Which of These Statements About the Field of Organizational Behaviour

question 144

Multiple Choice

Which of these statements about the field of organizational behaviour is TRUE?

• A)Organizational behaviour emerged as a distinct field during the 1980s.
• B)The origins of some organizational behaviour concepts date back to Plato and other Greek philosophers.
• C)Information technology has almost no effect on organizational behaviour.
• D)The field of organizational behaviour relies exclusively on ideas generated within the field by organizational behaviour scholars.
• E)The origins of organizational behaviour are traced mainly to the field of economics.

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Definitions:

Unproductive

Pertaining to activities or processes that do not generate any significant value, output, or growth, often resulting in inefficiency or waste.

Price Discrimination

A pricing strategy where a seller charges different prices for the same product or service to different customers, based on what the seller believes each customer will pay.

Oligopolistic Pricing

A pricing strategy adopted by companies in an oligopoly, where a few firms dominate the market and prices are often influenced by the actions of competitors.

Monopolistic Pricing

This refers to the practice by a monopolist to set prices higher than in competitive markets because they control a large portion of the market for a particular good or service.