Organizationalbehavior(5thed) - Mcshane - Testbank Ch1

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Ch1 Student: ___________________________________________________________________________ 1. Given that OB experts have been accumulating a distinct knowledge about behavior within organizations, OB is referred to as a field of study. True False 2. In order for something to be called an organization it must have buildings and equipment. True False 3. All organizations have a collective sense of purpose, whether it's producing oil or creating the fastest Internet search engine. True False 4. Social entities are called organizations only when their members have complete agreement on the goals they want to achieve. True False 5. Accounting, OB, and Marketing are three business fields that have a clearly-defined career path. True False 6. An important principle in organizational behavior is that OB theories should never be used to predict or influence organizational events. True False 7. Everyone is a manager. True False 8. Three challenges organizations are facing are globalization, increasing workforce diversity and emerging employment relationships. True False 9. Open system organizations are unable to maintain a close alignment of the organization's systems with the external environment. True False 10. According to the systems perspective, most organizations have one working part rather than many subcomponents. True False 11. The best organizational practices are those built on the notion that organizations are closed systems. True False 12. The open systems perspective emphasizes that organizations survive by adapting to changes in the external environment. True False 13. One of the fastest ways to acquire knowledge is to hire individuals or purchase entire companies that have valued knowledge. True False 14. Organizational effectiveness depends on the organization's capacity to acquire, share,

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