Deck 4: The Changing Context of Leadership

Question 1

Aristocratic Society was dominated by women.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

The discovery of petroleum, mass production techniques, steel, and the steam engine were all events that marked the rough beginning of:

A) Information Age.
B) The hunter/gatherer period
C) The Industrial Revolution
D) The 20^th century.

Answer 2

C

Question 3

As the Information Age progresses, organizations will tend to become:

A) Flatter
B) Taller
C) Narrower
D) More parochial.

Answer 3

A

Question 4

The general tenets of bureaucracies were codified by a German, Max Weber.

Question 5

We can call organizations in which information carries power:

A) Bureaucracies
B) Aristocracies
C) Infocracies
D) Nanocracies.

Question 6

The rate of change in society is:

A) Accelerating
B) Decelerating.

Question 7

The basic underlying assumption of the Agricultural Era was:

A) Mother Earth knows best.
B) Father knows best.
C) The family knows best.
D) The King knows best.

Question 8

India is likely to dominate the 21^st century economically.