Which of These Statements About the Field of Organizational Behavior

question 115

Multiple Choice

Which of these statements about the field of organizational behavior is FALSE?

• A)Organizational behavior scholars study individual, team and structural characteristics that influence behavior within organizations.
• B)Given the specific utility of the field, OB is useful for the managers in the organizations and not the employees.
• C)Organizational behavior emerged as a distinct field around the 1940s.
• D)The field of OB has adopted concepts and theories from other fields of inquiry.
• E)OB scholars study what people think, feel and do in and around organizations.

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Definitions:

Direct Labor Hours

The total number of hours worked by employees directly involved in the production process of a company's goods or services.

Activity-Based Costing

A costing methodology that assigns costs to products or services based on the resources they consume, focusing on activities as the fundamental cost drivers.

Activity Rates

Rates used in activity-based costing to allocate overhead costs to products or services based on their consumption of activities.

Activity Cost Pools

Accumulation of overhead costs intended to be allocated to various activities based on their cost drivers.