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11) SCENARIO 1-1 You are an OB specialist at XYZ University and have been charged with the task of bringing together faculty from different behavioural disciplines to author a new textbook on organizational behaviour. You have faculty from the fields of psychology, sociology, social psychology, anthropology, and political science. The key tasks here are to consider the various ideas and to structure them in such a manner as to provide a clear and plausible description of organizational behaviour and how it applies to the work environment. Referring to SCENARIO 1-1, you would likely address issues of communication toa. the psychologist. b. the anthropologist. c. the political scientist. d. the social psychologist. e. the sociologist. 12) SCENARIO 1-1 You are an OB specialist at XYZ University and have been charged with the task of bringing together faculty from different behavioural disciplines to author a new textbook on organizational behaviour. You have faculty from the fields of psychology, sociology, social psychology, anthropology, and political science. The key tasks here are to consider the various ideas and to structure them in such a manner as to provide a clear and plausible description of organizational behaviour and how it applies to the work environment. Referring to SCENARIO 1-1, information on ________ would probably be a contribution from the faculty member from psychology.a. personality b. job satisfaction c. individual decision making d. work stress e. all of the above 13) SCENARIO 1-1 You are an OB specialist at XYZ University and have been charged with the task of bringing together faculty from different behavioural disciplines to author a new textbook on organizational behaviour. You have faculty from the fields of psychology, sociology, social psychology, anthropology, and political science. The key tasks here are to consider the various ideas and to structure them in such a manner as to provide a clear and plausible description of organizational behaviour and how it applies to the work environment. Referring to SCENARIO 1-1, one of the major considerations that will need to be clearly portrayed is thata. organizational behaviour is an applied behavioural science. b. organizational behaviour is largely theoretical and difficult to apply to the real world. c. leadership cannot be readily studied or understood through organizational behaviour. d. relationships between leadership and decision making are not clear. e. organizational behaviour is based largely upon an intuitive approach. 14) Which of the following disciplines would most likely describe organizations as being the modern equivalent of tribes? a. sociology b. psychology c. anthropology d. archeology e. political science 15) Predictability of individual behaviour is improved if we know a. that the person is rational. b. how the person perceives the situation. c. that behaviour has a cause. d. the person’s age. e. the person’s level of education. 16) You are working as an assistant to an OB specialist doing research on a project to determine relationships between certain variables and cause-effect situations. The specialist is attempting to determine when people are motivated by pay or salary, and when they are motivated by recognition, support, and encouragement. By examining the connection between rewards and incentives, and motivation under various conditions, the specialist appears to be using which of the following approaches in research? a. open-systems approach b. systematic study c. human resources approach d. observational approach e. scientific management approach 17) Which of the following is the best description of OB’s current state? a. All of OB is based on universal truths proposed by academics, researchers, and practitioners. b. OB is practically based on situational or contingency conditions. c. There is little disagreement among OB researchers and scholars as to the current state. d. Cause-effect principles have been isolated and tend to apply to all situations. e. Political forces have a tendency to influence the study of OB and, hence, skew resulting conclusions. 18) According to your text, a significant problem with using common sense to try and understand and interpret behaviour of others is that a. it is usually wrong. b. what one person considers common sense is frequently different than what someone else considers common sense. c. some managers base actions on company policy, not common sense. d. it is not considered progressive. e. it is not considered an effective management strategy. 19) Erika is a supervisor in a department with eight employees. She has been recently exposed to some of the management issues from OB and enthusiastically recognizes that managing people well pays off. She knows that some of her employees have an emotional attachment to the company since they have been there from the beginning. This type of attachment is called a. organizational citizenship behaviour. b. common sense. c. affective commitment. d. evidence-based management. e. intuition. 20) Which of the following best describes the contingency approach in OB? a. Behaviour is dependent on the situation. b. Behaviour is predictable in all situations. c. Since humans are logical, so is their behaviour. d. Employee behaviour is only dependent on perception. e. Motivational sources explain all behaviour.