Contemporary Issues in Organisation Theory - MCQs with answers

Contemporary Issues in Organisation Theory - MCQs with answers

1. Which of these is an external strategy of environment?

a. Lobbying
b. Recruitment
c. Rationing
d. Buffering

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2. ________ entails scrutinizing the environment to identify actions by competitors, government, unions and the like, that might impinge on the organisation's operations.

a. Buffering
b. Boundary spanners
c. Environmental scanning
d. None of the above

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3. People who are operating at the periphery or boundary of the organisation, performing organisational relevant tasks?

a. Recruiter
b. Boundary spanners
c. Advertiser
d. None of the above

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4. Which jobs are categorised under boundary spanners?

a. Marketing researchers
b. Lobbyists
c. All of the above
d. None of the above

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5. ___________ reduces the possibility that the organisation's operations will be distributed by insuring supplies &/ or absorption of outputs.

a. Buffering
b. Coopting
c. Coalescing
d. None of the above

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6. Smoothing seeks to level out the impact of _______ in the environment.

a. Uncertainties
b. Qualms
c. Suspicions
d. Fluctuations

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7. From what does the contracting protects the organisation?

a. Changes in quantity or price
b. Changes in culture
c. Changes in environment
d. None of the above

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8. __________ is absorbing those individuals or organisations in the environment that threaten their stability.

a. Coalescing
b. Interlocking directorate
c. Coopting
d. None of the above

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9. State true or false.

i. Mergers are an example of coalescing.

a. True
b. False

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10. What is the objective of planned change?

a. Training and Development
b. To keep the organisation current and viable
c. All of the above
d. None of the above

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11. Which of these is not a determinant of structural change?

a. Government regulations
b. Scarcity of labour
c. Mergers or acquisitions
d. Implementation

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12. ______________ is used to describe the choice of means by which the change process takes place.

a. Implementation
b. Technology
c. Intervention strategies
d. None of the above

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13. State true or false.

i. Unfreezing the status, moving to a new state and refreezing are the steps in implementing strategies in the organisation.

a. True
b. False

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14. Which of these are tactics for dealing with Resistance to change?

A. Facilitation and support
B. Manipulation and co-optation
C. Education and Communication
D. Coercion

a. Both A & D
b. Both B & C
c. Both A & B
d. A, B, C, D

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15. State true or false.

An organisation which is totally devoid of conflict is probably also static, apathetic and non - responsive to the need for change is the traditional view.

a. True
b. False

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16. Which of these is a source of organisational conflict?

a. Differences in evaluation criteria and reward systems
b. Dependence on common scarce resources
c. High horizontal differentiation
d. All of the above

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