IOP3705 MCQ
EXAM PREP 2022.
Organisational
Development & Change
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IOP3705 MCQs
Organisational Development & Change, Cummings & Worley
Study Unit 1 | CH1: General Introduction to OD (p1-19)
1. Strategic change interventions involve improving ...
Exam 10/11 2013 (Q2); A2: S1 (Q3) | Answer: all of the options (CH1p13)(SGp57)
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the organisation's relationship with its environment
the fit between the organisation's technical, political and cultural systems
the alignment of the environment, strategy and design of an organisation
all of the options
2. The first "T-group" was formed ...
Exam 05/06 2014 (Q1) | Answer: as people related to data about their own behaviour
(CH1p8)
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as people related to data about their own behaviour
as people worked on group projects
to make the group more cohesive
to facilitate decision making
3. Which of the following is NOT one of the "stems" of OD?
Exam 05/06 2013 (Q2); SU1 (Q3) | Answer: environmental analysis (CH1p7)(SGp6)
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laboratory testing
participative management
environmental analysis
action research survey feedback
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4. As the quality-of-work-life (QWL) movement evolved, it fostered a new phase of
activities known as ...
Exam 05/06 2014 (Q2); 05/06 2013 (Q7) | Answer: employee involvement (CH1p12)
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large group interventions
reward system changes
team building
employee involvement
5. Organisational development distinguishes itself from organisation change and
change management by...
Exam 05/06 2013 (Q1); A2: S1 (Q1); SU1 (Q2) | Answer: focusing on the transfer of
knowledge and skills to help the system manage future change (CH1p4)
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addressing the effective sequence of leadership issues that produces
organisation improvements
focusing narrowly on cost, quality, and schedule
focusing on the transfer of knowledge and skills to help the system manage
future change
taking a broadly focused approach that can apply to any kind of change
Study Unit 1 | CH2: General Introduction to OD (p21-44)
6. The Action Research Model focuses on ...
A2: S1 (Q7); SU1 (Q7) | Answer: BOTH planned change as a cyclical process &
heavy diagnosis prior to acting, planning and implementing (CH2p24)
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BOTH planned change as a cyclical process & heavy diagnosis prior to
acting, planning and implementing
planned change as a cyclical process
heavy diagnosis prior to acting, planning and implementing
reporting new data from previous research
7. What is the correct sequence of events in the process of planned change that
an OD practitioner will follow?
Exam 05/06 2013 (Q3) | Answer: Entering, Contracting, Diagnosing, Intervening,
Evaluating (CH2p28)(SGp9)
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Entering, Contracting, Evaluating, Intervening, Exiting
Entering, Recording, Diagnosing, Intervening, Termination
Entering, Contracting, Diagnosing, Intervening, Evaluating
Diagnosing, Contracting, Intervention, Evaluating, Exiting
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