Question 1

Chris finds a way to make it easier for his subordinates to agree to his request. Chris is using:

Accepted Answer

A)  exchange. 
B)  legitimating. 
C)  pressure. 
D)  collaboration. 
A)  exchange. 
B)  legitimating. 
C)  pressure. 
D)  collaboration.

Question 2

Distinguish among the terms influence, power, and organizational politics.

Accepted Answer

Influence is the efforts to influence th

Question 3

The practice of requiring sexual favors in exchange for some tangible conditions or privileges of employment is known as:

Accepted Answer

A)  counterpower. 
B)  hostile environment sexual harassment. 
C)  pressure. 
D)  quid pro quo sexual harassment. 
A)  counterpower. 
B)  hostile environment sexual harassment. 
C)  pressure. 
D)  quid pro quo sexual harassment.

Question 4

Ken promises his subordinates benefits if they comply with his requests. Ken is using:

Accepted Answer

A)  exchange. 
B)  legitimating. 
C)  pressure. 
D)  collaboration. 
A)  exchange. 
B)  legitimating. 
C)  pressure. 
D)  collaboration.

Question 5

Approximately what percentage of males have filed sexual harassment charges?

Accepted Answer

A)  5% 
B)  15% 
C)  26% 
D)  33% 
A)  5% 
B)  15% 
C)  26% 
D)  33%

Question 6

When employees are empowered, managers are more likely to exercise:

Accepted Answer

A)  expert power. 
B)  charisma power. 
C)  coercive power. 
D)  any type of position power. 
A)  expert power. 
B)  charisma power. 
C)  coercive power. 
D)  any type of position power.

Question 7

The two theoretical models that explain the use of organizational power by groups or subunits are:

Accepted Answer

A)  resource-dependency and strategic contingencies models. 
B)  the same as for individuals, the position and personal power models. 
C)  based in position authority and organizational politics. 
D)  None of these. 
A)  resource-dependency and strategic contingencies models. 
B)  the same as for individuals, the position and personal power models. 
C)  based in position authority and organizational politics. 
D)  None of these.

Question 8

Suppose that you do something the way your boss asks you to do it because you believe your boss knows the best way to do it. What type of power would your boss be relying on in this case?

Accepted Answer

A)  Legitimate power 
B)  Coercive power 
C)  Expert power 
D)  Reward power 
A)  Legitimate power 
B)  Coercive power 
C)  Expert power 
D)  Reward power

Question 9

Identify and explain the six common politics tactics used in organizations.

Accepted Answer

Gaining control over and selectively usi

Question 10

According to the ________, the most powerful organizational subunits have the greatest control over resources that other subunits need.

Accepted Answer

A)  economic decision-making model 
B)  resource-dependency model 
C)  strategic contingencies model 
D)  organizational communication model 
A)  economic decision-making model 
B)  resource-dependency model 
C)  strategic contingencies model 
D)  organizational communication model

Question 11

Which of the following is not a myth about sexual harassment?

Accepted Answer

A)  If women would only say no, harassment would stop. 
B)  Harassment will stop if the victim simply ignores it. 
C)  Harassment that is ignored either continues or worsens. 
D)  If women dressed less provocatively, there would be no sexual harassment. 
A)  If women would only say no, harassment would stop. 
B)  Harassment will stop if the victim simply ignores it. 
C)  Harassment that is ignored either continues or worsens. 
D)  If women dressed less provocatively, there would be no sexual harassment.

Question 12

Table 12.3
G.C.I. is a company with a highly political environment. To survive, managers must be adept at organizational politics. The company has clear lines of authority, operating procedures, and company policies. But the CEO confers favors based on whom he likes at the moment. Performance goals are not clear, career paths are confusing, and what constitutes success for the company is never clarified; profit, market share, quality, customer satisfaction, or what. The new marketing director sees that production and finance have a great deal of power. So he approaches the production director and offers to work closely with him to avoid creating demand he can't meet. When the marketing director has an open personnel position and knows that the production director desperately needs an assistant, the marketing director surrenders his position to the production director. Seeing this relationship develop, the finance director begins to give marketing only direct, selected information. He avoids meeting the marketing director except in group meetings where there is no opportunity to talk one-on-one. The marketing director immediately understands what is happening. He decides to enlist the production director, the sales manager, and the human resource director in a plan to reduce the finance director's power or even get him fired.
-Refer to Table 12.3. The new marketing director is engaging in the organizational political tactic of:

Accepted Answer

A)  building powerful coalitions. 
B)  aligning oneself with more powerful others. 
C)  playing political games. 
D)  controlling access to information. 
A)  building powerful coalitions. 
B)  aligning oneself with more powerful others. 
C)  playing political games. 
D)  controlling access to information.

Question 13

Empowering employees has a number of results, such as:

Accepted Answer

A)  decreasing the importance of information sharing. 
B)  requiring managers to tell employees what to do. 
C)  boosting the coercive power of managers. 
D)  encouraging managers to work as facilitators. 
A)  decreasing the importance of information sharing. 
B)  requiring managers to tell employees what to do. 
C)  boosting the coercive power of managers. 
D)  encouraging managers to work as facilitators.

Question 14

Research found that within successful firms, strategic contingencies were controlled by:

Accepted Answer

A)  quality circles and focus groups. 
B)  departments that are the most important for organizational success. 
C)  subunits that exist on the periphery of the organizational chart. 
D)  departments that have the most experienced personnel. 
A)  quality circles and focus groups. 
B)  departments that are the most important for organizational success. 
C)  subunits that exist on the periphery of the organizational chart. 
D)  departments that have the most experienced personnel.

Question 15

Managers who do favors for others who might feel obligated to repay them are using which political tactic?

Accepted Answer

A)  Cultivating a favorable impression 
B)  Controlling access to information 
C)  Creating obligations and using reciprocity 
D)  Aligning oneself with more powerful others 
A)  Cultivating a favorable impression 
B)  Controlling access to information 
C)  Creating obligations and using reciprocity 
D)  Aligning oneself with more powerful others

Question 16

When Ben in accounting aligns himself with Mabel in marketing and they confer with Jeb the VP of operations, in order to achieve the goal of getting the company to consider a cafeteria benefits plan, they are using the political tactic of building a powerful coalition.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

The abuse of power is evidenced in ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  strategic uncertainty 
B)  employee empowerment 
C)  expert power 
D)  sexual harassment 
A)  strategic uncertainty 
B)  employee empowerment 
C)  expert power 
D)  sexual harassment

Question 18

Table 12.2
The boss wants the staff to work overtime this week on a big project. He tells the managers that if they want to keep their jobs, they better keep their people here. Bob goes to his department and calls a meeting. He explains the problem and asks if everyone would be willing to stay and put in the time. His employees recognize his right to ask them, he's been good to them in the past, and they want to help him out, so they all agree to stay. Joan goes to her department, calls everyone together and tells them the bad news. She then begins assigning responsibilities and scheduling work. One of her new supervisors says, "Who are you to tell us we have to work overtime?" Her answer is, "I'm your boss, that's who, now get with it." Joseph offers everyone in his department compensatory time and a pizza party if they put in the overtime.
-Refer to Table 12.2. The power that Joseph uses to get his people to work overtime is:

Accepted Answer

A)  reward power. 
B)  legitimate power. 
C)  referent power. 
D)  charisma power. 
A)  reward power. 
B)  legitimate power. 
C)  referent power. 
D)  charisma power.

Question 19

Power derived from one's control over valued resources, such as pay, is known as:

Accepted Answer

A)  reward power. 
B)  legitimate power. 
C)  information power. 
D)  referent power. 
A)  reward power. 
B)  legitimate power. 
C)  information power. 
D)  referent power.

Question 20

Organizational politics is concerned with:

Accepted Answer

A)  meeting organizational goals. 
B)  the disbursement of subunit power. 
C)  actions taken to pursue one's self interests. 
D)  the meeting of departmental goals. 
A)  meeting organizational goals. 
B)  the disbursement of subunit power. 
C)  actions taken to pursue one's self interests. 
D)  the meeting of departmental goals.

Chris finds a way to make it easier for his subordinates to agree to his request. Chris is using:

Distinguish among the terms influence, power, and organizational politics.

The practice of requiring sexual favors in exchange for some tangible conditions or privileges of employment is known as:

Ken promises his subordinates benefits if they comply with his requests. Ken is using:

Approximately what percentage of males have filed sexual harassment charges?

When employees are empowered, managers are more likely to exercise:

The two theoretical models that explain the use of organizational power by groups or subunits are:

Suppose that you do something the way your boss asks you to do it because you believe your boss knows the best way to do it. What type of power would your boss be relying on in this case?

Identify and explain the six common politics tactics used in organizations.

According to the ________, the most powerful organizational subunits have the greatest control over resources that other subunits need.

Which of the following is not a myth about sexual harassment?

Empowering employees has a number of results, such as:

Research found that within successful firms, strategic contingencies were controlled by:

Managers who do favors for others who might feel obligated to repay them are using which political tactic?

When Ben in accounting aligns himself with Mabel in marketing and they confer with Jeb the VP of operations, in order to achieve the goal of getting the company to consider a cafeteria benefits plan, they are using the political tactic of building a powerful coalition.

The abuse of power is evidenced in ________.

Power derived from one's control over valued resources, such as pay, is known as:

Organizational politics is concerned with:

The Field of Organizational Behavior

Organizational Justice, Ethics, and Corporate Social Responsibility

Perception and Learning: Understanding and Adapting to the Work Environment

Individual Differences: Personality, Skills, and Abilities

Coping With Organizational Life: Emotions and Stress

Work-Related Attitudes: Prejudice, Job Satisfaction and Organizational Commitment

Motivation in Organizations

Group Dynamics and Work Teams

Communication in Organizations

Decisions Making in Organizations

Conflict, Cooperation, Trust, and Deviance: Interpersonal Behavior at Work

Leadership in Organizations

Organizational Culture, Creativity, and Innovation

Organizational Structure and Design

Managing Organizational Change: Strategic Planning and Organizational Development

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Exam 12: Power: Its Uses and Abuses in Organizations

Chris finds a way to make it easier for his subordinates to agree to his request. Chris is using:

Distinguish among the terms influence, power, and organizational politics.

The practice of requiring sexual favors in exchange for some tangible conditions or privileges of employment is known as:

Ken promises his subordinates benefits if they comply with his requests. Ken is using:

Approximately what percentage of males have filed sexual harassment charges?

When employees are empowered, managers are more likely to exercise:

The two theoretical models that explain the use of organizational power by groups or subunits are:

Suppose that you do something the way your boss asks you to do it because you believe your boss knows the best way to do it. What type of power would your boss be relying on in this case?

Identify and explain the six common politics tactics used in organizations.

According to the ________, the most powerful organizational subunits have the greatest control over resources that other subunits need.

Which of the following is not a myth about sexual harassment?

Empowering employees has a number of results, such as:

Research found that within successful firms, strategic contingencies were controlled by:

Managers who do favors for others who might feel obligated to repay them are using which political tactic?

When Ben in accounting aligns himself with Mabel in marketing and they confer with Jeb the VP of operations, in order to achieve the goal of getting the company to consider a cafeteria benefits plan, they are using the political tactic of building a powerful coalition.

The abuse of power is evidenced in ________.

Power derived from one's control over valued resources, such as pay, is known as:

Organizational politics is concerned with:

The Field of Organizational Behavior

Organizational Justice, Ethics, and Corporate Social Responsibility

Perception and Learning: Understanding and Adapting to the Work Environment

Individual Differences: Personality, Skills, and Abilities

Coping With Organizational Life: Emotions and Stress

Work-Related Attitudes: Prejudice, Job Satisfaction and Organizational Commitment

Motivation in Organizations

Group Dynamics and Work Teams

Communication in Organizations

Decisions Making in Organizations

Conflict, Cooperation, Trust, and Deviance: Interpersonal Behavior at Work

Leadership in Organizations

Organizational Culture, Creativity, and Innovation

Organizational Structure and Design

Managing Organizational Change: Strategic Planning and Organizational Development

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