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The presence of unions and organizational policies on employee True/False 1. There are seven important aspects of position power: legitimate, reward, coercive, process, information, representative power and subordination. 2. Legitimate power, or formal hierarchical authority, stems from the extent to which a manager can control subordinates’ behavior because they believe the boss has the right to do so. 3. Having ...

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The management of influence to obtain ends 1. Which of the following statements about organizational politics is not true? a) there are two quite different traditions in the analysis of organizational politics. b) one tradition builds on Machiavelli’s philosophy. c) the second tradition treats politics as a necessary function resulting from differences in the self-interests of individuals. d) the two different traditions of ...

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Managers may gain a better understanding of political behavior True/False 1. Important political skills that can help lower executive stress include the ability to inspire trust and confidence but not the ability to deal with individuals having a wide variety of backgrounds, styles, and personalities. 2. Managers may gain a better understanding of political behavior to forecast future actions by placing themselves in the position o ...

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The key is to change the concept of power True/False 1. Downward influence generally includes mobilization of both position and personal power sources, whereas upward influence is more likely to draw on personal power. 2. Empowerment is the process by which managers help others to acquire and use the power needed to make decisions affecting themselves and their work. 3. The traditional view of power considers it to be relational ...

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Power and Politics True/False 1. Power is a behavioral response to the exercise of influence. 2. Influence is the ability to get someone to do something you want done or the ability to make things happen in the way you want them to. 3. Stanley Milgram designed experiments to determine the extent to which people obey the commands of an authority figure, even if they believe they are endangering the life of another person. ...

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Expert power is absolute, not relative True/False 1. Expert power is the ability to control another’s behavior through the possession of knowledge, experience, or judgment that the other person does not have but needs. 2. Expert power is absolute, not relative. 3. Rational persuasion involves both explaining the desirability of expected outcomes and showing how specific actions will achieve these outcomes. 4. T ...

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A job’s motivating potential score can be raised 1. When your manager increases your job content by giving you more responsibility for planning and evaluating duties, which job design approach is being used? a) job simplification b) job enlargement c) job enrichment d) job rotation e) process reengineering 2. Regarding job enrichment, OB scholars ___________________. a) believe that job enrichment is relevant fo ...

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Frederick Taylor’s principles of scientific management True/False 1. The moderators in the job characteristics model include growth-need strength, knowledge and skill, and context satisfaction. 2. Research results on the job characteristics model indicate that positive job characteristics impact performance more strongly for low-growth need individuals than for high-growth need individuals. 3. Which of the following ...

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Job rotation increases task variety by periodically shifting workers True/False 1. Implementing a job-design strategy of job simplification typically leads to lower rates of absenteeism and turnover. 2. Job enlargement occurs when task variety is increased by combining into one job, two or more tasks that were previously assigned to separate workers. 3. Job enlargement is designed to increase job breadth by having the wor ...

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The machine-paced automobile assembly line is a classic True/False 1. Job design is the process of planning and specifying job tasks and the work arrangements through which they are accomplished. 2. The “best” job design is always the one that meets organizational requirements for high performance, offers a good fit with individual skills and needs, and provides opportunities for job satisfaction. 3. Frederick T ...

Other / Other 28 Mar 2016