MCQ Bank
Which of the following is a disadvantage of narrow span of control?
- A) High costs due to many levels
- B) Fast communication between subordinates and superiors
- C) Close control
- D) Close supervision
How many phases are there in the model of planned change developed by Bullock and Batten?
- A) Four
- B) Three
- C) Six
- D) Five
What is the impact of incremental change on employees according to James Quinn?
- A) It demoralizes employees
- B) It increases confidence level of employees
- C) It discourages employees
- D) It adversely affects employee’s productivity
In terms of technology, hardware refers to which of the following?
- A) Skills
- B) Techniques
- C) Knowledge
- D) Equipments
Which of the following assumes that one must strike a balance between the sources of change and forces that resist change?
- A) Motivation theory
- B) Kurt Lewin Model
- C) Behavior Modification Model
- D) Organizational Development Model
How many categories of change are introduced by Lawrence?
- A) Two
- B) Four
- C) One
- D) Three
___________ plays a significant role in linking the Organizational Development Model and Behavioral Modification Model.
- A) Span of control
- B) Recruitment system
- C) Production process
- D) Leadership style
Identify a systematic variable which hampers execution of strategic change?
- A) Too many hierarchical levels
- B) Responsibility without authority
- C) Overly narrow span of control
- D) Misdirected reward and evaluation
Which of the following are subsystems of organizational system?
- A) All of the given options
- B) Strategic planning systems
- C) Capital budgeting systems
- D) Information systems
What does SOC stand for?
- A) Stressful Organizational Change
- B) Systematic Organizational Change
- C) Strategic Organizational Change
- D) Successful Organization Change
Which of the following gave a single category of change i.e. change in knowledge?
- A) Beer
- B) Leavitt
- C) Miller
- D) Lawrence
Identify a system which is tightly managed and where element of exploitation is very high.
- A) Inflexible budgeting system
- B) Arbitrary cost allocation system
- C) Formal planning system
- D) Oppressive control system
In order to successfully implement the change, which of the following action is preferred to motivate the employees towards change?
- A) Introducing a centralized mechanism in the department
- B) All of the given options
- C) Aligning rewards with the changed pattern of behaviors
- D) Supporting strict structures with the organization
Which of the following is a major cause of organizational failure among the management-related factors?
- A) Technological advancements
- B) Dependency on a single customer
- C) Difficulties in obtaining raw material
- D) Incompetent leadership
Which of the following is known as revenue centric approach?
- A) Need to change every thing at once
- B) Focus on quantity or numbers
- C) Interconnectedness of various elements
- D) Activity centered change
Which of the following describes “interpretation of things or developments on self reference basis”?
- A) Short term orientation
- B) Complacency
- C) Parochial bias
- D) Turf protection
Which of the following change is dramatic and concerted?
- A) Incremental change
- B) Continuous change
- C) Quantum change
- D) Gradual change
“Change in government policies” is one of the reasons of organizational failure. This refers to which of the following factors?
- A) Structural
- B) Managerial
- C) Cultural
- D) Environmental
Radical changes are considered as rapid and ___________.
- A) Discontinuous
- B) Incremental
- C) Continuous
- D) Constant
Short term orientation refers to:
- A) More emphasis is given on present concerns
- B) Favoritism or protection of individuals
- C) Satisficing behavior of individuals
- D) Interpretation of things on self reference basis