Organizational Behaviour – II Week 6 NPTEL Assignment Answers 2025
NPTEL Organizational Behaviour – II Week 6 Assignment Answers 2025
1. State whether the following is True or False.
The capacity that person A possesses, to influence the behaviour of person B, so that B does something that he/she would not do otherwise, is known as leadership.
a. True
b. False
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2. Which of the following is NOT a determinant of Dependency in power relationships?
a. Leadership
b. Scarcity
c. Non-substitutability
d. Importance
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3. Which of the following are forms of formal power?
a. Legitimate power, Expert power, Reward power
b. Legitimate power, Expert power, Coercive power
c. Legitimate power, Reward power, Coercive power
d. Legitimate power, Personal power, Coercive power
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4. State whether the following is True or False.
The basis of legitimate power lies in authority vested in a position.
a. True
b. False
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5. Robbins and Judge mention nine influence tactics, and the influence of these tactics is _________.
a. Vertical
b. Lateral
c. Both of these
d. None of these
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6. State whether the following is True or False.
In rational persuasion as a power tactic, facts and logic is used with evidence that whatever is being said or requested, is sound and realistic.
a. True
b. False
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7. Normal day-to-day politics is regarded as _ political behaviour.
a. Legitimate
b. Illegitimate
c. Both of these
d. None of these
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8. Which of the following contribute to political behavior?
a. Self-pity
b. External locus of control
c. Self-worth
d. None of these
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9. One of the promotion enhancement strategies is ________, when a person tries to showcase that he/she has not been given credit or enough credit for the positive event/ consequence/ result.
a. Enhancement
b. Entitlement
c. Obstacle disclosures
d. Association
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10. In __________ as a demotion preventive strategy, an employee who is indirectly associated with a decision that led to negative consequences, tells his/her superior secretly that he was against what had been decided, but was not allowed to speak out his/her thoughts.
a. Disassociation
b. Accounts
c. Apologies
d. None of these
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