Cawsey, Organizational Change, Third Edition
© SAGE Publications, 2016.
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Chapter 6: Navigating Organizational Politics and Culture
Test Bank
1. In order to get a full picture of the informal organization, which stakeholder(s) must be
considered?
2. If a merger makes good business sense, an organization might not pursue it due to which
of the following reasons?
3. What is likely to happen when a new CEO comes into an organization?
4. Employees who are deeply committed to the organization will generally demonstrate the
most support for change initiatives.
5. Organizational politics are not an inherently negative force.
6. What is the definition of politics as described in the book?
7. Organizations would be better off if they didn’t have to deal with power dynamics.
8. Which kind of power tends to be least important on its own?
9. Which would not necessarily be a characteristic of a powerful department within an
organization?
10. Which of the following is NOT one of Hardy’s dimensions of power?
11. Which of the following tends to be the least popular power tactic?
12. Managers use different power tactics when trying to influence superiors as opposed to
subordinates.
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13. Organizational culture has a standard definition that is widely understood.
14. Which of the follow is true about Schein’s definition of culture?
15. What is an example of a cultural artifact?
16. Which of the following aspects of culture is most difficult to change?
17. In order to assess culture at it’s deepest level, change agents should ask which
question?
18. Individuals will usually choose whether or not to accept a change program based on
what?
19. The more __________ people are, the more they will be willing to change.
20. What does homeostasis mean?
21. What is a force field analysis?
22. Who might be included in a stakeholder analysis?
23. Which of the following is NOT a step in conducting a force field analysis?
24. Provide the four areas of change and an example of each.
25. In a stakeholder map, one may want to depict all of the following factors EXCEPT:
26. Organizational members can be classified as all of the following EXCEPT:
27. The movements of stakeholders follow which of the paths below?
28. The early majority is the most apt group to seek change.
29. Stakeholders with a positive commitment and a high understanding of the change will
provide the strongest consensus.
30. Resistance to change should be avoided at all costs.
31. Describe the elements of an informal organization.