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Questions
1. Which statement is false?
(a) According to "The Smile Factory," the Disneyland cast's culture involves a hierarchy of roles, with the lower roles being janitors and sweepers while the higher roles being movie and fantasy characters like Snow White
(b) In Rashomon, the rape of a woman and the murder of a man are seen in different ways, causing a monk to despair about the world.
(c) In Moneyball, the New York Yankees invent a new human resource management strategy.
(d) In Fog of War Robert McNamara insists that rationality will not save us.
True/False Questions. Again, please answer every question. A random guess has a 50% chance of being right.
2. The textbook defines organizational behavior as the set of interrelated concepts that involve the sociological study of the structures and operations of formal social organizations.
3. In the film Twelve O'Clock High, Col. Davenport ends up leading the unit, proving that relations-oriented leadership works best in most situations.
4. The film The Social Dilemma suggests that American society has been evolving toward greater tolerance and deeper understanding of human events because of increased reliance on smartphones, social media, and science. We are smarter and safer due to Jobs, Gates, and Fauci.
5. A key theme shared by Kurosawa's Rashomon and Morris and McNamara's Fog of War is that humanity cannot know much with certainty. Both rationality and eyewitness.testimony are unreliable and cannot save us.
6.In The Aircraft Brake Scandal case, among the upper management at BF Goodrich prevention of unethical behavior took precedence over political and business concerns.
7. One of Professor Langbert's claims about the film Moneyball is that the use of statistics to manage human resources can apply to business as well as sports.
8. According to the Robbins and Judge textbook, the most effective diversity management strategy considers the unique needs of workers, employees, managers, customers, and industry. Diversity should not be considered in a one-size-fits-all fashion. It should involve assessing organizational needs critically and rely on action rather than awareness alone.
9. The voice response to employee dissatisfaction directs behavior toward leaving the organization, including looking for a new position or resigning.
10. Approximately 51% of US workers reported satisfaction with their jobs in 2017 while the percentage of workers worldwide who responded "yes" to a survey of "are you happy in your job" was 53% in 2013. The percentage of satisfied US workers who are satisfied in their jobs had fallen to 42.6% during the Great Recession of 2010.
11. Although research suggests that emotional intelligence (EI) may contribute to job performance, it appears as if there are limits to the degree to which EI can be helpful in the workplace
12. Research concerning trait activation theory suggests that theories do NOT activate traits because traits are permanent parts of personality.