Scenario: Allison and the Anchors of OB

question 90

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Scenario: Allison and the Anchors of OB
Your roommate, Allison Albright, is a non-business major.When she discovered that you are taking a course in Organizational Behavior, she was thoroughly confused as to why one would need to study OB and what it entails.You are trying to explain Allison about the basic conceptual anchors that guide the thinking about organizations and how to study them.She asks you some clarification questions.
-Which of these statements is consistent with the four anchors of organizational behavior?

• A)Organizational behavior theories must apply universally to every situation.
• B)Organizations are like machines that operate independently of their external environment.
• C)Each OB topic relates to only one level of analysis.
• D)The field of organizational behavior should rely on other disciplines for some of its theory development.
• E)None of these statements is consistent with the OB anchors.

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Definitions:

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