Ashford MGT435 week 3 quiz

Quiz 3

1. Question :

In “Assigned Change Leadership Roles & Relationships,” the executive team is typically made up of

The CEO and CFO

Investors

Organizational senior managers

Member of the “leadership change team”

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Question 2. Question :

“Interventions” with regard to organizational change are best characterized as

Unplanned activities that decrease the organization’s effectiveness

Planned activities that decrease the organization’s effectiveness

Unplanned activities that increase the organization’s effectiveness

Planned activities that strive to increase the organization’s effectiveness

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Question 3. Question :

According to Ford, Ford, and D’amelio (2008) resistance to change is best understood as

Irrational

Dysfunctional

Itself a possible resource for change

Easy to overcome

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Question 4. Question :

HP’s Leo Apotheker’s bid to move the company entirely out of the PC business resulted in most stakeholders assuming which position on the “Stakeholder Matrix”?

Supportive

Mixed Blessing

Marginal

Non-Supportive

Points Received: 1 of 1

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Question 5. Question :

True or False? The implementation process begins before the plan is communicated throughout the organization.

True False

Points Received: 1 of 1

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Question 6. Question :

The lowest position on both axes of the “Stakeholder Matrix” is held by which of the following stakeholder types?

Supportive

Mixed Blessing

Marginal

Non-Supportive

Points Received: 1 of 1

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Question 7. Question :

In Cummings and Worley’s “Five Dimensions of Leading & Managing Change” model (2001), identifying key stakeholders is as aspect of

Motivating Change

Creating a Vision

Developing Political Support

IN Sustaining Momentum

Points Received: 0 of 1

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Question 8. Question :

True or false? The “Functional Hierarchy” organizational structure was most prevalent in the technological era (1960’s-1980’s)

True False

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Question 9. Question :

Which of the following was the first step employed by CEO Larry Bossidy, in his bid to turn around AlliedSignal, Inc., in 1991?

Implement new goals

Develop new goals

Expand the employee base

Significantly reduce employee base

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Question 10. Question :

At which of the following levels does aligning the organization to a new vision begin?

Leadership Level

Mid-level management

Lower-level employee

Investor level

Points Received: 1 of 1

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