Organisational Behaviour Perception And Individual Decision Making

Organisational behaviour. Perception and individual decision making.

1.Jessica is having a drink one night after work at her local bar. She looks across the room and sees Tim. Tim is tall and very attractive. Jessica’s friend tells her that Tim is a model for a local agency in the city. Jessica tells her friend that Tim is probably not very smart. Which one of the following factors in the perceiver (Jessica) best accounts for her perception of Tim?

2.The tendency for individuals to attribute their own successes to internal factors (and put the blame for failure on external factors) is known as:

3.Jason’s boss thinks that, since Jason is always on time and immaculately dressed that Jason is an excellent employee. He is unaware, however, that Jason only does the bare minimum of what is required, lies and cheats to get ahead and that he has on occasion even stolen office equipment. Jason’s boss associates Jason with being an “excellent employee”. This is an example of:

4.Thabo, a sales director, has been implementing and working on a sales strategy for his company for the last two years. The strategy doesn’t seem to be working and the company’s sales have dropped slowly over the last two years. When the CEO suggests to Thabo that he perhaps should consider a new strategy, Thabo replies by saying “I think we should double down on the current strategy,

5.we’ve already invested so much time in effort into it!”. Thabo’s response is an example of:

6.Studies have shown a negative correlation between entrepreneurs’ optimism about their new ventures and the ultimate success of their ventures. This is an example of: