Ch 7 1 Organizational culture is related to the POLC function of b Organizing 2 The values and assumptions that shape the organization s culture can be uncovered by observing all of the following EXCEPT d The stakeholders involved in the organization 3 It is more common to see rewards tied to performance indicators as opposed to seniority or loyalty in companies whose cultures are c Outcome oriented 4 Cultures that emerge within different departments branches or geographic locations are called a Subcultures 5 The primary reason managers who start a new job fail or either voluntarily leave or are fired report not being able to a Form effective relationships with colleagues 6 When leaders motivate employees through inspiration corporate culture tends to be a More supportive and people oriented 7 In an organization in which high level managers make the effort to involve others in decision making and seek opinions of others corporate culture tends to be c People or team oriented 8 The following are tips which allow one to more accurately gauge the culture of a company EXCEPT d Read the mission and value statements 9 The ASA framework provides information on which of the following a How to structure your culture b How to become competitive and performance oriented c How to create and sustain your culture over time d All of the above 10 It is best to think of organizational culture as the organization s c Vision 11 Organizational culture has a strong influence on employee behavior but not on organizational performance b False 12 Leaders of successful business are quick to attribute their company s success to their organization s culture b False 13 Aggressive cultures tend to value corporate social responsibility a True 14 Industry characteristics and demands act as a force to create similarities among organizational cultures a True 15 Leaders are instrumental in creating and changing an organization s culture a True ch 8 1 Which of the following is not highly correlated with leadership ability d Skill and Ability 2 Being curious original intellectual creative and open to new ideas describes the Big Five trait of c Openness 3 Out of all personality traits the strongest relationship to both leader emergence and leader effectiveness is b Extraversion 4 Which of the following is not a type of decision making styles discussed in the text a Leadership structured decision making 5 The leadership style that involves employees in the making of important decisions is b Participative leadership 6 Employees tend to be satisfied but the effects on decision making quality or employee productivity are weaker when leaders use which of the following decision making style b Democratic 7 Employees engage in higher levels of conflict when leaders use which of the following decision making style c Laissez faire 8 The style that involves a high level of manager involvement and is used when employees are highly motivated but have limited skills is a Telling directing 9 The leadership style that sets goals for employees and encourages them to reach their goals is called d Achievement oriented 10 Lee Iaccoca Jack Welch and the late Steve Jobs are examples of business leaders who were c Transformational 11 Self esteem is one of the Big Five personality traits and is an important aspect of one s personality b False 12 Laissez faire decision making style is positively correlated to employee satisfaction with leaders and leader effectiveness b False 13 Transformational leaders ensure that employees demonstrate the right behaviors because the leader provides resources in exchange b False 14 The tendency to trust in transactional leaders is lower than in transformational leaders a True 15 Research show the high LMX members are more satisfied with their jobs and perform at a higher level a True ch 9 1 The tendency to accept the first alternative that meets minimum criteria is called c Satisfice 2 People often use the rational decision making model when a Information on alternatives can be gathered and quantified 3 Despite its popularity within organizations group decision making suffers from which of the following d Groups may suffer from the tendency to avoid critical evaluation of ideas the group favors 4 Groupthink is characterized by which of the following symptoms d Stereotyping views of out group are seen when groups discount rivals abilities to make effective responses 5 Creative decision making includes which of the following c Immersion 6 Which corporate members are typically not involved in making strategic decisions b Employees 7 Making strategic tactical and operational decisions is an integral part of which function of the P O L C framework a Planning 8 Kahneman and Tversky found that individuals are influenced in decision making by which of the following b Overconfidence 9 Some recommendations for avoiding groupthink include the following EXCEPT d Break up the team 10 A problem the Group Decision Support System GDSS intended to solve is d To make sure every idea is heard 11 The tendency to avoid critical evaluation of ideas the group favors is called social loafing b False 12 Nominal Group Technique NGT is used to structure group meetings when members are grappling with problem solving or idea generation a True 13 Creative ideas begin with innovation and it also involves realistic planning and follow through b False 14 Satisficing is similar to rational decision making a True 15 One of the most important considerations in management is whether or not the decisions you are making as an employee or manager are ethical a True ch 10 1 How much of a manager s time is spent communicating c 50 90 2 The person who receives the message is called b Receiver 3 According to the text the criteria that individuals may use when deciding whether to filter a message or pass it on includes which of the following a Past experience 4 A downside of the office grapevine is c The grapevine lacks a specific sender 5 Filtering selective perception information overload and gender differences are examples of to effective communication c Barriers 6 Which of the following is not a type of communication describe in the text c Intuitive 7 According to one study what percentage of a receiver s comprehension of a message is based on the sender s actual words c 7 8 The advantage of verbal communication includes all of the following EXCEPT d Proxemics that occur naturally 9 Which of the following is not an example of a medium rich
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