Foundations of Business: 2014/15

Foundations of Organisational Behaviour: Lecture 52

Test your knowledge of Organisational Behaviour!

Complete this test on your own, without discussion with classmates. Below is a list of
20 statements. Your task is to indicate whether each statement is either true or false by
writing a T or an F at the side. In some cases you will naturally want to answer, it
depends. However you are asked here to take a stand and indicate whether you feel
that, in your view, on the whole, in most circumstances, for most practical purposes,
the statement is true or false.
1.

Being very intelligent is actually a disadvantage for performing well on a lowskilled job.

2.

A happy worker is a productive worker.

3.

Groups tend to arrive at decisions faster than individuals when working on

simple tasks.

4.

Men are naturally better when it comes to decisive managerial decisionmaking compared with women.

5.

People who are satisfied in their work are more productive than those who are
not.

6.

Resistance to new technology increases with age.

7.

On average, encouraging employees to participate in decision making is more

effective for improving organizational performance than setting performance
goals.

8.

Once employees have mastered a task, they perform better when they are told
to do their best than when they are given specific, difficult performance
goals.

9.

Selection interviews, handled correctly, are effective ways to assess

candidates suitability for a job.

10.

When negotiating with another person, its more effective to let the other
person make the first offer because it reveals what the other person wants.

11.

When people can share their thinking in groups, they can come up with more
original ideas than individuals working on their own.

12.

The more challenging the goals you face, the more likely you are to
accomplish them.

13.

The most important requirement for an effective leader is to have an outgoing,

enthusiastic personality.

14.

Companies that screen job applicants for values have higher performance than
those that screen for intelligence.

15.

Good leaders are born not made.

16.

A reliable personality test is a good predictor of job performance.

17.

People learn new tasks better when they are only told about their successes
and their mistakes are overlooked.

18.

Teams with members from different functional areas are likely to reach better
solutions to complex problems than teams with members from a single area.

19.

Extroverts invariably make better sales persons.

20.

Conflict in an organisation is disruptive and should be avoided at all costs.