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Some people view organizations as machines, while others view them as
complex entities consisting of interlocking patterns of behavior with a self-
perpetuating character. This difference is on the level of... - -paradigms.
-Japanese word meaning "incremental change": - -kaizen.
-Causality: - -principle by which events trigger events.
-The sheer volume of reading that many practitioners expect to have to do
in order to master the science of organization development is a result of the
discipline's... - -rich history.
-Best example of disruptive innovation in this list: - -Henry Mill's invention of
the mechanical typewriter.
-Advocate of a bottom-up view of organization change (shaping the
organization by tuning positive and negative forces from below): - -Lewin.
-Of the following choices, what do all organizations theoretically have in
common? - -Their life cycle stages.
-Of the strategies for intentional organization change, empirical-rational
strategies assume that change initiatives... - -must align with the
employees' personal interests.
-"An organization's behavior is a product of how the people in the
organization make sense of whatever is occurring." Which change agent
persona does this outlook reflect? - -interpreter
-Which of the following phenomena is a social construction? - -shared belief
that human activity causes global warming
-Which of the following is a buffering strategy? - -using a spokesperson to
answer questions in a public forum
-Considering the components that they include, what is a generic limitation
of the Six-Box model, 7-S framework, and Star model? - -none of the
components suggests any environmental adaptation
-The Six-Box model includes "Purposes." In the 7-S model, this component
is... - -superordinate goals
, -Rather than energized from knowing that their company has considered
them too valuable to lose, the employees who remain after a significant
downsizing event may seem strangely demotivated and even depressed.
This surprising result is an example of... - -survivor syndrome
-Which of the following correctly describes a second-order change? - -
Kaikaku
-Concept borrowed from evolutionary biology to explain how an organization
periodically reshuffles, after a period of stability, due to the increasing gap
between its current course and the gradually shifting demands of the
environment: - -punctuated equilibrium
-Removing a business unit by either selling it to another company or
arranging for it to separate and become a stand-alone company: - -
divestiture
-Opting to purchase services from another company rather than keeping a
given support function within the organization: - -outsourcing
-A company's vision statement tries to answer the question of... - -what it
ultimately wants to achieve
-Reason that a vision statement fails: - -it is too specific
-Without a functioning vision statement, organization leaders have
difficulty... - -exploring core competencies
-Benefit of a correctly designed vision statement: - -it helps employees
identify with the organization
-A vision statement can impede progress if it... - -deviates from the
organization's capabilities
-Effect of a lack of suitable vision: - -failure to judge when change is
necessary
-The organization's mission statement asserts a proposition that... - -must
always remain true in the present
-Communication strategy that tries to minimize direct employee knowledge
about a change effort: - -withhold and uphold
-Approach to increasing psychological safety: - -talking more with
subordinates
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