Contextual perspectives on OB $($Connect$)$

Choose the correct term for each of the missing labels in this diagram.

A flowchart depicts systems approach to organizations. The flow is from inputs to outputs, through transformation. The inputs and outputs are represented in a circle, while the transformation is represented in a rectangle. Text corresponding to the inputs reads, $$Material inputs; human inputs; financial inputs; and information inputs.$$ Text corresponding to the transformation reads, $$Technology $($including manufacturing, operations, and service processes$).$ Text corresponding to the outputs reads, $$Products$/$services; profits$/$losses; employee behaviors; and new information.$$ The feedback from the outputs passes to the inputs, which is represented by a left arrow from the outputs to the inputs. The outputs have an impact on the environment, which is represented by a left arrow from the outputs to the environment. The environment in turn has an impact on the inputs, which is represented by a left arrow from the environment to the inputs.

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Select the correct answer for the following question.

Scientific management did which of the following?

Was readily accepted by workers

Gave workers control over how they did their jobs

Increased the monotony of work

Decreased productivity

Check the box under the aspect of the systems perspective to OB illustrated by the situation being described.

Example

Process

Inputs

Outputs

After offshoring many employees$$ jobs and reducing pay for those who remain, the surviving employees of Acme go on strike.

Hershey has large manufacturing facilities that turn cocoa beans, sugar, and milk into a wide variety of delicious chocolate products.

Pete invests $$1$ million in new robots to improve the efficiency of Mattel$$s toy manufacturing process.

Match each term with its definition.

Definition Term

Organizations are cooperative systems and workers$$ orientations, values, and feelings are important parts of organizational dynamics and performance.

An interrelated set of elements that function as a whole.

In most organizations, situations and outcomes are influenced by other variables.

Productivity is maximized when organizations are rationalized with precise sets of instructions based on time$-$and$-$motion studies.

Individuals and situations interact continuously to determine individuals$$ behavior.