Quiz 2

1. Question
:
According to the Environment-Industry-Organization
Contingency Model of organizational change, which of the following increases
environmental complexity?

IN A high number of external forces
only
A high number of dissimilar elements only
A combination of a high number of forces and
dissimilar elements
A low number of dissimilar events
Points Received: 0 of 1
Comments:

Question 2. Question
:
Stage 5 of The Development Life-Cycle of Organizations is
known as

Entrepreneurial
Formalization
Revitalization or Decline
Elaboration
Points Received: 1 of 1
Comments:

Question 3. Question
:
Which of the following is an especially critical factor of
diagnosing, planning, and implementing organizational change?

The change model the organization selects to
use
The expertise and experience of the
organizations leaders, managers, and change specialists
The expertise and experience of the leaders of
competing organizations
The expertise and experience of the
organizations legal staff
Points Received: 1 of 1
Comments:

Question 4. Question
:
Resistance to organizational change can

Be countered only by using the 8-Step
Approach
Be safely ignored as irrelevant to the success
of the project
Be countered only by using the Appreciative
Inquiry Model
Greatly imperil the process as a whole if it
is not accounted for
Points Received: 1 of 1
Comments:

Question 5. Question
:
Kotters 8-Step Approach to organizational change urges
that

A sense of urgency is unimportant to
organizational change
A sense of urgency is a key step to the change
process
Short-term wins are not an important part of
the change process
Organizational change cannot be planned for
Points Received: 1 of 1
Comments:

Question 6. Question
:
The Appreciative Inquiry Model begins by

Creating a sense of urgency
Asking where the locus of the problem lie

Asking what is possible and what do we wish to achieve
Initiating a historical analysis of
competitors who have experienced similar problems
Points Received: 1 of 1
Comments:

Question 7. Question
:
Which of the following is true about the fact that people
often resist change?

It is done only for selfish reasons
There are a variety of reasons why people
resist change
Incompetently led change programs do not give
people a reason to resist change
People generally have similar tolerances for
change
Points Received: 1 of 1
Comments:

Question 8. Question
:
When organizational change needs to be implemented, the
locus of the problem

Is always the leadership
Is never the leadership
Is always the entire system
Could be at any given level of the system
Points Received: 1 of 1
Comments:

Question 9. Question
:
First-order (adaptive) changes are

Large, sweeping and fundamental
Long-term and irreversible
Transformational
Small-scale and incremental
Points Received: 1 of 1
Comments:

Question 10. Question
:
According to Worley and Cummings (2001), the Action
Research Model for planned change

Is minor and insignificant
Is the dominant methodological basis for
planned change
Is historically inaccurate
Is subjective in nature
Points Received: 1 of 1
Comments: Quiz 21. Question
: According to the Environment-Industry-Organization
Contingency Model of organizational change, which of the following increases
environmental complexity? IN A high number of external forces
only A high number of dissimilar elements only A combination of a high number of forces and
dissimilar elements A low number of dissimilar events Points Received: 0 of 1 Comments: Question 2. Question
: Stage 5 of The Development Life-Cycle of Organizations is
known as Entrepreneurial Formalization Revitalization or Decline Elaboration Points Received: 1 of 1 Comments: Question 3. Question
: Which of the following is an especially critical factor of
diagnosing, planning, and implementing organizational change? The change model the organization selects to
use The expertise and experience of the
organizations leaders, managers, and change specialists The expertise and experience of the leaders of
competing organizations The expertise and experience of the
organizations legal staff Points Received: 1 of 1 Comments: Question 4. Question
: Resistance to organizational change can Be countered only by using the 8-Step
Approach Be safely ignored as irrelevant to the success
of the project Be countered only by using the Appreciative
Inquiry Model Greatly imperil the process as a whole if it
is not accounted for Points Received: 1 of 1 Comments: Question 5. Question
: Kotters 8-Step Approach to organizational change urges
that A sense of urgency is unimportant to
organizational change A sense of urgency is a key step to the change
process Short-term wins are not an important part of
the change process Organizational change cannot be planned for Points Received: 1 of 1 Comments: Question 6. Question
: The Appreciative Inquiry Model begins by Creating a sense of urgency Asking where the locus of the problem lie Asking what is possible and what do we wish to achieve Initiating a historical analysis of
competitors who have experienced similar problems Points Received: 1 of 1 Comments: Question 7. Question
: Which of the following is true about the fact that people
often resist change? It is done only for selfish reasons There are a variety of reasons why people
resist change Incompetently led change programs do not give
people a reason to resist change People generally have similar tolerances for
change Points Received: 1 of 1 Comments: Question 8. Question
: When organizational change needs to be implemented, the
locus of the problem Is always the leadership Is never the leadership Is always the entire system Could be at any given level of the system Points Received: 1 of 1 Comments: Question 9. Question
: First-order (adaptive) changes are Large, sweeping and fundamental Long-term and irreversible Transformational Small-scale and incremental Points Received: 1 of 1 Comments: Question 10. Question
: According to Worley and Cummings (2001), the Action
Research Model for planned change Is minor and insignificant Is the dominant methodological basis for
planned change Is historically inaccurate Is subjective in nature Points Received: 1 of 1 Comments: