MGMT625 Quiz # 1 [Nov 2010]

Question # 1 of 10 ( Start time: 09:19:56 PM )  Total Marks: 1  

Which of these best describes restraining forces? 

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Unfreezing 

Negotiation

Refreezing 

Resistance to change

Question # 2 of 10 ( Start time: 09:21:24 PM )  Total Marks: 1 

Which of the following defines a learning that occurs when errors are detected and corrected and firms continue with their present policies and goals? 

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Single-loop learning

Double-loop learning

Surface learning

Deep learning

Question # 3 of 10 ( Start time: 09:22:56 PM )  Total Marks: 1 

Which of the following terms describes "the tendency of businesses, technologies, or philosophies to spread throughout the world"? 

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Internationalization

Globalization

Localization

Glocalization 

 

Question # 4 of 10 ( Start time: 09:24:27 PM )  Total Marks: 1 

Identify an approach in which the role of managers’ behavior is destructive rather than constructive. 

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Expert system approach

Devil’s advocate approach

Dialectical inquiry approach

External analysis approach

Question # 5 of 10 ( Start time: 09:25:19 PM )  Total Marks: 1 

An approach in which an external consultant recommends a solution to organizational problems according to technical view point is known as: 

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Expert system approach

Devil’s advocate approach

Dialectical inquiry approach

External analysis approach

Question # 6 of 10 ( Start time: 09:28:04 PM )  Total Marks: 1 

Which of the following terms describes "selection of strategies from among alternative courses of action, both for the enterprise as a whole and for every department or section"? 

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Planning 

Organizing

Leading

Controlling 

 

Question # 7 of 10 ( Start time: 09:29:33 PM )  Total Marks: 1 

In which of the following year, Kurt Lewin Model was developed? 

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1949

1950

1951

1952 

 

Question # 8 of 10 ( Start time: 09:31:09 PM )  Total Marks: 1 

In psychology the observation that people often do (or believe) things because many other people do (or believe) the same is known as: 

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Band wagon effect

Benchmarking

Fashion

Trend setting

Question # 9 of 10 ( Start time: 09:32:45 PM )  Total Marks: 1 

Identify an approach in which second group gives an alternate plan. 

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Expert system approach

Devil’s advocate approach

Dialectical inquiry approach

External analysis approach

Question # 10 of 10 ( Start time: 09:33:44 PM )  Total Marks: 1 

When the new program gets merged with the existing processes, it refers to: 

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Missionary phase

Modification phase

Maturity phase

Declining phase