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Assignment:

1) Is the statement below TRUE or FALSE?

Any power that an individual has in the workplace comes from his or her formal position in the organization.

O True

O False

2) As a software development project manager, Grant is extremely busy working on new products as well as improving old ones and fixing the glitches in existing ones. Given the time crunch, Grant's operational philosophy for problems is to go with a solution that meets his minimum standard of acceptance. Given more time he can probably find a better solution but he believes in moving on. Which of these describes his approach?

O A representativeness heuristic

O Optimizing

O Satisficing

O Escalation of commitment

3) Managers may increase their personal power by limiting their contacts within the organization to reduce their exposure to risk.

O True

O False

4) ____refers to the idea that decision makers are constrained by a variety of factors.

• Conceptual decision style

• Escalation of commitment

O Bounded rationality

O Unaided analytic strategy

5) If you are looking for a job, which type of network contact is likeliest to be a valuable source of information about open opportunities?

O strong ties

O peripheral specialists

O independent ties

O weak ties

6) Demographic traits such as gender, race, age, and physical disabilities make up a part of

O cultural diversity

O deep-level diversity

O surface-level diversity

O collective diversity

7) Research has NOT positively linked organizational diversity with...

O a more satisfied workforce

O  higher litigation expenses

O higher performance

O higher stock prices