Professional Documents
Culture Documents
2.
Level: 2
Page: 393
Type: F
Level: 1
Page: 393
Type: F
Level: 2
Page: 394
Type: F
Level: 1
Page: 394
Type: F
8.
Type: F
New department technologies, demands by labor unions, and production inefficiencies are
all examples of some external forces.
Answer: False
7.
Page: 393
After the need for change has been perceived, the next part of the change process is
implementing change.
Answer: False
6.
Level: 1
Forces for organizational change exist both in the external environment and within the
organization.
Answer: True
5.
Type: F
Given that external problems are beyond the control of management, when organizations
are caught flat-footed, failing to anticipate or respond to new needs, no one can be
blamed.
Answer: False
4.
Page: 392
3.
Level: 1
Level: 3
Page: 395
Type: F
The disparity between existing and desired performance levels is the performance gap.
Answer: True
Level: 1
Page: 395
Type: F
9.
The process of learning about current developments inside and outside the organization
that can be used to meet a perceived need for change is called search.
Answer: True
10.
Type: F
Level: 1
Page: 397
Type: F
Level: 3
Page: 397
Type: F
Level: 2
Page: 398
Type: F
Level: 1
Page: 398
Type: F
Level: 1
Page: 398
Type: F
A unit that is separate from the mainstream of the organization and is responsible for
developing and initiating innovations is called a new-venture team.
Answer: True
18.
Page: 396
The person, who, in a creativity contest, is able to develop the greatest number of new and
novel concepts, is called an idea champion.
Answer: False
17.
Level: 1
A person who sees the need for and champions productive change within the organization
is called an idea champion.
Answer: True
16.
Type: F
Idea champions feel very passionate and committed to a new product or idea despite
rejection to others.
Answer: True
15.
Page: 396
The acceptance of mistakes, the freedom to discuss ideas, and the assignment of
nonspecialists to problems are characteristics of creative organizations or departments.
Answer: True
14.
Level: 2
Centralization and short time horizon are primarily used by creative organizations.
Answer: False
13.
Type: F
Creativity is the generation of novel ideas that may meet perceived needs or respond to
opportunities for the organization.
Answer: True
12.
Page: 395
11.
Level: 1
Level: 1
Page: 399
Type: F
Skunklabor is a separate small, informal, highly autonomous, and often selective group
that focuses on breakthrough ideas for the business.
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Answer: False
19.
Type: F
Level: 2
Page: 403
Type: F
Level: 2
Page: 403
Type: A
Level: 2
Page: 404
Type: F
Level: 3
Page: 405
Type: F
Level: 1
Page: 405
Type: F
27.
Page: 401
Two possible tactics for overcoming resistance to change are coercion and negotiation.
Answer: True
26.
Level: 1
When users have power to resist, coercion tactic should be used for overcoming resistance
to change.
Answer: False
25.
Type: F
The communication and education approach for overcoming resistance to change should
be used when the change is technical and the users need accurate information and analysis
to understand change.
Answer: True
24.
Page: 399
Large cost savings from reduced inventories and labor savings by needing fewer workers
to handle inventory can be driving forces associated with the implementation of just-intime inventory control systems.
Answer: True
23.
Level: 2
Change, according to Kurt Lewin, was a result of the competition between forced and
unforced fields.
Answer: False
22.
Type: F
21.
Page: 399
One value of the idea incubator is that an employee with a good idea has somewhere to go
with it, rather than having to shop the idea all over the company and hope someone pays
attention.
Answer: True
20.
Level: 2
Level: 2
Page: 405
Type: F
Level: 1
Page: 407
Type: F
28.
The types of organizational change are strategy, technology, structure, government, and
culture/people.
Answer: False
29.
Type: F
Level: 1
Page: 410
Type: F
Level: 2
Page: 410
Type: F
Level: 2
Page: 412
Type: F
Level: 1
Page: 413
Type: F
Level: 1
Page: 413
Type: F
The idea in the large group intervention is to get a sample of people who may have an
interest in the organization, gather perspectives from the selected parts of the system, and
allow the sample to create a collective future.
Answer: False
37.
Page: 409
36.
Level: 1
Mergers/acquisitions, organizational decline, and conflict management are the three types
of current problems that organizational development managers face.
Answer: True
35.
Type: F
34.
Page: 408
33.
Level: 1
A price-based competition means delivering products and services faster than competitors.
Answer: False
32.
Type: F
31.
Page: 407
When ideas are initiated at lower organizational levels and channeled upward for approval,
it is called the top-down approach.
Answer: False
30.
Level: 1
Level: 3
Page: 413
Type: F
The three distinct steps for achieving behavioral and attitudinal change with organizational
development are planning, changing and stabilizing.
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Answer: False
38.
Level: 3
In the unfreezing step, participants must be made aware of problems and be willing to
change.
Answer: True
Level: 1
Page: 416
Type: F
Answer: d
2.
Type: F
change.
development.
structure.
intervention.
responsibility.
Answer: a
Level: 2
Page: 392
Type: F
Transformational
Unplanned
Government-forced
Incremental
SWOT
Answer: d
4.
Page: 392
3.
Level: 2
Level: 1
Page: 393
Type: F
Transformational
Unplanned
Government-forced
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d.
e.
Operational
Competitive
Answer: a
5.
Level: 1
Answer: d
Level: 2
Type: F
Organizational plans
Global competition
Company problems
Organizational needs
Employees
Answer: b
Level: 2
Page: 394
Type: F
Favorite Films was recently forced to change its compensation packages due to demands
made by its labor unions. This is an example of
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Answer: c
8.
Page: 393
7.
Type: F
6.
Page: 393
Level: 2
Page: 394
Type: A
If top managers select a goal of rapid company growth, __________actions will have to
be changed to meet that growth.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
environmental
internal
external
competitive
facilitative
Answer: b
Level: 2
Page: 394
Type: F
9.
At which stage of the change process do managers evaluate problems and opportunities?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Answer: b
10.
A critical incident
A performance gap
An environmental factor
A behavioral occurrence
An OT analysis
Answer: b
Page: 395
Type: F
Environmental opportunity
Performance gap
Behavioral occurrence
Critical incident
Organizational structural imbalance
Answer: b
Level: 1
Page: 395
Type: F
Answer: c
13.
Level: 1
Which of these indicate a disparity between existing and desired performance levels?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
12.
Which of the following creates a sense of urgency so that others in the organization will
recognize and understand the need for change?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
11.
Level: 2
Level: 3
Page: 395
Type: A
Recently, a high level manager at Medal Molding noted a rise in customer satisfaction
complaints. This rise is inconsistent with Medals goals in this area. This manager has
identified
a.
a performance gap.
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b.
c.
d.
e.
a critical incident.
a behavioral occurrence.
an environmental opportunity.
a SWOT analysis.
Answer: a
14.
Level: 2
Page: 395
Type: F
The process of learning about current developments that can be used to meet a perceived
need for change is referred to as
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
creativity.
search.
strategic analysis.
SWOT analysis.
an idea champion.
Answer: b
Level: 1
Page: 395
Type: F
Search, creativity, and new-venture teams are all associated with which of the following
steps of the change process?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Initiating change
Recognizing the need for change
Implementing change
Need for change
Analyzing feedback
Answer: a
17.
Type: A
implement change.
monitor the environment.
initiate change.
monitor the internal organization.
wait for conditions to change.
Answer: c
16.
Page: 395
The step after the need for change has been recognized is to
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
15.
Level: 2
Level: 2
Page: 395-97
Type: F
The generation of novel ideas that may meet perceived needs or respond to opportunities
for the organization is called
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
a search initiative.
creativity.
an ideal champion.
a great idea.
strategic analysis.
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Answer: b
18.
Page: 396
Type: F
Problem solving
Organizational development
Creativity
Brainstorming
Perceived solution
Answer: c
Level: 1
Page: 396
Type: F
use of teams.
risk taking norms.
centralization.
long term horizon.
loose controls.
Answer: c
Level: 2
Page: 396
Type: F
Conceptual theory
Undisciplined exploration
Persistence and focused approach
Authorization and dependent
All of the above are characteristic of a creative individual
Answer: d
22.
Level: 2
21.
Type: F
originality
playfulness
curiosity
rationality
open-mindedness
Answer: d
20.
Page: 396
19.
Level: 1
Level: 2
Page: 397
Type: F
Ashli, a new employee of yours, strikes you as curious, open-minded, and receptive to
new ideas. Keep your eye on Ashli, for she may very well be
a.
an outstanding performer.
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b.
c.
d.
e.
Answer: d
23.
Level: 2
Page: 397
Type: F
______ is a person who sees the need for and fights for productive change in an
organization
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
A creative individual
A catalyst
An idea champion
A sponsor
A critic
Answer: c
Level: 1
Page: 398
Type: F
Robert has tremendous technical skills and frequently comes up with valuable ideas.
However, he has little idea how to promote it within the organization. Robert is a good
example of
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
an inventor.
an idea champion.
a sponsor.
a critic.
an in-transition employee.
Answer: a
26.
Type: A
Answer: b
25.
Page: 397
Creative organizations
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
24.
Level: 2
Level: 2
Page: 398
Type: A
Samantha has average technical skills but her real strengths lay in visualizing the benefits
of other's ideas and in finding financial and political support for these ideas. Samantha is
an excellent example of
a.
b.
c.
a critic.
a sponsor.
an idea champion.
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d.
e.
an inventor.
a bureaucrat.
Answer: c
27.
Level: 2
Type: A
an inventor.
a sponsor.
a critic.
an idea champion.
none of the above.
Answer: b
28.
Page: 398
Level: 2
Page: 398
Type: A
The role of the ______ is to prevent people in other roles from adopting a bad idea.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
critic
inventor
sponsor
ombudsman
obstructionist
Answer: a
29.
Level: 2
Page: 398
Type: F
Answer: e
30.
Level: 2
Page: 398
Type: F
An idea champion
A sponsor
A new-venture team
A skunkwork
An investor
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Answer: a
31.
Level: 2
Page: 399
Type: F
Which variation of new venture teams is described as a small separate, informal, highly
autonomous, and often selective group that focuses on breakthrough ideas for the
business?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
An idea champion
A sponsor
A new-venture team
A skunkwork
An inventor
Answer: d
Level: 2
Page: 399
Type: F
A fund providing resources from which individuals and groups draw to develop new ideas,
products, or businesses is referred to as a(n)
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
personal fund.
development fund.
new-venture fund.
change fund.
mutual fund.
Answer: c
34.
Type: F
Answer: c
33.
Page: 398
The ______ is a unit separate from the rest of the organization responsible for the
development of a major innovation.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
32.
Level: 1
Level: 1
Page: 399
Type: F
Answer: d
Level: 2
Page: 401
Type: F
35.
Beths Bracelets has proposed some major structural changes within their organization.
Some of the employees fear that they will lose power with the changes. They begin
voicing resistance to the changes. What barrier to change are they exhibiting?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Answer: b
36.
Type: A
Answer: c
Level: 2
Page: 401
Type: A
Adams Ants, Inc. has decided to restructure the entire organization. You hold a meeting
with your employees to notify them of the change. You do not give them any detailed
information. Which of the barriers to change would you expect your employees to
exhibit?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Answer: b
38.
Page: 401
After every quarterly board meeting, Trudys Trinkets, Inc. announces big changes. They
usually do not follow through on these changes. What is causing this lack of enthusiasm?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
37.
Level: 2
Level: 2
Page: 401
Type: A
You are the production manager for Charlies Construction, Inc. You decide to change the
production procedure to increase efficiency. One of your long-time foremen is resisting
the change, insisting that the idea won't work. He is exhibiting what obstacle to change?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Answer: a
Level: 2
Page: 401
Type: A
39.
Answer: c
40.
Level: 2
Page: 403
Type: A
The development of highly specialized computers to verify daily inventory checks at WalMart, would be an example of which type of change?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Communication
Coercive
Traditional
Cultural
New product
Answer: a
Level: 2
Page: 404
Type: F
Answer: c
43.
Type: F
Answer: a
42.
Page: 403
41.
Level: 2
Level: 2
Page: 404
Type: F
The ______ approach to change implementation should be used when users have power to
resist
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a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
education
participation
coercion
top management support
domination
Answer: b
44.
Level: 2
Answer: a
Level: 2
Type: A
Negotiation
Top management support
Participation
Coercion
Education
Answer: a
Level: 2
Page: 405
Type: F
Education
Participation
Coercion
Top management support
None of the above
Answer: c
47.
Page: 404
Which approach should a group use to resist change if the group has power over
implementation and if the group will lose out in the change?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
46.
Type: F
45.
Page: 404
Level: 2
Page: 405
Type: F
Which of these uses formal bargaining to win acceptance and approval of a desired
change?
a.
b.
c.
Education
Participation
Coercion
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d.
e.
Negotiation
Top management support
Answer: d
48.
Level: 1
Swing Set Sams, Inc. is making some changes to the work schedules of its employees.
Some of the employees are not happy with the changes. As their manager, George tells
them that they can accept it or leave. What approach to change implementation is George
using?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Negotiation
Top management support
Participation
Coercion
Education
Answer: d
49.
Level: 2
Page: 405
Type: A
Before implementing new changes in work schedules, Car Decals works with the union to
ensure a smooth transition. What approach to change is this company using?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Negotiation
Top management support
Participation
Coercion
Education
Answer: a
50.
Level: 2
Page: 405
Type: A
symbolizes to all employees that the change is important for the organization.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Education
Coercion
Participation
Negotiation
Top management support
Answer: e
51.
A
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Level: 1
Page: 405
Type: F
Answer: b
52.
Level: 2
New product
Technological
Structural
Culture/people
Product/structure
Answer: b
Level: 2
Competitive
Coercive
Technological
Cultural
New product
Answer: e
Level: 1
Type: F
Bottom-up approach
Top-down approach
Horizontal-linkage approach
Diagonal approach
None of the above
Answer: a
Level: 1
Page: 408
Type: F
Which change requires many departments such as manufacturing, marketing, and research
to work together for successful change?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
New product
Technological
Structural
Culture/people
Government
Answer: a
56.
Page: 408
means that ideas are initiated at lower organizational levels and channeled upward
for approval.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
55.
54.
Type: F
53.
Page: 407
Level: 2
Page: 408
Type: F
The top down process for change does not generally work for changes in technology
because
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a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Answer: b
57.
Level: 2
Page: 408
Type: A
Which of the following statements is not true about successful development of a new
product?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
The marketing department has a good understanding of what the customer wants.
The technological development of the product must be completed before other
departments can commence work.
Members from key departments cooperate in the development of the product.
The horizontal linkage model is frequently followed.
All of the above are true.
Answer: b
Level: 2
Page: 409
Type: F
vertical
horizontal linkage model
top down
bottom-up
diagonal
Answer: b
60.
Type: F
bottom-up change.
top-down change.
horizontal linkage model.
diagonal change.
none of the above.
Answer: a
59.
Page: 408
A worker at a Harley-Davidson assembly plant had an idea that would cut assembly time
in half. She created a prototype model to show to her supervisor. This is an example of
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
58.
Level: 2
Level: 1
Page: 409
Type: F
top-down approach
bottom-up approach
horizontal linkage model
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d.
e.
time-based approach
vertical approach
Answer: c
61.
Level: 2
Service competition
Time-based competition
Parallel competition
All of the above
None of the above
Answer: b
Level: 1
Type: F
product
culture/people
technological
structural
none of the above
Answer: d
Level: 1
Page: 410
Type: F
New product
Technological
Structural
Culture/people
Customer
Answer: c
64.
Page: 410
Almost any change in how the organization is managed falls under the category of
______ change.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
63.
Type: F
What is the term that is associated with a strategy of competition based on the ability to
deliver products and services faster than the competitors?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
62.
Page: 409
Level: 2
Page: 410
Type: F
Answer: a
Level: 2
Page: 411
Type: F
65.
A company has decided to change their management structure and remove a layer of
management. What approach to change would be most successful?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Bottom-up change
Top-down change
Horizontal linkage model
Diagonal communication change
Time-based
Answer: b
66.
Type: A
Conflict management
Organizational revitalization
Organizational development
Organizational linkage
Horizontal linkage
Answer: c
Level: 2
Page: 413
Type: F
cultural changes
force field analysis
organizational productivity
organizational decline/revitalization
none of the above
Answer: d
68.
Page: 411
67.
Level: 2
Level: 2
Page: 413
Type: F
Which of the following is NOT a type of current problem that organizational development
can help address?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Mergers
Acquisitions
Diversification
Organizational decline
Conflict management
Answer: c
Level: 2
Page: 413
Type: F
69.
There are many organizational development activities, which are effective in solving many
different problems.
enhances the cohesiveness and success of organizational
groups.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Team building
Survey feedback
Intergroup activities
Process-Consultation activities
Symbolic management
Answer: a
70.
Level: 2
Answer: b
Level: 1
Page: 414
Type: F
A step in the diagnosis stage of organizational development in which participants are made
aware of problems is referred to as
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
change agent.
changing.
refreezing.
unfreezing.
exercising.
Answer: d
72.
Type: F
71.
Page: 414
Level: 1
Page: 416
Type: F
Answer: c
Level: 2
Page: 416
Type: F
Scenario Questions
ScenarioKandi Apple
The continuing development and improvement of computer information systems has made a
powerful impression on Kandi Apple, CEO of Merry-Go-Rounds (MGR). The current computer
system at MGR is seven years old, and while still highly useful and reliable, Kandi is wondering if
a new system would be more efficient and more useful. Kandi recognized that some of her
managers would prefer to keep the old system, while others have been requesting that the
company update its information capability.
1.
Answer: e
2.
Kandi also recognizes that there are four roles in organizational change. Which of the
following is NOT one of those roles?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Inventor
Champion
Sponsor
Investor
All of the above are included.
Answer: d
3.
Type: A
Type: A
In planning how to implement the new system, Kandi can anticipate some resistance to the
new system. This resistance can come from all of the following, EXCEPT
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Answer: e
Type: A
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4.
To overcome the resistance to the new system, Kandi can use any of the following
techniques, EXCEPT
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Answer: e
Type: A
Short-Answer Questions
1.
2.
3.
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is the generation of novel ideas that may meet perceived needs or respond
to opportunities for the organization.
Answer: Creativity
7.
Page: 395
6.
Page: 394
A disparity between existing and desired performance levels is known as a(n) _______.
Answer: performance gap
5.
Page: 393
4.
Page: 392
Page: 396
A(n) _______ is a person who sees the need for and champions productive change within
the organization.
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9.
Page: 398
A(n) __________ is a separate small, informal, highly autonomous, and often secretive
group that focuses on breakthrough ideas for the business.
Answer: skunkwork
10.
Page: 399
A
is a unit separate from the rest of the organization and is responsible for
developing and initiating a major innovation.
Answer: new-venture team
11.
Page: 398
Page: 399
12.
List the five specific tactics that can be used to overcome employee resistance to change.
Answer:
Communication and education, participation, negotiation, coercion, and top management
support.
Pages: 405
13.
_______ change is related to the organization's production process, i.e., how the
organization does its work.
Answer: Technology
14.
Page: 407
List the three characteristics usually shared by companies that successfully develop new
products.
Answer:
The characteristics include (1) people in marketing have a good understanding of
customer needs; (2) technical specialists are aware of recent technological developments
and make effective use of new technology; and (3) members from key departments
cooperate in the development of the new product.
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15.
16.
A strategy based on the ability to deliver products and services faster than competitors is
called
.
Answer: fast-cycle teams
17.
Page: 410
A
change refers to a change in employees' values, norms, attitudes, beliefs,
and behavior.
Answer: culture/people
19.
Page: 414
An approach that brings together participants from all parts of the organization (and may
include key outside stakeholders as well) to discuss problems or opportunities and plan for
major change is called
.
Answer: large-group intervention
23.
Page: 414
22.
Page: 413
21.
Page: 412
20.
Page: 410
18.
Page: 409
Page: 415
The second stage, __________, occurs when individuals experiment with new behavior
and learn new skills to be used in the workplace.
Answer: changing
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24.
25.
Page: 416
List the three distinct steps for achieving behavioral and attitudinal change.
Answer: Unfreezing, changing, and refreezing.
26.
A step in the diagnosis stage of organizational development in which participants are made
aware of problems in order to increase their willingness to change their behavior is called
.
Answer: unfreezing
27.
Pages: 416
Page: 416
Page: 417
Essay Questions
1.
2.
Page: 397
Level: 2
3.
Pages: 398
4.
Pages: 403
5.
Page: 404-405
What is organizational change and what are the four major types of change?
ANSWER:
Organizational change is the adoption of a new idea or behavior by an organization. The
four major types of change are in (1) technology, (2) new products, (3) structure, and (4)
culture and people.
Level: 2
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Level: 2
Page: 409-410