The Open Systems Perspective of Organizational Behaviour States That

question 154

Multiple Choice

The open systems perspective of organizational behaviour states that:

• A)organizations should be viewed as machines with one working part.
• B)organizations take their sustenance from the environment and in turn affect that environment.
• C)organizations can operate efficiently by focusing on what they do best and ignoring changes in the external environment.
• D)organizations are only sustainable through increasing profits.
• E)people are the only important and valued organizational input.

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Definitions:

Independent Variable

The variable in an experiment that is manipulated or changed by the researcher to observe its effect on the dependent variable.

Second-Order Model

A second-order model in statistics or mathematics represents relationships where the effect of variables is not just linear but can also include squared terms or interactions between variables.

Predictor Variable

Also known as the independent variable, it is used in statistical models to predict the outcome of a dependent variable.

Response Surface

A graphical representation of how a response variable relates to two or more explanatory variables in an experiment.