A) Choose the best answer:

1) Power can be defined as one of the following:

a) The successful capacity and ability to influence the behavior of others

b) Only the actualization of the dependency of others

c) Congruence between the goals of the leader and those being led

d) Downward influence on one's followers

e) Upward influence on one's leaders.

2) Although the organizational politics vary within the organizational stage of development, it does not often show up in:

a) The introductory stage

b) The growing stage

c) The maturity stage

d) The decline stage

e) All stages

3) If we want to explain, predict, and influence behavior, we need to understand how people

a. Act

b. Speak

c. Think

d. Learn

e. Judge

4) The process by which people organize and translate their impressions in order to give meaning to their environment is

a. Perception

b. Adoption

c. Prediction

d. Satisfaction

e. Controlling

5. An un-conscious process created out of filtered and past experience, involves instinct (gut) feeling, and does not involve systematic analysis is:

a. Rational Decision

b. Bounded Decision

c. Emotional Decision

d. Intuitive Decision

e. Creativity