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Scholars have been studying behaviour in organisations at least since the time of Greek and Chinese philosophers. True False In order for something to be called an organisation it must have buildings and equipment. True False All organisations have a collective sense of purpose, even though this purpose might not be fully understood or agreed upon. True False Collective entities are called organisations only when their members have complete agreement on the goals they want to achieve. True False Evidence indicates that applying organisational behaviour knowledge tends to improve the organisation's financial performance. True False Globalisation may have both positive and negative implications for people working in organisations. True False Reduced job security and increased work intensification in Australia are partly caused by globalisation. True False

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Education is a primary category of surface-level diversity. True False Australian employees are more diverse today than a few decades ago on many deep-level categories but have actually reduced their diversity on most surface categories. True False

10. Research indicates that baby boomers and Generation-X employees bring the same values and expectations to the workplace. True False 11. Workforce diversity potentially improves decision making and team performance on complex tasks. True False 12. Surveys indicate that most Australian employees do not experience conflicting work–life balance. True False 13. Generation X and Generation Y expectations are causing employers to reduce hierarchy and commandand-control management. True False

14. Teams with diverse employees usually take longer to perform effectively. If this is so, explain why and the reasons for still using them.