Exam 1: An Introduction to Organization Theory, Management and Leadership Analysis

Given the currently dominant popular picture of successful business, it is easy to miss the following basic function that small organizations can be said to fill.

One of the following activities can complicate critical thinking and re-framing - which?

Theory-driven analysis can be an efficient way to re-frame empirical impressions and to stimulate critical thinking. But some analytical strategies can rather lead to a reduced ability to re-frame and instead stimulate narrow-mindedness. Which analytical strategy does not stimulate re-framing and risks increasing narrow-mindedness?

In the first chapter of the book, the following figure is interpreted as representing completely different things. Which of the alternatives below is NOT one of these interpretations?

The subject of organization theory can be said to deviate from other academic subjects in business administration. In what way?

According to the first chapter of the textbook, the four basic frameworks can be divided into two main groups. Which of the alternatives below names these two groups: