Week 9 Flashcards
Organizational Behavior Management (OBM) and Industrial/Organizational Psychology (I/O Psych) are basically the same thing.
B
The focus of Organizational Behavior Management (OBM) is on…
a. Making workers work harder on a consistent basis
b. Making profits go up each fiscal quarter
c. Making the environmental system(s) work better
d. Making workers safer
C
Deming (1982) suggested ___% of organizational problems are systems issues vs.
individual employee issues.
a. 10%
b. 19%
c. 64%
d. 94%
D
What is the difference between systems theory and Behavioral Systems Analysis?
Systems theory is interested in problems related to relationships, structure, and interdependence of organizational and human functions. Behavioral Systems Analysis is interested in how humans perform in the context of a system
Organizational systems are adaptive entities, which means they always find a way to survive.
a. True
b. False
B
All a business organization needs to do to be financially successful is apply the same characteristics of an effective competitive sports organization.
a. True
b. False
B
Performance Management (PM) is all about…
a. What behaviors people do
b. What the effect is on the business outcome
c. A and B
d. B only
C
Common Performance Management (PM) strategies include all but:
a. Training
b. Feedback
c. Goal Setting
d. Response-Cost Contingencies
D
Research suggests that…
a. Behavioral Systems Analysis (BSA) alone is most effective
b. Organizational Behavior Management is most effective
c. Performance Management (PM) is most effective
d. Combining BSA and PM is most effective
D
Organizational Behavior Management (OBM) is applicable to BCaBAs/BCBAs who are involved in autism treatment.
a. True
b. False
A
