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OB L1 Tutorial What Is Organisational Behaviour

This document contains a lesson plan for an organizational behavior course taught by Dr. Tee Mcxin. It includes an introduction to the topic of organizational behavior, definitions of key terms, and multiple choice and discussion questions. Specifically, it defines organizational behavior as the study of what people do in organizations and how it affects organizational performance. It also addresses topics like systematic study, contingency variables, workforce diversity, and positive organizational behavior.

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OB L1 Tutorial What Is Organisational Behaviour

This document contains a lesson plan for an organizational behavior course taught by Dr. Tee Mcxin. It includes an introduction to the topic of organizational behavior, definitions of key terms, and multiple choice and discussion questions. Specifically, it defines organizational behavior as the study of what people do in organizations and how it affects organizational performance. It also addresses topics like systematic study, contingency variables, workforce diversity, and positive organizational behavior.

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Course : MGT2209 / MGT2210 / MGT3202 / MGT3218 Organisational

Behaviour
Lecturer : Dr Tee Mcxin

Lesson 1
What is Organisational Behaviour?

MCQs

1. Which of the following best defines organizational behaviour?


A) It involves the study of groups of people coming together for collective bargaining.
B) It involves the study of what people do in a company and how it affects the company's
output.
C) It involves analysing different people in an industry with independent profit-centred motives.
D) It involves developing exclusively the knowledge of managers and senior-level employees.
E) It is a field which is not influenced by factors in the external world.

2. Which of the following does systematic study use to look at relationships to attribute causes
and effects?
A) intuitive data
B) feelings
C) scientific data
D) instinct
E) premonition

3. Analyzing relationships, determining causes and effects, and basing conclusions on scientific
evidence, all constitute aspects of ________ study.
A) organizational
B) intuitive
C) theoretical
D) systematic
E) case-based

4. Which of the following is true regarding contingency variables?


A) They refer to situational factors that moderate the relationship between two or more
variables.
B) They make simple, accurate, and sweeping generalizations about concepts in organizational
behavior.
C) They indicate that everyone is motivated by money and financial perks.
D) They refer to scientific factors which are based on universal truths.
E) They remain constant irrespective of any change in the environment.

5. ________ refers to the heterogeneity of organizations in terms of gender, age, race, ethnicity,
sexual orientation, and inclusion of other diverse groups.
A) Workforce associability
B) Workforce diversity
C) Cultural similarity
D) Organizational congruity
E) Operational homogeneity

6. Which of the following is true regarding positive organizational behaviour?


A) It involves monitoring negative practices in organizations and rectifying them.
B) It deals with how employees should analyse weaknesses and convert them into strengths.
C) It studies how organizations develop human strengths and unlock potential.
D) It dwells on limitations that an organization faces and how it can turn them into opportunities.
E) It involves scrutinizing loopholes in organizational practices and filling gaps in processes.

Discuss

1. After attending the first lecture, explain about your understanding on what is organisational
behaviour (in your own and simple sentences), and why the study of organisational behaviour
is important?

2. Search online about what are the current issues now which affects behaviour of employees
in a specific company?

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