Select the best answer for multiple choice questions 11-16

11. The topic of ethics is most closely associated with:

A. workplace values.

B. the scientific method.

C. workforce diversity.

D. the open systems anchor.

E. the contingency approach to organizational behaviour.

12. Globalization occurs when an organization:

A. actively participates in other countries and cultures.

B. serves diverse customers within the firm's home country.

C. has a diverse workforce within the firm's home country.

D. All of the answers are correct.

E. serves diverse customers within the firm's home country and has a diverse workforce within the firm's home country.

13. Workforce diversity:

A. includes the entry of younger people to the workforce.

B. can potentially improve decision making and team performance in organizations.

C. is increasing in Canada.

D. includes the increasing proportion of visible minorities in the workforce.

E. All of the answers are correct.

14. Which of the following statements is FALSE?

A. Employment relationships are shifting towards the idea that companies must provide employees a high degree of job security, possibly even a job for life.

B. Generation X employees bring somewhat different values and needs to the workplace than those of baby boomers.

C. The workforce is becoming more diverse.

D. Successful firms increasingly rely on values rather than direct supervision to guide employee decisions and behaviour.

E. More work-life balance is an emerging issue in the employment relationship.

15. What effect does teleworking have in the workplace?

A. Teleworking tends to improve the teleworker's work-life balance.

B. Teleworking forces corporate leaders to evaluate employees more from their work results rather than their ''face time''.

C. Under some circumstances, teleworking increases the teleworker's productivity.

D. Teleworking increases the risk that employees feel socially isolated from each other.

E. All of the answers are correct.

16. Which of the following does NOT represent a belief that anchors organizational behaviour?

A. OB should view organizations as closed systems.

B. OB should assume that the effectiveness of an action usually depends on the situation.

C. OB should draw on knowledge from other disciplines.

D. OB should rely on the systematic research methods to generate knowledge.

E. OB topics can be studied from multiple levels of analysis