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Organizational Behavior and Theory in Healthcare Leadership
Perspectives and Management Applications Stephen L. Walston Test bank
1. A central aspect of an organization is the coordination
of people and resources.
*a. True
b. False
2. ch01-002
Organizational behavior focuses on the behavior of
organizations and how organizations interact with each
other.
a. True
*b. False
3. ch01-003
Organizational theory seeks to explain processes and
factors influencing the structure and outcomes of
organizations.
*a. True
b. False
4. ch01-004
Max Weber is known for his writings on bureaucracy and
management.
*a. True
b. False
5. ch01-005
The division of work is also known as the division of
labor.
*a. True
b. False
6. ch01-006
Scientific management was promoted by Henri Fayol.
a. True
*b. False
7. ch01-007
Organizational theory focuses on organizations as segments
of a population of organizations.
a. True
*b. False
8. ch01-008
Henri Fayol proposed 14 principles of management.
*a. True
b. False
9. ch01-009
According to Henri Fayol, a scalar chain is the line of
authority from top management to the lowest ranks.
*a. True
b. False
10. ch01-010
The “father of scientific management” was James Dean.
a. True
*b. False
11. ch01-011
In their theories, Max Weber and Fredrick W. Taylor mostly
missed human nature and its effects on work.
*a. True
b. False
12. ch01-012
Organizations involve which of the following?
a. Goals/purposes
b. Relationships
c. External environments
d. Coordination
*e. All the above
13. ch01-013
Which of the following is not one of the interactive levels
in organizational behavior?
*a. Strategy
b. Individual
c. Organizational
d. Group/interpersonal
14. ch01-014
Max Weber and Henri Fayol were which of the following?
a. Businessmen in the 1950s who promoted human
resource management
*b. Early influential writers who helped found many
principles of management
c. Englishmen who profoundly changed the beliefs in
management
d. Academics who proposed time and motion studies
15. ch01-015
Which of the following is not one of Henri Fayol’s
principles of management?
a. Authority and responsibility
b. Discipline
c. Unity of command
*d. Hierarchy of needs
16. ch01-016
Which of the following is not one of Henri Fayol’s five
core management functions?
a. Planning
*b. Executing
c. Coordinating
d. Controlling
17. ch01-017
Scientific management sought to do which of the following?
a. Create greater efficiency
b. Use time and motion studies
c. Break production processes into small units
d. Minimize employee and materials movements
*e. All of the above
18. ch01-018
What was a primary reason the Industrial Revolution in the
late 1800s motivated the development of organizational
behavior and management theory?
a. Greater international trade occurred.
b. Business schools became organized.
*c. New technology created larger factories, requiring
better management.
d. Frequent depressions created a need for more
efficiencies.