Question: A downside of the office grapevine is:

a.Information is not accurate

b.Managers do not participate in the exchange of information

c.The grapevine lacks a specific sender

d. The informal structure hinders communication

Answer: C

Question: Which of the following is not an example of amedium-rich communication channel?a.Handheld devices

b.Blogs

c.Written letters and memos

d.Legal documents

Answer: D

Question: A type of interdependence that is not specific to the task itself is called:

a.Pooled interdependence

b.Sequential interdependence

c.Outcome interdependence

d.Reciprocal interdependence

Answer: C

Question: Teams where the manager serves as the team leader is called:

a.Self-managed teams

b.Traditional teams

c.Empowered teams

d.Self-directed teams

Answer: B

Question: Breaking down tasks to their simplest components and assigning them to employees so that each person performs few tasks in a repetitive manner is called:

a.Job rotation

b.Job specialization

c.Job enlargement

d.Job enrichment

Answer: B

Question: Researchers identified a personality trait that explains different reactions to inequity and named this:

a.Equity sensitivity

b.Inequity reactionaries

c.Procedural individuals

d.Reaction individuals

Answer: A

Question: Strategic human resource management (SHRM) is an organizational level approach to human resources management with a concern for the effects of HRM practices on firm performance.

a.True

b.False

Answer: B

Question: check #7-9

Answer: ok