Who believed that effective manager is the one who moves the organization forward in small, logical steps?

• A) Mintzberg
• B) Quinn
• C) Lewin
• D) Lindblom

“The external control of organizations” was published by whom?

• A) Glen and Carroll
• B) Miller and Mintzberg
• C) Pfeffer and Salancik
• D) Hannan and Freeman

Which Model stresses that “The environment determines the distribution and form of organization through selection”.

• A) Lewin’s change management model
• B) Population Ecology Model
• C) Mckinsey 7 S model
• D) None of the above

Which of the following is a unit of analysis of organizational ecological model?

• A) Single organization
• B) Population of organization
• C) Environment of organization
• D) Size of organization

Which of the following defined specie as a legally defined entity?

• A) Weber
• B) Freeman
• C) Quinn
• D) Uldrich

Which of the following assumption was proposed by Astley?

• A) Environment largely affects the large corporations
• B) Organizations are influenced by external forces
• C) Organizations are influenced by internal forces
• D) Environment largely affects small organizations

Bounded rationality is one of the constraints in initiating the change, which is:

• A) Internal to an organization
• B) Exterior to an organization
• C) Inferior to an organization
• D) External to an organization

In what manner rigid hierarchal structures impact the organizational change?

• A) All of the given options
• B) Facilitate the agents to change
• C) Creates communication barrier
• D) Initiate the radical change

Identify leading proponents of organization ecology model.

• A) Mintzberg and Fayol
• B) Weber and Taylor
• C) Schein and Quinn
• D) Hannan and Freeman

The degree of structural inertia experienced by small organizations is:

• A) Extensive
• B) Low
• C) Large
• D) Wide

“Sunk cost” is a source of which of the following?

• A) Variation
• B) Structural inertia
• C) Natural selection
• D) Adaptation

According to Hannan and Freeman, written rules of operations in an organization refer to:

• A) Span of control
• B) Patterns of activity
• C) Formal structure
• D) Normative Order

Which of the following is NOT a basic perspective for interpreting organization action?

• A) Problem Solving
• B) Rule Following
• C) Contagion
• D) Team Work

Entry, exit barriers are considered as:

• A) All of the given options
• B) Internal structural inertia
• C) External structural inertia
• D) Managerial structural inertia

Mortality of organization is referred to:

• A) All of the given options
• B) External forces enforced organization to windup
• C) Situational closure of an organization
• D) Organizational death on owner’s discretion

Which of the following is NOT a possible determinant of vital rates?

• A) Role of Management
• B) Role of Government
• C) Role of competition
• D) Institutional constraints

Identify a scholar who defined specie as “a form of organization that exists through generations of individual organizations which are members of the specie".

• A) Taylor
• B) Hannan
• C) McKelvey
• D) Weber

Various media exist for communicating change. Which of the following media is best suited to complex strategic change?

• A) Personal letters
• B) General bulletins
• C) Electronic mails
• D) Face to face interaction

What ability of an organization is limited by Structural inertia?

• A) Ability to manage
• B) Ability to produce
• C) Ability to delegate
• D) Ability to change

According to Hannan and Freeman, the ways of organizing that are defined as right and proper by both members and relevant sectors of the environment refer to:

• A) Patterns of activity
• B) Normative Order
• C) Span of control
• D) Formal structure