Org Exam

According to the Karl Marx's concept of historical materialism, the ultimate and ideal mode of production is _____.

Communism

The facts, reasoning, and evidence used by a worker defending his record against a bad evaluation by his boss is an example of _______________ (Module 4: Habermas' Theory of Communicative Action).

Constatives

By saying that power is pervasive, critical theorists mean that

Control over people is commonplace

Tempest is a new employee at Litter and Kibbles Pet Supplies. On her first day on the job, she arrives at 9 a.m. only to find that all the other employees have been working since 6 a.m. She was not aware that the workday at this company began at such an early hour. Tempest has just experienced the ____ phase of socialization.

Encounter

According to a Marxist theory interpretation of the case study "Talking Turkey," (pp. 117 -118) because Gabriella was making more money than her brother Brandon, he was the one being exploited but not Gabriella.

False

According to the "AUR" Framework, an example of the "U" concept is how an employer may underpay his/her employee.

False

According to the Case Study "A Drop in the Bucket," (pp. 97 -98) the Institutional Positioning Flow occurred through the meetings of the benefits review committee as well as the "informative town hall."

False

In a text message to an office colleague, Greg used a winky face emoticon just to indicate an innocent joke. According to the Montreal school viewpoint of the constitutive approaches, Greg should not have to worry that his colleague will interpret the winky face emoticon as an invitation to a romance. (Case in Point: The Textual Power of Emoticons, p. 88).

False

Rather than emphasizing the symbolic aspects of organizations, the constitutive approaches to organizational communication tend to focus on the more physical aspects of organizations such as buildings, furniture, money, machines, and human body forms. (p. 95).

False

The membership negotiation flow of communication is relevant when a newcomer joins an organization but is not important to veteran members (pp. 90-94).

False

Jenny is studying a high tech organization from the perspective of a critical approach theorist. Therefore, Jenny's main purpose is to identify:

How power, domination, and control characterize the company

According to the article "Spotlight on Scholarship: Patriarchy in Public and Private Life" (p. 110), when fathers were asked about the futures of their daughters they responded with mostly family-related answers yet when asked about the futures of their sons they focused mostly on career-related aspects. This finding primarily demonstrates the influence of ____.

Ideology

The flow of communication most concerned with organizational identity is ___ (pp. 90 - 94).

Institutional positioning

The term "dialectic of control" refers to how __.

Subordinates can counter the power exercised over them

Which of the following is an accurate description of voluntary organizational exits in general?

Take place over time

Based on the article "Spotlight on Scholarship: Constituting Collaboration" (p. 89), which is these statements is accurate?

The communication among the multiple organizational partners was complicated because the conversations among them drew from different texts.

A press secretary's job to communicate an organization's message is a clear example of ventriloquism.

True

According to the Case Study "A Drop in the Bucket," (pp. 97 - 98), the Self Structuring Flow of communication occurs through the comments by the CFO and members of the Board of Trustees who point out that the waiver was not formal policy and difficult decisions needed to be made in the name of fiscal responsibility (pp. 90-94).

True

The communicative constitution of organization (CCO) is consistent with the ideas of the social construction of reality. (pp. 82 -84)

True

The ______ is the "rookie" phase of socialization.

encounter phase

Critical Approach theorists _______

generally focus more on covert power than they do on overt power

Before Andrea joined UCF, she had learned so much about it from her parents who are UCF alumni. This is an example of _____________.

organizational osmosis and anticipatory socialization

In order to fulfill the requirements for performing her new job, Jade must attend a seminar on desktop publishing. Through this seminar, she will learn primarily _____ information.

role-related

Joey is being asked by his supervisor to do a variety of tasks which seem to him like tests of his motivation and abilities. He is most likely experiencing the _____ phase of the role development process.

role-taking

During a super bowl radio television broadcast, a commercial of a product is aired. The airing of this commercial is an example of the _____ degree of separation (part of distanciation or the "scaling up" process of organizational communication) (pp. 86-87).

sixth

At the beginning of the semester, instead of asking your professor for clarification of the class attendance policy you solicit information from your classmate by asking her several questions about her understanding of the policy. This newcomer information seeking tactic is ___

third party questions