Management 360 - Management and Organizational Behavior » 2019 » Chapter 12 Quiz

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Question #1
Managers who use the shared power strategy of planned change need _____ power, meaning that others positively identify with them.
A.   Expertise
B.   Referment
C.   Legitimate
D.   Punishment
E.   Reward
Question #2
Observable culture, within an organization, includes all of the following EXCEPT:
A.   Core competency
B.   Core values
C.   Business environment
D.   Heroes
E.   Corporate culture
Question #3
 One reason why people may resist change is loss of control
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #4
The outer level of organizational culture that one sees and hears when walking around an organization is called the _____ culture; the inner level is the _____ culture.
A.   Observable, core
B.   Corporate, business
C.   Business, corporate
D.   Global, local
E.   Core, observable
Question #5
The system of shared beliefs and values that shapes and guides the behavior of its members is called the organizational culture or the _______.
A.   Observable values
B.   Core competency
C.   Business environment
D.   Mission
E.   Corporate culture
Question #6
What type of change bends and adjusts existing ways to improve performance?
A.   Incremental
B.   Bottom-up
C.   Refreezing
D.   Transformational
E.   Top-down
Question #7
 What type of change results in a major and comprehensive redirection of the organization?
A.   Senior directive
B.   Transformational
C.   Evolutionary
D.   Transitional
E.   Reorganization
Question #8
When people engage in a collaborative process of identifying values, assumptions, and goals from which support for change will naturally emerge, it is known as which change strategy?
A.   Shared power
B.   Force-coercion
C.   Change aversion
D.   Change resistance
E.   Rational persuasion
Question #9
Which change strategy is known to usually produce limited results because people respond out of fear of punishment or hope for a reward?
A.   Refreezing
B.   Shared power
C.   Rational persuasion
D.   Change
E.   Force-coercion
Question #10
Cultures common to groups of people with similar values and beliefs based on shared work responsibilities and personal characteristics are known as _____.,,
A.   Organizational subcultures
B.   Shared cultures
C.   Multi-cultures
D.   Socializations
E.   Bi-cultures

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