SCENARIO 1-3 You Are an OB Specialist at XYZ University

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Multiple Choice

SCENARIO 1-3 You are an OB specialist at XYZ University and have been charged with the task of bringing together faculty from different behavioural disciplines to author a new textbook in organizational behaviour.You have faculty from the fields of psychology,sociology,social psychology,anthropology,and political science.The key tasks here are to consider the various ideas and structure them in such a manner as to provide a clear and plausible description of organizational behaviour and how it applies to the work environment.
-Refer to Scenario 1-3.One of the major considerations which will need to be clearly portrayed is that

• A)organizational behaviour is an applied behavioural science.
• B)organizational behaviour is largely theoretical and difficult to apply to the real world.
• C)leadership cannot be readily studied or understood through organizational behaviour.
• D)relationships between leadership and decision making are not clear.
• E)organizational behaviour is based largely upon an intuitive approach.

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Definitions:

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