OB Question Bank

1. “Study of organizational behaviour helps a person to become better professional”.

Justify. (Hint: Explain how different levels of OB – individual, group, organizational-
can be used to be a better professional)
2. How do you develop from strangers to friends and team members in college? Explain
with the concept of ‘5 Group Development Stages’. (Explain the Group development
stages-forming, storming……)
3. “Different employees are motivated with different motivation techniques” Explain
this with reference to different motivational theories? (Hint: Explain the content and
process motivational theories, especially Maslow and Herzberg)
4. You have just joined an organization and want to understand the organizational
culture. What are some of the things in the organization you will observe to get a
better understanding of organizational culture? (Hint: Explain with reference to
Iceberg model of culture)
5. As a manager, you have noticed that there are a number of wrong perceptions or
distortion of perception within your team. You want to resolve this. What are some
perceptual disorders your team should be aware of? (Hint: Explain the different
perceptual disorders with examples)
6. What are the different types of job attitudes? Why are these important to the
organization?
7. For an organization to be successful in the long run, organizational culture has to be
strong. Do you agree? Justify (Write about strong and weak culture and give examples
of some organizations that have strong culture)
8. Raghav has been missing deadlines continuously for the last quarter. You are his
manager and are concerned about this undesirable behaviour. How would you use the
reinforcement theory for modify this behaviour. (Hint: Explain with reference to
elements of the reinforcement theory- both positive and negative reinforcement)
9. Explain the Big Five Personality theory.
10. As a manager you have noticed a number of different conflicts between your team
members and between different teams in your organization, how will you use your
knowledge on styles of conflict management to resolve the issues. (Hint: Explain
using theory on conflict management styles- accommodating, avoiding, etc…)
11. Observational learning is an important tool for behaviour modification. Do you agree?
Justify your answer. (Hint: Explain using social learning theory)
12. As a new comer in your organization, you are looking to identify the power hierarchy
in the organization. What are some of the power indicators that can help you
understand the power dynamics in the organization? (Hint: Explain with reference to
sources of power –interpersonal sources and structural sources)
13. Your organization wants to implement a new ERP software that the employees are
required to use. When planning the change implementation, the organization wants to
understand the aspects they need to focus on to counter resistance. What according to
you are some of the sources of resistance to change? (Hint: Explain with references to
sources causing resistance to change and write about how to manage change)
14. You have just identified a new supplier for the raw material needed for your factory.
You need to negotiate a deal with him for the supply. What is the process that you
will follow for negotiation? (Hint: Explain negotiation process with reference to this
situation)
15. Short notes:
a. Challenges in OB
b. ABC model of attitude formation
c. MBTI
d. Emotional intelligence
e. Attribution theory
f. Theories of change
g. Type A, Type B Personality
h. Impression Management