Exam 4: What to Change a Diagnostic Approach

According to the 7-S framework, _____ refers to patterns of management actions, how managers spend their time, what they pay attention to, the signals that they send about priorities, and attitude to change.

Diagnosis with regard to organizational change is going to happen whether or not explicit diagnostic tools are used.

Which of the following dimensions of absorptive capacity is defined as the ability to find and to prioritize new knowledge and ideas quickly and efficiently?

According to the PESTLE framework, which of the following factors is concerned with demographic trends?

Strategy is often considered to be at the heart of change.

Which of the following is NOT a component of Bolman and Deal's four-frame model?

According to the receptive organizational context, organizational receptiveness is likely to be high when there is no pressure for change.

According to Hambrick and Fredrickson, misalignment of the five elements-arenas, vehicles, differentiators, staging, and economic logic-indicates a potential need for change.

According to the star model, misalignment between the structure of an organization and its strategy leads to friction.

Gap analysis is usually criticized as being overly complex in terms of reviewing an organization's position.

According to Weisbord's six-box organizational model, the question "Have we adequate coordinating technologies?" is associated with _____.

In the 7-S framework, "strategy" refers to an organization's vision.

What does the "S" stand for in the PESTLE framework?

The strategic inventory involves a much less sophisticated analysis than that provided by the widely used SWOT approach to understanding an organization's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats.

Which of the following is based upon the proposition that organizational effectiveness is influenced by many factors, and that successful change depends on the relationships between those factors?

According to Warner Burke, which of the following is NOT a way in which organizational models can be useful?

According to the star model, processes and lateral capability relate to how performance is measured and compensated, in ways that align individual actions to organizational objectives.

Which of the following is NOT a component of the star model?

Which of the following is NOT a part of Weisbord's six-box organizational model?

The built-to-change organization uses design principles that assume the need for a planned organizational transition from one state to another.