Introduction to Organizational Behavior #1
According to Mintzberg, this role transmits information received from outsiders or from other employees to members of the organization.
What is a disseminator?
In general, a manager's work can be organized into thes four types of activities.
What are planning, orgnaizing, leading, and controlling?
Noting of differences between things and making judgments about individuals based on stereotypes regarding demographic differences
What is discrimination?
Overt threats or bullying directed at members of specific groups of employees
What is intimidation?
This type of skill is the mental ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations
What are conceptual skills?
According to Mintzberg, this role is responsibile for the motivation and direction of employees
What is a leader?
This describes the degree to which we agree internally with the generally negative sterotyped perceptions of our groups.
What is stereotype threat?
An accountant would need this type of intellectual ability
What is number aptitude?
The three categories of managerial roles, according to Mintzberg
What are Interpersonal, Informational, and Decisional?
The 4 disciplines that contribute to the field of Organizational Behavior
What are psychology, sociology, antropology, and social psychology?
Biographical characteristics such as age, gender, and race are all representative of this type of diversity
What is surface level diversity?
Older employees who are targeted for layoffs because they are highly paid and have lucrative benefits represent this type of discrimination.
What are discriminatory policies or practices?
Successful managers spend most of their time on this type of activity
What is networking?
Effective managers spend most of their time on this type of activity
What is communication?
Rheumatoid arthritis, ADHD and PTSD are all examples of this.
What are hidden disabilities?
Language ability, relational skills, organizational support and familial support all contribute to this when an employee is sent abroad.
What is expatriate adjustment?
Social relationships among coworkers and supervisors were strongly related to this.
What is job satisfaction?
When we base managerial decisions on the best available scientific evidence, it is called this
What is evidence based management?
This agency is responsible for enforcing employment discrimination laws
This is the intelligence test most widely used in hiring decisions by companies.
What is the Wonderlic Cognitive Ability Test?