COMPENTENCY 5

Mechanistic

ABC Products has a highly vertical organizational structure that is designed to generate a high degree of standardization and control. ABC Products can be described to have which of these structures?

sustained success

In the ____ phase of the organizational life cycle, the organization expands, and the hierarchy deepens, now with multiple levels of employees. Lower-level managers are given greater responsibility, and managers for significant areas of responsibility are identified.

Matrix structure

In which structure an organization has multiple reporting lines of authority for employees?

OD consultant

Jason has expertise in change management processes Jason can be classified?

Structural Change

Weber proposed all of these elements of bureaucracy that serve as a foundation for determining an appropriate structure EXECPT

Deficit-based change

When BA Products managers assume that BA employees will change if they know they will of negative consequences, it refers to which of the following?

appreciative mindset ?

Which of the following argues that leaders assume that people are inclined to embrace change when they are respected as individuals with intrinsic worth, agency, and capability?

incremental change

Which of these refers to small refinements in current organizational practices or routines that do not challenge, but rather build on or improve an organization?

Strategic change

Which of these represents a kind of change that is necessary for an organization to achieve the focus it needs to make needed transfer missions and work it does feel to stay competitive in the current or larger organization, larger market environment , or societal environment?

Establish a sense of urgency

Which of these represents the first step in Kotter's Change Model?

Organizational structure

Which term describes a system for accomplishing and connecting the activities that occur within a work organization?

Organizational structure

Which term describes a systems for accomplishing and connecting the activities that occur within an organization?

Organic

XY Products has a horizontal organization structure with many individuals across the company empowered to make organizational decision. XY Products can be describe to have which of these structures?

informal organization

The _ is emergent, meaning that it is formed through the common conversation and relationships that often naturally occur as people interact with one another in their day-to-day relationships.

Destiny?

The final phase of an Appreciate Inquiry (AI) practice, ___ occurs as employees put into practice that plans they have develop.

Abundance-based change

When leaders assume that employees will change if they can be inspired to aim for greater degrees of excellence in their work, it represents which of these?

Define

Which of the following describe the first phase of an Appreciate Inquiry (AI) practice?

Formal organization

Which of the following describes an official defined set of relationship, responsibilities, and connection exist across an organization?

Formal organization

Which of the following describes an officially defined set of relationship, responsibilities, and connections that exist across an organization?

Organizational design

Which of the following describes the process of setting up organization and account for the complexity involved in accomplishing business objectives?

Kotter's Change Mode;

Which of the following model of change proposed an eight-step sequence and relies on a centralized, top-down process for creating planned change?

Lewin's Change Model

Which of the following model of change proposed the sequence of "unfreeze, move, refreeze"?

Culture change

Which of the following represents is one of the most difficult kinds of changes to create within an organizational system?

Structural change

Which of the following represents the changes in the overall formal relationships, or the architecture of relationships, within an organization?

Organizational development

Which of the following represents the label for a field that specializes in change management?

Organizational chart

Which of these is perhaps the most common way of depicting the formal organization?

Transformational change

Which of these refers to significant shifts in an organizational systems that may cause significant disruption to some underlying aspects of the organization, its processes, or structure?

Geographic structure

XY Deliveries, a package delivery company, is organized as XY North, XY South, XY East, XY West, and XY Central divisions in the United States. Which of the following best describe the structure at XY Deliveries?

Planned change

_ change is an intentional activity or set of intentional activities that are designed to create movement toward a specific goal or end.

Unplanned change

_ change is unintentional and is usually the result of informal organizing?

Organizational change

_____ refers to the constant shifts that occur within an organizational system.

Product structure

ABC Motors, a car manufacturing company, is organized in four division according to the four different models of the vehicle that they produce. Which of the following best describes the structure at ABC Motors?

survival and early success

At _____ stage of the organizational life cycle, it becomes appropriate to introduce mechanistic structures that support the standardization and formalization required to create effective coordination across the organization.

Planned Change

_ change is an intentional activity or set of intentional activities that are designed to create more toward a specific goal or end.