Organızatıonal Theory & Design Final 2. Deneme Sınavı
Toplam 20 Soru1.Soru
Which of the following is a reason for resistant to an organizational change?
It is considered a contribution to their established routine. |
It helps protect their job security and status. |
It may interfere the smooth running of their operation. |
It may make people's comfort zone larger. |
It is appealing to work with a specialists. |
The reasons why people resist organizational change are as follows:
1. It is considered an unwelcome disturbance and interference to their established routine.
2. People may perceive as negatively affecting their job security, payment and status differentials, working conditions, and value of their acquired skills.
3. Managers often resist changes proposed by specialists such as systems and HRM experts because they perceive a risk to the smooth running of their operations in accepting the potential disruption caused by something new.
4. Specialists for their part are often uncomfortable with the emphasis that new forms of organizing place on their integration with other specialists in teams or other units that cut across traditional disciplinary or functional boundaries. They may, therefore, resist developments of this kind.
2.Soru
Which below is an example to innovation in organizational methods?
Distribution of responsibilities among employees |
Outsourcing |
Introducing total quality management |
Engagement in customer relationship management |
Coming up with new concepts for the structuring of activities |
Innovation in organization methods for external relationships involves the implementation of new ways of organizing relationships with other firms or public institutions, such as collaboration with public organizations, methods for integration with suppliers, or outsourcing.
3.Soru
Which of the following best completes the following sentence?
"___________ decision-making is a matter of finding solutions or action plans for problems and providing the maximum benefit for organizational stakeholders."
Managerial |
Industrial |
Programmed |
Non-programmed |
Technical |
Managerial decision-making is a matter of finding solutions or action plans for problems and providing the maximum benefit for organizational stakeholders. This problem may involve finding the best inputs, offering the best service, or designing the best production process. It may sometimes involve choosing the right move against competitors or offering a solution to a threat to the environment.
4.Soru
One-Best-Way models of organizational culture are in really good, well-packaged management consultancy products providing universal recipes of success. Who can be regarded as precursors of one-best-way models?
One-Best-Way models of organizational culture are in really good, well-packaged management consultancy products providing universal recipes of success. Who can be regarded as precursors of one-best-way models?
Apollo |
Handy |
Quinn |
Ouchi |
Cameron |
One of the streams offers a universal solution and ubiquitous cultural values that are valid and supposed to be working effectively in any organizational settings. These models generally labeled as one-best-way models where the description of excellent organizational culture is presented as a panacea. Two of the most well-known examples of this stream is William G. Ouchi’s “Theory Z” and Tom J. Peters & Thomas H. Waterman’s “In Search of Excellence.”
5.Soru
Which of the following means "if you also have proof that proves the truth of the idea against your own idea, and you still insist on the accuracy of your own idea"?
Frame Effects |
Escalation of Commitment |
Confirmation Bias |
Hindsight Bias |
Anchoring Bias |
Escalation of commitment means that if you also have proofs that prove the truth of the idea against your own idea, you still insist on the accuracy of your own idea. Although many decisions by top level managers satisfy them, these ideas may not be that much rational. And despite this possibility, they may have the tendency to show an increasing commitment to their previous decision, which can be seen frequently in top level managers’ decision-making process. According to some explanations, the reason of the commitment to these wrong decisions is the denial of first mistaken decision by the manager himself.
6.Soru
Which of the following is not one of the specific characteristics of culture according to Mats Alvesson?
Culture is collectively shared by a group of people. |
Culture is related to history and traditions. |
Culture is more a rational and analytical phenomenon rather than a subjective and emotional phenomenon. |
Meanings attached to culture has deeper roots that can go below the level of one’s consciousness, so it requires further explanations for thorough understanding. |
Culture has strong ties with intangible dimensions such as perspectives, beliefs, and knowledge. |
Based on a review of cultural approaches Mats Alvesson from the Lund University of Sweden concludes that culture has specific characteristics , such as: culture is not a rational and analytical phenomenon; it is more of an integrative, subjective, and emotional phenomenon.
7.Soru
Which of the following is NOT one of the features of Carnegie decision model?
It was developed by Cyert, James March and Herbert Simon. |
It ignores the individual preferences and values of managers. |
This model looks for satisfying limited information rather than trying to find all solutions for problems. |
Decision mechanism within a whole organization must not be restricted to just one person. |
Different departments, individuals working in different levels and even customers and sometimes suppliers may be included in the decision-making decision process. |
Rational decision-making process ignores the individual preferences and values of managers not Carnegie decision model. The correct answer is B.
8.Soru
- Managers should act as a role model
- Unethical offences should be punished.
- Ethical training and development programs should be conducted.
- Ethical practices should be rewarded.
Which ones are principles of constructing an ethical organizational culture?
Which ones are principles of constructing an ethical organizational culture?
I and II |
II and IV |
I, II and III |
II, III and IV |
All |
Ethics is about personal morality. Organizations can reinforce ethical values and behavior by using tactics given below; • Selecting and recruiting ethically developed employees, • Determining moral codes, • Ethical leadership, • Designing performance management and defining organizational objectives in relation to the ethical standards, • Ethics training and education, • Independent audits and • Setting up proactive mechanisms for preventing unethical behavior
9.Soru
I. It allows work to be done by highly qualified specialists
II. It lowers costs by reducing duplication
III. It leads to a faster decision making
Which one(s) of these items is/are among the advantages of the functional (unitary) form of departmentalization?
Only I |
Only II |
Only III |
I-II |
II-III |
The U-form has some advantages. First, it allows work to be done by highly qualified specialists. Second, it lowers costs by reducing duplication. On the other hand, slow decision making, and narrowing the experience and expertise of the employees are some disadvantages of the U-form.
10.Soru
_____________ is defined as groups sharing overall cultural values of the society but diverges from these groups by holding different values brought by their lifestyles, values, and norms.
Chose the right word to complete the definition.
Shared culture |
Subculture |
Metaculture |
Socioculture |
Divergent culture |
Subculture is defined as groups sharing overall cultural values of the society but diverges from these groups by holding different values brought by their lifestyles, values, and norms. The correct answer is Choice B.
11.Soru
Which metaphor described by Gareth Morgan emphasizes the technical, hierarchical, rational, prolific, mechanical, and productive aspects of organizations?
Organizations as Machines |
Organizations as Organisms |
Organizations as Brains |
Organizations as Cultures |
Organizations as Political Systems |
"Organizations as Machines" metaphor described by Gareth Morgan emphasizes the technical, hierarchical, rational, prolific, mechanical, and productive aspects of organizations. Organizations mostly defined by classical organizational approaches are defined by this metaphor.
12.Soru
What is defined as a process for planning and controlling the necessary technologies to shape and realize the strategic and functional goals of the organizations?
Business Management |
Knowledge Management |
Technology Management |
R & D Management |
Innovation Management |
Technology Management is defined as a process for planning and controlling the necessary technologies to shape and realize the strategic and functional goals of the organizations.
13.Soru
What refers to the integrative pattern of the meaningmaking process which people subconsciously use to understand the world surrounding them via the shared set of values and beliefs, language, symbols, and physical artifacts?
Culture |
Globalization |
Organizational Culture |
Artifacts |
Mission |
Culture is an integrative pattern of the meaningmaking process which people subconsciously use to understand the world surrounding them via the shared set of values and beliefs, language, symbols, and physical artifacts.
14.Soru
I. It was suggested by Michael D. Cohen, James G. March, and Johan P. Olsen.
II. It tries to combine organizational design and organizational anarchy.
III. It can be used in cases where organizational anarchy rules, which has two structural features
Which of the given is among the features of Garbage Can Model of Decision-making process?
Only I |
I & II |
I & III |
II & III |
I, II & III |
This model can only be used in cases where organizational anarchy rules, which has THREE structural features:
- Problematic preferences
- Unclear, poorly understood technology
- Turnover
The correct answer is B.
15.Soru
Whose model of organizational culture is summarized in the table below ?
Deal & Kennedy's |
Ouichi's |
Peter's |
Cameron and Quin's |
Handy's |
16.Soru
Which concept refers to the shared social knowledge among organizational members shaping organizational members’ attitudes and behaviors based on mutually accepted rules, norms, and values?
Organizational Culture |
Subculture |
Counterculture |
Strong culture |
Weak culture |
Organizational culture is shared social knowledge among organizational members shaping organizational members’ attitudes and behaviors based on mutually accepted rules, norms, and values.
17.Soru
Which of the following means a consensus of managers’ decisions about organizational goals and privileged problems?
Cooperation |
Configuration |
Company |
Constitution |
Coalition |
Coalition means a consensus of managers’ decisions about organizational goals and privileged problems.
18.Soru
Which of the statements below are true about organizational culture?
I It is usually defined as a norm and value-based phenomenon.
II It offers organizational members well-defined integrative patterns for expressing themselves.
III It provides shared values that make being a part of an organization meaningful
IV It shapes organizational members’ attitudes and behaviors based on mutually accepted rules, norms, and values.
V It cannot be historically transferred from generations to generations.
I, II, III, |
II, III, IV, |
III, IV, V |
I, II, III, V |
I, II, III, IV |
Organizational culture is shared social knowledge among organizational members shaping organizational members’ attitudes and behaviors based on mutually accepted rules, norms, and values.
Organizational culture is made up of fundamental beliefs and assumptions, providing shared values that make being a part of an organization meaningful, and offers organizational members well- defined integrative patterns for expressing themselves.
The definitions underline that culture (1) is made up of shared emotions and beliefs, (2) guides behaviors in organizational settings, (3) is historically transferred from generations to generations. Shortly, organizational culture defines how things are done within a given organization. Today organizational culture frequently used both theoretically and empirically as a lens for analyzing complex organizations surrounding us.
19.Soru
Which one below is one of the levels of organizational culture?
Artifacts |
Employees |
Employers |
Interactions |
Principles |
Organizational culture has three levels. From outer layer to the inner; these levels are artifacts, espoused values, and basic assumptions. Many people use onion as a metaphor to make sense of how these levels are positioned. From a structural sense, organizational culture is just like an onion. The outer most layer is called artifacts. This lay- er is made up of symbols and behavioral patterns. The layer between artifacts and basic assumptions is called espoused values.
20.Soru
Which of the following is true about Carnegie Model?
Information is available. |
Decision making is costly. |
Decision making is "value free". |
Solution chosen by unanimous agreement. |
The full range of possible alternatives is generated. |
In Carnegie Model:
- Limited information is available
- Decision making is costly
- Decision making is affected by the preferences and values of decision makers
- A limited range of alternatives is generated
- Solution is chosen by compromise, bargaining, and accommodation between organizational coalitions
- Solution chosen is satisfactory for the organization
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