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Question1)Which of the following barriers to communication occurs at the organizational level?         language         ethnocentrism         frame of reference         hierarchical barriers   Question 2 Selective perception involves the tendency to oversimplify and generalize about groups of people

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Question1)Which of the following barriers to communication occurs at the organizational level?

		language
		ethnocentrism
		frame of reference
		hierarchical barriers

 

Question 2

Selective perception involves the tendency to oversimplify and generalize about groups of people.

 

 True

 

 

 False

 

 

Question 3

In terms of negotiation, ________ refers to a person's or group's stance regarding the party's wants.

		desire
		position
		interest
		concern

 

Question 4

________ refers to the interference with the transmission or decoding of a message.

		Negative feedback
		Medium
		Positive feedback
		Noise

 

Question 5

________ refers to messages sent from higher organizational levels to lower levels.

		Upward communication
		Parallel communication
		Downward communication
		Lateral communication

 

Question 6

A monthly interdepartmental meeting goes badly because the managers cannot agree on an agenda. Sales managers argue that new advertising strategies should be a top priority because sales have dropped; operations managers argue that equipment acquisition should take precedence because a key system is down. The failure of this meeting can be most clearly attributed to ________.

		cultural barriers
		organizational barriers
		interpersonal barriers
		emotional barriers

 

Question 7

When the economy weakens, most companies consider adding new services or products.

 

 True

 

 

 False

 

 

Question 8

For more than 200 years, Encyclopedia Britannica was believed to be the most authoritative encyclopedia in the world. However, sales began to plummet when Microsoft started bundling Encarta with its software products. Britannica offered digital versions of its encyclopedia, but priced them high to encourage consumers to purchase its nicely bound volumes. The plan failed. Sales have continued to spiral downward after Wikipedia, a free online encyclopedia, gained popularity. Which of the following statements sums up this scenario most clearly?

		Technology has positively influenced the publishing industry.
		Products with strong brand-name recognition can withstand external threats.
		Information posted on the Internet is more reliable than hardcopy information.
		Managers being slow to respond to technological changes can result in loss of business.

 

Question 9

A firm that is good at organizational learning is said to be ________.

		emphasizing planned efforts focusing on people and their interrelationships in organizations
		using information technology to play a central role in the change effort
		redesigning a firm's processes to achieve dramatic improvements
		skilled at creating, acquiring, and transferring knowledge, and at modifying its behavior to accommodate changes.

 

Question 10

Which of the following is the most people-oriented change focus used within an organization?

		adding, subtracting, or interchanging people
		attempting to change how staff members relate to each other
		getting the manager to provide new information
		directly enhancing knowledge, skills and abilities

 

Question 11

A company is suffering sales setbacks because a competitor has launched an identical product in the market. The company decides to improve its product design by adding additional features that would differentiate its offerings from those of the competitors. In this example, the focus of change is ________.

		systems
		technology
		staff
		structure

 

Question 12

Which of the following best defines "transformational changes"?

		changes in shared values and strategy
		long-term changes in technology and staff
		dynamic changes in systems and structure
		particularly complex and comprehensive changes

 

Question 13

Achievable budget standards are regarded as desirable because ________.

		they focus only on long-term actions at the expense of short-term objectives
		they are not too challenging for the company
		they reduce the motivation to manipulate data
		they reduce uncertainty and keep employee morale under check

 

Question 14

Which type of control has the broadest organizational scope?

		diagnostic
		operational
		strategic
		tactical

 

Question 15

________ represents a firm's ability to meet long-term financial obligations.

		Leverage (total debt/total assets)
		Liquidity (current assets/current liabilities)
		Inventory turnover (annual sales/inventory)
		Return on equity (net profit before taxes/total assets invested

 

Question 16

Which of the following is a type of control approach used under bureaucracy control?

		emphasis on detecting deviance
		stress on group consensus on goals
		mutual assistance in meeting standards
		control comes from individuals or groups

 

Question 17

The guiding principle for focusing control is that it should be closely linked to the strategic goals and, particularly, the planning process of the organization.

 

 True

 

 

 False

 

 

Question 18

Which of the following is a reason for involving in decision making the people who are going to be affected by its results?

		The decision-making process will not be partial or biased toward anyone.
		They will be more committed to meeting standards that they themselves have created.
		The degree of difficulty will neither be too difficult nor too ambitious.
		They will be more accepting of losses and failures if they are involved from the start.

 

Question 19

The ________ focuses on the decision maker as a satisficer.

		retrospective decision model
		implicit favorite model
		rational model
		bounded rationality model

 

Question 20

Escalation of commitment can lead to positive consequences for organizations.

 

 True

 

 

 False

 

 

Question 21

Which of the following occurs when managers "throw good money after bad"?

		satisficing
		rational ignorance
		escalating commitment
		superrationality

 

Question 22

Which of the following occurs when agreement among members becomes so dominant that it overrides a realistic appraisal of alternative courses of action?

		escalation of commitment
		cognitive dissonance
		groupthink
		perceptive distortion

 

Question 23

In a group decision-making process, appointing a devil's advocate will prevent groupthink.

 

 True

 

 

 False

 

 

Question 24

________ is the tendency for decision makers to accept the first alternative that meets their minimally acceptable requirements rather than push further for an alternative that produces the best results.

		Altruism
		Satisficing
		Groupthink
		Rational ignorance

 

Question 25

Which of the following is a defining characteristic of an organization that affects communication?

		Organizations are composed of only groups, rather than individuals.
		Organizations have continuity through time.
		Organizations have only integrated functions.
		Organizations are oriented towards performance, rather than goals.

 

Question 26

Arbery Fudge Company, Inc. engages in the production and marketing of fudge candy in the United States. The company believes in continuous improvement and constantly evaluates the effectiveness of the control strategies that the managers use. Which of the following situations would necessitate the use strategic control for evaluation?

		The organization wants to implement a system for formalizing reporting at various levels in an organization.
		The organization has to perform a task in a relatively limited time frame to help one of its key distributors make use of an important opportunity.
		The competition in the confectionery market has increased significantly in the recent past and management is planning to revamp its competitive approaches.
		The organization has current liabilities greater than the current assets. The managers are analyzing the situation to make a decision on whether or not to increase liquidity.

 

Question 27

It is Christmas and Lora and her parents are shopping. Lora's attention is caught by a pair of Levi's jeans, which she immediately likes. Although there are several other brands available inthe shelf and Levi's is comparatively expensive, Lora insists that Levi's jeans are better in quality and design. She manages to convince her parents that her choice is the best and buys the pair. This is an example of ________.

		perceptive distortion
		selective perception
		cognitive complexity
		uncertainty absorption

 

Question 28

______ systems are used to reflect changes in the internal or external environments of the firm

		strategic
		quality
		control
		implementation

 

Question 29

At Showtime, the HR department plays an important role in ______ and ________

		leading; managing
		change; development
		training; planning
		leading; training

 

Question 30

Which one of the following is NOT a part of the evaluation and control of performance?

		Establish objectives and strategies.
		Determine what to measure.
		Establish standards for performance.
		Measure actual performance.
		Take corrective actions.

 

Question 31

At Meridian Inc., employees are given general goals and basic budgets rather than policy manuals. Furthermore, it is expected that they will be strongly dedicated to the goals of the organization. Which control approach does Meridian Inc. use?

		bureaucratic
		commitment
		operational
		self-reliant

 

Question 32

Focusing on a party's interests, not on their _________ , is a negation approach which can increase the likelihood of a successful negotiation

		proposition
		position
		attitude
		behavior

 

Question 33

Which of the following is a drawback of the clan approach of organizational control?

		Control is imposed on the members of the organization.
		Emphasis on detecting deviance is troubling for employees.
		Considerable time and managerial effort goes behind the control.
		Individual responsibility becomes a source of stress.

 

Question 34

Which of the following is a disadvantage of informal communication channels in an organization?

		They carry only nonwork related information and are detrimental to organizational productivity.
		Some of the messages passed through them are inaccurate and focus only on negative information.
		Lateral communication is greatly hindered as messages are closely regulated by the organization.
		Informal communication channels are incompatible with advances in Internet and other modern communication technologies.

 

Question 35

As discussed in our lecture and highlighted on our Chapter 15 Map, __________ are perhaps the most difficult to forecast for corporations in some industry sectors.

		Economic conditions
		Technology developments
		Competitor actions
		Societal & demographic shifts

 

Question 36

Our Chapter 14 lecture and Chapter Map suggested that ___________are perhaps the most challenging to sustain during strategy implementation.

		Strategic controls
		Budgetary controls
		Economic conditions
		Human resource controls

 

Question 37

A Key Chapter 11 TakeAway on communication discussed during the class lecture emphasized the importance of _______.

		Noise impeding the message
		Interpretation of the message
		Active listening
		The media

 

Question 38

Our Chapter 11 class lecture contained an example communication within a large organization involving __________ to demonstrate the importance of organizational culture and the context of intra-company communication.

		Communication barriers
		Inter-department communications
		Channels of communications
		Directions of communication

 

Question 39

A Key Chapter 12 TakeAway highlighted during class that describes the way we mostly use when selecting among alternatives is:

		Programmed
		Maximizing
		Satisficing
		Rationalizing

 

Question 40

The decision making model diagram used in our Chapter 12 lecture that we intuitively use can be also be described as a:

		Rational model
		Perceptual model
		Problem-solution process
		Bounded rationality model

 

Question 41

Our Chapter 15 class lecture emphasized the fundamental importance of __________ to the sustainability of successful corporate business performance.

		Developing the capacity to forecast change
		Responding to risk & uncertainty
		Organizational development
		Responding to the challenges of change

 

Question 42

The simply equation for _________ was presented in our Chapter 13 lecture and discussed as the key overall objective in operations management.

		Cost control
		Productivity
		Economic order quantity
		Capacity planning

 

Question 43

_________ forms the basis of many organizational control processes and was highlighted in our classroom lecture as a Key Chapter 13 TakeAway.

		Operations management
		Cost reduction
		Supply chain management
		Total quality management

 

Question 44

We concluded that a Key Chapter 14 TakeAway is the challenge of sustaining __________ during the implementation phase of strategic management in order to improve business performance.

		Financial controls
		Operational controls
		Tactical controls
		Inbound logistics controls

 

Question 45

What are stock outs?

		carrying of excess inventories that increase holding costs and therefore total costs
		not getting products and services to customers when they want them
		guarantee of product quality and quantity together with timely delivery
		It is a term that refers to goods that have never been purchased by a customer.

 

Question 46

Top executives at McCain Ericsson Bank have taken up business process reengineering to improve the standards of the organization. They are unsure if their current loan application process is an adequate measure of determining whether or not a loan should be given to an individual. Which of the following elements are they considering?

		objective
		design
		capabilities
		infrastructure

 

Question 47

Which of the following is as costly as having excess unused inventory?

		not being able to reach products to customers when required
		holding parts in a static industry
		holding just enough inventory for adequate supply
		not having enough storage space for inventory

 

Question 48

Pioneer Motors has a large production unit in Dakota that can produce 50 different car models depending on the demand. This organization has ________.

		statistical process control
		design capacity
		work sampling
		flexible manufacturing system

 

Question 49

The supply chain refers to the coordinated system of resources, information, activities, people, and organizations involved in moving a product or service from raw materials to components and into a finished product or service delivered to the end customer.

 

 True

 

 

 False

 

 

Question 50

Total quality management (TQM) requires the use of a separate team of experts to inspect products or services for defects or errors after completion.

 

 True

 

 

 False