MCQ Bank
Which one of the following is the component of input at individual level diagnosis?
- A) Task significant
- B) Group design
- C) Task identity
- D) Skill variety
At individual level diagnosis, “autonomy” is the component of:
- A) Output
- B) Design component
- C) Fit
- D) Input
Which of the following is/are indicator(s) of readiness for change?
- A) Sensitivity to pressures for change
- B) Availability of resources to support change
- C) All of the given options
- D) Dissatisfaction with the status quo
Which of the following is similar to establishing a "diagnostic relationship" between the consultant and the relevant organization members?
- A) Clarifying expectations between relevant organizational members and the consultant
- B) Meeting organizational members regularly
- C) Getting to know the client one-on-one
- D) Gathering data with organizational members
Employee involvement is a broad term that has been variously referred to as “empowerment” “participative management,” “work design,” “industrial democracy,” and “__________”.
- A) Quality of work life
- B) Parallel structure
- C) Quality circle
- D) Employee intervention
The third-party intervention must develop and apply skills of:
- A) Identifying the guilty party
- B) Analytical and Conflict management skills
- C) Problem-solving and feedback
- D) Stereotypes associated with culturally diverse people
When a single organization establishes each subunit as an independent profit center, which of the following types of networks it is?
- A) A vertical market network
- B) An internal market network
- C) An inter-market network
- D) An opportunity network
__________ seeks to reduce costs and bureaucracy by decreasing the size of the organization.
- A) Reengineering
- B) Centralization
- C) Downsizing
- D) Rightsizing
FIY has to face a critical situation of lowering costs and management believes this can be best achieved through cutting down on labor. This is a characteristic of
- A) systemic redesign
- B) Workforce reduction
- C) Organization redesign
- D) Outsourcing
Managers tend to control the process and outcomes of conflict resolution actively in which of the following situations?
- A) When alternative dispute resolution (ADR) is not applicable
- B) When there are interpersonal conflicts involved
- C) When disputants have totally different personalities
- D) When managers are under heavy time pressures
Team-building activities can be classified on all of the following EXCEPT:
- A) Activities specific to the organization’s operation
- B) Activities relevant to one or more individuals
- C) Activities specific to the group’s operation and behavior
- D) Activities affecting the group’s relationship with the rest of the organization
Conflict on pay rates are raised due to which of the following issues?
- A) Intrapersonal issues
- B) Interpersonal issues
- C) Group issues
- D) Substantive issues
“Interdepartmental dependencies” is advantages of:
- A) Process base formed organization
- B) Matrix organization
- C) Self-Contained-Unit Organization
- D) Functional organization
Valid information is the result of an accurate _____________ of the organization’s functioning.
- A) Sampling
- B) Diagnosis
- C) Entering
- D) Contracting