Exam 4: Understanding and Working Within Organizations

A view of organizations as different from other types of social groups, as benefiting from specific goals, as highly formalized, and as functioning through the implementation of rules would best be called:

A type of system that is capable of self-maintenance within a larger context or environment, and in which the influences of internal and external environments are keenly recognized, is best called a(n):

More than 90% of nonprofit organizations that currently exist were created after 1950.

A shared set of basic assumptions or shared way of doing things that is based upon the underlying values and beliefs of the members of a particular society or of a group might best be called a(n):

An advantage of being a manager in a nonprofit organization is that you can focus on quality and need not worry about your department's contribution to an operating margin (e.g., profit).

Which of the following is not a commonly recognized result/outcome of shared values in the workplace?

Which of the following is a type of organizational structure in which personnel are organized according to the product that they produce rather than according to the specific function that they complete or according to departments based upon education or training?

A visual representation of the major functions of an organization by department, the relationship of functions or departments, the channels of supervision, the lines of authority and of communication, and positions by job title within departments or units is most accurately called:

Rebecca works part-time for AOTA as an associate in the Practice Department. When she functions in this paid work role, it is appropriate to say she is working within a structure most accurately described as a(n):

A commonly recognized form of organizing in hospital systems where a managerial hierarchy is duplicated for physicians and nonphysicians would best be called:

In regard to an occupational therapy department manager concerned about his or her department, influencing factors from the legislative arena, the technology arena, and the sociocultural arena are most accurately described as factors from which of the following?

By requirement of its bylaws, the executive director of the American Occupational Therapy Association must be an occupational therapy practitioner.

Which of the following was not identified in Chapter 4 as a level of analysis for understanding organizational culture?

Values related to the means for achieving ends, such as self-sufficiency or honesty, are commonly referred to as instrumental values.

Two types of values related to the means to achieve the ends, as well as the ends a person wishes to achieve, are commonly referred to as:

Which of the following is not a commonly cited purpose of the organizational structures discussed in this chapter?

The primary characteristic of double-loop (generative) learning would best be described as which of the following?

Which of the following is most accurate in regard to the differences between a nonprofit and a for-profit organization?

An organizational chart is a management tool that:

Which of the following is true in regard to AOTA and the concepts of associations and bureaucracies?