These 53 exam questions are party made up and partly copied from the O&E lectures by Stephanie Korneef and Koen van den Oever during the course Organization & Environment at Radboud University 2022. On the last page you will find answers with sometimes an additional elaboration.
O&E trial exam
These exam questions are party made up and partly copied from the O&E lectures by
Stephanie Korneef and Koen van den Oever during the course Organization & Environment
at Radboud University 2022.
1. Finding a way to beat your opponent within the design school is stated as:
A. Plan
B. Ploy
C. Pattern
D. Position
2. (Lecture question) In the book, the design school is stated as only applicable in stable
environment and large established organizations, due to its inflexibility. However,
Stephanie stated that it could also be applicable in young organizations, depending
on:
A. Timing
B. The CEO
C. If the information is documented and available
D. Stakeholders
3. ‘An agent who has complete information about the options available for choice,
perfect foresight of the consequences from choosing these options, and the
wherewithal to solve an optimization problem that identifies and option which
maxims the agent’s personal utility’ is:
A. A homo economicus
B. CEO
C. Stakeholder
D. Shareholder
4. Where does the planning school have its origins?
A. 1950
B. 1960
C. 1970
D. 1980
5. Which school does not say anything about competition?
A. Planning School
B. Entrepreneurial School
C. Cultural school
D. Design school
6. In which school are they trying to quantify everything?
A. Design school
B. Planning school
C. Cognitive school
D. Configuration school
, 7. What’s the right definition of ‘Real options’ that are used in the planning school?
A. Breaking a habit to assume that the future will look like the present
B. If the future cannot be predicted, then by speculating on varieties of the future,
the organization can prepare itself
C. Contracts that specify a price at which the holder of the option can buy or sell an
asset
D. Defining and writing down all the options and selecting which one feels the most
legitimate
8. Which statement of ‘Real options’ is correct?
A. Real options are only useful when there is uncertainty
B. Real options are only useful when there is risk
C. Real options are only useful in dynamic environments
D. Real options are only useful in stable environments
9. Which of the following definitions is not a limitation for the planning school?
A. Fallacy of predetermination
B. Fallacy of detachment
C. Fallacy of formalization
D. Fallacy of emergence
10. What’s the most important within the planning school?
A. Leadership
B. Organization
C. Environment
D. All of the above
11. Which of the following statements is true?
1. A forecast does not break with the past
2. Scenarios are trying to break with the past and focus on the distant future.
A. Both are correct
B. 1 is correct, 2 is incorrect
C. 1 is incorrect, 2 is correct
D. Both are incorrect
12. The ……….. school proposed that only certain strategist or positions are desirable in
any given industry and that these strategies/positions can be defended against
competitors.
A. Positioning
B. Planning
C. Cultural
D. Learning school
13. The positioning school puts no limits on viable strategies in any given situation’ is:
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