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Management and Organizational Behavior

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Management and organizational behavior explore how individuals and groups interact within an organization. This hub covers motivation theories, leadership styles, and delegation. These topics are essential for commerce students and competitive exam aspirants.

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Management and Organizational Behavior Questions

Multiple choice

Motivation means

  1. inspiring employees to perform better

  2. better communication skills

  3. sales coaching

  4. market research

  5. none of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Motivation in a business context refers to inspiring and encouraging employees to improve their performance, productivity, and engagement with organizational goals.

Multiple choice

OB is a way of thinking. OB is multidisciplinary. There is a distinctly humanistic orientation within OB. The field of OB is performance-oriented. The role of the scientific method is important in studying variables and relationships. OB has a distinctive applications orientation.

Which of the following is not true about organisational behaviour?

  1. It is performance oriented.

  2. It is a way of thinking.

  3. It is applications oriented.

  4. It studies relationships among variables.

  5. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
E Correct answer
Explanation

Since all the above are applicable, this is the best answer.

Multiple choice

OB’s goal is to understand and predict human behaviour in organisations.

Which of the following best describes organisation behaviour's goals?

  1. Realise fullest potential of individuals

  2. Realise fullest potential of individuals and groups

  3. Understand and predict human behaviour in organisations

  4. Realise profits for the company

  5. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

OB seeks to understand and thereby predict human behavior in groups encompassing organisations.

Multiple choice

Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct?

  1. Taylor's theories have no relevance for organisational behaviour.

  2. Taylor's theories form the basis for organisational behaviour thinking.

  3. Taylor's theories have partial relevance for organisational behaviour.

  4. Taylor's theories have relevance for organizational behaviour only in manufacturing organizations.

  5. None of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

This is the right answer.

Multiple choice

Which of the following may not be regarded as a challenge or opportunity for organisational behaviour?

  1. The workplace contains a heterogeneous mix of cultures, races, ethnic groups, genders and ages.

  2. Corporate loyalty has decreased due to increased opportunities and other reasons.

  3. Managers can benefit from OB theories and concepts.

  4. Employees have to learn to cope with rapid change due to global competition.

  5. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
E Correct answer
Explanation

Since all the options apply, we can say that this is the right answer.

Multiple choice

_____________ is one of the kinds of structural things that defines an interaction and is a society of roles and other elements that work together to provide some cooperative behaviour, which is bigger than the sum of all the elements.

  1. Component

  2. Active class

  3. Collaboration

  4. Interface

  5. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

A collaboration defines an interaction, and is a society of roles and other elements that work together to provide some cooperative behaviour, which is bigger than the sum of all the elements.