MGT 435 WEEK 1 QUIZ

MGT 435 WEEK 1 QUIZ

MGT 435

Week 1

1.            Question :           Which of the following is not the case with regard to climate change issues and company competiveness?

                Student Answer:                              Major organizations are making changes based upon climate considerations

                                                 Companies growth will not be directly or indirectly affected be environmental regulations and restrictions

                                                 Companies will have little choice but to deal with climate change issues

                                                 Consumers expect companies to incorporate “sustainable” operational practices

                Points Received:              0 of 1

                Comments:       

 2.           Question :           Compared to reactive change, proactive changes initiated by organization leaders . . .

                Student Answer:                              Are less beneficial to stakeholders in the long term

                                                 Are less beneficial to stakeholders in the short term

                                                 Are more likely to open possibilities for solutions

                                                 Are less likely to open possibilities for solutions

                Points Received:              0 of 1

                Comments:       

 3.           Question :           Which of the following is a key factor in allowing a small business to remain competitive?

                Student Answer:                              Access to needed capital

                                                 Always growing larger

                                                 Having a large workforce

                                                 Diversity in supply chain

                Points Received:              0 of 1

                Comments:       

 4.           Question :           Which of the following frameworks of effective organizational change focuses on the ethical behavior of organizational members and groups?

                Student Answer:                              Balanced scorecard

                                                 Contingency alignment framework

                                                 Open-systems framework

                                                 The Stakeholder Approach

                Points Received:              1 of 1

                Comments:       

 5.           Question :           Which of the following techniques might organizational development specialists utilize in their work?

                Student Answer:                              Strategic firm planning

                                                 Budgeting

                                                 One-on-one coaching

                                                 Profit sharing

                Points Received:              0 of 1

                Comments:       

 6.           Question :           True or false?  The field of change management studies is relatively new and such courses were not offered in most universities only three decades ago.

                Student Answer:                               True

                                                 False

                Points Received:              1 of 1

                Comments:       

 7.           Question :           Which of the following types of change consists of an implementation to achieve a known desired state that differs from an existent one?

                Student Answer:                              Developmental

                                                 Transitional

                                                 Transformational

                                                 Incremental adjustment

                Points Received:              1 of 1

                Comments:       

 8.           Question :           Which of the following is a Type 1 error that managers sometimes make in response to their perceptions of external e change?

                Student Answer:                              Managers perceive the environment as stable, when it is in fact turbulent

                                                 Managers perceive the environment as turbulent, when it is in fact stable

                                                 Managers have no views on the external environment

                                                 Managers have conflicting views on the stability of the external environment

                Points Received:              0 of 1

                Comments:       

 9.           Question :           Which of the following is an example of proactive change?

                Student Answer:                              When a company is forced into bankruptcy and must sell off assets and downsize

                                                 When a company is purchased by a competitor and eventually phased out

                                                 When a company adopts new manufacturing methods due to short supply of skilled labor

                                                 When a company develops lower priced alternatives in anticipation of increased demand for cheaper goods

                Points Received:              0 of 1

                Comments:       

 10.         Question :           Which of the following most accurately characterizes the general goal of planned organizational

change?

                Student Answer:                              To overthrow the board of directors

                                                 To improve the working conditions of the stakeholders

                                                 To improve the organization’s capabilities and enhance its value

                                                 To change the organization’s central vision

                Points Received:              1 of 1

                Comments: