first stage of alarm reaction includes an initial ________ phase, in which the resistance is lowered.
Answer: Shock

Question: An employee whose skill set combines good training and high performance goals, implies that he has ________ .
Answer: High productivity

Question: ________ are the rules of pattern and behaviour that are expected from all team members.
Answer: Norms

Question: The communication process can be improved by ________.
Answer: Reducing status barriers

Question: The communication between managers and workers located in different functional divisions is known as ________ communication.
Answer: Diagonal

Question: The most superficial level of organizational culture consists of________.
Answer: symbols

Question: The pension plans, gratuity contribution and mandatory provident fund rules are framed basically to take care of ________ needs.
Answer: Security