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Management 4030
Exam 1
Question | Answer |
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Give an example of a company that has achieved Pfeffer's Seven People-Centered Practices | Southwest Airlines |
What does job security do? | Eliminates fear of getting laid off |
What is the process of working with and through others to achieve organizational objectives in an efficient and ethical manner? | Management |
An interdisciplinary field dedicated to better understanding and managing people. | Organizational Behavior |
When did OB start? | 1930s |
What type of view is Theory X? | Pessimistic |
Usuing situationally appropriate management techniques instead of a "one best way" approach. | Contingency Approach |
What is the difference between human and social capital? | Human capital is a person who has the ability to write a computer program. Company is looking for someone with that ability. Social capital is the person has good qualities to bring to the company. |
Set of shared, taken for granted, implicit assumptions that a group holds and that determines how it perceives, thinks about and reacts to its various environments | Organizational Culture |
What are the 3 layers of organizational culture? | observable artifacts, espoused values, basic assumptions |
Which of the 3 layers of organizational culture the deepest rooted? | Basic assumptions |
Which of the 3 layers of organizational culture is the easiest to change? | Observable Artifacts |