MGT 502 Current Quizzzz # 4 29/01/2011

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Characteristics such as age, gender and marital status are known as _________________
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Psychographic characteristics
Biographical characteristics
Geographical characteristics
Behavioral characteristics


The management of Z&H Corporation is rethinking and redesigning those processes by which the organization can create value and get-ridding itself from operations that have become antiquated in the computer age. What is Z&H doing?
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Merger

Downsizing

Rightsizing

Reengineering




Which of the following is the strength of the matrix structure?
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Economies of scale

Social empowerment

Ability to facilitate coordination

Adherence to chain of command





Mr. Ehsan, Manager ABC Company found that skills of workers and machinery used by them as compared to the competitors in the market are obsolete within a year, which type of challenge ABC Company is facing?
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Globalization and Culture
High Quality and Low Quality
Rapid Pace of Change
Multiple Stakeholders




Which bargaining strategy is preferable for use in intra-organizational behavior?
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Positive negotiation

Distributive bargaining

Integrative bargaining

Equal bargaining


E-Organizations rely MORE on:
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Team Decision Making
Individual Decision Making
Virtual-Team Decision Making
Group Decision Making




Question # 8 of 30 ( Start time: 10:23:49 AM ) Total Marks: 1
Which of the following situation determine dynamic environment?
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High rate of change

Steady conditions

Predictable change

Less need to decentralize


Question # 9 of 30 ( Start time: 10:24:13 AM ) Total Marks: 1
The cognitive process through which an individual selects, organizes but misinterprets environmental stimuli is known as___________
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Perception
Projection
Selective Perception
Mis-Perception


Question # 10 of 30 ( Start time: 10:24:33 AM ) Total Marks: 1
In the following steps in decision making, which would come first?
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Generate alternatives
Rating of alternative
Make a choice

Implement the decision



Equity theory was developed by:
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McClelland
Abraham Maslow
Clay Alderfer
J. Stacy Adams




Question # 13 of 30 ( Start time: 10:28:30 AM ) Total Marks: 1
Studies indicate that which of the following tends to decrease with increased tenure?
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Job satisfaction
Productivity
Absenteeism
Raises and promotion


Question # 14 of 30 ( Start time: 10:28:57 AM ) Total Marks: 1
The management of Chanab Corporation discovers that its market is clearly divided between very different types of clients, with different support needs. To respond to this market diversity, management will probably choose to which of the following type of departmentalization?
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Requirements

Support

Customer

Matrix





# 15 of 30 ( Start time: 10:29:30 AM ) Total Marks: 1
The Fiedler model proposes:
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Changing the leader

Changing the situation

Matching leaders and situations

Changing the employees


Question # 16 of 30 ( Start time: 10:29:53 AM ) Total Marks: 1
Mohsin has already presented two excellent reports. The report he has just presented is clearly not as good as the first two reports, yet he is given the same high grade as before. What shortcut has been used in this case?
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The contrast effect

The halo effect

Stereotyping

Projection


Question # 17 of 30 ( Start time: 10:30:13 AM ) Total Marks: 1
Which of the following OD technique is used to increase trust and openness among team members?
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Team Building
Survey Feedback
Sensitivity Training

Process Consultation


Question # 18 of 30 ( Start time: 10:30:33 AM ) Total Marks: 1
A national culture characteristic describing the extend to which a society feels threatened by uncertain and ambiguous situation and tries to avoid them is called__________________
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Short Term Orientation
Long Term Orientation
Uncertainty Avoidance
Performance Orientation



Question # 19 of 30 ( Start time: 10:32:00 AM ) Total Marks: 1
Ability to understand what is read or heard and the relationship of words to each other is called ___________
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Verbal comprehension
Non verbal comprehension
Perceptual speed
Memory


Question # 20 of 30 ( Start time: 10:33:24 AM ) Total Marks: 1
Which of the following best describes supportive leadership style of path-goal theory?
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Leader asks for suggestions
Leader sets challenging goals
Leader shows concern for subordinates
Leader gives directions



Question # 21 of 30 ( Start time: 10:33:48 AM ) Total Marks: 1
Which of the following values would be most likely to be considered a terminal value by Rockeach?
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Ambition

Self-control
Broad-mindedness
Sense of accomplishment



Question # 22 of 30 ( Start time: 10:34:20 AM ) Total Marks: 1
In East, people like to work in groups and teams to achieve goals. It can be termed as which of the following cross cultural values:
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Collectivism
Individualism
Power Distance
Quantity of Life



Question # 23 of 30 ( Start time: 10:34:41 AM ) Total Marks: 1
Which of the following departmentalization achieves economies of scale by placing people with common skills and orientations into common units?
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Functional

Process

Product

Geographic



Question # 24 of 30 ( Start time: 10:35:43 AM ) Total Marks: 1
Which one of the following is not considered as a part of organizational output?
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Finished goods
Services
Dividends
Capital


Question # 25 of 30 ( Start time: 10:36:37 AM ) Total Marks: 1
Group discussion is the part of which of the following OD technique for bringing change?
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Team Building
Survey Feedback
Sensitivity Training
Process Consultation


Question # 26 of 30 ( Start time: 10:37:02 AM ) Total Marks: 1
Manager praised Mr. Waqar for best performance and announced bonus of Rs.8000 for him. This is an example of which method of shaping behavior?
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Negative Reinforcement
Positive Reinforcement
Punishment
Extinction



Question # 27 of 30 ( Start time: 10:37:20 AM ) Total Marks: 1
Eden Corp has installed a new email system, but many staff members do not know of its features. Upper management decides to allocate a small portion of the company’s budget to solving this problem. A team that uses rational decision making to arrive at a solution should be aware that this case deviates from the assumptions of the rational decision making model in what way?
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There are cost constraints

The problem is not clearly defined

The options available to the team are not known

There are constraints on the options available



Question # 28 of 30 ( Start time: 10:37:42 AM ) Total Marks: 1
Which of the following fields has most helped us understand differences in fundamental values, attitudes, and behavior among people in different countries?
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Anthropology
Psychology
Political science
Operations research


Question # 29 of 30 ( Start time: 10:38:00 AM ) Total Marks: 1
Robert Katz identified three essential skills that managers need to have in order to reach their goals. What are these skills?
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Technical, decisional and interpersonal
Technical, human, and conceptual
Interpersonal, informational and decisional
Conceptual, communication and networking



Question # 30 of 30 ( Start time: 10:39:24 AM ) Total Marks: 1
Rater Errors comprised of the following EXCEPT:
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Central Tendency
Leniency
Mis-perception
Harshness