Each strategy has a particular configuration of technology, structure and process that is consistent with its market strategy except:

• A) Reactors
• B) Defenders
• C) Prospectors
• D) Analyzers

There are different styles of managing strategic change. Which of the following are the potential benefits of "direction" as a change style?

• A) Overcomes lack of information or misinformation
• B) Increases ownership of a decision or process
• C) Provides clarity and speed
• D) Maintains control over the change process whilst also involving people in it

Identify an external source of strategic organizational change.

• A) Purchase of new technology in a company
• B) Government regulations
• C) Merger and acquisition
• D) New corporate vision

How many footnotes on organization change were suggested by James March?

• A) Six
• B) Seven
• C) Five
• D) Four

Cause and effect refers to:

• A) Concept of selection
• B) Concept of change
• C) Concept of adaptability
• D) Concept of causality

Which of the following best describes the style of managing change associated with coercion or edict?

• A) Explicit use of power
• B) Use of authority to set direction and means of change
• C) Change agent retains co-ordination and control but delegates elements of change
• D) Involvement in setting the strategy agenda and resolving strategic issues by groups

If someone goes to doctor and he gives him long comprehensive multi-dimensional prescription without even diagnosing problem, this is an example of which of the following?

• A) None of the given options
• B) Solution driven problem
• C) Unanticipated outcome
• D) Innovative solution

The performance and productivity in organization depend upon its size, location and nature of industry. This refers to:

• A) Concept of pluralism
• B) Contingency school of thought
• C) Scientific management
• D) Concept of equifinality

Why might a forcefield analysis be useful in thinking about strategic change?

• A) A forcefield analysis provides a way of identifying forces for and against change in the organisation
• B) A forcefield analysis identifies those who have power in the organizations to make change happen
• C) A forcefield analysis helps to identify the blockages to change
• D) A forcefield analysis helps to identify forces which might facilitate change

Which of the following mentions the appropriate sequence of the key activities in the strategic management process?

• A) Formulation, implementation and evaluation
• B) Formulation, evaluation and implementation
• C) Analysis, implementation and evaluation
• D) Analysis, formulation and evaluation

Organizations reflect type of negotiated order which refers to:

• A) Learning
• B) Adaptation
• C) Conflict
• D) Flexibility

Identify a state in which a firm tries to buffer itself from its environment?

• A) Neutral
• B) Constant
• C) Unstable
• D) Stable

Which of the following enacts an environment that is more dynamic than other types of organizations?

• A) Reactor
• B) Defender
• C) Analyzer
• D) Prospector

Which of the following statements describes the style of managing change as intervention?

• A) Change agent retains co-ordination and control but delegates elements of the change programme
• B) Explicit use of power through edict
• C) Involvement in setting the strategy change agenda and resolving strategic issues by groups or task forces
• D) Use of authority to set the direction and means of change

Which of the following is an organization that minimizes risk while maximizing the opportunity for profit?

• A) Reactor
• B) Prospector
• C) Analyzer
• D) Defender

Unless an environment is perfectly stable, organization can not learn appropriately. What does this mean?

• A) This means employees adapt change according to their will
• B) This means employees resist change
• C) This means organization doesn’t have ability to learn
• D) This means organization always lag behind environment

Which of the following statements describes entrepreneurial problem for prospectors?

• A) To locate and develop market opportunities
• B) To avoid long term commitments to a single technological process
• C) To focus on short term goals
• D) To facilitate and coordinate numerous and diverse operations

Which of the following dimensions of strategic change is related to the ‘how’ of the change according to Pettigrew?

• A) Content
• B) Outer Context
• C) Inner context
• D) Process

The statement of an organization's aspirations can be found in the organization's:

• A) Vision statement
• B) Actions
• C) Standard operating procedure
• D) Financial statement

Action can be seen as spreading from one organization to another, comes under:

• A) Conflict
• B) Learning
• C) Contagion
• D) Regeneration