AMU MGMT 310 Week 5 Quiz 2 Graded 100% score_ Nov 2021

AMU MGMT 310 Week 5 Quiz 2 Attempt 1 Written: Nov 4, 2021 2:02 AM - Nov 4, 2021 2:13 AM Submission View Your quiz has been submitted successfully. Question 1 4 / 4 points A disadvantage of formalization in organization structure is: Question options: Decision making is at a faster pace Formalized structure is associated with increased motivation and job satisfaction Strategic decision making occurs often Question 2 Despite potential benefits, the disadvantages of a matrix structure include which of the following?: Question options: Power struggles or turf wars among managers are lessened, taking away an important source of new ideas and innovation. Managers will spend less effort coordinating their work, believing that someone else can pick-up the slack. Role ambiguity or role conflict is very low 4 / 4 points Question 3 Organizational change can take the form of which of the following?: Question options: 4 / 4 points Structure, strategy, policies, or culture Reduced innovativeness occurs because employees are used to behaving in a certain manner There is potential for interpersonal conflict with team members as well as with leadersChange should be planned on quarterly basis and measured for progress Fundamentally, organizational change is a process that involved effective products or services Change should moderate so as to not disrupt corporate cultural norms. Question 4 Organizational culture is related to the POLC function of: Question options: Planning 4 / 4 points Leading Controlling Question 5 4 / 4 points It is more common to see rewards tied to performance indicators as opposed to seniority or loyalty in companies whose cultures are: Question options: Aggressive Innovative Team-oriented Question 6 4 / 4 points The primary reason managers who start a new job fail, or either voluntarily leave or are fired, report not being able to: Question options: Organizing Form effective relationship with colleagues Outcome-orientedThe company did not have a systematic approach to onboarding Did not seek feedback Question 7 Did not gain understanding of whether their behavior fit with the company culture. 4 / 4 points MySpace, Facebook, and LinkedIn are examples of: Question options: Websites for everyone Tools for the organization to learn about the employees Question 8 Invisible networks 4 / 4 points Research shows that employees can realize their innovations and make them catch on more quickly if they are: Question options: Non-networked employees Creative and intelligent None of the above Question 9 In the POLC framework, social networks are a key ingredient in the component: Question options: Planning 4 / 4 points Leading Social networks Networked employees OrganizingStrategic network Controlling Question 10 4 / 4 points A network of people outside your control who will enable you to reach key organizational objectives is called: Question options: Tactical network Operational network Personal network Question 11 4 / 4 points According to Goleman, in what way are effective leaders different from ineffective leaders?: Question options: They differ in their ability to control the emotions of others They differ in years of management experience Question 12 They differ in their understanding of the mission of the companyl motivation 4 / 4 points Employees engage in higher levels of conflict when leaders use which of the following decision making style? Question options: Authoritarian Democratic They differ in their understanding of other people's emotions Laissez-faireQuestion 13 Authoritarian and laissez-faire 4 / 4 points The leadership style that involves employees in the making of important decisions is: Question options: Supportive leadership Directive leadership Achievement oriented leadership Question 14 4 / 4 points The leadership approach that defines the leader's role as serving the needs of others is called: Question options: LMX Authentic leadership Transformational leadership Question 15 4 / 4 points Making strategic, tactical and operational decisions is an integral part of which function of the PO-L-C framework? Question options: Organizing Leading Controlling Question 16 Planning Participative leadership Servant leadership4 / 4 pointsKahnemann and Tversky found that individuals are influenced in making decisions by which of the following? Question options: De-escalation Decision bias Constructing bias Question 17 4 / 4 points Despite its popularity within organizations, group decision making suffers from which of the following? Question options: Groups commonly outperform their best member, which can lead to intragroup rivalries. Group decision making is not a thorough process for some management decisions Groups can suffer from social isolation Question 18 The following statements regarding tall structures in an organization are true EXCEPT: Question options: Tall structures are better at satisfying security needs of employees then in flat structures Number of employees reporting to each manager tends to be smaller in tall structures Employees feel a greater sense of job security in tall structures 4 / 4 points Groups may suffer from the tendency to avoid critical evaluation of ideas the group favors In tall structures, there is a greater level of freedom of action for each employee OverconfidenceQuestion 19 Why do employees who participate in planning change efforts tend to have more positive opinions about the change? Question options: They have the opportunity to reject the proposed change They will have the opportunity to know more than others about the change They will be able to convince customers the change was the right thing to do 4 / 4 points Question 20 4 / 4 points A company which has a policy such as "all pricing decisions of merchandise will be made at corporate headquarters" is likely to have a culture that is: Question options: Aggressive Outcome-oriented Question 21 Detail-oriented 4 / 4 points In innovation networks, those who prefer to come up with ideas believe that asking the right questions is more important than having the right answers are called: Question options: Researchers Experts Producers They will feel a sense of ownership of planned change and are more likely to be on board. CentralizedIdea generatorsQuestion 22 Ethical decision making guidelines includes which of the following? Question options: Consider implications for key personnel only. 4 / 4 points Establish consensus Question 23 Consider the values of the corporation 4 / 4 points The style that involves a high level of manager involvement and is used when employees are highly motivated but have limited skills is: Question options: Selling/coaching Participating/supporting Question 24 Delegating 4 / 4 points Groupthink is characterized by which of the following symptoms? Question options: Invulnerability Collective modeling NGT is used more often than it should Question 25 The tendency to accept the first alternative that meets minimum criteria is called: 4 / 4 points Consider alternatives Telling/directing Stereotyped views of out-groups are seen when groups discount rivals' abilities to make effective responsesQuestion options: Bounded rationality model Intuitive decision-making model Analysis paralysis Attempt Score: 100 / 100 - 100 % Satisfice