Scenario: Allison Albright Your Roommate, Allison Albright, Is a Non-Business Major.When She Discovered

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Scenario: Allison Albright
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.Based on what you have studied, can you help Allison answer some of her questions?
-Allison needs to know that according to the authors of the text, organizational behavior knowledge:

• A)should never be used to influence the behavior of other people.
• B)should be used mostly by managers and senior executives.
• C)should never replace your commonsense knowledge about how organizations work.
• D)is relevant to everyone who works in organizations.
• E)both 'A' and 'B'.

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Definitions:

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Return on Investment

A performance measure used to evaluate the efficiency or profitability of an investment, calculated as net profit divided by the cost of the investment.

Mixing Department

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