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This set of Organisational Behaviour Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Organisational Behaviour Set 5

Q1 | What sort of actions is most likely to be attributed to external causes?
Q2 | A threatened strike action by a labour union to force the management to accept their demands is anexample of which of the following power?
Q3 | Which of the following departmentalization can be considered necessary in an organization where thecompany’s products fall into several categories with very different production methods for each category?
Q4 | Mr.Dirash has a job which pays an excellent salary. He has a good relationship with his peers and his supervisors. He also likes the fact that the company policy fits well with what he personallybelieves, and that he has received considerable recognition for his achievements at the company. Which of these factors is 'MOST likely' responsible for the fact that Dirash loves his job?
Q5 | Over the past two decades, business schools have added required courses on people skills to manyof their curricula. Why have they done this?
Q6 | Which of the following is most likely to be a belief held by a successful manager?
Q7 | What term is used for the extent to which an individual displays different behaviours in different situations?
Q8 | What does consensus refer to in attribution theory?
Q9 | If everyone who is faced with a similar situation responds in the same way, attribution theorystates that the behaviour shows.
Q10 | Which of the following is not one of the four primary management functions?
Q11 | Determining how tasks are to be grouped is part of which management function?
Q12 | Mintzberg concluded that managers perform 10 different, highly interrelated roles. Which of thefollowing is one of the broad categories into which these roles could be grouped?
Q13 | As a manager, one of James’s duties is to present awards to outstanding employees within hisdepartment. Which Mintzberg managerial role is James acting in when he does this?
Q14 | According to Mintzberg, one of management’s interpersonal roles is .
Q15 | Robert Katz identified three essential skills that managers need to have in order to reach theirgoals. What are these skills?
Q16 | A manager is valued by her colleagues for her ability to perform effective break-even analysis onupcoming ventures. In this case, her colleagues value her for competencies that fall within which of Katz’s essential management skills categories?
Q17 | According to Katz, technical skills encompass the ability to.
Q18 | Which one of the following would not be considered a human skill in Katz’s structure?
Q19 | According to Katz, when managers have the mental ability to analyze and diagnose complexsituations, they possess skills.
Q20 | According to Fred Luthans and his associates, which of the following is considered a part oftraditional management?
Q21 | Which of Luthans’ managerial activities involves socializing, politicking, and interacting withoutsiders?
Q22 | While the Functions, Roles, Skills, and Activities approaches to management all differ, they allrecognize that effective and successful managers must develop which of the following?
Q23 | An OB study would be least likely to be used to focus on which of the following problems?
Q24 | If a person responds the same way over time, attribution theory states that the behaviour shows.
Q25 | Mr.Balu is late for work each day by about ten minutes. How would attribution theory describethis behaviour?