All of the following are reasons why we build a diagnostic relationship with the employees that participate in data collection, except: - Answer-Elicit their help in the analysis of the data.
Before you collect data from employees, we should have an honest conversation in which you clarify who y...
MGMT 443 Final CSU Exam Questions
and Answers
All of the following are reasons why we build a diagnostic relationship with the
employees that participate in data collection, except: - Answer-Elicit their help in the
analysis of the data.
Before you collect data from employees, we should have an honest conversation in
which you clarify who you are, who you work for, what the purpose of your data
collection is, what you plan to do with their data, and whether you will keep their
information confidential. - Answer-True
Qualitative analyses involve the analysis of texts (resulting from interview transcripts
and observation notes) to identify underlying themes that reflect problems and
opportunities for development in organizations. - Answer-True
All of the following data collection methods present problems difficulties associated to
coding and/or data interpretation, except: - Answer-Questionnaires
Which of these data collection processes have self-report bias? - Answer-Interviews
and questionnaires
Which of the following data-collection methods are most adaptive to explore in-depth
issues that emerge during the data collection process? - Answer-Interviews and
observations
Which of these data collection processes are most expensive? - Answer-Interviews and
observations
Which of the following data-collection methods are most easily quantified? - Answer-
Questionnaires and unobtrusive measures
Before beginning the data collection process, what should the consultant do to increase
the validity of the data? - Answer-All three responses above are correct.
What type of interview involves an informal conversation with the respondent? -
Answer-Unstructured
Which leadership style used by Kurt Lewin, Ron Lippitt and other researchers in their
study of boys clubs of America elicited more teamwork and children engagement in the
tasks even when the leader was outside of the room? - Answer-Democratic leadership
, Kurt Lewin proposes that energizing the process of change requires involving
gatekeepers in the analysis of the problem and the identification of possible solutions. -
Answer-True
The best way to encourage change is to strengthen the driving forces that push for
change. - Answer-False
In what stage of the three-step process is it recommended that you induce survival
anxiety? - Answer-Unfreezing
Which leadership style used by Kurt Lewin, Ron Lippitt and other researchers in their
study of boys clubs of America elicited abnormally low levels of aggression amongst the
children and a passive attitude? - Answer-Authoritarian leadership
According to Kurt Lewin, it is easier to change individual behaviors than group
behaviors. - Answer-False
Kurt Lewin's 3-steps of Planned Approach to Change is based on the metaphor of a
caterpillar that becomes a cocoon and then a butterfly. - Answer-False
People whose commitment is critical for the change to be successful are known as: -
Answer-Gatekeepers
All the following are organizational reasons why people resist change, except: - Answer-
Not knowing whether one's work skills will be of value after the change.
Which of the following is a current criticism to Kurt Lewin's 3-step process of planned
change? - Answer-Refreezing is too rigid for organizations in turbulent environments.
A group of people can never have more information or knowledge than an expert in that
group. - Answer-False
Which of the following summarizes Marvin Weisbord's philosophy of organizational
change? - Answer-Everybody improves whole systems
If each person's estimation or opinion is independent from everyone else's, the errors
inherent to their estimations are independent as well, and will tend to cancel each other
when they are aggregated. - Answer-True
The results of the ox weight estimation experiment demonstrated that crowds are not
particularly intelligent and their collective judgment is poor. - Answer-False
In Solomon Asch's experiment on pressure towards conformity, people denied their own
perception and went along with the group in what percentage of the occasions? -
Answer-37%
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