Rosario is examining a summary chart on four firms’ organizational characteristics. She feels which of the organizations below

During the first day of an organizational behavior class at your university, the instructor tells the students that during the term they will learn all of the following EXCEPT

a. how to work effectively on team projects.

b. how to make more effective decisions about their academic and social lives.

c. how different organizations interact with each other.

d. how to cope with the stress of finals week.

(c) Easy/Comprehension

54. A recent National Association of Colleges and Employers survey indicated all of the following are important skills for evaluating job candidates EXCEPT

a. communication skills.

b. demographics.

c. honesty/integrity.

d. strong work ethic.

(b) Easy/Knowledge

55. Which of the following is accurate according to organizational behavior research?

a. successful companies are more centralized.

b. successful companies emphasize the status differences between their employees.

c. successful companies have very simple and informal hiring systems.

d. successful companies treat their employees well.

(d) Easy/Knowledge

56. Which of the following is likely to produce an effective organization?

a. A firm that controls its labor costs by limiting training opportunities to only a few employees.

b. A firm that maintains two separate cafeterias for employees; one for executives and managers and one for everyone else.

c. A firm where information is shared on a “need-only” basis.

d. A firm that employs selective hiring practices.

(d) Difficult/Evaluation

57. Research indicates that all of the following characteristics produce healthy organizations EXCEPT

a. role clarity.

b. participative decision making.

c. information sharing.

d. limited feedback.

(d) Medium/Analysis

58. Rosario is examining a summary chart on four firms’ organizational characteristics. She feels which of the organizations below is most likely to have the greatest chance to be successful in the next year?

a. Organization A uses self-managed teams, pays its workers a little above the average for the industry and has regular “state of the business meetings.”

b. Organization B has a pay policy that matches the industry average for each job category, maintains special parking, cafeteria, and restroom facilities for its managers, and conducts performance appraisals every two years.

c. Organization C has gone through regular quarterly lay-offs the last few quarters, established a policy last month where all decisions involving the expenditure of fifty dollars or more must be approved by two managers and has temporarily suspended all performance evaluations for the year.

d. Organization D maintains a training program that is very selective with regard to employee involvement. They recently instituted a large-scale job flexibility program that “blurs” the lines between job duties and passed a strict pay secrecy policy last month.

(a) Difficult/Synthesis

59. Research indicates that effective organizations tend to

a. centralize their entire decision making.

b. have a very large differential in pay between the lowest paid employee and the CEO.

c. hire the first person available for any job opening.

d. provide as much employment security as possible to their employees.

(d) Medium/Application