Question 1

Organizations help to shape the ______ of the persons working within them.

Accepted Answer

A) identity 
B) spending patterns 
C) consumption patterns 
D) all of these 
A) identity 
B) spending patterns 
C) consumption patterns 
D) all of these A

Question 2

Compare and contrast driving and sensemaking.

Accepted Answer

This is fairly straightforward: a satisfactory answer understands the similarities;a more elaborated answer would recognize that the driver has far more control than the manager and far more contingencies to deal with.An outstanding answer would address some of the sensemaking locales of these,such as unions and industrial relations systems

Question 3

To say that sensemaking is retrospective means ______.

Accepted Answer

A) we make sense of something as it is elapsing and we are constantly reviewing the sense we make in terms of additional sense-data 
B) we don't know what we do until someone else makes sense for us 
C) most of the time we act irrationally but we try to make sense of it by pretending that we are being rational 
D) all of these 
A) we make sense of something as it is elapsing and we are constantly reviewing the sense we make in terms of additional sense-data 
B) we don't know what we do until someone else makes sense for us 
C) most of the time we act irrationally but we try to make sense of it by pretending that we are being rational 
D) all of these A

Question 4

The idea that people are cognitively limited,producing satisfactory rather than optimally rational decisions through satisficing is known as ______.

Accepted Answer

A) appeasement 
B) delimited rationality 
C) bounded rationality 
D) grounding 
A) appeasement 
B) delimited rationality 
C) bounded rationality 
D) grounding

Question 5

Why is sensemaking the crucial skill for managing organizations?

Accepted Answer

A satisfactory answer would note the imp

Question 6

What are organizations?

Accepted Answer

A) buildings that we work in 
B) places in which people have lunch 
C) systematically arranged frameworks relating people,things,knowledge,and technologies,in a design intended to achieve specific goals 
D) systematically arranged technologies intended to achieve specific goals if people do as they are instructed or told 
A) buildings that we work in 
B) places in which people have lunch 
C) systematically arranged frameworks relating people,things,knowledge,and technologies,in a design intended to achieve specific goals 
D) systematically arranged technologies intended to achieve specific goals if people do as they are instructed or told

Question 7

The introduction to your textbook discusses stakeholders.Which one of the following would be the best definition of stakeholders?

Accepted Answer

A) people who have an interest in the organization 
B) people who own shares in a company 
C) people who picket a company 
D) all of these 
A) people who have an interest in the organization 
B) people who own shares in a company 
C) people who picket a company 
D) all of these

Question 8

Which one of the following does NOT characterize managerialism?

Accepted Answer

A) managing with the assumption that managers' interests should never override those of customers and employees 
B) normative integration,shared values,a single source of authority,legitimacy and decision-making embedded in the managerial hierarchy,serving the interests of the owners of that organization 
C) what managers practice when they have a profound grasp of management theory and its principles and apply them consistently to all elements of their everyday organizational life 
D) a belief in the scientific application of management theory for best practice 
A) managing with the assumption that managers' interests should never override those of customers and employees 
B) normative integration,shared values,a single source of authority,legitimacy and decision-making embedded in the managerial hierarchy,serving the interests of the owners of that organization 
C) what managers practice when they have a profound grasp of management theory and its principles and apply them consistently to all elements of their everyday organizational life 
D) a belief in the scientific application of management theory for best practice

Question 9

Which of the following defines sensemaking?

Accepted Answer

A) the ongoing retrospective development of plausible images that rationalize what people are doing 
B) how things are done,or are expected to be done,in particular organizations 
C) ensuring that everyone understands the same thing in exactly the same way 
D) all of these 
A) the ongoing retrospective development of plausible images that rationalize what people are doing 
B) how things are done,or are expected to be done,in particular organizations 
C) ensuring that everyone understands the same thing in exactly the same way 
D) all of these

Question 10

'Managing will rarely if ever correspond with the management presumed in rational plans and principles.' Why should this be the case,according to the textbook?

Accepted Answer

A model answer would address:
-how manag

Question 11

What are unions from the manager's point of view?

Accepted Answer

A) a pest 
B) oppositional bodies 
C) disloyal organizations 
D) representative organizations 
A) a pest 
B) oppositional bodies 
C) disloyal organizations 
D) representative organizations

Question 12

According to the textbook,why are highly rationalist accounts of management popular with many managers?

Accepted Answer

A) They are scientific. 
B) Evidence backs them up. 
C) because of their opportunities for multiple sensemaking 
D) They frame managers as being in control. 
A) They are scientific. 
B) Evidence backs them up. 
C) because of their opportunities for multiple sensemaking 
D) They frame managers as being in control.

Question 13

Resistance can occur through both of which of the following pairs of terms?

Accepted Answer

A) commission or omission 
B) submission or fatalism 
C) fatigue or fascination 
D) obedience or compliance 
A) commission or omission 
B) submission or fatalism 
C) fatigue or fascination 
D) obedience or compliance

Question 14

Who is the earliest acknowledged theorist of the importance of the division of labor in management?

Accepted Answer

A) Karl Marx 
B) F.W.Taylor 
C) Emile Durkheim 
D) Adam Smith 
A) Karl Marx 
B) F.W.Taylor 
C) Emile Durkheim 
D) Adam Smith

Question 15

The top management team can be defined as ______?

Accepted Answer

A) those who are the best-remunerated in the organization 
B) those who are the brightest in the organization 
C) those who set strategy,direction and purpose in the organization 
D) the best-dressed people in the organization 
A) those who are the best-remunerated in the organization 
B) those who are the brightest in the organization 
C) those who set strategy,direction and purpose in the organization 
D) the best-dressed people in the organization

Question 16

Something is rational,according to the Introduction to your textbook,______?

Accepted Answer

A) only when it is done according to scientific method 
B) only when there is systematic application of best practice to achieve some given end or goal 
C) only when there is systematic application of various techniques to achieve some given end or goal 
D) only when something is done on the bosses terms only 
A) only when it is done according to scientific method 
B) only when there is systematic application of best practice to achieve some given end or goal 
C) only when there is systematic application of various techniques to achieve some given end or goal 
D) only when something is done on the bosses terms only

Question 17

All organizations have ______?

Accepted Answer

A) rules 
B) parking lots 
C) uniforms 
D) shareholders 
A) rules 
B) parking lots 
C) uniforms 
D) shareholders

Question 18

According to your textbook,why might viewing organizations in terms of metaphors that compare them to a giant organism be problematic?

Accepted Answer

A) because like human bodies organisms grow old and die 
B) because it trivializes workers as appendages to a body 
C) because it assumes management is the brain that controls everything on the body 
D) both because it trivializes workers as appendages to a body and because it assumes management is the brain that controls everything on the body 
A) because like human bodies organisms grow old and die 
B) because it trivializes workers as appendages to a body 
C) because it assumes management is the brain that controls everything on the body 
D) both because it trivializes workers as appendages to a body and because it assumes management is the brain that controls everything on the body

Question 19

'Life must be understood backwards;but...it must be lived forward.' What cautions should the well-educated manager take from Kierkegaard's statement?

Accepted Answer

In your answer think about the

Question 20

What are management practices?

Accepted Answer

A) rehearsals 
B) something doctors have 
C) what managers do when they are managing in everyday organizational life 
D) illegitimate and non-sanctioned activities 
A) rehearsals 
B) something doctors have 
C) what managers do when they are managing in everyday organizational life 
D) illegitimate and non-sanctioned activities

Organizations help to shape the ______ of the persons working within them.

Compare and contrast driving and sensemaking.

To say that sensemaking is retrospective means ______.

The idea that people are cognitively limited,producing satisfactory rather than optimally rational decisions through satisficing is known as ______.

Why is sensemaking the crucial skill for managing organizations?

What are organizations?

The introduction to your textbook discusses stakeholders.Which one of the following would be the best definition of stakeholders?

Which one of the following does NOT characterize managerialism?

Which of the following defines sensemaking?

'Managing will rarely if ever correspond with the management presumed in rational plans and principles.' Why should this be the case,according to the textbook?

What are unions from the manager's point of view?

According to the textbook,why are highly rationalist accounts of management popular with many managers?

Resistance can occur through both of which of the following pairs of terms?

Who is the earliest acknowledged theorist of the importance of the division of labor in management?

The top management team can be defined as ______?

Something is rational,according to the Introduction to your textbook,______?

All organizations have ______?

According to your textbook,why might viewing organizations in terms of metaphors that compare them to a giant organism be problematic?

'Life must be understood backwards;but...it must be lived forward.' What cautions should the well-educated manager take from Kierkegaard's statement?

What are management practices?

Managing Individuals

Managing Teams and Groups

Managing Leading, coaching, and Motivating

Managing Human Resources

Managing Cultures

Managing Conflict

Managing Power, politics and Decision-Making in Organizations

Managing Communication

Managing Knowledge and Learning

Managing Innovation and Change

Managing Social Responsibility Ethically

Managing Principles

Managing Organizational Design

Managing Globalization

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Exam 1: Managing and Organizations

Organizations help to shape the ______ of the persons working within them.

Compare and contrast driving and sensemaking.

To say that sensemaking is retrospective means ______.

The idea that people are cognitively limited,producing satisfactory rather than optimally rational decisions through satisficing is known as ______.

Why is sensemaking the crucial skill for managing organizations?

What are organizations?

The introduction to your textbook discusses stakeholders.Which one of the following would be the best definition of stakeholders?

Which one of the following does NOT characterize managerialism?

Which of the following defines sensemaking?

'Managing will rarely if ever correspond with the management presumed in rational plans and principles.' Why should this be the case,according to the textbook?

What are unions from the manager's point of view?

According to the textbook,why are highly rationalist accounts of management popular with many managers?

Resistance can occur through both of which of the following pairs of terms?

Who is the earliest acknowledged theorist of the importance of the division of labor in management?

The top management team can be defined as ______?

Something is rational,according to the Introduction to your textbook,______?

All organizations have ______?

According to your textbook,why might viewing organizations in terms of metaphors that compare them to a giant organism be problematic?

'Life must be understood backwards;but...it must be lived forward.' What cautions should the well-educated manager take from Kierkegaard's statement?

What are management practices?

Managing Individuals

Managing Teams and Groups

Managing Leading, coaching, and Motivating

Managing Human Resources

Managing Cultures

Managing Conflict

Managing Power, politics and Decision-Making in Organizations

Managing Communication

Managing Knowledge and Learning

Managing Innovation and Change

Managing Social Responsibility Ethically

Managing Principles

Managing Organizational Design

Managing Globalization

Filters