Organizational Behavior Test 1 Set 1

Front 1

What are the misconceptions about jobs and job expectations that were discussed in class (if uncertain, ask your colleagues)?

Back 1

“Jobs won’t find you”….”You ain’t gonna make 60 grand in year 1”….”A resume you make the night before will kick "mule" (sarcasm....means ass)”….”You need to let them know what you want.”

Front 2

The skills that employers are looking for in college graduates include…?

Back 2

GET ALONG
ABILITY TO COEXIST
WILLINGNESS TO LEARN
DETERMINATION AND PERSISTENCE
WORK ETHIC
TECHNICAL COMPETENCE
COMMUNICATION SKILLS
PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS
HONESTY
LOYALTY

Front 3

What jobs are expected to grow during 2009?

Back 3

health care, government and education.

Front 4

1. El Paso
2. Hialeah, FL
3. Corpus Christi, TX
4. Santa Ana, CA
5. San Antonio, TX
6. Anaheim, CA
7. Long Beach, CA
8. Arlington, TX
9. Fresno, CA
10. Garland, TX

Back 4

least literate cites

Front 5

1. Minneapolis and Seattle (tie)
3. Washington, D.C.
4. St. Paul
5. San Francisco
6. Atlanta
7. Denver
8. Boston
9. St. Louis
10. Cincinnati and Portland, Ore. (tie)

Back 5

most literate cities

Front 6

1. Abuse of sick leave:
2. Poor hygiene:
3. Out-of-control cubicles: It's great that you have a thing for troll dolls, but when your decorative enhancements spill over and out of your cube, it's time to tone things down a bit.
4. Unorthodox noises:
5. Obnoxious cell phone behavior:
6. Extended smoking breaks:
7. Lousy table manners:
8. Selling your wares at the office: selling girl scout cookies
9. Red vs. blue states:
10. The office sourpuss: Nothing gets under a boss' skin like the chronic complainer.

Back 6

Management’s top pet peeves include what?

Front 7

What are the compensation-related implications of employee height? Be specific.

Back 7

Each inch in height amounted to about $789 more a year in pay, the study found.

Front 8

What are the top ten best gigs?

Back 8

1. Mathematician
2. Actuary
3. Statistician
4. Biologist
5. Software Engineer
6. Systems Analyst
7. Historian
8. Sociologist
9. Industrial Designer
10. Accountant

Front 9

What are the worst gigs

Back 9

191. Ironworker
192. Roustabout
193. Welder
194. Garbage Collector
195. Roofer
196. EMT
197. Seamen
198. Taxi Driver
199. Dairy Farmer
200. Lumberjack

Front 10

The most common barrier to creating an environmental program is implementation cost (---- percent) followed by maintenance cost (---- percent). Other barriers include lack of management support (---- percent), lack of employee support (--- percent), and concern for workplace inefficiency (--- percent).

Back 10

85, 74, 43, 25, 20

Front 11

What is the current (January) unemployment rate? What do economists expect it to do during the rest of 2009? Why is the job market so lousy according to the research?

Back 11

-7.6%
-We look for the unemployment rate to continue to rise to about 9.75% by the end of 2009," they said in a morning note.
- Companies are cutting costs to make up for plummeting demand and a lack of available credit and investment. As the recession has deepened, job losses have become increasingly broad--now touching nearly all sectors of the economy. good

Front 12

Is it a good idea to use furloughs as an alternative to layoffs? Why or why not?

Back 12

“It’s better to have a job than not have a job,”

“It’s increasingly being used throughout the economy,” said Mark Vitner, senior economist at Wachovia Corp. in Charlotte. “Mainly because so many companies are having a hard time finding skilled and capable workers during the good times that they don’t want to have to go through that again in a year or two when the economy comes back. They’re hoping to keep people.”

The intense interest in furloughs comes at a time when many companies are on second and third rounds of job cuts and American workers are taking a beating.

Front 13

What happens to those who survive a layoff? How do these employees respond?

Back 13

__87___% of survivors reported that morale either decreased or decreased significantly after the layoff

__50___% of survivors were actively looking for another job one week after the layoff.

 A decline in customer service because workers feel they lack job security after layoffs.
 Employee attitudes that may change for the worse, possibly leading to tardiness, absenteeism, and reduced productivity.

Front 14

Of those graduating this year that do not yet have a job offer, -----% say they’re very worried about finding employment after graduation, while ---% say they are somewhat worried about getting jobs. Only ---% say they are not worried at all.

Back 14

44%, 42%, 14%

Front 15

As a result of the tough job market, new grads are making unexpected compromises that they may not have had to in the past. Many (-----%) have expanded their job searches to
include a wider array of geographic locations than originally intended, and even more (----%) have explored employment in industries in which they had not initially been interested.

Back 15

48%, 56%

Front 16

How does the employment rate for college graduates compare to non-grads? For college grads, what is the outlook for the rest of 2009?

Back 16

For December, their unemployment rate was 3.7 percent, compared with 7.2 percent for everyone
regardless of academic pedigree.

Still, Mishel predicted the unemployment rate for college graduates will reach a record 4 or 5 percent during 2009 and that educated workers "are going to experience the kind of pain that has been common for people with less education."

Front 17

What does the current state of the economy (i.e., recession) mean in terms of jobs/employment?

Back 17

 Fewer absolute number of jobs
 Salaries will remain stagnant
 Fewer internship opportunities
 Greater competition for jobs (people you wouldn’t think)
 Less efficiency at the company’s end
 More hiring weirdness (jobs-no jobs)
 More “starting at the bottom”
 Slower

Front 18

What makes starting a franchise difficult?

Back 18

Hefty startup costs, which may range from $20,000 to $150,000 to buy part-time or smaller franchises, don't guarantee a profit. There also are royalties, licensing requirements, long-term commitments and the franchise company's ultimate control to consider. Three-quarters of all franchisors die within the first 10 years, according to Scott Shane, professor of entrepreneurial studies at Case Western Reserve University.

Front 19

As a result, productivity and morale are threatened. In an October study of nearly 300 HR professionals by advisory firm EquaTerra for Workforce Management,------ percent of respondents said that current economic conditions were causing "serious employee morale

Back 19

26

Front 20

In a similar vein, a September poll of 711 adults by benefits provider Workplace Options found that half of the respondents said they were experiencing stress because of financial concerns. ----------- percent said stress was making it hard for them to perform well on the job.

Back 20

Forty-eight