Please choose the best Multiple Choice options regarding an Organization?
1. If an organization increases its span of control, what is required as below?
a) It must adopt a matrix form of depart mentation.
b) It must reduce the number of levels in the organizational hierarchy.
c) It must rely on more direct supervision than standardization to coordinate the resulting structure.
d) All of the above.
e) None of the above.]
2. What is not an organizational behaviour trend?
a) Globalization
b) Increasing command-and-control management
c) Workforce diversity
d) Evolving employment relationships
e) Virtual work
3. In an organization, what dictates our selection process and the organization of information?
a) Attitudes don't affect how we deal with information at all.
b) We tend to only absorb information which is unrelated to our attitudes.
c) We pay attention to information which is consistent with our attitudes.
d) We pay attention to information which conflicts with our attitudes.
e) We pay attention to information only when it describes things for which we have no attitudes.
4. Using the options below, what is involved in Organizational politics?
a) a subconscious attempt to increase power.
b) a conscious attempt to motivate others to work harder for the firm.
c) a conscious attempt to use one's power to get one's own way, often at the expense of others.
d) helping other employees fulfil their needs through organizational activities.
e) all of the above.
5. What is a learning organization?
a) the idea that organizations can learn with or without any employees.
b) any organization that uses social learning theory rather than OB Mod to help employees learn new behaviours.
c) colleges and other institutions that develop and deliver formal education programs for people throughout society. ~
d) the idea that any organization can develop and market formal training programs for other companies.
e) the idea that organizations are more effective if they tap into the commitment and capacity of
6. When time is a factor, which of the following organizational change strategies should be used as a best answer?
a) Employee involvement
b) Stress management.
c) Negotiation.
d) Coercion.
e) Communication.
7. How does Organizational grapevine work?
a) to everyone in the organization.
b) downward rather than upward through the organization.
c) by most employees who receive the information.
d) from management to non-management employees.
e) from a small number of senders to a larger number of receivers.
8. What is Organizational socialization?
a) learning and change
b) replacing the psychological contract with a more formal employment contract
c) power and politics
d) moving from exploration to mid-career transition
e) moving to a new organization.
9. If an organization increases its span of control, what should be used?
a) It must adopt a matrix form of departmentation.
b) It must reduce the number of levels in the organizational hierarchy.
c) It must rely on more direct supervision than standardization to coordinate the resulting structure.
d) All of the above.
e) None of the above.
10. What is Organizational behaviour knowledge:
a) originates mainly from models developed in chemistry and other natural sciences
b) accurately predicts how anyone will behave in any situation
c) is more appropriate for people who work in computer science than in marketing
d) helps us to understand, predict, and influence the behaviours of others in organizational settings
e) none of the answers apply
11. How can you improve organizational effectiveness with the self-fulfilling prophecy?
a) never; self-fulfilling prophecy is a perceptual bias that always makes organizations less effective.
b) whenever and wherever it exists in organizational settings.
c) when supervisors demonstrate their hope and optimism in each employee's potential.
d) when supervisors also use stereotyping to determine the employee's potential performance.
e) only when supervisors have a self-serving bias.
12. How do you communicate organizational culture?
a) The shape, size, and location of corporate headquarters.
b) How visitors are greeted when they first enter a company building.
b) The stories told by employees to newcomers about the founder's experiences when he/she started the company.
d) The unique metaphors and special vocabularies that employees use to share meaning.
e) All of the above.
13. What is an alternate name for the merger strategy?
a) deculturation
b) separation
c) integration
d) countercultural
e) assimilation
14. When does the strength of organizational culture rise?
a) people brought into top management positions have been with the firm for a long time.
b) new employees are hired on the basis of their skills, not their beliefs.
c) senior executives avoid direct contact with lower level employees.
d) the CEO's messages are inconsistent or ambiguous.
e) employee turnover is high.
15. Choose the best Answer describing Organizational culture as a form of shared?
a) assumptions, beliefs, and behaviours that subconsciously guide employee thoughts and actions.
b) behaviours that employees enact to demonstrate their support for corporate goals.
c) decisions routinely occurring throughout the organization that support corporate strategies.
d) assumptions, beliefs, and values that subconsciously guide employee thoughts and actions.
e) rituals and ceremonies that employees enact to consummate their relationship with the organization.
16. Please select the best answer, organizations are best described as:
a) Legal entities that must abide by government regulations and pay taxes
b) Physical structures with observable capital equipment
c) Social entities with a publicly stated set of formal goals
d) Groups of people who work interdependently towards some purpose
e) Any social entity with profit-centered motives and objectives.