LDR 531 Week 5 Quiz

• WEEK 5 QUIZ
• Your answers : 25/25 (100%)
• 1

It is easiest for management to deal with resistance when it is

overt

deferred

implicit

passive

• 2

Which of the following is least likely to realize a competitive advantage for an organization?

Superior skills

Superior position

Superior resources

Superior strategy

• 3

Which of the following actions can extinguish risk taking and innovation?

Encouraging experimentation

Using organic organizational structures

Long tenure in management

Rewarding for the absence of failures rather than for the presence of success

• 4

Sometimes, businesses find it necessary to reconceive their core business. Which of the following would be the least effective strategy for doing so?

Business recombination

Core relocation

Business customization

Business redefinition

• 5

Which of the following statements is true regarding innovation?

Interunit communication is low in innovative organizations.

Innovative organizations reward both successes and failures.

Organic structures negatively influence innovation.

Innovation is nurtured when there is an abundance of resources.

• 6

Which of the following is least likely to lend to a simple organizational structure?

Little departmentalization

Centralized authority

Formalized rules and regulations

Wide span of control

• 7

The deemphasizing of hierarchical authority and control in organizational development is referred to as

power equalization

trust and support

vertical blending

horizontal integration

• 8

Confusion in who reports to whom is a weakness of which one of the following organizational structures?

Boundaryless

Virtual

Matrix

Bureaucracy

• 9

Idea champions display characteristics associated with _________ leadership.

narcissistic

autocratic

laissez-faire

transformational

• 10

Which of the following resistances to change is implicit?

Resignation

Strike

Complaint

Increased error

• 11

Culture is most likely to be a liability when

the organization scores low on the degree of formalization

the organization is highly centralized

the organization’s management is highly efficient

the organization’s environment is dynamic

• 12

Decision making within which one of the following organizational structures follows a strict chain of command?

Virtual

Matrix

Bureaucracy

Boundaryless

• 13

________ is a collection of change methods that seek to improve organizational effectiveness and employee well-being.

Organizational development

Organizational polarization

Operant conditioning

Organizational restructuring

• 14

A(n) ________ organization is an organization that takes on a life of its own, apart from its founders and members, and is valued for itself and not for the goods or services it produces.

matrix

virtual

institutionalized

centralized

• 15

________ are persons who act as catalysts and assume the responsibility for managing refinement activities.

Whistle-blowers

Free riders

Change agents

Laggards

• 16

Which of the following is the first step in Kotter’s eight-step plan for implementing change?

Plan for, create, and reward short-term “wins” that move the organization toward the new vision.

Form a coalition with enough power to lead change.

Create a new vision to direct the change and strategies for achieving the vision.

Establish a sense of urgency by creating a compelling reason for why change is needed.

• 17

The focus of a single segmentation within a scope strategy is known as a _______ strategy.

niche

segmentation

unsegmentation

customizing

• 18

Which of the following is the last step in Kotter’s eight-step plan for implementing change?

Consolidate improvements, reassess changes, and make necessary adjustments in the new programs.

Communicate the vision throughout the organization.

Establish a sense of urgency by creating a compelling reason for why change is needed.

Reinforce the changes by demonstrating the relationship between new behaviors and organizational success.

• 19

Which of the following factors is least likely to have an impact on organizational structure?

Technology

Strategy

Location

Size

• 20

Which of the following is an example of an individual source of resistance to change?

Structural inertia

Fear of the unknown

Product orientation

Employee orientation

• 21

Which of the following is typically a characteristic of the mechanistic model of organization?

Rigid departmentalization

Low formalization

Wide span of controls

Decentralized management

• 22

Which of the following statements is true regarding the functions of culture in an organization?

It conveys a sense of identity for organization members.

It hinders the generation of commitment to something larger than individual self-interest among employees.

It does not affect employees’ attitudes and behavior.

It reduces the stability of the organizational system.

• 23

A(n) __________ strategy emphasizes the introduction of major new products and services.

mechanistic

cost-minimization

innovation

organic

• 24

Strategy of differentiation consists of which of the following?

Sourcing strategies, processing strategies, delivering strategies

Upstream business strategy, midstream business strategy, downstream business strategy

Price, support, design

Cost leadership, differentiation, cost focus

• 25

Entering into various types of business ventures outside of the realm of an organization’s usual type of business is an example of a ________ strategy.

diversification

undifferentiating

customizing

chain integration