Chapter 1 Multiple Choice

An interdisciplinary field, dedicated to the study of how individuals and groups tend to act in organizations, is called:
1. sociology
2. cultural anthropology
3. psychology
4. organizational behaviour.
Organizational behaviour incorporates two distinct features which are:
1. interdisciplinary and scientific
2. interdisciplinary and explanatory
3. explanatory and systematic
4. interdisciplinary and systematic
Which one of the following is NOT a reason why organizational behaviour should be studied?
1. most training only prepares people for the technical aspects of their job
2. most jobs involve interacting with other people
3. because it is necessary as part of your course
4. because the world of work is complex
Which one of the following is not a level at which social science research can be carried out, in relation to organizations?
1. individual
2. group
3. organizational
4. collective
One of the following is NOT one of the variables in the management process model, which is it?
1. planning
2. management style
3. organizing
4. leading
People and environmental factors introduce which of the following to the process of management?
1. complexity and uncertainty
2. complexity and conflict
3. conflict and uncertainty
4. Resistance and unpredictability
People and Organizational context add what to the process of management?
1. variety, uncertainty and complexity
2. variety, certainty and complexity
3. variety, uncertainty and conflict
4. conflict, uncertainty and complexity
Which one of the following is NOT one of the core issues, or processes, that form the core of the structure of the book:
1. individuals
2. groups
3. formal systems
4. informal systems
Which of the following is NOT one of the sociological perspectives on management, identified by Reed (1989):
1. technical
2. critical
3. political
4. social
The critical tradition to studying organizations does NOT require which of the following to be included
1. embedded
2. socially transforming
3. multi-purpose
4. reflexive