>>>MGT 435 Week 5 Quiz<<<

1. The willingness to learn from experience and apply what is learned to perform successfully under new conditions is known as 

2. Which of the following is a typical quality of an “agile” organization? 

3. One key virtue of a “learning organization” is to 

4. True or false?  The “systems thinking” approach can serve to prevent and reduce “learning disabilities” 

5. Which of Woolner’s (1995) five stages that an organization passes through on the way to becoming a learning organization applies primarily to start-ups? 

6. True or false?  The biggest challenge faced by learning organizations comes from external threats 

7. True or false?  In the modern environment of effective organizational leadership, communication and collaboration take priority over dictatorial authority. 

 8. In Rowden’s (2009) four traits of learning organizations, continuous planning, reflection, and adjustment exemplifies 

 9. A case where marketing blames sales for a problem, and sales blames marketing for the same problem, is an example of the which of the following “learning disabilities”? 

10. The use of past experience to influence future actions is known as which of the following approaches to learning?

>>>MGT 435 Week 4 Quiz<<<

1. In order to facilitate the recruitment of the right talent, ”branding” is especially important for 

2. An “executive information system (EIS)” is best described as 

3. “Needs-based positioning” refers to 

 4. “Variety-based positioning” refers to 

5. True or false?  “Data warehousing” refers to the high-tech analysis of a company’s data in order to make better strategic decisions. 

6. Which of the following is an example of a “spinout organization”? 

7. The concept of “creative destruction” refers to 8. “Access-based positioning” refers to 

 9. “Level 5 Leadership” style refers to leaders who tend to be 

10. Lawler and Worley (2006) suggest that in order to maintain long-term competitive advantage, organizations should continuously

>>>MGT 435 Week 3 Quiz<<<

 1. Which of the following was the first step employed by CEO Larry Bossidy, in his bid to turn around AlliedSignal, Inc., in 1991? 

2. The highest position on both axes of the “Stakeholder Matrix” is held by which of the following stakeholder types? 

 3. True or False?  The implementation process begins before the plan is communicated throughout the organization. 

 4. According to the “Stakeholder Matrix,” if the stakeholder is assessed as “Non-Supportive,” which of the following strategies should be used? 

5. HP’s Leo Apotheker’s bid to move the company entirely out of the PC business resulted in most stakeholders assuming which position on the “Stakeholder Matrix”? 

 6. True or false?  The type of intervention that will be most effective is dependent upon the particular organizational dimensions. 

 7. Bossidy’s plan to make AllideSignal a distinctive, successful, premier global company is an example of which aspect of the “Five Dimensions of Leading & Managing Change” model? 

8. Which American motor company did CEO Alan Mulally join to implement major change in 2006? 

9. True or false?  When aligning people with an organization’s vision, leaders should consider nonfinancial, as well as financial, incentives. 

10. Which of the following is an example of a hard goal?

>>>MGT 435 Week 2 Quiz<<<

1. According to Worley and Cummings (2001), the “Action Research Model” for planned change 

2. Resistance to organizational change can 

3. Change interventions are typically 

 4. First-order (adaptive) changes are 

5. Which organizational change model asserts that there is no one right or best strategy that can predict organizational success? 

6. Which of the following is true about the fact that people often resist change? 

7. The task of preparing people for organizational change typically falls upon 

 8. True or false?  The “Appreciative Inquiry Model” has practical, not merely theoretical, application. 

9. In the “The Organizational life-Cycle Model,” growth through delegation typically occurs 

10. Which of the following would increase an individual’s or group’s inclination to support change?

>>>MGT 435 Week 1 Quiz<<<

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

2. Organizational change is most likely to occur in an ethical fashion when team members 

3. Which of the following frameworks of effective organizational change is most popularly used on a global scale? 

4. Which of the following is not an example of a “socio-culture “force affecting organizational competitiveness? 

5. The group or individual who can affect or be affected by actions of an organization is known as 

6. Which of the following is an example of proactive change? 

7. Which of the following most accurately characterizes the general goal of planned organizational  change? 

8. True or false?  Only the very largest corporate firms are required to address issues related to organizational change. 

9. Which of the following types of change involves improvement upon what already exists? 

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