Question 1

Which three of the following political mechanisms are most likely to be useful in overcoming resistance?

Accepted Answer

A)  Divide the existing elites 
B)  Building a team 
C)  Question the existing symbols 
D)  Create association with a respected outsider 
A)  Divide the existing elites 
B)  Building a team 
C)  Question the existing symbols 
D)  Create association with a respected outsider

Question 2

Which of the following is not a styles of managing strategic change?

Accepted Answer

A)  Education and communication 
B)  Intervention 
C)  Reward and punishment 
D)  Direction 
E)  Coercion/edict 
A)  Education and communication 
B)  Intervention 
C)  Reward and punishment 
D)  Direction 
E)  Coercion/edict

Question 3

Which of the following features might be appropriate to preserve when undertaking strategic change?

Accepted Answer

A)  Expertise and motivation of key technical specialists 
B)  Blame culture 
C)  Outdated heritage systems 
D)  Rigid views that there is only one way to do things 
A)  Expertise and motivation of key technical specialists 
B)  Blame culture 
C)  Outdated heritage systems 
D)  Rigid views that there is only one way to do things

Question 4

Which of the following is not an example of the 'education and communication' style of managing strategic change?

Accepted Answer

A)  Explaining the reasons for and means of strategic change 
B)  Involvement of those who will be affected by strategic change in the change agenda 
C)  Investing time in persuading people and giving them time to assimilate the information 
D)  Group briefings 
A)  Explaining the reasons for and means of strategic change 
B)  Involvement of those who will be affected by strategic change in the change agenda 
C)  Investing time in persuading people and giving them time to assimilate the information 
D)  Group briefings

Question 5

Which of the following does not feature in Balogun and Hope Hailey's list of contextual features, which influence the management of change?

Accepted Answer

A)  Symbols 
B)  Preservation 
C)  Diversity 
D)  Capability 
E)  Time 
A)  Symbols 
B)  Preservation 
C)  Diversity 
D)  Capability 
E)  Time

Question 6

Which of the following would you not associate with incremental change?

Accepted Answer

A)  Enables management to gain acceptance before and during the change process 
B)  Is divided into a number of distinct phases and there may be periods of 'rest' between the phases 
C)  Has the advantage of implementing change a bit at time (can be less painful) 
D)  Tends to be more inclusive (because it requires less coercion and 'bullying') 
E)  Enables the organisation to respond quickly to changes in its environment 
A)  Enables management to gain acceptance before and during the change process 
B)  Is divided into a number of distinct phases and there may be periods of 'rest' between the phases 
C)  Has the advantage of implementing change a bit at time (can be less painful) 
D)  Tends to be more inclusive (because it requires less coercion and 'bullying') 
E)  Enables the organisation to respond quickly to changes in its environment

Question 7

Which of the following circumstances do you think is most likely to lead to transformational change in an organisation?

Accepted Answer

A)  Launch of a new product 
B)  Acquisition by a rival 
C)  Sale of a subsidiary 
D)  Arrival of a new chief executive 
A)  Launch of a new product 
B)  Acquisition by a rival 
C)  Sale of a subsidiary 
D)  Arrival of a new chief executive

Question 8

Which of the following represents evolutionary change in Balogun and Hope Hailey's framework?

Accepted Answer

A)  Scope of change is realignment and nature of change is incremental. 
B)  Scope of change is transformation and nature of change is big bang. 
C)  Scope of change is realignment and nature of change is big bang. 
D)  Scope of change is transformation and nature of change is incremental. 
A)  Scope of change is realignment and nature of change is incremental. 
B)  Scope of change is transformation and nature of change is big bang. 
C)  Scope of change is realignment and nature of change is big bang. 
D)  Scope of change is transformation and nature of change is incremental.

Which three of the following political mechanisms are most likely to be useful in overcoming resistance?

Which of the following is not a styles of managing strategic change?

Which of the following features might be appropriate to preserve when undertaking strategic change?

Which of the following is not an example of the 'education and communication' style of managing strategic change?

Which of the following does not feature in Balogun and Hope Hailey's list of contextual features, which influence the management of change?

Which of the following would you not associate with incremental change?

Which of the following circumstances do you think is most likely to lead to transformational change in an organisation?

Which of the following represents evolutionary change in Balogun and Hope Hailey's framework?

Introducing Strategy

The Environment

Strategic Capability

Governance and Stakeholders

Strategy and Culture

Business-Level Strategy

Innovation Entrepreneurship

Corporate Diversity

International Strategy

Directions Methods

Organising for Success

Enabling Success

Managing Change

The Practice of Strategy

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Exam 14: Strategy Development Processes

Which three of the following political mechanisms are most likely to be useful in overcoming resistance?

Which of the following is not a styles of managing strategic change?

Which of the following features might be appropriate to preserve when undertaking strategic change?

Which of the following is not an example of the 'education and communication' style of managing strategic change?

Which of the following does not feature in Balogun and Hope Hailey's list of contextual features, which influence the management of change?

Which of the following would you not associate with incremental change?

Which of the following circumstances do you think is most likely to lead to transformational change in an organisation?

Which of the following represents evolutionary change in Balogun and Hope Hailey's framework?

Introducing Strategy

The Environment

Strategic Capability

Governance and Stakeholders

Strategy and Culture

Business-Level Strategy

Innovation Entrepreneurship

Corporate Diversity

International Strategy

Directions Methods

Organising for Success

Enabling Success

Managing Change

The Practice of Strategy

Filters