A dramatic narrative of imagined events in an organization is called:

• A) Artifact
• B) Ritual
• C) Myth
• D) Stories

Which of the following advantage/advantages organizations can get by adopting self-directed teams and horizontal structures?

• A) Increased team work
• B) Increased collaboration
• C) All of the given options
• D) Increased communication

An organization working in Pakistan has a strong value system of its own. What does it represent for that organization in the broader sense?

• A) Structure
• B) Power
• C) None of the given options
• D) Culture

IKEA is a large American organization that takes care of the environment during its manufacturing process and has developed a system in which waste material, polluting the environment, can be reused. This measure taken by organization is mainly fulfilling the purpose of:

• A) Profit maximization
• B) Social responsibility
• C) Competitive advantage
• D) None of the given options

Which of the following best describe the incremental change?

• A) None of the given options
• B) A change that never takes place
• C) A change that takes place at once
• D) A change process that takes place slow and step by step

The complete absorption of one company by another, wherein the acquiring company maintains its identity and the acquired company ceases existing as a separate entity, is known as:

• A) Private partnership
• B) Divestiture
• C) Merger
• D) Take over

At the times of financial crisis, which one of the following types of companies have been more vulnerable to the risks of external environmental changes?

• A) Large Size Companies
• B) None of the above
• C) Bio Companies / Small Company Hybrid
• D) Small Size Companies

Which one of the following types of culture has an internal focus and consistency orientation for a stable environment?

• A) The Mission Culture
• B) The Bureaucratic Culture
• C) The Clan Culture
• D) The Adaptability Culture

Which type of culture has an internal focus and consistency orientation for a stable environment?

• A) The Adaptability culture
• B) The clan culture
• C) The bureaucratic culture
• D) The mission culture

Which of the following is the in-process controlling if something goes wrong that is corrected here at the transformation stage?

• A) Bureaucratic control
• B) Feedback control
• C) Concurrent control
• D) Feed forward control

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a large organization?

• A) Vertical Hierarchy
• B) Economies of scale
• C) Flexible Structure
• D) Global Reach

Which of the following is the set of values, guiding beliefs, understandings, and ways of thinking that is shared by members of an organization?

• A) Organizational Behaviour
• B) Strategy
• C) Culture
• D) Norms

Xerox has estimated that sharing best practices through knowledge management has enabled the company reduce costs by as much as:

• A) $3 billion
• B) $4 billion
• C) $2 billion
• D) $1 billion

In a public organization which of the following is more extensive as compared to others?

• A) Clan control
• B) Bureaucratic control
• C) Feed forward control
• D) Market control

An important class of _______is heuristics - personal rules of thumb that we have developed to cope with situations.

• A) Explicit knowledge
• B) Raw data
• C) Codified data
• D) Implicit knowledge

Which of the following is a set of codified principles and regulations that describes that how people are required to act, generally accepted in society, and are enforceable in the courts?

• A) Law
• B) Value
• C) Ritual
• D) Norms

The kind of knowledge that is based on personal experience, rules of thumb, intuition and judgment that is often difficult to communicate and pass on to others is known as:

• A) Explicit knowledge
• B) Implicit knowledge
• C) General knowledge
• D) Expert knowledge

The approach known as the front – back approach supports which one of the following organization size dimensions?

• A) Large Size Company
• B) None of the above
• C) Small Size Company
• D) Bio Company / Small Company Hybrid

In which one of the following types of culture, Innovation, creativity and risk taking are valued and rewarded?

• A) The Adaptability Culture
• B) The Mission Culture
• C) The Bureaucratic Culture
• D) The Clan Culture

Which one of the following stages is the fourth stage in the development of the organization?

• A) Collectivity Stage
• B) Elaboration Stage
• C) Formalization Stage
• D) Entrepreneurial Stage