LDR 531 Week 6 Quiz (20/20)

Week 6 Quiz

1) With downward influence, power tactics preferred by U.S. managers include

·         inspirational appeals

·         personal appeals

·         coalitions

·         influence

2) Hard power tactics best influence those with which following characteristic?

·         Action oriented

·         Intrinsically motivated

·         Reflective orientation

·         High self-esteem

3) Impression management sends _____ messages that may be _____ under other circumstances.

·         convincing, unconvincing

·         true, false

·         false, true

·         ethical, unethical

4) Transformational change in an organization

·         is always necessary to some degree

·         is best delivered by a bottom-up plan

·         has no defined formula

·         is best delivered by a top-down plan

5) Buck passing and scapegoating when politics is seen as a threat are forms of

·         suppression

·         offensive behaviors

·         defensive behaviors

·         aggression

6) A person likely to participate in political behavior

·         has a desire for power

·         believes he or she has little influence

·         is insensitive to social cues

·         is a social nonconformist

7) Organizational momentum relates to

• willingness to move beyond incremental change
• patterns of behavior, norms, and values
• growth in sales, profits, and so forth
• the rate of change to make improvements

8) Politicking is less likely in organizations that have

• clear performance appraisal systems
• democratic decision making
• adeclining resources
• high role ambiguity

9) Surveys of seasoned managers reveal they believe politics in the workplace is

• always unethical
• ineffective
• part of some job requirements 
• a major part of organizational life

10) To keep a strategy in focus, effective managers employ­

• piecemeal implementation
• rigid implementation
• simple goals
• central themes

11) Political behavior in the workplace

• attempts to influence decision making
• works only in an upward or lateral influence direction
• is unlikely in a well-run organization
• works only in a lateral influence direction

12) Central to managing a successful organizational strategy implementation are/is 

• coalition management
• tracking progress
• formal models of implementation
• competitive teams

13) An influence tactic that relies on rank and enforcement of group goals is

• pressure
• legitimacy
• coalitions
• personal appeals

14) A primary goal of politics in the workplace is to

• exclude undesirable peers
• secure limited resources
• promote organizational goals
• form alliances

15) Organizational change relies on a balance of change and 

• vision
• continuity
• planning
• strategy

16) During organizational change, employee–management interfaces such as workshops and retreats

• distract the participants from the real issues
• help employees overcome downsizing issues
• initiate
• solve communication problems relatively short-term periods of high-energy action

17) In convergent periods, the role of executive management is to

• reemphasize the mission and core values
• challenge middle managers to reinvent their departments
• develop new strategies for the problems at hand
• shift middle managers to promote new views

18) The validity of a strategy for organizational change lies in its

• clarity of vision
• simplicity
• speed of implementation
• Adaptability

19) The formulation and implementation of a strategy

• are separate and sequential processes
• follow strict, unalterable guidelines
• must be completely defined before action is taken
• are ongoing events within an organization

20) Periods of convergence are those in which an organization

• employs new strategies to advance the organization
• seeks to improve its situation with relatively minor changes
• must downsize to conserve resources
• is in turmoil