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LSUS MBA 704 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS
WITH 100% CORRECT AN SWERS
Question 1: Paradigm
CORRECT ANSWER: a model; an example
Question 2: Theory X
CORRECT ANSWER: assumes that workers are
basically lazy, error-prone, and extrinsically motivated by money and, thus, should be directed from above.
Question 3: Organizational Behavior Approach
CORRECT ANSWER: Employees are complex, and
theoretical understanding supported by research is needed before applications are made to manage employees
Question 4: One-eighth Situation
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CORRECT ANSWER: Only 1/8 of organizations buy
into importance and value of human resources, incorporate high performance work practices, and stick with these practices
Question 5: Knowing-doing gap
CORRECT ANSWER: the gap between what people
know and what they actually do
Question 6: Evidence-based management
CORRECT ANSWER: Using hard facts and empirical
evidence to make decisions
Question 7: Hawthorne studies
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CORRECT ANSWER: A series of studies during the
1920s and 1930s that provided new insights into individual and group behavior
Question 8: Hawthorne effect
CORRECT ANSWER: productivity increases when
workers are given special attention and were enjoying a novel, interesting experienced
Question 9: Meta-analysis
CORRECT ANSWER: A research technique that
combines the statistical results of many studies of the same question, yielding an estimate of the size and consistency of a variable's effects.
Question 10: Theory
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CORRECT ANSWER: simplification of reality; why
something occurs
Question 11: Research design
CORRECT ANSWER: Primary aim is to establish a
cause-and-effect relationship; survey studies, case studies, and experimental design
Question 12: Experimental Design
CORRECT ANSWER: Involves the manipulation of
independent variables to measure their effect on, or the change in, dependent variables, while everything else is held constant or controlled