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Chapter 01 Which The Following Are One The
Chapter 1 Organization Development and Reinventing the Organization TEST QUESTIONS True/False Questions 1. The increasing rate of change in a company’s external environment is one reason for the utilization of organization development. 2. Organizations are considered static systems. (F, easy, […]
Chapter 02 The Ongoing Process Building Innovation And
Chapter 2 Organization Renewal: The Challenge of Change TEST QUESTIONS True/False Questions 1. Organization renewal requires that top managers make adaptive changes to the environment. 2. Stability is both a necessity and an obstruction to change. (T, moderate, p. 34) […]
Chapter 03 Which The Following Best Typifies The
295 Chapter 3 Changing the Culture TEST QUESTIONS True/False Questions 1. In an environment of rapid change, a static culture provides the stability for future effectiveness. 2. Top management shows support for cultural change primarily in its written letters, memos, […]
Chapter 04 The Phrase Firefighting Used Describe Which
303 Chapter 4 Role and Style of the OD Practitioner TEST QUESTIONS True/False Questions 1. The OD practitioner must deal reactively with changing competitive forces. 2. External practitioners have greater freedom of operation than internal practitioners. (T, easy, p. 89) […]
Chapter 05 Systematic Approach Understanding And Describing The
315 (F, moderate, p. 121) Chapter 5 The Diagnostic Process TEST QUESTIONS True/False Questions 1. Organization diagnosis is a critical element in the OD process as it identifies the specific interventions that the organization will undertake. (F, moderate, p. 116-118) […]
Chapter 06 The Problem Most Likely Arise Implementing
327 Chapter 6 Overcoming Resistance to Change TEST QUESTIONS True/False Questions 1. Resistance to change in an organization may be overt or covert. 2. It is not unusual to find during the third phase of a life cycle of resistance […]
Chapter 07 The Diagnostic Phase Program Leads
339 (T, easy, p. 178) Chapter 7 OD Intervention Strategies TEST QUESTIONS True/False Questions 1. After problem areas are diagnosed, a strategy for change can be determined. (T, easy, p. 175) 2. Intervention strategies involve the planning for specific means […]
Chapter 08 Process Interventions Can Best Defined
347 (T, easy, p. 202) Chapter 8 Process Intervention Skills TEST QUESTIONS True/False Questions 1. A new role of a manager will include having the ability to help the team become better aware of how it operates. (T, easy, p. […]
Chapter 09 Underlying Assumption The Development The Individual
Chapter 9 Employee Empowerment and Interpersonal Interventions TEST QUESTIONS True/False Questions 1. An underlying assumption in most OD programs is that as the individual becomes more effective, the greater the probability that he or she will be promoted to higher […]
Chapter 10 Group Individuals Depending Each Other For
Chapter 10 Team Development Interventions TEST QUESTIONS True/False Questions 1. Basketball is more of a team sport than baseball because each basketball player is likely to be physically close to and contact any of their own players. In baseball, however, […]
Chapter 11 Complex Organizations Tend Create Situation
379 (T, easy, p. 299) Chapter 11 Intergroup Development TEST QUESTIONS True/False Questions 1. Complex organizations tend to create situations of independence where the performance of one group is not dependent upon another group. (F, easy, p. 294) 2. Coordination […]
Chapter 12 The Goalsetting Process Program Typically
1 Chapter 12 Goal Setting for Effective Organizations TEST QUESTIONS True/False Questions 1. The goal-setting process in an OD program typically takes place on an individual basis before the work team is involved in goal setting. 2. Some OD practitioners […]
Chapter 13 The Trend Many Profit And Not for profit
401 Chapter 13 Work Team Development TEST QUESTIONS True/False Questions 1. The trend in organizations is for more of the decision-making authority to be pushed down to the lowest levels in the organizations where people are most aware of the […]
Chapter 14 Systemwide Intervention Examines The Organizational
411 (F, easy, p. 379) Chapter 14 High-Performing Systems and the Learning Organization TEST QUESTIONS True/False Questions 1. Today’s managers can aim for success in a relatively stable and predictable environment. (F, easy, p. 373-374) 2. Organizations inevitably change because […]
Chapter 15 The Biggest Stumbling Block The Path
1 (F, easy, p. 403-404) Chapter 15 Organization Transformation and Strategic Change TEST QUESTIONS True/False Questions 1. Organizational transformation refers to drastic changes in how an organization functions and relates to its environment. (T, easy, p. 398) 2. Organization development […]
Chapter 16 Rigid Authoritarian System Operating Within Volatile
429 (T, easy, p. 423-424) Chapter 16 The Challenge and the Future for Organizations TEST QUESTIONS True/False Questions 1. Two criteria that an OD practitioner has for judging effectiveness: (1) the client’s ability to maintain system wide innovation and (2) […]